The dangers of aspartame

Hi to all members of this forum. I'm glad to be a part of this group. As you can see by my name, I have 2 adorable kids and as a mommy to them, I will protect them as much as I can.

Thanks to the internet, so much information is now available to us. It helps us know more on how to properly take care of our kids. Try visiting www.laleche.org to learn more about breastfeeding, this site helped me a lot.

Like most of you, our family consumes a lot of Coke. During lunch and dinner, especially during summer. I think this year, Coca-cola released Coke zero and if you go to the grocery, it is everywhere. We tried it out of curiosity but did not like the taste, the original coke still taste better. I'm a curious mom so I tried looking at the ingredients of this Coke zero and wondered how can it be sweet without sugar. I saw in the label they are using aspartame.

So I check aspartame on the internet and after reading articles about this ingredient, I immediately threw the remaining Coke zero we have and promised never to buy it again.

If you visit www.sweetpoison.com, you will see articles about this aspartame ingredient. The website is by Dr. Janet Star Hull, a victim of aspartame poisoning, yes it's true, aspartame is a poison. According to Dr. Hull, there are 92 side-effects to our body brought by aspartame. The chemical phenylalanine, which is a part of aspartame, is a neurotoxin and excites the neurons in the brain to the point of cellular death. The website www.wikipedia.org also states that aspartame is controversial and because of this has lost to another sweetener named sucralose.

Before I knew of this, I was unknowingly slowly poisoning my kids and my family! I was so shocked and so guilty that I threw every bottle of Coke zero we had. Why did Coke never bothered to tell us this kind of information?

So now, Coke zero will never be part of our meals again. We went back to the original coke but I'm also thinking of removing it and use natural juice instead. I hope moms and also dads will be informed about this danger.