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July 27, 2005
aspartame
Dunno if this is a crock but aspartame was one of the things I got rid of for the most part over the last month, and I certainly feel a lot better now, sleep a lot better now.
It's hard to pinpoint any one thing, though, especially since aspartame and caffiene usually go hand-in-hand, and caffiene can certainly be responsible for trouble sleeping and other stuff.
Update: This is probably a crock. Snopes.com, Truth or Fiction.com.
Posted by lisa at July 27, 2005 11:56 AM
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i doubt that it causes cancer or whatever, but aspartame does give me pretty bad headaches, so it can't all be bunk . . .
Posted by: alicia on July 27, 2005 01:17 PM
I'll second the headaches symptom. Aspartame gives me very bad headaches. I can't stand the taste either, so I'm safe.
In getting rid of aspartame, did you cut down on diet sodas. Maybe less caffiene was a healthy side effect?
Posted by: Tom on July 27, 2005 10:43 PM
well, caffiene was also something i got rid of. so yeah, sleeping better probably has a lot more to do with that.
Posted by: lisa on July 27, 2005 10:48 PM
I have an otherwise stolid medical professional friend in Durham who believes completely in the aspartame > formaldehyde issue, and is quite convincing on the matter. I read through the references he threw at me, couldn't nitpick them as obvious crackpots, and chose to give my friend who knows more about appropriate areas of human biochem than I'm likely to bother learning the benefit of the doubt, and don't touch the stuff. Since I don't like the stuff anyway it was no large stress.
Posted by: badger on July 28, 2005 08:29 PM
ok, so a) your comment won't post right away because i have to approve it first and b) you might get a server error but your comment probably posted anyway and c) previewing doesn't work so i've removed the preview button.