Aspartame Health Risks - A Silent Killer | Dr. Steve Weston

Aspartame tries to appear far more beneficial than it actually is, but it is far from the healthy alternative to sugar it would have you believe. Dr. Weston confronts aspartame this week. This low calorie sweetener may be much sweeter than sugar so it can be used to add sugary flavor without calories, but it hides a darker side. Aspartame is a combination of phenylalanine and aspartic acid with a weakly bonded methanol. Methanol is an alcohol that we should not drink. It is typically used in industrial and automotive applications, such as paint thinner, fuel additive, or windshield washer fluid. It is highly toxic, even poisonous. The body converts it into formaldehyde, which easily damages DNA and tissues. There are over 90 adverse side effects of methanol consumption, from seizures to blindness and even death. Over 6,000 products use aspartame. It is in yogurt, sodas, chewing gum, and much more, making it harder and harder to avoid. Natural sugars are a safer way to get your sweets. Stick to stevia, honey, maple, and coconut sugar.

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[HaysOnYoutube]

Noting like listening to fancy lighthearted jazz music while being told we've been intentionally poisoned by our own food and drink supply for half a century

[tristamiller]

Aspartame is the reason I had optic nerve swelling. I had to figure it out myself. Now I can precisely notice if I ate something with it by feeling pressure behind my eyes.

[MyThoughtzAndOpinionz]

I’m here after having a horrible night sleep. I realize that I ate a lot of sugar free snacks the day before. After looking at the ingredients, I noticed that aspartame is one of the ingredients. It also had two other artificial sweeteners that cause stomach, anxiety and sleeping problems.

[victoriaolson]

Lose the awful distracting background music!

[robertatkinson]

I don't like most sugar free soda drinks anyway, though Pepsi Max is ok and full sugar sodas will most certainly stay my first choice after reading how dangerous aspartame is, I don't chew much gum or have too much yoghurts anyway either.

[keepemclassic]

Get off of soda in total. I don’t care if it’s sugar free, low calorie, etc.

[lukebieniek]

Thank you for breaking it all down for us. Dr. Weston much obliged.

[thekezzey]

Aspartame makes my heart skip beats and causes me to have migraines.

[vaughanstarr]

Who the hell chose the background music for this?! Wholly jarring to the message being presented, made the vid unwatchable!

[dmaze]

Twenty years ago I had bad reactions more than once from consuming aspartame in diet 7Up. When in box stores with fluorescent lighting I’d become disorientated to the point of having to sit down, close my eyes til the symptom disappeared. I’d have to pull off the road and park when the problem occurred. After reading an article on negative the side effects of aspartame, I stopped consuming ANY food containing it. Lo and behold the symptoms disappeared and have not returned. It’s introduction I understand, had political undertones. This is one drug the FDA needs to revisit.

[bojack-horseman]

aspartame might not cause tooth decay but the acid they add to all sodas sure does

[luckybear]

As someone with a severe immune disorder I can relate that the occasional, accidental ingestion of aspartame causes all manner of challenging symptoms: severe anxiety (with no other contributing factors) / panic attacks, greatly increased muscular pain and massively worsened fatigue. In my experience at least, it feels very similar to monosodium glutamate; best to avoid (in my opinion).

[brianmckinnon]

Has anyone checked if there is a relation between the rise in ahlziemers disease and the rise in the use of aspartame ?

[twocatsatlatitude]

This same thing happened to me 39 years ago. I have had to take seizure medicine ever since. BAD

[OGAesthetics]

felt great for 3 days in a row. had 0.5l of pepsi max this morning. have felt extremely anxious, paranoid, blurred vision, slurred speech, inable to think properly all day long. i bet its gonna be just as bad tomorrow aswell. be careful :(

[starrynight]

I thought the FDA had decided against aspartame in sodas and foods.

[AliceR]

I'm highly allergic to aspartame and get seriously ill in less than an hour if I drink it.

[MineCrafterCity]

Aspertame makes me sick. I tried red bull sugarfree a few times and this aapertame gives me a bad headache.

[karanjain]

You know this years back and WHO declared it now

[fairliescott]

My husband died 3 days ago - he had a very healthy diet except for regular consumption of diet pepsi. He hid this from me and I learned about it shortly before his death. He had cancer throughout his body and 4 brain tumors.