Aspartame is an artificial sweetener such as Equal and Nutrasweet. It is also found in many diet foods, sugar free gum and diet soft drinks. It is also used as a sugar substitute for people with diabetes.
So what’s wrong with aspartame and what does it have to do with Meniere’s disease?
If you do a search on aspartame on Google you will get close to 2 million results and probably most of them will tell you how bad aspartame is. In a nutshell, when aspartame reaches 86 degrees it breaks down into methanol, not formaldehyde as some websites have suggested. According to the FDA the amount of methanol is so slight that it will do little damage to you. The reason that there has been such a scare over aspartame was an elaborate internet hoax in 1998 where someone claimed to speak at a world wide conference on the dangerous effects of aspartame. Supposedly there were 92 dangerous illnesses that could occur if someone digested aspartame. But it was all a hoax.
And of course one of the illnesses was Meniere’s disease. Somehow the aspartame mimics the symptoms of meniere’s. I couldn’t find any specific answers on exactly how the sweetener causes this effect, but then again it also supposedly causes brain damage, birth defects, depression and a long list of other ailments.
It’s probably not a good idea to drink or eat that much of anything that has chemicals in it. But be careful especially when you are doing any searches on the internet about Meniere’s or any type of disease. Do the research especially about Meniere’s, and also talk to your doctor about anything that you heard that will cause an attack of Meniere’s disease.
Saturday, May 23, 2009
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This is all well and good but the part Im interested in is what can I actually can drink that isnt water no diet coke it has aspartame, no coke it has sugar no lemon it has sugar no juice it has sugar, no coffee it has caffeine I mean ffs this is ridiculou.s
B~
I get you. What are we left with?
Not much. I drink my one cup of coffee a day, and water( more now than before Menieres), and small amounts of 2% milk for the calcium.
Yes..if anyone has come up with another drink possibility..share please!
hello lauri
cant believe you have a cup of coffe every day tut tut. need more discipline:)
another drink recently i found out is no good is carbonated water. (too much salt or the bubbles cant figure which element was making me unwell)
i drink only water and sometiems use cordial (ribena)
regards
ali
Hi Ali~
Yes..LOL..I'm bad.
I do have a SMALL cup of coffee in the AM. Quite weak.
Doesn't seem to make the Menieres worse unless I go over that amount. It does make me feel more 'normal' to still have a morning coffee, since I used to be a heavy coffee drinker.
I did notice a slight difference in Menieres when I cut out Aspartame, & I just felt much better overall.
It does leave u searching for a drink substitute though when u are used to grabbing a coke.
Ali~ Do you mean cordial as in Brandy type?
Alcohol I can't do at all.
hello lauri
Squash (also called cordial) is a non-alcoholic concentrated syrup that is usually fruit-flavoured and usually made from fruit juice, water, and sugar or a sugar substitute.
i have some white wine once in a while or a shot of whisky also, but more to make me tipsy rather then drunk. red wine is a big no no.
ali
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