I had used Equal/NutraSweet/aspartame for 4 or 5 years with no idea that it’s poisonous, as I assumed that FDA approval means it’s perfectly safe for us. I Used about 12 paks of Equal in hot coffe each day.

The first symptoms were depression and vertigo, but I didn’t connect them with Equal. My legs cramped constantly and pained at night, and I had insomnia and terrible nightmares and memory loss. My vision deteriorated until I expected to go blind, but my eye doctor couldn’t explain why. My life became a nightmare, and I turned to prayer.

It worked! I received a NUTRASWEET IS A NEUROTOXIN flyer listing all my symptoms, so I abandoned aspartame in any form. My vision returned, the cramps disappeared, and I could sleep without nightmares. The depression and vertigo vanished. It was a miracle because I had thought I was dying and had Multiple Sclerosis.

If you have a serious problem, it’s natural to investigate it. Often the “Experts” are publicity mills funded by the pirates that make the stuff. It’s like asking the Mafia about the crime rate. Both the American Dietetics and American Diabetic Associations get big bucks from NutraSweet. Such organizations propagandize physicians on how safe it is, so doctors are often unaware of the danger.

Much research confirms aspartame toxicity as do 80% of complaints the FDA has received on food additives. Heated aspartame is the most hazardous. My 12 packs/day in coffee almost cost my health, sanity and life. Now FDA has approved its use in baked goods, 350 degrees!

Before Equal I used saccharin without a problem. It looks like we have no protector, so we must warn each other. In this spirit I attest to the nightmare Equal made of my life. I urge you to take the “no aspartame” test and discover if your health problems are the results of continuous daily poisoning.

Mrs. Gloria Collins      

I'm a 29 year old athletic female victim of deadly NutraSweet poisoning. I began to use it in the spring of 1990, and soon afterwards my condition began to deteriorate. I never imagined my strange symptoms were from a chemical, after all it's approved by the FDA and on restaurant tables.

My eyesight began to fade until I was almost blind in one eye. Next my hearing became dull and my legs, feet and torso lost sensation and became numb. I was dizzy most of the time, irritable and depressed and had constant terrible headaches. I became very clumsy, dropped and bumped into things. I used to skate but having lost my balance, I had to give it up. My mind was affected, and I thought I had a brain tumor. Reading comprehension and memory drastically decreased. I thought I was dying.

Two different doctors made the diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis. One was an eye specialist I saw about my vision loss.

This spring a friend explained to me that all my symptoms were coming from aspartame (NutraSweet) and that I had methanol toxicity which mimics Multiple Sclerosis. I was only drinking three Diet Cokes a day. I could hardly believe the horrible nightmare I was living was sold in 6 packs at the grocery store, but I would try anything so I stopped. Right away I began to feel better, and today most of my symptoms have completely disappeared. My friend, Betty, was right, I was suffering from methanol toxicity. My hearing and vision have returned and so has my memory. I'm no longer clumsy and have regained my balance, and feeling has returned to my lower extremities.

How can a poison like NutraSweet be sold to an entire population? How could it ever be approved by the FDA? I learned that I had the classic symptoms, and if I had not been warned in time it may have killed me. There is no doubt that the NutraSweet was responsible. One day a hostess gave me a Diet Pepsi, and not wanting to hurt her feelings, I accepted. Sure enough the next day my numbness returned, and I began to feel ill.

This poison must be removed from the market. I'm writing to help others in the hope that they can avoid the terror, confusion and helplessness NutraSweet brought into my life!
Sincerely,

Alecia Morris