Aspartame and heart arrhythmia

[dale1k]

This topic was addressed on this forum back in 2001.. Has there been any updates/studies since that time that links or suspects a correllation of  the consumption of aspartame to heart arrhythmia. ?
From my personal experience (obviously not a controlled laboratory study), I suspect that there may be. I do not drink much diet soda but was drinking powdered mixes such as Wylers and Crystal Light. It seems I would get symptons if I drank 2 or more glasses during the day. I have tested this enough times to reasonably ascertain that at least for me, there is a high probability that what I was experiencing was related to my aspartame intake.. I am in pretty good shape and have no other health issues.. I have stopped using both of these products and have not experienced any problems since.
Anybody else out there experience the same ??

[dale1k]

You would think that someone/organization would have done an in depth study on this already . If I was a MD/ PHD and had ample resources (i.e. grant), I would try to initiate this myself.. I guess there is no empirical data out there that addresses this adequately ??

[Barbarella]

Yes there are studies out there done by MD's and PhD's.  Its on Google.  One of the doctors (PhD) name is Janet Hull, she even wrote a book how dangerous Splenda can be for some people.

dolfnlvr,

you are right Splenda is not aspartame, but sucralose.  There are tons of side effects listed on the Internet about how dangerous Splenda can be in "some" people.  Not everybody gets side effects.  

I personally don't care only if I get side effects.  Splenda and phenylanine gives me anxiety.  "Sweet and Low"  (Saccharin) gives me no side effects, but supposely can cause cancer in "some" people.  I don't pay it any attention and use it, what the hell, water can even be dangerous if you drink to much.

[sparkle73]

Just to add, if anybody is interested in more info regarding Aspartame and the effects it has then please don't hesitate to contact me as given what has happened with our son and myself, me and my partner have decided to reasearch the stuff and have made a free info forum about it. I am not sure i can put the link on here though, so anybodys interested then please contact me.

I wish you all the best.
Claire

[ishtar807]

the energy drink i'm about to stop using (lol) has aspartame in it. i used to drink it like water to make my insane deadlines, but at one point i had really bad palpitations/increased heart rate and chest pain -- i thought that was because of the caffeine in it, but after reading your post i'm thinking maybe the aspartame had something to do with it too. thanks

[sparkle73]

Hi there,

Yes it probably was the aspartame although caffine does have it's effects too. They say aspartame can take at least 60 days to get out of your system, so bear that in mind.

Here is my forum about itif anybody fancies joining it. as i have said above me and my partner designed it to at least help and warn others of the use of this deadly poison, especially as our son nearly didn't make it.

Here's our forum, please read our story too.
http://sugarfreepoison.myfreeforum.org/index.php

[bgrimes86]

It's so funny that you mentioned aspartame and heart palpitations, because I was having rounds of PVC's last night after drinking half a can of diet lemonade with aspartame in it. Aspartame mimics excitory neurotransmitters in the the brain, causing heart arrhythmias in some people. I just don't get it. There are people in this world who take awful care of themselves...I used to know people who used cocaine, speed, drank like there was no tomorrow, and never complained of heart palpitations, while here I am, having my heart react to a freakin' diet lemonade. It really pisses me off; there is no justice in this world. Why do bad things happen to good people? Perhaps we should all become bad people and maybe our bad luck will go away!