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]

It's been a very long time since I have been on here(2007).. I actually forgot that I started this thread.. I have avoided aspartame as much as possible and have NOT had the heart problems since.. Go figure.. Even though it has literally been years, I'd like to thank all for your comments and info..
Cheers and good health to all..

Dale

[aba4oct97]

I thought I was going a little crazy.  I had a Holter heart monitor thing a couple of years ago and the test came back clean. Doc said my heart racing, skipping & palpitations were probably due to caffeine consumption.  I've always consumed Diet colas.  So I cut way back on Diet Cola/Pepper and haven't had symptoms for ages.

Then I tried last week to cut out Caffeine.  I started drinking Crystal Light all day and a few days ago began having the heart symptoms again!  Thank you for all of the comments & personal stories on this topic.  I have never let my kids (5 & 6) consume "chemicals" (ie. Splenda, Nutrasweet) and now this Mother Goose is going to lead by example.  Do you know that most gum has HFCS   AND artificial sweeteners?  It's hard to find anything with just SUGAR in it---but I'm going to try for my health and my family's.

[LindaTX]

Do you experience the same effects if you use Splenda?

[zalzan]

Ok, this definitely gave me palpitations/irregular heartbeat. I tried several "experiments" and all had the same result. Two to three cans of asparteme soda (fresca) at dinner, and one at lunch. Would wake up in the morning to frequent irregular beats and some rapid palpitations, as if my heart were twitching. I would lack energy and be sleepy. When going from sitting to walking I actually had to stop walking sometimes for a few seconds because it seemed that my heart was having a hard time adjusting its rate. Then, going one full day with no aspartame, and I would wake up energetic, no palpitations at all, and no problem with my heart rate adjusting to different levels of activity. I tried this "experiment" three seperate times, with the same results and have decided to avoid aspartame altogether. I only started using it about a month ago.

[Madge270]

I use Truvia which is stevia in a crystalline form. You can get it at most grocery stores. No bitterness that I can detect.  I used to  use stevia leaves and did notice bitterness then.

[merileegal]

I have a stevia plant and throw the leaves into my smoothies. I like it in lemonade but do feel the bitter taste if I use it in cereal or in cooking. The stevia powder that is. It is also supposed to lower blood pressure so I do have to be careful with it because I have a tendency to have low bp anyway. My second choice is splenda. I'm a little skeptical of aspartame.