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continue the consumption of aspartame their symptoms reappear and each time they discontinue
use, they go away.
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The CDC report provides many examples of consumers who's symptoms
started when they began consuming aspartame containing products and disappeared when they
stopped. It can be assumed that a great many, if not most, of the consumers who filed complaints
about aspartame used the same logical approach to determining the cause of their symptoms.
In 1986 the CDC released their report. Of the 200 complaints that went through the
CDC's in depth analysis, 63 percent of the complaints involved multiple symptoms. The
symptoms were categorized. The most common symptoms consisted of: 66 percent had
symptoms of a neurological nature, 25 percent had gastrointestinal symptoms, 21 percent had
symptoms of an allergic reaction, and 6 percent had menstrual symptoms.
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Dr. Betty Martini, founded a non-profit corporation, Mission Possible International, in
order to provide information to the public on the health concerns associated with aspartame. She
filed a freedom of information request with the FDA to get a copy of the CDC's report.
Following is the list of 92 symptoms that Betty compiled from the CDC report. Please note that
among these symptoms are hallucinations, shortness of breath on exertion, seizures, blindness,
coma, and death:
Headache, dizziness or problems with balance, change in mood quality or
level, vomiting and nausea, abdominal pain and cramps, change in vision
(includes blindness), diarrhea, seizures and convulsions, memory loss, fatigue,
weakness, other neurological, rash, sleep problems, hives, change in heart rate
itching, change in sensation (numbness, tingling), grand mal seizures, local
swelling, change in activity level, difficulty breathing, oral sensory changes,
change in menstrual pattern, other skin, other, localized pain and tenderness, other
urogenital, change in body temperature, difficulty swallowing, other metabolic,
joint and bone pain, speech impairment, other gastointestinal, chest pain, other
musculo-skeletal, chest pain, other musculo-skeletal, fainting, sore throat, other
cardiovascular, change in taste, difficulty with urination, other respiratory, edema,
change in hearing, abdominal swelling, change in saliva output, change in urine
volume, change in perspiration pattern, eye irritation, unspecified, muscle
tremors, petit mal seizures, change in appetite, change in body weight, nocturnal,
change in thirst or water intake, unconsciousness and coma, wheezing,
constipation, other extremity pain, problems with bleeding, unsteady gait,
coughing, blood glucose disorders, blood pressure change, changes in skin and
nail coloration, change in hair or nails, excessive phlegm production, sinus
problems, simple partial seizures, hallucinations, any lumps present, shortness of
breath on exertion, evidence of blood in stool or vomit, dysmenorrhea, dental
problems, change in smell, DEATH, other blood and lymphatic, eczema, complex
partial seizures, swollen lymph nodes, hematuria, shortness of breath due to
position, difficulties with pregnancy, (children only) developmental retardation,
change in breast size or tenderness, anemia, change in sexual function, shock,
conjunctivitis, dilating eyes, febrile.
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