| Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease that | | | | and this has many neurologists on the alert. While |
| attacks the central nervous system destroying | | | | governments still claim that aspartame is safe, many |
| nerves and causing lesions that create permanent | | | | other governments have banned the chemical, and |
| damage and results in pain, loss of feeling, vision | | | | many doctors advise patients not to consume it. |
| difficulties, and mobility problems among many other | | | | The connection between aspartame and MS seems |
| symptoms that people with this disease suffer. There | | | | to be that aspartame can produce an MS like |
| has been a lot of research centered on this disease | | | | syndrome, due to the fact that aspartame is an |
| in an effort to find a cause and a way to prevent | | | | excitotoxin similar to the same excitoxins that are |
| and treat MS and aspartame is one of the | | | | found at the site of lesions around the spinal cord in |
| substances receiving a hard look from many. | | | | multiple sclerosis. Studies have found that consuming |
| Although it was approved for use and deemed as | | | | aspartame can significantly elevate the level of |
| safe, aspartame has never quite been able to get | | | | excitotoxin in the blood. |
| itself out of the spotlight. Blamed for everything from | | | | If you have MS and aspartame is a part of your diet |
| cancer to headaches and depression this chemical has | | | | you should consider removing it, new studies being |
| many convinced that there may be a link, between | | | | done are showing that even single exposure to |
| aspartame and MS. Part of the reason aspartame is | | | | excitoxins in foods can produce prolonged worsening |
| receiving another look is due to the fact that multiple | | | | of lesions. It is also possible that aspartate toxicity |
| sclerosis rates are on the rise in young people with a | | | | can be greatly increased by autoimmune reactions |
| sharp rise in cases in young women. Women are now | | | | similar to those that occur in multiple sclerosis. Since it |
| four times more likely to get this disease than men, | | | | is not an essential nutrient and can easily be |
| as opposed to the previous two to one statistics. | | | | substituted if you have multiple sclerosis removing it |
| One possible theory for this rise is that women are | | | | from your diet cannot hurt and may definitely help. |
| the greatest consumers of aspartame in diet colas | | | | |