I have never had arthritis in any way until this last month. I’ve been hitting the gym hard, so I wrote it off as muscle aches. I knew full well the pain and ache was coming from my bones though. It did not feel muscular. So I tried to think of an alternate source. I realized quickly that I had gone from avoiding aspartame to drinking lots of diet soda. That was the major change. Before even attempting consuming the stuff again, I did lots of reading and found it was the most tested substance the FDA ever approved. The general consensus I found was that aspartame does not have ill effects on everyone who uses it. So the rule of thumb was if you did not have a reaction, it was safe to use.


Well after downing half a bottle of Alieve this last week I finally put two and two together. I’m giving up aspartame again. It can not be good for you. The first time I tried it as a kid; I became violently ill for hours. Then years later I started using it in diet sodas and triggered a prolonged bout with migraines that eventually resulted in me being medicated and once I gave up the meds and aspartame, the migraines went away. Now, as some one who has never felt arthritic in his life, I have to wonder if aspartame is responsible. I looked around and I am not alone in this experience.