NutraSweet aka NutraDeath

When this stuff first came out, I tried it for some bizzare reason, even though even back then I was anti chemical. It gave me a raging headache.

Right after I started hearing bad things about it. We didn't have the internet then to look things up, so it was hard to find information. But I wouldn't drink it.

One day I was doing organization things for a social club I belong to. I was responsible for buying and stocking a hospitality suite for three days while hungry, social people socialized.

One member of the club told me she had bought a lot of diet soda and it was stocked in her bathroom and would I like her to donate it. I said sure, I was on a budget and donated meant I could buy more of other stuff.

So I went to check it out. She had several hundred 6 packs of diet soda. This was before they dated it. She said it was tasting funny. I did taste it. It has obviously gone bad.

I did what I usually do. I called the Coca Cola company and asked about NutraSweet. I also mentioned it gave me a headache. They put me in touch with their doctor. She informed me that it needed to be thrown out and it was impossible for it to give me a headache. It was good stuff. Could she send me some information? I am also an information junkie besides being an 800 number junkie so I said sure.

It came. The first piece of paper, with a stamped envelope provided, was a medical release form for me to sign and send back absolving the Coca Cola company of any liability if I ever got some illness from drinking diet Coke! I did not sign it, I did not send it back.

I have since learned that the awful flavor after it went bad was formaldehyde. It also turns into formaldehyde in the system after it is drunk. It is still boggling my mind that people KNOW this and still drink it! Folks, that is embalming fluid!!!!!

It is linked to birth defects, out of control blood sugar, migraines, and a whole host of other problems and still they drink it!

Now that there is Splenda, some are saying well maybe it is bad, but Splenda must be good. It is made from sugar! NO! IT IS NOT! It is a chemical made from corn sugar! I know it will be found to be bad. How do I know this? It isn't rocket science. Our bodies were not meant to ingest all these chemicals.

It is that a lot of people will knowingly abuse drugs, food, cigarettes, alcohol, and then they are so surprised when they get sick. We need to take some responsibility here.