Besides diet soft drinks, the main culprits are the sweetener in the BLUE PACKETS - "EQUAL" and the BRAND NAME SWEETENER "NUTRASWEET".

ASPARTAME is not a safe food additive by any means. It is unstable, and it converts into a number of toxic substances: formaldehyde, methanol, formic acid (ant sting poison) just to name a few. The United States Food and Drug Administration FDA, along with the American Diabetic Association and lot of other agencies and foundations which are supposed to be in charge of protecting the consumer public are receiving substantial funding from the manufacturers of aspartame, in order to misrepresent the safety of this chemical.

If you are using aspartame you are likely to have one of the following symptoms:

Frequent headaches, migraines, joint pain, panic attacks, muscle pain, memory loss, confusion, nausea, muscle spasms, insomnia, anxiety, racing heart or irregular heart beats, difficulty breathing, ringing in the ears, dizziness, disorientation, and a lot of other symptoms of toxic reactions.

Some of the conditions either provoked or aggravated by aspartame are:

Brain tumors, brain cancer, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, chronic fatigue syndrome, Parkinsons disease, Alzheimer's disease, lymphoma, along with mental retardation and birth defects in babies born to mothers who consume aspartame during pregnancy.

For more information write to Carol Guilford, C/0 KUNSAK, 13351-D Riverside Drive #351 , Sherman Oaks, CA. 91423 USA or log onto http://presidiotex.com/aspartame