Can aspartame headaches be blamed from consuming this substance? Although the makers of aspartame say it isn't the cause of headaches, thousands of phone calls to the FDA about it can't be ignored.

You may not find migraine relief until you lay off the diet drinks. Could this be another migraine treatment for you?

This has been a debate for some years. I will say (some ) studies on aspartame say that it doesn't cause headaches.

And the makers of aspartame claim that it doesn't.

So that more or less tells each one of you that know it does cause your head to hurt, that you are just dreaming about the pain after you consume a aspartame product. Try telling your head that, right?

My wife, bless her heart, goes to bed after she drinks one, and the first thing when she gets up, she takes a few sips on one. Guess what she suffers from? (HEADACHES)

I always suggest to her that she should quit, but the fact of the matter is, aspartame is highly addicted.

If you take notice, most people will go through an assortment of liquids in a day. I do, because as the day wears on, I want something different to quench my thirst.

If you are a heavy diet soda drinker that doesn't happen. The only liquid that is craved is a diet drink.

Aspartame is not only found in drinks, but in hundreds of other products.

A few products are, instant breakfasts, breath mints, cereals, sugar-free chewing gum, cocoa mixes, coffee, frozen desserts, gelatin, desserts, juice beverages, laxatives, multivitamins, milk drinks, shake mixes, soft drinks, tabletop sweeteners, instant teas, and coffees topping mixes, yogurt, and pharmaceuticals, and supplements.

Aspartame headaches are not the only aliment that is said to be caused by aspartame.

While I don't suffer from headaches/migraines (my wife does) but if I did, and the way I have seen her suffer, I think the pain would out weigh the craving for a diet drink.

You know one of the old sayings? When in doubt, don't do it.

There have been many studies on aspartame to see if it triggers headaches.

Let's say they tested a thousand (many more I would hope), and none of them had a headache.

But did they test ones that had headaches/migraines, or did they study those that didn't suffer from headaches?

Read about just one of many studies that were done on headache sufferers.

Why aspartame triggers migraines is not known. But like other headache food triggers, it strikes some that have a inborn vulnerability .

The same thing is said about MSG by its makers. But ask the ones that not only have headaches from this, but burning, and tingling in the face, and chest, to perspiration, and excessive abdominal cramps, and dizziness.

How safe is aspartame/NutraSweet?

It is believed to not only trigger aspartame headaches in some, but there is more to be concerned about. Here are some of the other symptoms of aspartame that have been reported, and they are a wide variety of them.

Do you suffer from any of these?

*Mood swings, memory loss, dizziness, depression, insomnia

*Diarrhea, anxiety, and promotes grand mal seizures among other symptoms.

You get the picture don't you?

If you need more informarion on aspartame, and the effects of it, a great place to start is to