Having a chronic auto-immune disease myself, I do try to keep track of the latest studies. I believe I do very well, and although I am not healed, I have remained physically active for ore than 30 years following the diagnosis. I was diagnosed with MS before aspartame was on the market, so the possibility that it could make me worse, didn't even enter my mind at the time. I have secondary progressive MS. I'm not telling my own personal health to evoke sympathy or the latest "cures." I'm using myself as a warning for those who, like myself, have a diagnosis, but may be attributing methanol toxicity to disease symptoms.
With the diagnosis of MS, a lousy marriage, less physical energy, extra weight became an added factor. Fortunately, there was a new sweetener on the market! Aspartame! I could make myself the most wonderful flavored coffees in the evenings without adding major calories to my intake. That was eons before Starbucks. Life began to change. As a matter of fact, my lousy marriage was improved with a divorce, and as I got out of that funky rut, my energy began to pick up and the weight began to fall away, and my social life picked up, so although I was still using Aspartame, evenings alone with coffee and Aspartame became fewer and farther between. As I struggled with certain symptoms, I could always enjoy the denial I reveled in, either attributing the symptoms to an old injury, or the illness.
I began my trek with MS through the days of medicine for symptom management and surgery for removing problematic organs that were "unnecessary," and hospitalizations for bedrest when nothing else helped. I realize, that makes no sense in retrospect, but it was neatly packaged in the mid 80's. By the 90's it was time to face the facts squarely. I was losing about a month a year cumulatively, to body issues, and other things were just not right; all easily attributed to MS. It was then time to come out and talk about the MS, although I was still smoking and ingesting aspartame.
A major exacerbation left me pretty frightened and very aware that allopathic medicine did not have the answers for what was wrong with me. My diagnosis was even changed from progressive relapsing MS to primary progressive MS. My world grew dark and I awaited a dismal fate. It was with that new guestimation and prognosis, I began to earnestly seek what I might do differently. It was in that search, I stumbled across chelation and what was probably very early reports of why heating aspartame could be hazardous to one's health.
I didn't stop the allopathic meds at that time, but I did stop the artificial sweetener. That did not rectify every symptom I had, but it did alleviate some of the latest problems that had manifested and within a few weeks, I was back to my progressive relapsing MS symptoms. To this day, I can honestly say, I'm not symptom free, but, at least; I am not suffering methanol toxicity.
I would encourage all those who have been using the artificial sweetener containing aspartame to consider a change of habit. I'm not saying all diagnosed problems will disappear, but I do know this. The symptoms of methanol toxicity subside fairly quickly when ingestion ceases.
Artificial sweeteners are not the answer to reduce caloric intake. Artificial sweeteners actually often cause the body to crave more sweets, which exacerbates the reason for artificial sweeteners to begin with. To date there is no physical need for methanol toxicity. For weight management, a real change of diet and exercise is still what's needed.
http://worldtruth.tv/artificial-sweetener-disease/
http://rhondagessner.wordpress.com/2013/09/02/a-killer-in-your-fridge-sweet-poison-a-must-read/
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