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John Dinsley, author of Charcoal Remedies (USA) on 03/07/2007
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I have attached a brief note on the ability of charcoal to adsorb aspartame. Will it help curb some of the withdrawal effects? It should help to continue to detox the body, but there are some other things to consider. When leaving off certain chemicals such as alkaloids (nicotine, caffeine, cocaine,...) if the person is on an animal-based diet (acidic) the body quickly dumps the poisons, sometimes resulting in profound withdrawal symptoms. On the other hand if a person is on a plant-based diet (alkaline) the toxic chemicals tend to leave the system more gradually without the strong negative effects that so often lead the person back to the offending drug/chemical. This way the body tapers off more naturally.

What Regina is describing are classic withdrawal effects from caffeine. It would be best for her to leave all caffeine off as hard as that may be. For one Doctor I worked with it took 6 months before he was free of headaches, but he was glad he persisted.

My personal thoughts would be to:

1. consider a purely plant-based diet for 2-3 weeks until she is well away from the withdrawal effects.

2. substitute the tea for some other herbal hot drinks. The black tea is only perpetuating her craving for caffeinated drinks. She will eventually go back to the pop if she does not make the break. There are plenty of tasty substitutes to choose from. Again, a plant-based diet will dramatically reduce the withdrawal symptoms.

3. taking a warm bath will ease the headaches

4. taking a hot/cold shower, or a brisk morning walk will help with the depression.

Hope this helps. If I find out more info I will let you know. .

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Replied By Chrissey (Atlanta, Ga , Usa ) on 03/07/2014

Comment about quitting too fast. I am writing for my husband who quit aspartame two months ago but still cannot focus enough to write. He is a doctor, a brilliant man that was working on cleaning up his silent LPR (gerd), stopped the ppi's and the diet soda and two days later lost part of his brain. He feels like he is on LSD... Very paranoid, high anxiety and some panic attacks...

We are following dr blaylocks protocol along with saunas and enema. And enzymes I have seen a little improvement. Trying charcoal right now .. Will update.. Also trying TM.

He did not have any of these symptoms before other then stomach and coughing..Most of the gerd symptoms are gone! But his Brian seems damaged..

He was not eating a lot of animal food other then fish, but his diet may have been acidic from coffee and the sodas...

Any thoughts..but really wanted to warn others to go slow if been drinking aspartame for a long time....

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Replied By Timh (Ky, Usa) on 03/08/2014

Chrissey: I would recommend several known "nootropic" nutrients to support brain health like: Taurine, Triple Strength Lecithin, Acetyl L-Carnatine, Phosphatidl Serine, Vinposetine or Huperazine. Chinese Skullcap herb, Ginko Biloba herb. 5HTP & Melatonin, rotated every other night w/ GABA, prior to retiring.

A good multivatmin/mineral will also help detoxify the alcohols or aldehydes from the tissues. Extra Zinc & Niacin will also help. NADH would be the best form of Niacin as it is an activated coenzyme that also fuels the brain w/ energy.

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Replied By Timh (Ky, Usa) on 03/08/2014

Chrissey: I forgot to mention Alkalizing Remedies as is evident from your post the acidosis issues which are common in the presence of alcohols or aldehydes. I use 1/2 Baking soda w/ 1/2 Sea Salt 3x day.
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Replied By Chrissy Prov (Atlanta, Georgia ) on 04/11/2014

Thanks Tim. We are working with Janet Hull, she wrote sweet poison...very slow go... No changes... He is on most of those sopp already. :(
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Replied By Chrissy Prov (Atlanta, Georgia) on 04/21/2014

Back again, we have moved to Houston now. Cont'd to try many things. Now healing the gut lining.... Thanks for all your help. Slowprocess
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Replied By Carol (Kannapolis, Nc) on 12/13/2014

I drank Crystal Light exclusively for about 3 years and the more I drank it the more I wanted. I drank about 10 glasses a day. When I saw a video about Aspartame including some of the symptoms of it (like severe joint pain) I quit cold turkey. My knees used to hurt so badly that when I stood up I couldn't walk right away. I had to stand for a few seconds before I could walk, and I was in my early 40's! My vision had also diminished significantly during those 3 years, etc.

I decided to quit all at once and I never thought I'd have immediate and disturbing and scary side effects from stopping. My hands and fingers felt like they were extremely swollen and I couldn't close them. I couldn't do normal things like grasp a zipper or even had problems picking up and changing my young kids. I had vertigo so badly that I could not get up and had to call my husband to come home from work. I had severe anxiety and nausea. I never ever go to the doctor, but during that first week off Aspartame I went to the doctor (I think they thought I was crazy) and the ER. These symptoms have never before or since ever happened to me. I was "coming off of" the chemical Aspartame and it was slamming my body.

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Replied By Timh (KY) on 12/14/2014

This is a sign of nutritional deficiency and resultant depressed P-450 Detoxification system. This is why it is imperative to take a high quality Multivitamin/mineral supplement 2x day.

The FDA has, decades ago, approved Aspartame as safe food additive, so conventional medicine must fallow suit and diagnose your condition as mental.

Extra Zinc and Niacin would, along w/ the mult, greatly increase the detox & removal of all those nasty aspartame metabolites. A "Homeopathic Detoxifier" would also greatly help.

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Replied By Farrokh (Southgate Michigan ) on 01/31/2016

Yes, aspartame is in the food in small amounts and they don't have to mention it on the label. As if our taste buds won't notice it!
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Replied By Valarie (North Carolina) on 08/19/2016

So scary! I've drank diet drinks for years! Been diagnosed with Rheumatoid arthritis, sjogrens syndrome, fibromyalgia, and other autoimmune issues. On top of that, I can't remember anything anymore, my vision is always blurry and goes in and out of focus randomly, now I'm getting this horrible taste in my mouth all the time and food isn't good anymore. The more I read up on this the more I'm convinced I've Been poisoning myself. I'm definitely going there have to cut this out immediately! Detoxing my body of this horrible chemical. And wow! I'm from kannapolis NC as well, Carol! How did the detox go for you?
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Replied By Lori (Myrtle Beach ) on 09/26/2016

This has been a nightmare for my husband. He had been using protein powders and supplements that contained sucralose for more then 10 years. The effects have been life altering and now for the last 8 months we are trying to do as many detoxing things as possible and a healthy diet and mega amounts of live Probiotics. We have no lives right now and having just helped with caring for my dad we are now trying to help Rick regain his health.
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Replied By James (Kansas) on 06/02/2017

I would just taper off slowly and to 100% stoppage after 3 weeks or so if I started to have symptoms like that.
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Replied By Teddy (Israel) on 11/21/2017

Lori in Myrtle Beach - I'm very interested to know what kind of detox methods you've been using. I've only been eating protein powder with sucralose (I didn't know! ) for about one year but I've still gotten the symptoms and want to quickly get out of those.
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