Aspartame link to MS and Lupus?

I am not familiar with this survey. But in general the fake sugars aren't good for our CD. Back in the dim dark ages when I was pregnant (kids are 22 and 19) I was told that any of the fake sugars were absolutely a no no. Since I have never liked the taste of any of them this wasn't hard. I've always stuck with the rule that if you can't have it while you are pregnant then you shouldn't be having it at all.

I'm a big fan of stevia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevia

Note that this is NOT the same as Truvia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truvia

You can find stevia in health food stores, but it is a lot cheaper to order it in bulk on the Internet. Price goes WAY down when you buy it in bulk. However, you might want to try a small size first to make sure that you're OK with the taste before purchasing a large quantity. It doesn't taste the same as sugar. Generally, stevia is sold in 3 different forms:

1) stevia concentrate powder (80% REB-A)

2) stevia spoonable blend (concentrate mixed with inert substance to make it look more like sugar)

3) stevia liquid

I find the stevia concentrate to be the best buy.

regards,
Robert

Aspertame is poison.

I've always avoided artificial sweeteners, stivia is good stuff, but barring that, organic sugars are fine too.

I take Choysteramine for short bowel syndrome. One month they only had the aspertame kind, so I had to to use it. I had headaches, sugar lows and just felt crappy after about a week of using it. By the end of the month I was done. One week back on the sugar kind and I felt much better.

Google Aspertame effects and see what you get.

My rule is if it comes from nature, more better. The less it's processed even more better...