Someone sent this to me a while back and I was horrified!
I was a diabetic from the time I turned 20 to two years ago...and I love sweets. So I've been using asparatame in everything from drinks to oatmeal to protein shakes.
I did some research on it, and it's one of those things that is posted on the Urban Legend site. So I sent the link to the Urban Legend site back to my friend who had sent me the horror story.
She mailed me back and said that it's up to the person's body, she supposed. Some people are sensitive to it. Obviously, she said, I wasn't sensitive to it. Whew! I buy it in bulk at Walmart for cheaper than regular sugar would cost me.
Today, I've been using it for about seven years...? Give or take. I can't complain. My doctor told me that my system is that of a person who has never had diabetes in his life. I exercise, eat right, and I'm happy as a clam.
(...and no, he he he, I don't own stock in Equal
)
God bless.