STAY away from that stuff! I am 27,  generally a very healthy young, professional adult. I had been drinking diet sodas alot since I started my career 5 yrs ago. And for those 5 yrs, my docs said I had "so called" IBS. PFFFFFTH. I do not!

See, around Thanksgiving, I started getting really, awfully sick. My weight plummetted, I had huge huge bowel movements all the time, food went right through me. I dropped to under 80 lbs and I was eating around the clock and trying not to burn any calories. The doc said I didn't eat enough and that's why I felt hungry. WHAT??? I couldn't go an hour without trying to fill myself. The food just flew through my stomach and intestines. Very ick!

My blood tests showed nothing, nothing! though my thyroid was suspected. I couldn't figure it out. Additionally, now here I was with this awful poison flu feeling, always, joint pain, major major major ! abdominal problems, circulation issues... everything. I couldn't figure it out. All I did was ask and ask myself "What is happening to me?" I actually called my mom each night to tell her if I didn't wake up in the morning that I loved them all dearly. Honestly. I thought I was dying.

See, I drank a couple diet sodas a day, plus had those packets in my coffee in the am. I thought... "maybe it't the diet stuff??" So, knowing it certainly couldn't hurt, as I was already on death's bed, I stopped consuming it. Cold turkey (YOU CAN ALL DO THIS, I SWEAR!) I also looked to see if there was information supporting this, and that's when I came across Dr. Hull's book. BOY is there info out there! We should already be taught this stuff.... I was flabbergasted and agry that I didn't know...

Well, well. The first week I had horrendous headaches and still many bowel movements, but without the pregnant bloating look. After that, and after switching to as many organic foods as I could, as I also ran into Trudeau's Natural Cures book, my life changed completey. COMPLETELY.

I finally stopped the bloating (5 YEARS OF FEELING LIKE I COULD NEVER HAVE A REGULAR BM. FIXED!) My headaches are gone. My joint pain is gone! All my nails are thick and strong... I had lost a nail on my thumb which completely regrew. My skin is radiant. I put back on the healthy wieght and no longer feel like my body is attacking itself. I feel awesome. Tons of energy. My coworkers ask me what I've done?! I lent out my SWEET POISON book so they could get a grasp on what I believed.

Guys, that was the holidays. This is February. In a matter of weeks without aspartame, my life completely changed.

The best is that I no longer have that "poisony feeling" all running through me. That was just so scary awful. I constantly thought I had the flu, cancer, etc. The ALSO best part is the NO BLOATING! And I now have REGULAR bowel movements. I thought for life I was going to suffer with digestion. Nope.

People, please, if you are consuming any bit of that stuff, please stop. Please. I believe it is so harmful. It builds up and hits you like a ton of bricks, and it's just a nasty battle with your health. I almost died. Please stop, even the gum you chew!

I am SOOOOOO grateful to Dr. Hull. My family is astounded by the turnaround. Thank you, thank you, thank you, for giving me a new life!

Patti