Re: In my opinion on an ancient post

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well ..... I don't think the affect everyone the same way but

aspartame and my digestive system do not like each other at all. They

affected my father the same way. So I avoid aspartame at all costs.

(No it wasn't my brain that was affected although my brain got tired

of directing emergency trips to the facilities.)

> Hello Everyone, Looking back on the theory about how aspartame and MSG

> causes an allergic brain reaction to us aspies. I honestly don't believe it

> because we could take either one in until we're blue in the face and not

> feel a thing. If either one of them really (italicize the word " really " )

> effected us our brains would melt in our heads and turn into a liquid form

> and be sloshing around in our heads so much that it'd be pouring out of our

> ears,lol.

>

> I mean lets be honest if i felt like i was getting brain damage from chewing

> gum or eating food with aspartame or MSG in it i certainly wouldn't be here

> today. Anyways that's just my opinion on that matter. I mean let me be frank

> if any of us seriously felt any pain whatsoever from taking either of those

> chemicals don't you think we'd have felt it by now? or been ranting and

> raving about it by now saying it's the worst thing to befall us?

>

> I feel like i'm starting to sound like Reverend Lester Coggins from this

> stephen king novel i'm reading he's very exuberant. Anyways i'll let you go

> i have a game to watch and a game to play. I welcome your thoughts and

> opinions. I hope to hear from you soon,good luck in all you do. Btw tom

> thanks for the compliments on the fishing .

>

> Signed,

> Greg

>

>

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Dear Kathy, Thank you for your input it is quite interesting if i must say so

myself . You're probably right it probably does affect different people in

different ways. For me i chew gum that has aspartame in it and the least of my

problems is an occasional headache nothing major just nothing that a couple

motrin can't get rid of that or sleep. Aside from that i still avoid MSG and on

a side note i hear that at one of our local mexican restraunts qdoba's my

internist told me that just one of their burritos has almost 2,000 mg of sodium

in it. But you can hardly taste the sodium when you're eating it. He makes me

feel like a deer licking a salt block,lol. Oh well i guess that answers my

question of how much salt i take in in a day,lol. But back on the main topic do

you think it has something to do with how much dark matter we have in our

brains? Because that can vary from person to person. I think what the scientists

are saying is that the allergic reaction happens between the chemicals and the

dark matter in our brains. But as i've said before i really don't feel a thing

except minor occasional headaches. Once again i welcome your input and thank you

for your reply.

Signed,

Greg

By the way in other news my sister is currently living in Ireland with her

husband and she is expecting a baby girl sometime this december my mom

and grandma schmitz are just tickled pink over the idea. It turns out i'll end

up being an uncle to this kid .

> > Hello Everyone, Looking back on the theory about how aspartame and MSG

> > causes an allergic brain reaction to us aspies. I honestly don't believe it

> > because we could take either one in until we're blue in the face and not

> > feel a thing. If either one of them really (italicize the word " really " )

> > effected us our brains would melt in our heads and turn into a liquid form

> > and be sloshing around in our heads so much that it'd be pouring out of our

> > ears,lol.

> >

> > I mean lets be honest if i felt like i was getting brain damage from chewing

> > gum or eating food with aspartame or MSG in it i certainly wouldn't be here

> > today. Anyways that's just my opinion on that matter. I mean let me be frank

> > if any of us seriously felt any pain whatsoever from taking either of those

> > chemicals don't you think we'd have felt it by now? or been ranting and

> > raving about it by now saying it's the worst thing to befall us?

> >

> > I feel like i'm starting to sound like Reverend Lester Coggins from this

> > stephen king novel i'm reading he's very exuberant. Anyways i'll let you go

> > i have a game to watch and a game to play. I welcome your thoughts and

> > opinions. I hope to hear from you soon,good luck in all you do. Btw tom

> > thanks for the compliments on the fishing .

> >

> > Signed,

> > Greg

> >

> >

>

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-- In FAMSecretSociety , " Greg G " wrote:

" Looking back on the theory about how aspartame and MSG causes an

allergic brain reaction to us aspies. I honestly don't believe it because we

could take either one in until we're blue in the face and not feel a thing. If

either one of them really (italicize the word " really " ) effected us our brains

would melt in our heads and turn into a liquid form and be sloshing around in

our heads so much that it'd be pouring out of our ears,lol. "

While there is some evidence to show that people with autism are more likely to

have some auto-immune disorders, including allergies, that is the limit of the

credible research to date. I have yet to come across any studies which say that

aspartane orr MSG affects Aspies any more than it affects non-Aspies. Your logic

is correct Greg.

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[Guest guest]

Me too regarding upset stomach and aspartame. I know people (including my dad)

that get migraines from aspartame.

>

> well ..... I don't think the affect everyone the same way but

> aspartame and my digestive system do not like each other at all. They

> affected my father the same way. So I avoid aspartame at all costs.

> (No it wasn't my brain that was affected although my brain got tired

> of directing emergency trips to the facilities.)

>

[Guest guest]

Sorry if this post gets duplicated, tried sending it before and the connection

dropped out when I was hitting the send button, so trying again.

Something else that occured to me (although I think I have said similar before)

what is so bad about natural sugar? Fruit has natural sugar and we are

constantly been told such is good for us, I really hope I do not see a day when

they take fruit remove all the natural sugar and replace it with sweetners and

aspartame.

It is a nightmare enough trying to find soft drinks without sweetners in.

Generally if the bottle/carton says 'no added sugar' it usually pretty certain

that when I look at the ingredients, that yes instead of adding sugar they've

pumped it full of sweetners. I do not particularly like the taste of sweetners

(that and as I said before they upset my stomach) that generally in my opinion

taste a lot sweeter than sugar.

Also I do recall some programme on TV doing an experiment regarding diet drinks

(obviously with lots of sweetners in), they got some rugby players and half of

them drank soft drinks, the other half drank diet drinks, they did not tell the

players who were getting the diet drinks and who got the regular drinks. They

then allowed the rugby players (after they'd had their drinks) to eat as much as

they liked from a buffet, but they had to write down everything they ate. The

one's that drank the diet drinks ate more than the one's who had regular drinks.

They reckoned the reason for this was if one drinks diet drinks they are very

sweet, so the body thinks it is getting sugar and therefore is expecting a hit

of energy, when it does not get the energy it was expecting it will look for it

elsewhere, i.e, by consuming more.

> >

> > well ..... I don't think the affect everyone the same way but

> > aspartame and my digestive system do not like each other at all. They

> > affected my father the same way. So I avoid aspartame at all costs.

> > (No it wasn't my brain that was affected although my brain got tired

> > of directing emergency trips to the facilities.)

> >

>

[Guest guest]

For me, I find that diet drinks taste very bitter. I cannot stand them, and so

will not drink them for that reason. And yes, I did find I wanted to eat more

whenever I had diet drinks.

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Also I do recall some programme on TV doing an experiment regarding diet drinks

(obviously with lots of sweetners in), they got some rugby players and half of

them drank soft drinks, the other half drank diet drinks, they did not tell the

players who were getting the diet drinks and who got the regular drinks. They

then allowed the rugby players (after they'd had their drinks) to eat as much as

they liked from a buffet, but they had to write down everything they ate. The

one's that drank the diet drinks ate more than the one's who had regular drinks.

They reckoned the reason for this was if one drinks diet drinks they are very

sweet, so the body thinks it is getting sugar and therefore is expecting a hit

of energy, when it does not get the energy it was expecting it will look for it

elsewhere, i.e, by consuming more.