Re: Ketocal/Aspartame-Emma

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Hi Emma,

My searching on this one over the years has shown me that for every

article on the web that describes proven increased seizure susceptibility

(and other neuro disturbances) from comsuming aspartame, there is another

one that sets out to disprove it.

Our hospital prefers that no foods used on the diet contain it, and I try

to make sure that has it very sparingly. Freeman says in his book (pg

89 in 3rd edition) that 'some parents' have reported nutra sweet can cause

seizures but doesn't go so far to say whether Hopkins hospital actually

agree with this, or why. He does though recommend that the child is tested

by witholding it for a week or 2 and observing seizure frequency after it

has been eliminated.

Personally, I don't think I have ever seen a direct seizure link with

, but the articles that say it can be a seizure trigger also mention

that not all folks have this apparent sensitivity. Quite a few kiddies on

here are fine with it, but there are probably just as many who have def seen

a link between the two.

If any doubt at all exisits, and seizure control is not complete, it would

be one of the first things I would be eiliminating if finetuning,

----- Original Message -----

> Read a message a while back asking why aspartame was in Ketocal.

> Went away to find out and have now got the answer:

>

> In the US Ketocal has aspartame in it because there is and I

> quote 'no medical evidence to show that aspartame causes seizures'.

>

> The reason it has sweetner in it at all is because it is for tube AND

> sip feed and if it didn't have some flavour it would be horrible

> (I've tried the non-flavoured variety and I can safely say it tastes

> revolting! - the vanilla is not bad though.)

>

> Ok, before I get loads of you screaming at me about this aspartame

> thing, I, like many of us, remember reading somewhere (still trying

> to trawl the depths of all the paperwork I have collected over the

> years - mental note, must do more filing!)that there IS a

> connection. So much so that even before went on the diet I

> did not allow him things with aspartame in it.

>

> If any of you have ANY details about this link between Aspartame and

> seizures - please can you let me have it.

>

> Thanks.

>

> Emma.