Friday, 1 February 2008
Diet coke and alchohol
Last night I had Diet coke and alchohol (1 pint beer and 1 cocktail) - my tinnitus really bad in morning
Saturday, 26 January 2008
Ajinomoto
A comment on my blog has been left. It's:
"BS. If you want the true facts about aspartame visit snopes.com, aspartame.net, or better yet the full text 2007 Magnuson review
http://www.fte.ugent.be/vlaz/Magnuson2007.pdf.
The latter is conducte by 10 experts in the field.
John E. Garst, Ph.D. (Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacology, and Toxicology"
Which is lovely - it's a report saying aspartame is safe.
At the end of the 01 September 2007 report it says:
"The identity of the sponsor of this review
was also unknown to peer reviewers and the editor until
acceptance of manuscript. The sponsor was Ajinomoto Company,
Inc."
Who are Ajinomoto Company?
"Ajinomoto of Japan, the world's largest manufacturer of both aspartame and MSG"
http://media.www.dailylobo.com/media/storage/paper344/news/2008/01/24/Opinion/Hawaiian.Aspartame.Bills.Challenge.Corporate.Clout-3166777.shtml
This is where it gets slightly bladerunner
Check out their president:
http://www.ajinomoto.com/message/index.html
Ajinomoto is active in 23 countries and regions worldwide, employing around 24,861 people as of 2004. Yearly revenue stands at US$9.84 billion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajinomoto
"BS. If you want the true facts about aspartame visit snopes.com, aspartame.net, or better yet the full text 2007 Magnuson review
http://www.fte.ugent.be/vlaz/Magnuson2007.pdf.
The latter is conducte by 10 experts in the field.
John E. Garst, Ph.D. (Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacology, and Toxicology"
Which is lovely - it's a report saying aspartame is safe.
At the end of the 01 September 2007 report it says:
"The identity of the sponsor of this review
was also unknown to peer reviewers and the editor until
acceptance of manuscript. The sponsor was Ajinomoto Company,
Inc."
Who are Ajinomoto Company?
"Ajinomoto of Japan, the world's largest manufacturer of both aspartame and MSG"
http://media.www.dailylobo.com/media/storage/paper344/news/2008/01/24/Opinion/Hawaiian.Aspartame.Bills.Challenge.Corporate.Clout-3166777.shtml
This is where it gets slightly bladerunner
Check out their president:
http://www.ajinomoto.com/message/index.html
Ajinomoto is active in 23 countries and regions worldwide, employing around 24,861 people as of 2004. Yearly revenue stands at US$9.84 billion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajinomoto
Diet coke makes my tinnitus worse
It's been ten minutes since I drank Diet Coke for the first time in four days.
It makes my tinnitus louder - I don't know why - but it does - the volume is nearly back at the level which will disturb my sleep.
I don't think it's the caffeine - as I've drunk coffee, in the last four days, equivalent to diet coke amounts - and no effect.
So what else is there in diet coke? Is it the aspartame? I don't know - I'm not a doctor.
If you've got tinnitus and you're a diet cola drinker - I suggest you try to stop drinking it for a while and see (hear?) what happens.
Also - maybe try increasing your intake of fruit - oranges seem to calm my tinnitus!
It makes my tinnitus louder - I don't know why - but it does - the volume is nearly back at the level which will disturb my sleep.
I don't think it's the caffeine - as I've drunk coffee, in the last four days, equivalent to diet coke amounts - and no effect.
So what else is there in diet coke? Is it the aspartame? I don't know - I'm not a doctor.
If you've got tinnitus and you're a diet cola drinker - I suggest you try to stop drinking it for a while and see (hear?) what happens.
Also - maybe try increasing your intake of fruit - oranges seem to calm my tinnitus!
Aspartame is safe, says John E. Garst
He's posted a comment, saying:
"BS. If you want the true facts about aspartame visit snopes.com, aspartame.net, or better yet the full text 2007 Magnuson review
http://www.fte.ugent.be/vlaz/Magnuson2007.pdf.
The latter is conducte by 10 experts in the field.
John E. Garst, Ph.D. (Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacology, and Toxicology"
John may be right. I hope he is.
It could be that it's all in my mind - but I've just drank 25oml of diet coke (after none for four days) and my face feels hot, I feel slightly sick and my tinnitus got slightly worse.
I was so scared of tinnitus - but it's volume has dropped, since one week ago (I don't know if this is to do with my cutting back on diet cola - but it does seem to have increased in volume after my 250ml of diet coke).
After drinking it I feel slightly foggy - like the two halves of my brain are joined together - which I like, but I don't like the increased tinnitus, sick feeling and hot flushes.
I think I associate the foggy feeling with creativity - this is something I've got to break. There must be a way around it.
One thing that also scares me: Diet Coke with me is an addiction - I know I'll feel sick if I drink it - yet I have to drink it (I know this sounds silly - but it's true) - so what the hell is it doing to me to create such an addiction?
"BS. If you want the true facts about aspartame visit snopes.com, aspartame.net, or better yet the full text 2007 Magnuson review
http://www.fte.ugent.be/vlaz/Magnuson2007.pdf.
The latter is conducte by 10 experts in the field.
John E. Garst, Ph.D. (Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacology, and Toxicology"
John may be right. I hope he is.
It could be that it's all in my mind - but I've just drank 25oml of diet coke (after none for four days) and my face feels hot, I feel slightly sick and my tinnitus got slightly worse.
I was so scared of tinnitus - but it's volume has dropped, since one week ago (I don't know if this is to do with my cutting back on diet cola - but it does seem to have increased in volume after my 250ml of diet coke).
After drinking it I feel slightly foggy - like the two halves of my brain are joined together - which I like, but I don't like the increased tinnitus, sick feeling and hot flushes.
I think I associate the foggy feeling with creativity - this is something I've got to break. There must be a way around it.
One thing that also scares me: Diet Coke with me is an addiction - I know I'll feel sick if I drink it - yet I have to drink it (I know this sounds silly - but it's true) - so what the hell is it doing to me to create such an addiction?
Tuesday, 22 January 2008
Tinnitus - update
Had diet coke earlier, then coffee in fizzy water - and whistling noise went!
Then put in olive oil eardrops and whistling returned! arrgh
Then put in olive oil eardrops and whistling returned! arrgh
aspartame story
http://www.guardian.co.uk/food/Story/0,2763,1667734,00.html
http://www.veganforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10217&page=2
I would just like to share a quote with everyone from my favorite Vegan Book, "Skinny Bitch":
"Diet sodas contain formaldehyde, and if you are not familiar with that let me explain. It is a chemical used to preserve things in scientific experiments, maybe it is preserving the fat on your ass"
Smoke 4 packs a day
Eat meat every other day
Drink 3 glasses of milk a day
Eat 4000 calories a day
Drink 2 glasses vodka each night
Pop a handful of script pain meds every other night
If you are drinking DIET anything, I dont care if it is made with splenda, equal, sweet'n low, or aspartame you should also just pick two things from the above list and do them as well. Because it wouldn't be doing you any more damage as long as you drink DIET drinks/eat DIET snacks. I even learned in NURSING SCHOOL that just because they say they dont have calories doesn't mean you dont have to burn it off. Calorie free just means your body doesn't recognize what they are, and can go ahead and store them on your body anyway with no way to "use them".. that means "diet" drinks will stick to your thighs...forever with no way to use then as real energy!! (That is scary) Be careful.
"If it says sugar free, fat free, low cal, low carb, or cal free, read those words as CHEMICAL SH*T STORM and run as far as you can!!!"
~Skinny Bitch (Oh I just love that book)
http://askwaltstollmd.com/archives/aspar.html
http://www.veganforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10217&page=2
I would just like to share a quote with everyone from my favorite Vegan Book, "Skinny Bitch":
"Diet sodas contain formaldehyde, and if you are not familiar with that let me explain. It is a chemical used to preserve things in scientific experiments, maybe it is preserving the fat on your ass"
Smoke 4 packs a day
Eat meat every other day
Drink 3 glasses of milk a day
Eat 4000 calories a day
Drink 2 glasses vodka each night
Pop a handful of script pain meds every other night
If you are drinking DIET anything, I dont care if it is made with splenda, equal, sweet'n low, or aspartame you should also just pick two things from the above list and do them as well. Because it wouldn't be doing you any more damage as long as you drink DIET drinks/eat DIET snacks. I even learned in NURSING SCHOOL that just because they say they dont have calories doesn't mean you dont have to burn it off. Calorie free just means your body doesn't recognize what they are, and can go ahead and store them on your body anyway with no way to "use them".. that means "diet" drinks will stick to your thighs...forever with no way to use then as real energy!! (That is scary) Be careful.
"If it says sugar free, fat free, low cal, low carb, or cal free, read those words as CHEMICAL SH*T STORM and run as far as you can!!!"
~Skinny Bitch (Oh I just love that book)
http://askwaltstollmd.com/archives/aspar.html
Tinnitus
On Friday (four days ago) I realised I have tinnitus. It's at about 9000hz and I've been struggling to sleep - I'm quite scared - going to see doctor tomorrow.
Has this been caused by my attempting to cut down on aspartame? I don't know.
My cutting down has been going quite well - down to one can of diet coke (and no other source of aspartame) every two days. But for the past four days I've felt awful.
Today I drank diet coke and I felt better - my appetite returned - it made the headaches go away, but the tinnitus is still there.
Can I notice the tinnitus now, because my brain is less excited?
The neurotoxins hurt my hearing?
http://www.bio.net/bionet/mm/ageing/1995-September/001727.html
http://www.rawcuisine.co.uk/whats-happening-to-food/diet-coke/
This page mentions tinnitus and aspartame.
” … I am a Pediatrician, a Professor of Pediatrics at Emory, and have spent 25 years in the biomedical science, trying to prevent mental retardation and birth defects caused by excess phenylalanine.. . . . . .I have considerable concern for the increased dissemination and consumption of the sweetener, aspartame, (1-methyl N-L-a-aspartyl-L- phenylalanine) in our world food supply. This artificial dipeptide is hydrolyzed by the intestinal tract to produce L-phenylalanine which in excess is a known neurotoxin. Normal humans do not metabolize phenylalanine as efficiently as do lower species such as rodents and thus most of the previous studies in Aspartame effects on rats are irrelevant to the question, ‘Does phenylalanine excess occur with Aspartame ingestion?’”
Statement by Louis J. Elsas, II, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics, before the USA Senate Committee of Labor and Human Resources on the subject “Nutrasweet: Health and safety concerns”, November 3, 1987.
http://www.tinnitusformula.com/infocenter/articles/treatments/toxins.aspx
Both aspartame and monosodium glutamate are excitatory neurotransmitters. That is, they excite brain neurons and increase levels of electrical activity in the brain and the auditory cortex, the area where tinnitus is perceived. We know that people with tinnitus have an elevated level of electrical activity and reducing this activity is helpful for tinnitus. Increasing electrical activity increases tinnitus. A previous article discussing elevated states of electrical activity in the brain and tinnitus can be seen by clicking here.
http://www.bio.net/bionet/mm/ageing/1995-September/001727.html
Has this been caused by my attempting to cut down on aspartame? I don't know.
My cutting down has been going quite well - down to one can of diet coke (and no other source of aspartame) every two days. But for the past four days I've felt awful.
Today I drank diet coke and I felt better - my appetite returned - it made the headaches go away, but the tinnitus is still there.
Can I notice the tinnitus now, because my brain is less excited?
The neurotoxins hurt my hearing?
http://www.bio.net/bionet/mm/ageing/1995-September/001727.html
It says in the
Congressional Record, S5511, May 7, 1985, the following:
"Aspartame has been demonstrated to inhibit the carbohydrate-induced
synthesis of the neurotransmitter serotonin (Wurtman affidavit).
Serotonin blunts the sensation of craving carbohydrates and thus is part
of the body's feedback system that helps limit consumption of
carbohydrate to appropriate levels. Its inhibition by aspartame could
lead to the anomalous result of a diet product causing increased
consumption of carbohydrates."
http://www.rawcuisine.co.uk/whats-happening-to-food/diet-coke/
This page mentions tinnitus and aspartame.
” … I am a Pediatrician, a Professor of Pediatrics at Emory, and have spent 25 years in the biomedical science, trying to prevent mental retardation and birth defects caused by excess phenylalanine.. . . . . .I have considerable concern for the increased dissemination and consumption of the sweetener, aspartame, (1-methyl N-L-a-aspartyl-L- phenylalanine) in our world food supply. This artificial dipeptide is hydrolyzed by the intestinal tract to produce L-phenylalanine which in excess is a known neurotoxin. Normal humans do not metabolize phenylalanine as efficiently as do lower species such as rodents and thus most of the previous studies in Aspartame effects on rats are irrelevant to the question, ‘Does phenylalanine excess occur with Aspartame ingestion?’”
Statement by Louis J. Elsas, II, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics, before the USA Senate Committee of Labor and Human Resources on the subject “Nutrasweet: Health and safety concerns”, November 3, 1987.
http://www.tinnitusformula.com/infocenter/articles/treatments/toxins.aspx
Both aspartame and monosodium glutamate are excitatory neurotransmitters. That is, they excite brain neurons and increase levels of electrical activity in the brain and the auditory cortex, the area where tinnitus is perceived. We know that people with tinnitus have an elevated level of electrical activity and reducing this activity is helpful for tinnitus. Increasing electrical activity increases tinnitus. A previous article discussing elevated states of electrical activity in the brain and tinnitus can be seen by clicking here.
http://www.bio.net/bionet/mm/ageing/1995-September/001727.html
HE ROLE OF ASPARTAME
Each of these components of aspartame -- phenylalanine; aspartic acid;
the methyl ester, which promptly becomes methyl alcohol or methanol --
and their multiple breakdown products after exposure to heat or during
prolonged storage is potentially toxic to the brain and inner ear. These
organs are uniquely vulnerable to metabolic disturbances and neurotoxins
because of their unique metabolic requirements.
http://www.bio.net/bionet/mm/ageing/1995-September/001727.html
Subject: Help at last... please read
Date: 1997/09/13
Newsgroups: alt.support.tinnitus
On 07-11-97 I received information on the fact that
aspartame(Nutrasweet/Equal) could cause tinnitus by destroying the
central nervous system. I had been a large user of diet sodas which
contain aspartame.I figured I had nothing to lose by switching to plain
water. The results were not immediate but took approx. 2 months. I can
now honestly say that my tinnitus has been greatly reduced and
completely gone much of the time.
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