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snookarosis CH.com Junior Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 48 texas Gender:	aspartame Jun 9^th, 2008 at 10:48am do you guys think aspartame triggers ch's
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Paige_H. CH.com Junior Offline What the hell? Posts: 85 x0\|Princeton\|USA\|\|0\|0\|WV,West_Virginia	Re: aspartame Reply #1 - Jun 9^th, 2008 at 11:19am don't know about CH. but i avoid it because of migraines.
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gizmo CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Posts: 522 Germany Gender:	Re: aspartame Reply #2 - Jun 9^th, 2008 at 11:39am For me it triggers an attack almost immediately, but this doesn't necessarily hold true for others.
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monty CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Posts: 1056 The Swamp, Florida	Re: aspartame Reply #3 - Jun 9^th, 2008 at 12:28pm I have no idea. I did occasionally use artificial sweeteners a long time ago. The taste bothered me, and I decided I would either use a bit of sugar or do without.
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Brew Ex Member	Re: aspartame Reply #4 - Jun 9^th, 2008 at 2:08pm Don't know if it's a CH trigger for me, but it always gave me a tension-type headache. I avoid it at all costs now. Sugar is a much simpler molecule to metabolize.
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Karla CH.com Alumnus Offline One of Many and Never Alone - Join OUCH Posts: 3837 x1\|Madison WI USA Gender:	Re: aspartame Reply #5 - Jun 9^th, 2008 at 5:13pm It will induce a long lasting terrible migraine for me. It does nothing concerning ch. I avoid it like the plague.
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George CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Black-Billed Magpie Posts: 8126 Boise, Idaho USA Gender:	Re: aspartame Reply #6 - Jun 9^th, 2008 at 5:54pm Couldn't say. I won't knowingly eat it. Best, George
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jon019 CH.com Alumnus Offline "Ya gotta believe!" Posts: 1656 USA Gender:	Re: aspartame Reply #7 - Jun 9^th, 2008 at 8:14pm For me, that would be a YES!
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AlienSpaceGuy CH.com Old Timer Offline Greetings from outer space Posts: 254 Northpole Gender:	Re: aspartame Reply #8 - Jun 9^th, 2008 at 10:44pm For years I took daily 10 - 15 Aspertams, one with each cup of coffee or tea. Two years ago, I decided to give up this repugnant sweet stuff. It didn't make a difference for CH.
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Reply #9 - Jun 10^th, 2008 at 1:17am

I am a huge diet coke drinker. Early in my cycle this time around i avoided many things that i read about on this site that could be a trigger. I read aspartame was a trigger for some- so i cut out all diet cokes- drank black coffee like crazy in high cycle.

when i was painfree for about two weeks after starting verap- i added back in diet cokes slowly. No hits - back to normal amount of diet coke pre cycle- cycle is over now

So for me- who knows? IT is real hard for me to tell when i'm in high cycle what food could be contributingexcept for one connection i made . There is one drink- COld Capri Sun ( think little kids juice boxes) that if i drank them while in high cyle caused me to have serious shadows that would end up in a HA

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Whipsmart CH.com Junior Offline Hipster Doofus Posts: 35 Mason, MI USA Gender:	Re: aspartame Reply #10 - Jun 10^th, 2008 at 1:43am I love Diet Coke, but I figured one less possible trigger in my life was probably better. They make a version of Diet Coke with Splenda instead of aspartame. It has a yellow stripe on the top of the can and the Splenda logo on it. I've only seen it in a can, but it does the trick for me.
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