Death By Diet Soda

As my bad luck would have it, aspartame - the primary sweetener found in most diet sodas - is one of the most dangerous chemicals you can put into your body. Since it’s not a real food, and therefore the body has no nutritional need for it, every time you put it into your system, the organs are burdened with the task of having to filter it out. The more frequently you put it in, the less able the organs are to keep up with the filtration.

Eventually, the organs tire out (especially because they are already overburdened with getting rid of the air you breathe, pesticides you eat, lotions you use, etc.), leaving you with headaches, bad skin, a hormone problem, a thyroid problem, and a variety of other conditions. Then, to make matters worse, once the organs are in a burdened state, they are even less able to filter out the garbage you drink.

So, what happens when the organs can’t get rid of the toxins? They store them in the body – in the cells and tissues, leaving the body in a persistent toxic state. And a high level of toxicity in the cells is what leads to cancer, heart disease, autoimmune diseases, etc.

On top of that, when the liver actually pulls the aspartame back out of the cells for filtration (which will only happen once you stop bombarding it with more aspartame), it has to break it down into a bunch of separate chemicals first, including formaldehyde, a known toxin. And trust me - it’s not fun to have that crap swimming through your blood on its way out. It’s like having a hangover with the flu. But it’s better than having it live in your cells and kill you.

Needless to say, the news about diet soda was devastating. I suspected this would be the hardest breakup of my life. I was right.

In fact, I never realized how strong my addiction to diet soda was until I tried to give it up. Even today, when surrounded by ice cream, brownies, cake, freshly baked bread and gallons of alcohol, all I do is stare at the soda fountain.