gale

I don't use any artificial sweeteners in anything (except some medications-you can't avoid it then). I've read similar stories where someone was ill or had chronic problems and it cleared up when they quit using splenda or aspartame. These were on message boards where someone was having symptoms but couldn't figure out what. Months later people would ask how they were, and nothing changed. Then after a while they posted saying that they gave up artificial sweeteners for whatever reason (not related to their illness) and their symptoms were gone. Good enough for me. Splenda (sucralose) gives me stomachaches and aspartame gives me headaches. i figure that's my body telling me not to use it.