freaking out about aspartimine...

[MrsRV]

I limit myself to a can of diet coke a day.... and I drink no added sugar squash. no tea or coffee. tell me my baby will be ok and the aspartimine won't affect her????

You can have aspartame in pregnancy. What makes you think you can't?

I dont know how aspartame affects the unborn child, if at all, but if I was prime minister I would ban it - and I'm a diet coke addict! I did a short study of it during my degree and its a vile additive.
It isn't on the list of things to avoid while pregnant so it's probably not considered an issue (at least I hope not :/)

I would be avoiding crap like aspartame during pregnancy and always in fact but there is no real research saying you shouldn't have it. I just think there are too many shit chemicals and additives in the food chain and recon it's the cumulative effect of those and use of plastics and decreasing nutritional value of real food that is leading to all the autism, ADHD, cancer, obesity etc. and now I will take off my tin foil hat and get back to corrie.

It really freaks me out as I am a diet coke addict. I kicked the habit with last pregnancy but this time (23 weeks) have just been more laid back about everything but there is just this horrible niggle that im causing damage of some sort to Bab no 2. I think ill try to kick the habit again... When I finish the stash in the fridge.

If it makes you feel better then obviously you should do whatever you makes you least anxious, but if you're only drinking 1 can of diet coke a day I don't think you could find anything on even the most rabid anti-sweetners conspiracy theory websites that might suggest it would be an issue.

It's fine honestly relax. You could google pregnancy and anything and there is some study saying don't eat this that don't do that etc etc. Just avoid the obvious things that have concrete evidence and studies like no pate, smoking, drinking, all the things your GP will tell you anyway.

I read somewhere you'd have to take 14 cans of diet cola for aspartame to affect you

It won't hurt the baby but you should definitely try giving up diet coke. Aspartame is horrible whether you're pregnant or not.

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) sets an acceptable daily intake (ADI) for artificial sweeteners. These ADIs are quite high. For example, the ADI for aspartame is 2,800mg. This is equivalent to about 14 cans of diet drink a day!

However, if you have the rare inherited disorder phenylketonuria (PKU) or high levels of phenylalanine in your blood (a condition called hyperphenylalanine) you should not have aspartame. This is because your body is unable to break down phenylalanine, an amino acid contained in aspartame. A build-up of phenylalanine could harm an unborn baby. Fortunately, because aspartame is listed as an ingredient on products, it is easy to avoid.

If you're going to wait until you've finished the stash in the fridge you're not that worried! It'll be fine.

Aspartame is something I try to avoid putting into my body, pregnant or not. I went off it when I discovered that when heated to a certain temperature it turns into wood oil. I'm not a big fizzy drink drinker but when I do it's full fat. I do like squash but try to avoid brands that use it... more calories, but all the more reason to drink more water and less sweetened drinks. Lemon and/or mint added to water is lovely.

no added sugar squash does have artificial sweeteners... you would be better off drinking ones with natural sugars/sugar.

My Ds is not allowed aspartame on Drs orders (urologist) & since I researched it then - I have cut it out of all our diets (it's also in some medicines like Lemsip).

Could you cope with Asda own brand diet coke?

No aspartame...

Could be a compromise solution.

Is there actually any per reviewed actual reputable evidence against Aspartame?

There's a lot of scare mongering, but not a lot of facts!

Yeah I have felt the same way throughout my pregnancy. I was drinking a lot of diet coke at the start as it helped with morning sickness then I googled it and freaked myself out. I stopped drinking it around 18 weeks and I will occasionally have the odd glass now. I'm 34 weeks currently. I can't say it doesn't have an affect on the baby as it is one of my concerns too but loads of people I have spoken to hae drunk it and their babies were fine. I have become a google noghtmate and have freaked myself out about so Many things. Remember that stressing will not help the baby either. Also these sweeteners are in full sugar drinks, definitelytango as I got a full fat tango instead of diet coke only.to discover it was in that too. It's in some yoghurts Abd squashes. So try not to beat yourself up too much about having a can a day. I bet most people get a lot of aspartamine without even noticing. If you are worried stop drinking it like I did but try to stay calm.

I am not a fan of aspartame at any time. I love diet coke but try not to drink it. I also avoid artificial sweeteners generally - so we don't have sugar free squash, low fat yoghurts, etc if we can help it.

My biggest reason for this is that studies suggest it does very odd things to your appetite and body when you are primed for a sugar hit by a sweet flavour and don't get it. I'm really trying to get more in tune with my appetite, so the last thing I need is sweeteners sending it out of whack.

However, there is no particular reason not to have aspartame in pregnancy. It's not on the avoid list.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25323216

Peeapod Thank you! Quote above link

14 cans a day? wow. no where near that. what other kinds of foods is aspartamine in???

its aspartame and its in loads of things e.g drinks, yoghurts, sweets, etc. haven't had any issues with it myself