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Sorry if this is slightly off-topic, but whenever I drink Coca-Cola Zero, I get a bit dizzy. It doesn't happen with other soda like Pepsi Zero. I've read somewhere that aspartame is much stronger than sugar.

For the life of me, I can't find any references I stumbled upon when I searched about it, but has any of you had the same symptoms?

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No idea, but theorizing “out loud”. Your body could be producing a bunch of insulin in response to the sweet, which lowers your blood sugar level to below normal levels since there’s no actual sugar for it to move around. Low blood sugar (< 70 mg/dl iirc) can lead to lightheadedness I believe, but folks who need to take insulin would be able to speak to that a lot more than I can.

I’ve seen some people say that they have an insulin response to artificial sweeteners but I don’t know if there’s any medical literature to confirm/quantify it.

aspartam is not affecting the blood sugar though.

But much more insulin than appropriate will lower blood sugar. This would be more of a question of whether or not aspartame causes an insulin response from the taste.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diet_drink#Amount_of_artificia... Pepsi Max contains more of Aspartame compared to Coke Zero.

Stop drinking this garbage :). Drink water and tea.

> Drink water and tea.

Yup. Stopped drinking anything else than water (sometimes with syrup), sparkling water, and tea.

There is nothing wrong with Aspartame, and no amount of diet soda will even come close to dangerous levels. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspartame_controversy

Probably, but I'd rather drink only water and tea. Considering how bad I feel after just a bottle of Coca-Cola Zero, I'd rather not try it again and stick with natural drinks.

I think we've allowed our society to become addict to sugar, and I don't think Aspartame is our savior.

This is anecdotal but drinking any soda causes me to pee harshly while tea has the opposite effect.

Interesting. Aspartame just seems to make me incredibly hungry.

Yes exactly this, it makes me feel dizzy, kind of "floaty" and generally just bad, anything with artificial sweetner can ruin my entire day. It's amazing how many things have these artificial sweetners in them, I have to read the labels on everything new I try. I can't seem to find others with the same issue so I'm really glad you said this.

Aspartame makes me dizzy, even a little bit like from gum containing it. I have to abstain.

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