Organic , perhaps but not very tasty stuff. Various chemical toxins mimic multiple sclerosis and prolonged exposure to low levels of toxic chemicals can destory nerve cells. Misdiagnose is possible when there are other concommitant factors involved. Multiple Sclerosis is a progressive degenerative disease, more wide-spread in the northern latitudes and which has recently shown some improvement after treatment with interferon drugs. Systemic Lupus a life-threatening disease, has become more common in recent years mirroring the rate of aspartame and other food additive use.
Toxicity is associated with relatively high consumption levels of at least one liter per day.
Multiple Sclerosis which is misdiagnosed from chemical toxicity will normally disappear after the toxin is removed. Since MS starts out as an episodic disease, the diagnosis is notoriously difficult. Aspartame is currently found in over 5,000 food products. There is some evidence that patients with retinopathy which has been attributed diabetes is being aggravated by aspartame . You could switch to saccharine, which has a history of cancer risk, if you're diabetic, fructose is perhaps a better choice as a food sweetener.