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Kraft Foods - False Advertising and Aspartame Poisoning
Crystal Light "Natural" Lemonade - Complaint
Review by Ninak467 on 2012-06-27
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SOUTH BEND, INDIANA -- My fiance and I try to eat and drink as natural as possible. His mother gave us a container of Crystal Light Natural Lemonade packets. I saw the word "natural" in larger print and didn't think to look on the back for any serious additives. One packet makes 1 quart of lemonade. We had been drinking this lemonade for a total of about three weeks, during this time frame my fiance started feeling muscle pains in his back, abdominal and groin. We didn't think much of this until the pain started increasing as well as unusual fatigue and headache. This past Saturday, my fiance and soon to be father of my child was rushed to the hospital by an ambulance. That morning he woke up with severe lower back pain and nausea. He then suffered a seizure and that is when I called 911. After suffering intense pain, a CAT scan revealed that he had passed two kidney stones to his bladder. My fiance has never had a seizure or kidney problems prior to consuming aspartame in this product.
I would like some sort of compensation for false advertisement, and the grief and stress this has caused my family and unborn child. If I don't at least receive an apology, I will be sure to inform my whole community of the dangers lurking in Kraft Foods products.
I would like some sort of compensation for false advertisement, and the grief and stress this has caused my family and unborn child. If I don't at least receive an apology, I will be sure to inform my whole community of the dangers lurking in Kraft Foods products.
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Posted by madconsumer on 2012-06-27:
kidney stones take time to form. i am not sure if they can form in a few weeks. there are several means of kidney stones, but most common is from calcium buildup from not drinking enough water.
Posted by spiderman2 on 2012-06-27:
I thought everyone knew Crystal Light was a diet drink. Right on the container it states 35% fewer calories. I am very sensitive to things that are put in "light" chips (olestra). You better bet if I happen to run across a bag of those I read the label before I risk eating any of them.
http://www.fitday.com/fitness-articles/fitness/whats-really-in-this-crystal-light.html
This link tells you how they can claim it is natural. I feel bad for your boyfriend's experience, but you have to read labels!
http://www.fitday.com/fitness-articles/fitness/whats-really-in-this-crystal-light.html
This link tells you how they can claim it is natural. I feel bad for your boyfriend's experience, but you have to read labels!
Posted by Tezrien on 2012-06-27:
Sorry that your boyfriend got ill, but it wasn't from aspartame. Kidney stones take months to years to form. Here is info on the kinds of stones there are.
http://ehealthmd.com/content/how-do-kidney-stones-form
http://ehealthmd.com/content/how-do-kidney-stones-form
Posted by Starlord on 2012-06-28:
I never understood why my lemonade mix uses artificial flavors while my dishwashing detergent has real lemon juice. I also have to say that the juxtaposition between the drinking of the lemonade and passing kidney stones are unrelated. Events that happen closely are not necessarily cause and effect. One night, I changed the batteries in my flashlight, and a white powder came out and got all over my patrol car, including my coffee. After I got off shift, I got sick, and I thought it was poisoning by the white powder. It turned out I had a bad gall bladder that had nothing to do with the powder, which was apparently corrosion from the batteries.
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