To anyone who thinks their protein drink is giving them palpitations.

[brettfrable]

It is.

Look for aspartame, sucralose, aspartic acid, or Warning: Contains phenylalanine.

Any time I have any of these ingredients, along with others that are included with them, I get extremely bad palpitations.

Guarantee most of your protein powders are using this.

Now if someone could tell me why, I'd love it. But I've done what you've all done. Stopped consuming these ingredients and the palpitations go away. Start consuming them and they come back. Documented monitors showing the irregular heartbeats(pvcs).

Seems like there would be some science out there as to why some of us experience this same symptom and some of us dont.

[FoxtrotSierra]

It is.

Look for aspartame, sucralose, aspartic acid, or Warning: Contains phenylalanine.

Any time I have any of these ingredients, along with others that are included with them, I get extremely bad palpitations.

Guarantee most of your protein powders are using this.

Now if someone could tell me why, I'd love it. But I've done what you've all done. Stopped consuming these ingredients and the palpitations go away. Start consuming them and they come back. Documented monitors showing the irregular heartbeats(pvcs).

Seems like there would be some science out there as to why some of us experience this same symptom and some of us dont.

I'm curious how you can definitively say it is those ingredients, as they are EXTREMELY common additives.

[FoxtrotSierra]

I'm curious how you can definitively say it is those ingredients, as they are EXTREMELY common additives.

Thinking further on this, I am going to say you are either sensitive to a certain ingredient (or allergic), or your assumption is completely incorrect.

[brettfrable]

Thinking further on this, I am going to say you are either sensitive to a certain ingredient (or allergic), or your assumption is completely incorrect.

Yeah, I've come across people like you on the internet before. Doesn't happen to me so you're wrong. It's kind of the same thing a scientific/medical study does. I've had the ingredients. I have palpitations. I remove the ingredients. I don't have palpitations. Tried this around 5 times with the same results each time. I don't have the background to SAY why, but I do have the experience to say that is what causes my heart palpitations. To be honest, I'm glad you don't. But - be more open to other peoples experiences and don't assume it's their opinions. You can't argue with someones experiences. It's frustrating.

[FoxtrotSierra]

Yeah, I've come across people like you on the internet before. Doesn't happen to me so you're wrong. It's kind of the same thing a scientific/medical study does. I've had the ingredients. I have palpitations. I remove the ingredients. I don't have palpitations. Tried this around 5 times with the same results each time. I don't have the background to SAY why, but I do have the experience to say that is what causes my heart palpitations. To be honest, I'm glad you don't. But - be more open to other peoples experiences and don't assume it's their opinions. You can't argue with someones experiences. It's frustrating.

As I said, you personally may be sensitive or allergic to ANYTHING in protein powder.

I bet those three ingredients are in other foods you eat and you don't even know it.

They are every time you eat out!

10s of MILLIONS of people, consume protein powder daily. 99.9% of them, do not report problems.

[brettfrable]

Thinking further on this, I am going to say you are either sensitive to a certain ingredient (or allergic), or your assumption is completely incorrect.

Also, this hasn't just happened with protein powders. This has happened with sugar free sodas, sugar free yogurt, sugar free ice cream, sugar free iced tea. There is one common ingredient in all of those sugar free foods / beverages. Ignorant.

[brettfrable]

As I said, you personally may be sensitive or allergic to ANYTHING in protein powder.

I bet those three ingredients are in other foods you eat and you don't even know it.

They are every time you eat out!

10s of MILLIONS of people, consume protein powder daily. 99.9% of them, do not report problems.

As I already stated. This doesn't just happen to me with protein powders.

Oh here is my medical presentation of what happens when I consume aspartame.

imgur . com/a/BoFLf54

posted this way so I could share a link. let me know if your brain can figure out how to access it.

Also, I came across this because there are about threads on here of people who have the same problem.

[FoxtrotSierra]

Ignorant.

There's a good chance you, personally, along with a small percentage of the population, are sensitive or allergic.

[Ghawk21]

As I already stated. This doesn't just happen to me with protein powders.

Oh here is my medical presentation of what happens when I consume aspartame.

imgur . com/a/BoFLf54

posted this way so I could share a link. let me know if your brain can figure out how to access it.

Also, I came across this because there are about threads on here of people who have the same problem.

To be fair, you found one thread and it was from 6 years ago. Foxtrot is right, you and a small percentage of people obviously have issues with it, most don't. Easy solution is if you experience issues you just remove it from the equation. No need to get super defensive and hostile.

[powercage]

You would know by 49 if you had phenylketonuria

Most likely answer is nocebo. But if you are concerned best to just avoid it.

[lucia316]

Seems like there would be some science out there as to why some of us experience this same symptom and some of us dont.

Perhaps there is a reason that there is no evidence of this. N=1 is not evidence of a problem. It's evidence that you have a problem and are an outlier.

[FoxtrotSierra]

Perhaps there is a reason that there is no evidence of this. N=1 is not evidence of a problem. It's evidence that you have a problem and are an outlier.

As I've been trying to tell him.... but, I'm ignorant, so what would I know