Florida State University College of Medicine researchers have linked aspartame, an artificial sweetener found in nearly 5,000 diet foods and drinks, to anxiety-like behavior IN MICE.
I wish to say something. I consume between 2 and 3 liters of Coca-Cola(diet) per day, which uses Aspartame. I have done so since 2014, but moreso in the past 2 years.<p>This is without the additional Monster Energy diet which I may consume within the same day. I do hope it's only this and not something more sinister, like cancer.
Never trusted aspartame/acesulfume and never will. I don't like the taste, and I hate that alternative sweeteners made it harder to find classic sugar drinks somehow.<p>I mean, just drink sugar in moderation, a few cokes a month never killed anyone and they actually taste good. It only becomes a problem when you start to chug down liters of this stuff every single day, and by then I think it's very unhealthy whether it contains sugar or not.
Here's a study showing it has no effect on anxiety in rodents: <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2210523913000263" rel="nofollow">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S22105...</a><p>Sure...PNAS is more prestigious, but I'd wait for this to get replicated before even considering any impact on humans. Aspartame's from the 70s, and has been seriously studied for decades.
> When consumed, aspartame becomes aspartic acid, phenylalanine and methanol, all of which can have potent effects on the central nervous system.<p>The dose makes the poison. So. How does a 2L bottle of Coke Zero compare to say a single apple? Or something similar. That's what this discussion should be about.<p>Remember that aspartame is 40000(! four zeros) times sweeter than sugar. Meaning you will drink just amazingly tiny amounts of it compared to similar sugary drinks.
I'm genuinely curious here: does anybody have a good, scientific overview of the studies of aspartame? I've heard a lot of studies about it, mostly brand new studies, but I haven't heard of a good summary of our understanding of it. I think it would help to put these sorts of articles into context for me.
Given enough cronyism and persistence, any toxic chemical can be made safe. I'm referring to Donald Rumsfeld (then CEO of Searle, creator of aspartame) and his friends at the FDA.<p><a href="https://vtuhr.org/articles/10.21061/vtuhr.v4i0.33/" rel="nofollow">https://vtuhr.org/articles/10.21061/vtuhr.v4i0.33/</a>