Research links aspartame to anxiety in mice

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&#x27;s only this and not something more sinister, like cancer.

Never trusted aspartame&#x2F;acesulfume and never will. I don&#x27;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&#x27;s very unhealthy whether it contains sugar or not.

Now do raw sugar. Let&#x27;s see how that compares.

Here&#x27;s a study showing it has no effect on anxiety in rodents: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sciencedirect.com&#x2F;science&#x2F;article&#x2F;abs&#x2F;pii&#x2F;S2210523913000263" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sciencedirect.com&#x2F;science&#x2F;article&#x2F;abs&#x2F;pii&#x2F;S22105...</a><p>Sure...PNAS is more prestigious, but I&#x27;d wait for this to get replicated before even considering any impact on humans. Aspartame&#x27;s from the 70s, and has been seriously studied for decades.

&gt; 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&#x27;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&#x27;m genuinely curious here: does anybody have a good, scientific overview of the studies of aspartame? I&#x27;ve heard a lot of studies about it, mostly brand new studies, but I haven&#x27;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&#x27;m referring to Donald Rumsfeld (then CEO of Searle, creator of aspartame) and his friends at the FDA.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;vtuhr.org&#x2F;articles&#x2F;10.21061&#x2F;vtuhr.v4i0.33&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;vtuhr.org&#x2F;articles&#x2F;10.21061&#x2F;vtuhr.v4i0.33&#x2F;</a>

I like how meaningless the word “link” is

Could it be the other way around, perhaps anxious people drink more soda?

i grew up drinking a lot of diet coke and had anxiety