Aspartame is also linked in some studies to weight gain, GI disorders, mental health issues and more:
According to some studies, aspartame and other artificial sweeteners can lead to weight gain instead of weight loss 12. Aspartame has been linked to increased appetite, diabetes, metabolic derangement and obesity-related diseases 2.
One study showed that aspartame causes greater weight gain than a diet with the same calorie intake but no aspartame 1. Another study found that even acceptable daily intakes of aspartame might make you hungrier and lead to weight gain 3.
…some research suggests an association between aspartame intake and metabolic damage to the central nervous system (CNS), such as changes in enzyme and neurotransmitter activities 2. Aspartame acts as a chemical stressor by elevating plasma cortisol levels and causing the production of excess free radicals. High cortisol levels and excess free radicals may increase the brain’s vulnerability to oxidative stress which may have adverse effects on neurobehavioral health 3.
There is also some evidence that high-aspartame consumption may lead to weaker spatial orientation, irritability, depression, and other neurobehavioral conditions 14. However, these studies are limited in scope and further research is needed to determine the long-term effects of aspartame on human health.
Worth researching more, especially if you eat/drink anything with this stuff - and it’s in a lot of food products.
It’s definitely bad for you. Original Coke is better but of course still not good.
I have kidney disease and whenever I drank something with aspartame in it, my body would reject it and push it out via my tongue, so I would taste aspartame for 2-3 days after!
Now I just don’t drink any cold drinks at all. Water with a drop of concentrate (after checking ingredients) or water with a drop of fruit juice.
No it’s not. Where are some reliable proofs for that?
This is totally baseless statement and most likely false. Sugar as far as I know still way more deadly to humans than all the sweeteners combined.
Define “bad”. People act like certain foods are “good” or “bad” when it’s shades of grey and proabilities. One diet soda is fine. One “og” coke is fine. Drinking gallons a day? Likely unhealthy in any case (even water is unhealthy in large enough quantities).
In most studies of aspartame the quantities needed to ‘cause’ cancer are enormous. Whereas “normal” consumption of the amount of sugar in non-diet sodas is highly correlated with increases in obesity and diabetes across a population.