Foods with "low calorie" and "artificial sweetener" tags aren't necessarily better for you. Experts are saying that they ...

Studies back up this argument that aspartame is safe. One study compared vital signs, lab tests, and symptoms of a group of people who took pills with the amount of aspartame in 10 liters of diet ...

Aspartame is a synthetic sweetener that was created in 1965. It is estimated to be more than 150 times as sweet as sugar, and is commonly used as a sugar replacement in drinks, food products, and ...

A dietitian lends her expertise. Aspartame is an artificial, nonnutritive sweetener used worldwide as a food additive in more ...

Aspartame a methyl ester L-aspartylphenylalanine, is a widely used sweetener. The intake of aspartame was studied in 51 adults 23 of whom were carriers for phenylketonuria (PKU). The study was ...

To our knowledge, aspartame-associated migraines related to clinically relevant positive reactions to formaldehyde on patch testing have not previously been reported. In 2003, Hill and Belsito ...

Aspartame doesn’t have a strong aftertaste. However, it is broken down at very high temperatures and starts to lose its sweetness, so it is not ideal in dishes that require high-temperature ...

A World Health Organization agency has classified aspartame, an artificial sweetener widely used in diet drinks and low-calorie foods, as possibly carcinogenic to humans. Getty Images How much ...

Only one observational study in humans — published in 2011 — has suggested a link between aspartame and changes in gut bacteria. A small 2022 stud y found that ingesting the upper limit of the ...