Aspartame side effects These days, there have been talks and controversies regarding aspartame. This is an artificial, non-saccharide sweetener that is commonly found in soft drinks or sodas. Statistically, there are about 200 million people on earth that consumed aspartame in about 6,000 products in soft drinks, chewing gun, gelatin, desert mixes, yogurt, and even pharmaceutical products like vitamins and sugar-free cough medications. But due to its controversy, many believed that aspartame side effects can potentially harm the health. Aspartame or L-alpha-aspartyl-L-pjenylalanine methyl ester when taken into the body is broken down into 3 components which are the aspartic acid, phenylalanine and methanol. Then, these will be absorbed into the [...]