My brother is a company president, used to drink 4 to 6 cans per day at work, of diet soda. After I forwarded him your info, he quit. Then he thanked me, saying, I used to get KILLER headaches every day, now they are completely gone.
I used to drink 3 to 4 cans per day, thinking it would help me lose weight.
I quit and guess what, I LOST WEIGHT. What happened was, my stomach was no longer irritated by Aspartame. When I drank Diet Coke, I would get caffeine high and also a stomach ache. To soothe my stomach, I would eat.
Guess what, I have lost about 15 pounds without trying, because my stomach does not ache any more from the Aspartame!