I had not heard anything bad about Aspartame until a couple years ago when I was an intern at Continental Airlines. I met a captain who lost his medical certification and his job because of a reaction he had to consuming the sweetener. He went into a seizure shortly after consuming a diet cola. The doctors confirmed that it was caused by NutraSweet. His medical was taken away because of the seizure and now he is some sort of consultant. Since my talk with him, I’ve tried to avoid consuming anything with Aspartame.
Obviously this reaction occurs in very few individuals; otherwise we would hear a lot more about it. But I just don’t want to take that chance.
Just another point of view.