I can’t back this up with a source, but I used to eat & drink a lot of this stuff, and got a lot of terrible-need-to-lie-down headaches. One time, as I was lying down with one of these headaches (about 6-7 years ago when I was living in Austin, TX), I picked up the paper and read an article about Aspartame, and how it has been proven to cause migraines, seizures, and a bunch of other symptoms that I can’t recall today. So I quit NutraSweet and never had another headache like that again. Since then, (and as I said, I can’t remember where I read this) I have read a couple of times that the good ole USA is one of the only countries in which Aspartame is not considered a poison. It does not pass the USDA’s standards, and the only reason that it is everywhere is that there is SOOOOOO much money to be made on this stuff, they went ahead and approved it anyways.
Attack if you will, but I really believe that there’s at least an element of truth in this. I know way too many people who have adverse reactions to think it’s harmless.