FWIW my personal view on aspartame and other man-made sweeteners / additives is that they are, well, artificial
What I mean by that is that the human body likes inputs (food, drink) that it can identify so it knows what to do with it
Yep, thats a carb - I can use that
Yep, thats sugar ........ not had that in a long while
Yep, thats a fat - ok, I'm not getting much carbs so I'll use that for energy
Yep, thats protein - god, I like protein
Yep, thats fibre ...... good, need some of that
Yep, thats water ..... that should flush the system well
But give it a man-made, lab created artificial sweetener and its more like
Whoa ! *** is THAT !!!
I dunno how to use that - erm, let me think ....
Nope ..... still don't know ......
Sod it I'll wrap it in a fat cell and store it in case I ever figure out what the hell to do with it