Today I Found Out please delete or redo this video you. As an engineer/scientists I find it appalling how videos of such incredibly harmful misinformation get spread. Aspartame is extreme dangerous and it’s rise to acceptance is a terrifying example of the high level corruption that happens in a capitalistic country. Any study you read that ignores or downplays the effects of aspartame are likely sponsored by the very company that has the most to gain from its use. Almost every truly independent study reveals multiple significant side effects.

Today I Found Out you can always tell when something has aspartame mainly seemed to be used in drinks taste awful and the nausea and migraines

In the end real sugar is better and natural. If your life has come to you thinking you need to drink diet soda. Well then get off your lazy ass and exercise

Well artificial sweeteners helped me lose a lot of weight and get off of half my meds. I drink diet drinks and 5 calorie packs. I used to drink lots of regular soft drinks. It might not be the best but for me drinking 8 to 12 cans of soda a day was way worse. People think that everyone is a wheat grass eating health nut. If you are great but if not there's probably other things you are eating that are as bad or worse. I eat other processed foods too. I'm down from 30 meds to 15 meds and down by almost 100 lbs. One size does not fit all.

to lose weight keep away from something that is sweetened with fructose because the body stock it as fat and it gives nothing to your blood sugar and you end up as diabetics as with all other artificial sweeteners that destroys your hormones in the small intestine that is responsible for the absorption of sugar and therefore gives diabetic, and there is sugar in all natural food from nature

So far at the rate of 100%

Everything God makes dies. Where did this guy God get such a good reputation? His batting avg is '000'. - George Carlin

You mean arsenic I think.

Dan Kremnitz Diet Coke is really well done though. No noticeable difference. I appreciate it, I like a nice can of Coke but definitely don't need the extra sugar.

was just going to post the same, i can't stand the taste.

fridgemagnet It's horrible. I actually stopped drinking pop altogether years ago.

Miki Cerise That's right. I stopped drinking pop years ago to avoid the extra sugar.

@Friendly Fire yes. In the 50s it lobyed a shit ton. Such as advertising eating sugar raw would actually help you loose weight.

@Friendly Fire Yes

Vlad Rosé it doesn’t matter in the end, humans have been eating normal sugar for hundreds of years, the case evidence for the safety of sugar is multigenerational at this point. There maybe side effects that we just don’t know about yet, Aspartame is too new to know the long term ramifications. For me though I avoid Aspartame because it tastes like ass, the after taste is especially fouls.

It's just like in the case of global warming with scientists vs the fossil fuel industry.

I know. I lost a lot of weight and got off tons of meds by switching regular soda for 5 calorie packs and diet drinks. I lost almost 100 lbs. It's amazing how many people tell me that regular sugar is better for them while they drink a 32 oz regular soda and can't figure out why they can't lose weight. Most of us aren't on a super healthy diet so it's no different than all the other chemicals. Some people seem to be more sensitive but that doesn't mean one size fits all. I used to wouldn't touch it until I found out I had gout and found out the role fructose plays at least for some people especially those who drink a lot of regular soda. I drank 8 to 12 12 oz cans a day. So I really hate all of this negativity like it's the worst substance on earth.

Exactly. You can drink 18 cans of coke and be fine.

In a nutshell yes :)

Side Effects except if you drink soda especially more than 6 oz. Will quickly see its effects. I have watch people start using aspartame. Drink diet sodas at 24 oz minimum a day. Basically gain weight and often at marginally alarming rates. Not saying they are taking more than he says here to cause issue. But you can clearly observe its effects in moderate quantities. I myself want to throw up after have even minor amounts. My stomach feels sick for day or so after. Also have found any foods containing it quickly exit in diaries form. So yes it’s got issues and this isn’t uncommon issue. Also you’ll see consumers energy levels not have endurance.

@@GG38429 You'll get diabetes and lose your teeth but you'll be fine. Exactly lol

@@MrGean83 I have type 1 diabetes, which is autoimmune. Type 2 is caused by excessive consumption of sugar and lack of exercise.

I was just thinking the same thing.

Ditto

Right? Feels funny after binging Business Blaze

This look is a first for me. Looks like Chester Bennington.

IKR? He used to be so adorable

u r the powerhouse of youtube comments

ihasahatchet Never spent a day on current events Instead I studied the old American west

And, of course, that has ENORMOUS value.

Girly Nerd Now I need to go find that song...

Right, now tell us what the mitochondria does lol many people know the term "powerhouse of the cell" but few actually know what it does.

We indeed must start taking seriously warnings about too much dihydrogen monoxide.

WT Keeton - or hydrogen hydroxide.

Friendly: Yes,hypocrites, the ancient Greek dude who is considered the father of western medicine, said that.

Opinunate ted nope, it was Paracelsus

Some would have you believe it's better than aspertame.

And don't use aluminium spoon! Only aluminium tinfoil hat.

just make sure it's pure and organic

I shoot heroin instead of a cup of coffee. I herd caffeine is bad for you.

OMG ! Caffeine is bad for you ? Guess I'll have to quit coffee, that sucks.

It doesn't matter. A certain molecule being a functional group on another molecule isn't going to act the same way as it does on its own. That concept is laughable. I love TIFO but it's quackery to pretend that what the groups would do if separated has anything to do with reality. It's not even actually methanol anymore. It's missing a hydrogen. If you wanna get into facts that are technically correct but mean nothing (like that aspartame has a methanol group).

Just don't expect him to present the truth of anything being politicized.

@@VeritasEtAequitas The irony in your statement is that the very nature of politics is to not be transparent or truthful

@@VeritasEtAequitas Have you considered that maybe you might just be wrong?

The truth about Aspartame and diet drinks. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rbqanNR8z8vagHU.html

The only valid reason.

Yeah it leaves a weird aftertaste--I still like diet sodas sometimes but I can definitely understand people not liking it.

If you like soft drinks, try Pepsi Max or Coke Zero. Both (in Europe) use 3 different sweeteners instead of just the one, which mitigates much of the sweetener aftertaste; not completely but it helps.

speye22e I prefer sucralose (Splenda) all these sweeteners have there own distinctive flavor.

It quite literally IS shit... It's genetically modified DEFECTION of the e-coli bacterium. Glad you quit

I was thinking the same thing!!

I have seen a beardless Simon!

Baby Simon had much better grammar and pronunciations than adult Simon has. I like baby Simon.

@@OzSteve9801 Do you have any proof of that ?

it gives me a headache, so it's a no go for me.

Yep me too,tastes awful

Tastes like licking metal.

I prefer its taste to real sugar.

We have the opposite problem, with some people complaining we give too much depth. ;-)

more depth the better :D

that's what your mom said :D come on, u left me no choice :D

I'm surprised this channel isn't more popular.

I'm not, but that's because while he sounds like he knows what he's talking about, he's actually just skirting the truth using flawed methodology. Once you remove those parts of this video you find he really hasn't told you anything of value concerning the topic at hand.

This advice is based on demonstrable emperical clinical data. It is found that it isn't good for you, but does not have a high rate of serious health effects in the quantities of normal ingestion. Anecdotes and personal testimony, or any appeal to governmental authority, in either to the positive or negative, while should be noted, do not constitute data based fact and would be a fallacy of logic and failure to the scientific process.

@@gabrielsegura8654 Very logical of you. Too bad most of us aren't that logical.

Reading this comment in 2021 made me laugh out loud!

@@macsnafu to bad some people seem to think being wilfully ignorant and incredibly opinionated means they “think for themselves”.

My wife is like this. She calls it “being honest” and considers all ignorant diarrhea that explodes out her mouth acceptable because she’s “just being honest”. I like my cats better than her.

Have you considered that if one dose equals one can and you drink 3 diet cans a day for a year you’re over 1000?

@@Nick-th1kx one dose is one dose. We are not talking about lifetime exposure. Your body easily handles the filtering process to clear it out of your system. Apply your logic to alcohol. People are just fine with a single drink every night with dinner, but 365 drinks in one night would have a very different effect.

Exactly. Most things are alright in moderation I used to drink soda like crazy. 5-6 cans a day. I switched to drinking no more than 1 liter of 0 calorie sparkling water. Usually more like 1/2 of one. Just doing that I lost so much weight and feel better without the sugar spikes

@Derek Charette his point is that people will eat garbage loaded with natural sugars and shit on the idea of artificial sugars.

Sugar doesn't kill anyone

I mean to be fair you have to do that to make cornflakes edible

@Derek Charette Yeah. More like its in moderation as in eat responsibly. Doesn't matter its artificial or not, eat moderately and responsibly. And you going on a lecture in public makes you look like an asshat even if the table is seated full of medical doctors/staff.

It always gives me migraines.

Gives me gastritis.

i got aids

MRTN13 same

Do you also get them when you eat cheese?

LMFAOOOOOOO

I hope you are serious

i drink 5 cans a day so seems i’ll be alright- is diet coke why your wife left

@@ava4139 diet Coke had nothing to do with it... She was in her late thirties and decided she wanted get divorced like her friend's. She thought that was a good idea at the time... Of course she regrets that decision

12 a day? Don't think aspartame is the only ingredient you'd have problems from lol.

science for hire. simple as that. just look at what robert kehoe did with lead and gasoline.

And no one would tell you if it was found to be poisonous anyway. You are fool to believe otherwise.

@@minealsomine9663 Tin foil conspiracies begone.

I will call you bot you trust the FDA basically you trust the people who found out that weed cures 6 types of cancer and stopped the research to their benefits like making more money of chemoterahpy....my point here is just dont trust nobody everything is about money and controle..

@@Axisoflords These people are the real cancer.

Well, while displaying that photo, he is talking about developmental disorders and severe learning disabilities.

Random user #74652819 Is he suggesting that people with developmental disorders can't play connect 4?

Yes! the best move is to cut that row off! Then to cut off that stack of two and then go for the diagonal victory up from the bottom right!

At least we know what it is.

LOLOL

aspartame is metabolized by the body and excreted through your renal system. lead does not break down, and is not easily excreted, and highly toxic. Comparing the two is a false equivalency.

Not understanding humour might not be a false equivalency but does it show a lack of intelligence?

People actually LIKED your uneducated comment? Wow!

Mexie Mex Although some people do get maimed, sick, or dead from vaccines, the risk is deemed acceptable for the prevention of diseases among the population.

It was just admitted that ordinary vaccines have caused a lot of deaths. Trusting these "scientists" that are on the payroll of companies that have billions invested in the products that they try to claim are safe to use, is just naive. Medical companies have a horrific track record of putting substances out there that are extremely harmfull or even lethal. They are forced to redraw several substances every year because their initial reassurance proved to be false. Still we are supposed to trust these people with our lives? I am considered being a stupid tin foil hat for not trusting this "science" that over, and over again has proven that it can not be trusted... I dont trust ppl that continuously lie to me. It is a very basic cognitive function and a survival mechanism that we have for a reason. If my life is at stake, Im willing to take the chance and hope that this medication may save my life. Very much the same way even the most hard core atheist probably will pray as the plane he is in, is plummeting towards the ground. But as long as I have a choice, I chose not to trust compulsive liars , by stuffing my body full with things they want me to buy in order to make their stock rise. It's just common sense.

+HexagonicDistortion: "It was just admitted that ordinary vaccines have caused a lot of deaths. " ==How much is a lot? Source please. Without a reliable source, we just have an internet meme. A meme is a mind virus. Let’s not run around like little chicken about stories how the sky is falling. “these "scientists" that are on the payroll of companies that have billions invested in the products that they try to claim are safe to use” ==Safe to use means that the drug is transferred to other companies for testing. The company that does the testing doesn’t even know which sample is the real drug and which one is the placebo. They just report their findings back to the company. If there is a benefit, then it is approved. I have participated in a test and it was for an artificial sweetener. “I dont trust ppl that continuously lie to me.” ==Nobody is lying. If you are talking about viruses, yes, it can kill people. If you expect perfection, then open your own company and let’s see how good you are. I have read a few stories about jewhova witnesses that refuse blood transfusion and die. These people are stupid and they blindly trust some story from thousands of years ago that comes from superstitious jews. I have read one story where a couple did not take their kid to the hospital and he died. Then, they did the same with their second child. They have been prosecuted for murder. They resorted to praying which did not work. “If my life is at stake, I’m willing to take the chance and hope that this medication may save my life.” ==Look at the very first line in your post. Do you know what a vaccine is? “Very much the same way even the most hard core atheist probably will pray as the plane he is in” ==This is invented by religious believers. They think that an atheist is going to pray for the god that they believe in while the reality is that there are thousands of gods invented by thousands of cultures. What makes anyone think that praying will work? Why not get up and do some breakdancing for Santa Claus? Maybe he can come by with his magical reindeer.

I'd rather a small minority of the population suffer ill effects from vaccines than see a plague/smallpox/measles/polio epidemic break out. Given the length of time it took for basic hygiene and reasonable medical practices to become mainstream in Western culture, I'm in favor of these things being legally mandatory.

People love outrage culture and giving into a social norm

Rickard Johansson Thank you. I keep getting told by just about everyone I know that they can't taste the difference. The aspartame has a different kind of sweetness and a lingering bitter aftertaste. And these same people are baffled when I can tell they've given me diet soda but told me it wasn't.

You only have to drink diet coke after trying regular coke to instantly tell the difference. Most people here in the UK know the difference between diet and regular.

Krytern UK Diet Coke is actually a different formula from Coke besides the sweetener. But I've been told other lite versions of drinks don't taste any different, and they're full of it. I had to stop drinking a brand of tea I really liked because they switched to Splenda and claimed their focus group couldn't tell when I wrote an inquiry about it.

OtakuUnitedStudio - It is so easy to tell a difference. Get a cup of coffee or tea with sugar in it, make the exact same cup with sweetener in it.... Difference is night and day. Their focus group probably never drank that kind of tea before.

Krytern UK There actually is a reason that they could reasonably claim this - a focus group is given small samples, and cherry picked to death so they tell the research team exactly what they already want to hear. There are people who can't taste the difference - about 1 in 4 people has fewer than average taste buds, and there may be a specific genetic link associated with how certain things are tasted that mean different people have different subjective experiences from the same substances.

I don't know diet Dr.Pepper taste alright even when compared to the original.

Same here, but it actually makes me very sick too,if I accidentally even taste something with it I get stomach cramps and nausea, and the taste stays in my mouth for hours, and Idk why everyone thinks it tastes like sugar, it does not, it is the worst taste, and won't leave my mouth all day, nothing covers it. I've literally eaten bugs, and aspartame is the worst tasting thing I know of so far.

abuslinky dear god yes, I really don’t understand how anyone can ingest the stuff, it is absolutely revolting indeed

@@austinblackburn8095 True, seems to be an anomaly. Fresca too, but that seems to be disliked by most people.

@@AtlasJotun I like Fresca. I think Diet Coke tastes like swill compared to normal Coke, but Fresca is pretty good. I didn't even know it had aspartame in it for years.

What ... you're blaming them for your choices?

There is a third choice, eat healthy

@@rob141 👏🏻

@@puncheex2 UHM, that's not his Point. He is saying that the food industry will try to make you consume food to an unhealthy amount, that's why they keep spreading misinformation around, so that you avoid certain products and eat what they make.

Sugar is the main culprit for cancer tho

Doesn't "diabetes mellitus" refer to type 1? And do you have any sources on that debate? I've yet to hear anything about it, and I'm not sure I follow the argument.

Then do not consume it. That is the reason we have free will .

this is becoming more and more difficult to do, as manufacturers are adding aspartame and/or sucralose to many non-sugar-free foods and beverages, and even chewing gum

Migraines are a poor example of something having a harmful effect, even if aspartame specifically is causing them, migraines are often caused by very widely spread reasons. You could talk to 20 people who suffer from migraines and get 20 different triggers. Reasons for migraines are poorly understood and inconsistent. For example, both me and my brother get migraines, mine are cause by stress to my neck, while my brother gets them if he has caffeine too soon after he wakes up.

I get migraines from sudden changes of weather, shall we ban weather please?

I definitely see your point. this is why I didn't write that aspartame is a hazard. what I wrote was that I have difficulty seeing it as non-harmful because it causes me migraines

They don't get hurt, by aliasing them instead of hurting our brains calling them.

You might wanna get that checked out

me too its horrible

Yes agreed it tastes like a chemistry experiment gone wrong!

they arnt sweet they taste like dogs vomit

Yes, it tastes horrible

I drink 3l a day…

Agreed.

And the incredibly disgusting chemical after taste.

I am not alone on this. And yes, it is indeed aspartame. Stevia has the particular after taste as well, but not as bad as aspartame

www.quora.com/Why-do-artificial-sweeteners-have-an-aftertaste

I get an aver taste with Stevia, and not aspartame. Everyone is different.

Apparently some people are unable to taste it but I assure you that there's a very powerful chemical aftertaste to it. Some times a waiter will mix up the orders but a single sip of a diet coke will make me cringe and switch them back. I like this video but I refuse to believe that anything that tastes like this isn't harmful.

He looks like a small child compared to our Fact Boi

Diet Coke is alright

Lunaius It has a bitter aftertaste to me, but I actually prefer the flavor over regular Coke otherwise. It makes me sad I can't drink it.

That would be interesting! I'd like to see the money trail, because it seems as soon as one sweetener's patents run out it is suddenly vilified in favor of the new, "safer" and patented HIGHER PROFIT sweetener. Cyclamates fell to saccharine, which then fell to the new, safe aspartame, which then fell to sucralose, which is now falling to stevia. In ten years everyone will be buzzing that stevia is bad for you, and we'll be on to the next thing.

Just wanted to comment that Stevia is a plant, so it's not exactly artificial like the others. Ideally you want to get the kind that's made similar to how sugar is, where they steep the stevia leafs in alcohol, and let it evaporate, leaving behind just the crystals.

I bet some corporation sponsored series of studies will still vilify it the moment the next high-profit sweetener comes on the market.

Stevia being a plant and thus being natural is not necessarily an indication of safety. If you offer me a choice of a paracetamol tablet (factory-made) and spoonful of cyanide (naturally occurring), guess what I will choose.. Relative risks are very difficult to understand by non-experts. I use as a rule of thumb to distrust anyone who needs to put their argument forwards in all-caps, or on a poster whose only purpose is scaring people. Being afraid of any form of nuance or criticism is also a red flag..

sucralose causes people with a dairy allergy like myself to have an allergic reaction

Me too.

Me too, I'm thinking it's the alcohol in it now.

I was scrolling to see if any one else had this problem. I get migraines and muscle spasms from it, but to be fair, a ton of things cause migraines and spams for me.

So does my wife. She is allergic to it and a small amount will always trigger a migraine

You don't get Migraines. Migraine is something you're born with. Sugar and some sweeteners are some of the many known triggers for migraine. And yes alcohol is yet another trigger. Migraine is one of the most common neurological diseases to exist, yes it's a chronic disease that can be inherited from parents to child. It's usually preceded by prodromes and then auras. A migraine aura is a symptom that happens right before the headache which is a migraine's main symptom. Temporary visual impairment, muscular spasms are common auras for migraine. As for prodromes, irritability, hunger and depressions are some common prodromes. If you feel any of these after eating or drinking something sweet, know that a aura may soon to follow and then a headache. Although some people may not get any headaches at all, which is my case. I only get visual auras and nothing more.

Why don't you grab carbonated water and fill it up with lemon juice, for instance? If you start drinking orange juice on a regular basis you'll still be consuming enormous amounts of sugar, so you should stay away from that as well. Also, don't forget to monitor the amount of estrogen you're consuming. Might as well buy a pack of Animal Test to block estrogen and promote testosterone production. If you can pair A-Test with a couple push-ups that you gradually increase overtime it'd be perfect. It doesn't really matter if you drink regular or diet, as concluded by Purdue university, and here's why: www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q3/prof-diet-drinks-are-not-the-sweet-solution-to-fight-obesity,-health-problems.html

Aaron Fowlow

Why are you telling us lol?

Aaron Fowlow you could use stevia instead, or drink coffee, tea and chocolate milk. The food that makes you feel the most full are fiber, protein and liquids.

American? Whats wrong with water?

Thanks :-)

Without mitochondria you're basically nothing but a motionless sack of meat waiting for the predator or desperate human to stumble by and eat.

My HS biology classes remind me that mitochondria are responsible for metabolizing the body's energy resources to store energy by converting ADP to ATP.

Do you realize that high fructose corn syrup is 55% fructose, and granulated white sugar is 50% fructose?? There is little difference. It is all hype. The fact is it is the simple carbs, eaten in excess which is bad for you. That includes both plain sugar and HFCS. And what is the most harmfulfor you is eating these carbs and getting no exercise to burn them up on a daily basis. Finally, aspartame is a poison, period. Dont touch this garbage.

viggo kalman it just tastes like its poison

bout2freek how do you know what poison tastes like?

Aspartame is also the excrement of GMO bacteria farmed in sewage sludge, bout2freek. Need proof of what poison tastes like pretty much, Ben Reed? Take a big whiff of anti-freeze coolant for any vehicle. That stuff smells exceedingly sweet and smells like a fantastic drink. Of course that stuff will kill you quick should you drink even a little of it. The only difference between these two major toxins is anti-freeze coolant is promoted as such; it's for vehicle radiator coolant ONLY. With Aspartame, it's been known in legitimate Scientific studies and experiments to break down into it's three primary components rather easily. So much so that it's component breakdown temperature happens in hot coffee roughly in the low 100*F temps. While cane sugar breaks down when you set it on fire into carbon, hydrogen, and it's other components, and simply dissolves completely in hot coffee. This is just assuming you don't drop a bag of sugar into a tiny cup of coffee that is. I think the reason why Today I Found Out is so flip-floppy on this video is not because it's about Aspartame itself, but rather most of the studies they found and talked about in this video are based on Junk Science instead of legitimate Science. The legitimate scientists last I knew who proved beyond a shadow of a doubt even low dosages of Aspartame and it's even deadlier and ultra sweeter variant, Neotame, have been thoroughly discredited. Before anyone flips their wig, just know it's very easy to discredit anyone these days. Cutting down someone online is effectively discrediting them. There have been many, many mysterious scientist, microbiologist, and others who have died over the decades proving Aspartame/Neotame are as dangerous for your health as some of the other deadlier chemicals on Earth. Good luck to anyone who wants to do their own Aspartame/Neotame research. While Today I Learned's video on Aspartame is fairly decent, it winds up inadvertently proves that there are alot of Government and independent researchers who defend their camps well. Government is in it for the money while the good independent researchers are doing their research largely for the truth. As a side note, Today I Learned channel producer(s), take a look into who were on the boards for each Corporate and Government sides, as well as independent researchers. It's not so much the results from each and every study and experiment on Aspartame as so much as the whole circus acts involved. Gotta ask yourself "Just why IS Aspartame the single most contested chemical around?". It's not by accident why Aspartame is the way it is and has been for decades.

sure Eh, don't worry 1 out of 4 people experience vision issues, nearly 50% experience headaches; nothing much www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/dailys/03/jan03/012203/02p-0317_emc-000199.txt

I get brutal migraines from Aspartame - so bad, my doctor now lists it on my emergency medical info as an allergy.

Temps, not years. Darned spell checker.

Sugar also has an after taste, one that is more persistent actually. This type of aversion is subjective of course. Since I find the aftertaste of aspartame to be less enduring than sugar, I prefer the diet versions better. On a video debunking nonsense about imagined health fears, promoting equally dubious claims or assertions about the supposed benefits of ‘organic’ food seems out of place. There are no known benefits to organic food and plenty of disadvantages (cost, environmental degradation due to lower yields, waste due to spoilage, etc.). This is an example of the naturalistic fallacy. Might be interesting to cover this subject in a future video.

@@elstertv there's so much back and forth on organic vs nonorganic that I don't exactly know what is true . I hear it's better for people's health and the environment when pesticides and herbicides aren't used like they are in conventional farming .

@@zsurvivalist7996 The back and forth is generated by special interests (to benefit them, not you). The science and ecology is in on the subject and it is conclusive: pesticides and herbicides on balance are better for the environment because they help to increase crop yields and produce healthier crops. Incidentally, many organic foods use "approved" pesticides and herbicides, and many plants contain "natural" pesticides. Suggest checking out "The Locavore's Dilemma" for a peak inside the facts about impacts to our environment and economy from organic farming practices.

Fluoride. You swapped the o and u. Brushing your teeth with it is fine but do not swallow it. It makes bones brittle. Also, some toothpastes have monofluorophosphate. This is FPO3, where a F is binded to a P.

Eh, don't be too obsessive about it though. Not swallowing any at all is impossible when having it in your mouth like that. Certainly don't swallow it on purpose. But unless you're directly sucking the toothpaste out of the tube and swallowing every bit you shouldn't even consider worrying about the quantities.

+Shade Nox: Actually, for the most part, your body is quite good at holding things in the mouth without swallowing! Measure a volume of water, and put it your mouth for a while, then spit it back into the cup! It's actually likely more, cause of a little bit of spit being added.. ick. It's part of the gag reflexes functions. I typically rinse my mouth out with Hydrogen Peroxide cause every mouth wash ever has sweet shit in it that stays on my sensitive teeth defeating the purpose, and that is stuff you REALLY don't want to swallow! So, as long as you rinse well, you should never actually swallow any noticeable amount of toothpaste! i mean, of coarse tiny amounts are going to seep through, but tiny amounts of things rarely have an effect on your body, it can typically filter them out without any difference.

Throttle Kitty Rinsing actually defeats the purpose of using a fluoride toothpaste. Spit out the excess but do not rinse so it has time to act.

Shade Nox I mean after you finish, of coarse! Also, for some people (myself included) leaving any material on the teeth after brushing can be quite painful!

Your teacher was wrong. The hormone-respons for aspartame does not cause such effects. Maybe you should have talked to your biology-teacher.

That's fair. I'm used to living in America, where a sugary drink is the norm and aspartame is the alternative rather than it being the other way around. It's a shame Britain doesn't expand more on artificial sweeteners. Just because one gives you a bad reaction doesn't mean they all will.

there is a big difference between an allergy and some drugs that causes a hallucination...lol for your body....

@@brandonle6236 okay, but aspartame isn't classed as a drug so I don't know where you are going with that.

paracetamol is not stated as a drug either, but as a drug in medical form, its still addictive and harmfull when you keep using it on a daily base....so it has to be stated as a drug before people are starting to be aware of its danger? its chemical, not natural and is not produced by nature, although stevia is a sweetener that is produced by nature, so i dont know where You wanna go to with your ignorancy, no wonder we are starting to destroy everything, i hope your relaties and friends have dia betes as i would laugh so heard if you still ask why they get it...some day you will have it too if you are not being carefull, doctors arent lifesavers or helpers if you open your eyes a little bit. well most of them arent

@@brandonle6236 I mean since when is something being natural have anything to do with whether or not it's good for you? poison ivy is natural doesn't mean you want to eat it. Mushrooms are natural and of the millions of species there is like what 10? we can eat. All the others way more toxic than aspartame. As far as where aspartame comes from, it's sort of natural. Not that it matters if it is or not but it's the waste product of E. Coli and E. coli is in nature. Considering you have more bacterial cells than human cells in your body, all of which are producing waste, including E. coli, I'm not sure why you feel it to be dangerous. It has four decades of research behind and no real harm is found unless you consume mass quantities of it. (or unless of course you as an individual are sensitive to it as stated previously) On that note, Diabetes is genetic and often triggered by the over consumption of sugar. Diet soda temporarily raises blood sugar, as does drinking water, but otherwise diet soda has been found to be safe for diabetics so I can assure you that if I, or any family members got diabetes we will be sure to pile on the sugar substitutes, including aspartame. On a final note. I'm sorry you have to wish harm on individuals when you try and make an argument. What a sad life you must live if you have to wish poorly on someone in order to try and make yourself feel better when failing to prove a point.

They will not believe anything that does not conform to their idea that moderate consumption of diet soda is anything except bad.

You are contradicting yourself. Aspartame is bad for you and you are fortunate that your body gave you a warning.

The US FDA gets far more complaints about aspartame than any of the thousands of other substances on the market but according to this it's all in our heads. Just a coincidence that millions of people have a reaction to it. I won't touch the junk in any way but if this guy is so in love with it then he can drink up, cheers!

In fact, aspartame metabolizes into 50% phenyalanine, 40% aspartic acid, and 10% methanol. It does NOT break up along the lines presumed by Whistler in the video. Phenylalanine is an amino acid found in mammalian milk and is sold as a dietary supplement. It is an essential amino acid that we do not produce and we must be consume foods that contain it. Aspartic acid is a non-essential amino acid involved in protein synthesis. It is also available as a supplement. Methanol is metabolized to formaldehyde and then formic acid, which is why you don't drink moonshine from backwoods stills. But only 1/10 of your spoonful of coffee sweetener (which is mostly fillers to make it look more like sugar) becomes methanol, so you'd have to eat it by the boxful all day to get a dangerous amount of formic acid in your system.

carmium please cite the source you used that states we break aspartame up into these 3 species.

Aimee Coleman thanks for saying this. To many Internet know it alls with out a source to back up there claims.

+Michael Becker It is hard for people like you to literally Google the exact quote and get the source because your lazy ass can't take the 3 seconds to do it for yourself? www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23553132 "The artificial sweetener is broken down into phenylalanine (50%), aspartic acid (40%) and methanol (10%) during metabolism in the body."

Sounds like someone didn't watch the whole video. A comprehensive review of all data and studies on Aspartame found it posed no health risk at recommended levels. There's your answers. Which you'd know if you watched to the end.

@Matthew Andrews Damn right and red dye #5 too

Lol.

MSG is awesome.

Lol

@@BrooksFoodLooks why wait try a taste now of my essence

You have Migraine, Aspartame and sugar are not to blame, although they are some of the known triggers for it

There was some way to prevent migraine headaches after eating or drinking anything with sugar, but I don't remember it right now

Yeah well, hey man I've been "claiming" for years that aspartame is a plot by the flying spaghetti monster to fuck with our brains. Everyone always tells me to fuck off unless I bring "scientific research", or some crap like that. Bunch of skeptics in the world. But I know. The flying spaghetti monster whispers to me at night..

According to a couple recent studies it does mess with your metabolism. Studies have found out that regular consumption food items sweetened with aspartame slightly increases the chance to contract diabetes type 2 when compared to similar levels of consumption of the same food items sweetened with sugar(so regular coke compared to coke light). I think most people can guess why only now these studies can come to these results, just like one would generally only find out if something causes cancer after decades of exposure by actually having those decades of exposure. However I doubt there is a reason to panic ban aspartame, since we are talking about a couple studies and a slightly increased chance. If anything we need more studies to confirm it's not just a coincidence or due to the nature of the study. After all a study checking whether X or Y is better or worse will always have a conclusion with one of the two being worse(unless both x and y end up exactly the same).

Probably any such study has measured the correlation between consumption and health results. That is not sufficient to establish whether or not the particular substance "messes with" your metabolism. It's always a plausible explanation that people with otherwise poor diets are also more likely to choose to consume the substance in question.

There is certainly something there, cause I am skinny and don't touch diet sodas, none of my skinny friends do, but lots of fat people I know drink it up! Maybe it's just a psychological thing, they drink diet thinking it will make them skinnier... Proving that labeling candy syrup juice as "diet" is an evil, evil thing.

Its more people thinking they can eat more since now their drink contains 0 calories. I replaced Pepsi with Diet Pepsi and immediately started losing weight.

May I ask how old you are?

You got some cast iron kidneys.