Aspartame/NutraSweet
Aspartame, sold under the brand NutraSweet, was discovered accidentally by a scientist at Searle in 1965 who was testing new drugs for gastric ulcers and licked his fingers before picking up a piece of paper.
Aspartame turned out not to be a good ulcer drugs, but it has become a well received sweetener that has found its way into more than 6,000 processed foods including sodas, desserts, candy and yogurt.
There have been some concerns, however, about the safety of aspartame. Some people have reported dizziness, hallucinations and headaches after drinking diet sodas made from aspartame. An independence study confirmed that aspartame can cause headaches in some individuals. Another study found a link between aspartame and cancer.
A human epidemiological study evaluated 500,000 men and women between the ages of fifty and sixty-nine over a five year period. The researchers found no differences in leukemia, lymphomas and brain tumors between the group of aspartame consumers and the non-aspartame consumers.
Aspartame is probably safe, especially in moderate quantities like one packet of Equal or one diet soda per day, but individuals who experience headaches or people with the rare disease phenylketonuria should avoid it.
Aspartame/NutraSweet
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