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RE: The Dangers of Artificial Sweeteners: Obesity, Diabetes, High Blood Pressure and Heart Disease
The hypothesis that artificial sweeteners are excitotoxic is mostly a myth.
Aspartam might be excitotoxic in a cell culture, but in vivo you have scavangers in the GI mucosa and a very tight BBB. I do not buy the hypothesis that artificial sweeteners are neurotoxic in vivo. However, I really do not like artificial food products. I think they should be banned.