The artificial sweetener aspartame can be found in everything from chewing gum to fizzy drinks and tabletop sweeteners.

Aspartame is still permitted in many countries, but more recent research suggests that the substance may have more ...

A year-long experiment found that even low doses of aspartame—well below current safety limits—may disrupt brain energy use ...

Decades after aspartame was approved for use in the United States, the sweetener’s safety is getting another look by global health bodies assessing its potential links to cancer. The World Health ...

Effects on body weight Aspartame contains 4 calories per gram (g), which is a similar amount to sugar, but aspartame is around 200 times sweeter than sugar. This means that only a tiny amount of ...

Aspartame, an artificial sweetener 200 times as potent as regular granulated sugar, is used in thousands of products on grocery store shelves, from sodas and drink mixes to low-cal condiments and ...

The discovery wasn’t intentional — just sloppy safety practices. Chemist James M. Schlatter was hunting for an anti-ulcer drug in his lab in 1965 when he licked his finger to pick up some paper.

In the first long-term and real-world reflective study of its kind, scientists have uncovered new detrimental health impacts of the artificial sweetener aspartame that echoes those found in shorter ...

It is not clear if aspartame helps people lose weight, as it may also increase appetite and affect a person’s metabolism. Aspartame may also have other negative health effects and be unsafe for some ...