Aspartame and anxiety

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I’ve been peeping the available literature myself, but what’s the current consensus on the link between aspartame and anxiety?

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There is not convincing evidence of a strong effect in humans at usual levels of intake.

Anxiety is a hugely heterogeneous thing; it can be a very normal response, or it can represent a disorder when it leads to distress or limitations in function. It is very unlikely that such a broad, heterogeneous phenomenon will be explained by a single substance like this.

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Thanks for the response and for being a beacon in a mine field of misinformation.

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