When the researchers conducted spatial learning and memory tests using the Barnes maze, the aspartame mice at four months consistently moved more slowly and covered less distance during training than animals in the control group. They also took nearly twice as long on average to locate the target escape hole, showing impaired memory recall (however, this was inconsistent and not seen as statistically meaningful). By eight months, performance gaps widened even further, with two out of six aspartame-treated mice failing to complete the task at all.
It makes you dumb, unfit and fat (around the organs).
“Other people can do whatever they want”. This is not a valid standpoint. We were talking about possible cost/benefit options to sugar, and yet your solution is just take less.
Are we crafting public health policy or making personal life choices here? What’s at stake determines the course of action. What’s reasonable for me to recommend myself may not apply to broader audiences, let alone special groups.