Aspartame and Acesulfame K in Yogurt: Is it THAT harmful?

Both products have been extensively studied and approved for use in the EU and the US because they are perfectly safe to consume. You have nothing to worry about from them.

You WILL die if you eat those youghurts...

Yep.






To be fair, you'll also die if you breathe though. :drinker:

Too much of anything can kill you and my resolution this year is to eat less artificial sweetener because there is so much of it in protein powders and bars but I think you should be fine with just a little bit of it, some people eat stacks and stacks of the stuff.

Essentially in regard to your question the answer is yes, the aspartame in the yoghurt would be like having a pepsi max - probably a coke zero, but I don't drink that so I can't be sure - probably artificially sweetened with aspartame though.

Aspartame is only harmful (proven that is) to those with a rare genetic disorder called phenylketonuria. It goes by the names NutraSweet, Equal and Sugar Twin.
Ace-k too is supposedly fine for you and goes by the names Sunett, Sweet One, and Sweet & Safe. I have read some interesting studies on this product actually. It is not metabolised by the body meaning supposedly it passes straight through the system but a study I read (can't be bothered citing it sorry but you can find it) suggests that it passes through the system slowly and while there is a limit on how much of this you should be consuming some people may reach this safe limit due to the slow removal of this from your system and the ongoing consumption of it.

I looked into this stuff in quite some depth over the last few months because I had a pain in my lower left side for some time and after thinking about what I had done differently it was increase my protein levels and unknowingly my artificial sweetener intake. I had several blood tests, ultra sounds and xrays but the doctor couldn't tell me what it was. I may never know but I have since cut down considerably on things artificially sweetened and am having mostly natural protein powder shakes now instead and over the last few months I haven't had the pain but it could just be a coincidence, it could have been anything really but I figured I don't want to eat too many products created in a lab. I will probably never know and I haven't totally stopped eating the stuff, I still have a few flavoured protein shakes since I have a lot of Musclepharm and Isopure protein powder here and I still use my xtend during workouts because I do love that stuff but I have cut down considerably.

Waiting to die here.. Love Mueller yogurts..

I tried switching away from Dannon Light and Fit because people kept telling me the artificial sweeteners were bad for me. I tried so many natural / organic ones and they just don't taste as good to me. I have sense stopped worrying about it and just eat Dannon.

I would not replace all sugar with artificial sugar, but having some artificial sugars are NOT gonna kill you, give you cancer, etc. Everything in moderation.

I tried some Dannon for the first time this weekend and could definitely taste the fake sugar in it but couldn't in the mueller..

Depends how you feel about artificial sweetners, some people will swear they're the devil and others (like me) find them a useful tool to help replace sugar in foods. Then again I live in Germany and there isn't much of it around, which doesn't seem to be the case in the USA.

What is wrong with trying the damn yogurts and if you don't like them then throw the rest out and don't eat them again? Why can't you yourself research artificial sugars and decide whether that's something you want to eat or not?

title question:

If a product is safe for use in food then you are fine to eat that product. It is a lot less harmful than tobacco, alcohol, saturated fat etc.

Just about anything will damage your health if taken in excess - people have died from drinking too much water but no-one is suggesting you give up water (I hope!)

A little of what you fancy is better than being miserable

There nasty chemicals.

My mother is bedridden after drinking even a glass of drink with aspartame in for a day or two.

http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/are-artificial-sweeteners-safe/

Despite the mountain of misinformation you will find on the internet claiming all sorts of ridiculous things about aspartame, it's perfectly safe. Aspartame is one of THE MOST studied food additives in the world and still no legitimate, peer reviewed study has ever found any negative health effects for the general population.

They would think the idea of too much food was a utopian dream, and it is. As much as I struggle with eating too much I'm glad to live in a country where I can win that struggle instead of a time and place where starvation might be out of my control.

Anyway, if there was some plausible reason to believe there might be potential for long term damage scientists would be more cautious on it. There just isn't any convincing hypothesis on that. If somebody comes up with one, it will be studied.

Anyway, if there was some plausible reason to believe there might be potential for long term damage scientists would be more cautious on it. There just isn't any convincing hypothesis on that. If somebody comes up with one, it will be studied.

There are a lot of scientists still studying this stuff, hence the new products that keep getting released and trialled. There are currently 5 artificial sweeteners approved by the FDA. As I have said it hasn't even been 50 years since aspartame was first introduced to the market, even less for the others and the market is a billion dollar market. I shouldn't need to cite examples of products that have been released into a big money marketplace that have ended up being dangerous. There have actually been numerous studies which have shown negative side affects associated with artificial sweeteners that have been conducted by reputable scientists. This is one such article but there are a lot of them out there, some of which are cited in this article - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3737213/

Having said all this I am guilty of eating and drinking lots of products that are artificially sweetened, i simply try and make sure I am aware at the amount of this stuff I consume because most of the studies I have read have shown that most of these negative side effects occur with excessive build up.

I started adding sugar free wylers to my tea about three months ago. My weight loss stalled, I developed acne on my back, had intense cravings for sweets , experienced numbness in my limbs and just recently started getting sharp headaches. I am so glad I was able to figure out what it was. Since the 21st I have dropped 3lbs, my back is clearing up and the headaches and numbness have stopped. No more artificial sweeteners for me!