I don't really have in depth knowledge of Aspartame. Sometimes you hear this, sometimes you hear that... In any case I can't think of any compelling reason for consuming it? All in all it seems more likely that it is poisonous than not - it certainly falls into the "heavily processed food" category, they have to add other chemicals to make it stable etc?<p>I know lots of people drink it every day - I admit "poisonous" puts it a bit provocatively.<p>Edit: just looked it on on Wikipedia, this seems to be the cited article: <a href="http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10408440701516184" rel="nofollow">http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.1080/104084407015161...</a> - That talks only about cancer and the nervous system, but not about obesity (for instance).