In its Reactions video series, the American Chemical Society put the rumors to scientific scrutiny. The concern about aspartame causing cancer comes from the fact that your body breaks it down ...

The Reddit community had mixed reactions about aspartame, with some sharing that artificial sweeteners have caused them migraines and others saying they think the benefits outweigh the risks.

To our knowledge, aspartame-associated migraines related to clinically relevant positive reactions to formaldehyde on patch testing have not previously been reported. In 2003, Hill and Belsito ...