Stop Aspartame
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Aspartame is a sugar substitute frequently used in products like diet soda. Unlike sugar, aspartame is a non-carbohydrate based product, so it contains virtually no calories. It is also used in very small amounts because aspartame is approximately 180 times sweeter than sugar. The product is the result of an accidental discovery in 1965 by James Schlatter, who was working on a drug to prevent ulcers. When he made aspartame from aspartic acid and phenylalanine, he noticed its sweet taste. Unlike sugar, aspartame tends to break down when it is heated, so it does not make a good sugar substitute in baked products. At room temperature, little packets of the product used for sweetening coffee or tea have a shelf life slightly under a year. Aspartame also breaks down under high pH values in foods or liquids. In sodas, the pH is low enough to allow aspartame to stabilize for up to a month. This is one reason soda companies now frequently put an expiration date on their sodas.
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