4.4 Does aspertame provoque side effects on behavior, cognition or mood?
Some years ago, it was suggested that the aspertame
sweetener could have a effects on human behavior and cognition.
However, studies on laboratory animals showed no adverse effects
on behavior and cognition, even at very high doses (up to 2000 mg/kg
body weight per day).
Also, studies in healthy adults and children and
in people heterozygous for
phenylketonuria (PKU)
disease failed to show effects of the aspertame sweetener on behavior,
mood or learning. But a study suggested that the aspertame sweetener
increased the frequency and severity of adverse effects in depressed
individuals; this study must however be taken with caution as there
were criticisms regarding the authors’ interpretation and because
too few subjects were evaluated. Read
the EC-SCF report about aspartame side effects on behaviour, cognition
and mood...
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