ASPARTAME, METHANOL AND HEADACHES
FYI,,,,,,,,,there is MORE Methanol found in the natural diet than is consumed by using Aspartame. Heating tomatoes, spaghettie sauce, pizza sauce, or any tomatoe based product will create MORE methanol than using a few packets of aspartame will. It also occurrs in many other vegetables.
Headaches..........to RE-ASSURE any of you guys experiencing headaches....you are NOT imagining things........I personally use LOTS of aspartame, added to my coffee, cereal etc, and also eat commercially prepared foods containing it. I ingest it a LOT.
I do not have a personal problem with it and it has never given me side effects BUT I want to point out that I have talked to a LOT of people that do get headaches after eating or drinking anything containing aspartame.
While these people do NOT have PKU, the disease that affects a small percentage of the population and renders them unable to metabolize the phenylalaninie in aspartame, they do have a similar reaction to it.
I am assuming this is common and possibly not harmful. Best thing to do if you have a headache from it is to just avoide it. That's what everyone I know that does get headaches from it does.