According to wikipedia article of aspartame. Aspartame is an artificial non saccharide sweetener 200 times sweeter than sucrose and is commonly used as a sugar substitute in foods and beverages.

When Artificially Sweetened Drinks Go Bad Are They Bad For You American Council On Science And Health

Food and drug administration fda in 1981.

What happens when aspartame is heated. If this happens regularly according to the theory the body unlearns the association between sweet tastes and calories. The absorption of methanol into the body occurs quickly when aspartame is heated to over 30 degrees celsius heating that can easily occur when the product is stored incorrectly or is heated before consumption such as in sugar substitutes in coffee. The absorption of methanol into the body is sped up considerably when free methanol is ingested.

Heat causes the methanol in aspartame to release and be available to be metabolized in your body to become formaldehyde. This would occur when aspartame containing product is improperly stored or when it is heated e g. It has also been associated with an increase in multiple sclerosis alzheimer s disease and cancer.

In the body methanol breaks down into formic acid and formaldehyde. For example it has been suggested that aspartame may cause headaches epilepsy and brain tumors. Since aspartame is made up of phenylalanine and aspartic acid upon hydrolysis it will break into corresponding amino acids.

Aspartame is stable when dry or frozen but it breaks down and loses its sweetness over time when stored in liquids at temperatures above 30 c. Formaldehyde is a neurotoxin. But in basic or acidic medium it generates methanol.

Free methanol is created from aspartame when it is heated to above 86 fahrenheit 30 centigrade. It is a methyl ester of the aspartic acid phenylalanine dipeptide with the trade names nutrasweet equal and canderel. Aspartame was first made in 1965 and approved for use in food products by the u s.

1 3 some concerns have been raised about aspartame and its breakdown products. Aspartame is blamed for a number of health problems including headaches seizures chronic fatigue syndrome memory loss and dizziness. So if you shop at a store that puts their diet drinks out on the curb in the.

As part of a food product such as jello. Free methanol consumed regularly may be a problem because it breaks down into formaldehyde a known carcinogen. Aspartame is a methyl ester of the dipeptide of the natural amino acids l aspartic acid and l phenylalanine.

Free methanol is present in some foods and is also created when aspartame is heated.