mechanistic
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When you eat aspartame, the part called aspartic acid gets broken down in your body and mostly turns into carbon dioxide, which you breathe out.
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Comparative metabolism of aspartame in experimental animals and humans.
Cross-Sectional Study
Human
1976 NovWhen people eat aspartame, their bodies break it down, and the aspartic acid part gets turned mostly into carbon dioxide through a natural energy-making process in cells — and this study proves that’s exactly what happens.
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