Aspartame is made up of three components that are bound together: Phenylalanine, aspartic acid and methanol. Phenylalanine is found in most protein rich foods. Aspartic acid is found in fruits and vegetables. Methanol is common in fruit juice and red wine. So, according to you, consuming a steak with a baked potato and green beans, and downing it with a glass of red wine, is akin to poisoning yourself.
Doesn't make much sense to me.
.......Methanol is common in fruit juice and red wine......
You are in error. First, methanol is a liquid, not a solid. It is not found in red wine, that is ethanol.
Methanol is commonly known as wood alcohol and is sometimes used denature or make ethanol undrinkable.
Unfortunately, where there's smoke there's fire in a whole lot of ways. The rumors re aspartame have been around since 1984, at least, and there was one that a whistle-blower got paid off. There were enough of them in the 80's that I've stayed away from the stuff. I also know a lot of people who have bad reactions to it. I just don't trust digesting alot of anything that is developed in a lab.
So, according to you, consuming a steak with a baked potato and green beans, and downing it with a glass of red wine, is akin to poisoning yourself.
Don't put words in my mouth, please. I guess it would depend on how much butter and sour cream you put on the baked potato and whether or not the cow was grain or grass fed. Seriously, that's a little ridiculous considering that the discussion is on lab created molecules vs. God-created.
Everything has a balance, but in real food there's at least nutritional value. Artificial sweeteners have none. Period. But, then, I don't care for everything sweet, so I have no reason to use them.