Does aspartame in diet soda turn into formaldehyde in your body?

Honestly, how bad for you is diet coke?

• I know there have been loads of questions on this topic but it all seems so biased. Even websites. "Aspartame will kill you!" "Aspartame turns into formaldehyde and will make you fat and give you cancer!". And literally, one site even said "All we know is Diet Coke sure tastes great with heroin". Are they trying to be funny now? Mocking people with drug habits? Or saying it is comparable to heroin? Or are they that ignorant they have to fill up space in their biased web page? Then they give links to other anti-diet sodas, that in turn link the same freakin website you were just at. And give mentions like "Oh that great folks at -----.com ...blah blah" So I want REAL facts. Not hyped up or sugar coated or changed to fit anyones needs. If it has all this bad poison in it, fine, but exactly how much? What about smokers? I am sure cigarettes contain far worse amounts of chemicals. Yes? So why are these people claiming aspartame is worse then smoking? What if someone has ONE can every other few days? How badly will these "chemicals" affect them ? How does it make you "fat"? I know lots of people eat more because they feel like not drinking a regular soda will help. But what if this person eats a healthy amount of good food everyday? How does aspartame chemically make you fat? Thanks. Again, please no more extremely biased answers. I do not even know what sites to trust anymore. I appreciate any true thoughtful answers on this.

• Answer:

  One problem with cola drinks is that they are acidic. If you consume too many acidfying foods your body's Ph will turn acidic which is not healthy, and the body will try to rebalance by taking calcium from your bones. If you are drinking diet colas then they are zero calories and you may think it is OK to drink more because you won't gain weight. Aspartamine turns into formic acid in your body, the same poison in a scorpion sting. Perhaps you don't feel anything after consuming it, but it may cause all sorts of inflammation in your body which can lead to chronic and serious diseases. Also aspartamine doesn't really satifisfy the sweet craving, and it is appetite stimulant. Either you will drink more of the diet drinks or crave sugar. There have been people who have linked their chronic illnesses to aspartamine, and one of the better-known cases is a doctor in Kansas. And any food or beverages with it has to be filtered through the liver, and it is additional and unecessary stress especially if a person has an already weak liver or is around environment chemicals.