{"id":15868,"date":"2017-04-17T12:07:13","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T02:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=15868"},"modified":"2024-07-01T04:30:05","modified_gmt":"2024-06-30T18:30:05","slug":"the-effect-of-aspartame-on-your-brain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=15868","title":{"rendered":"The Effect of Aspartame On Your Brain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/TheEffectofAspartameOnYourBrain.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15869\" src=\"http:\/\/tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/TheEffectofAspartameOnYourBrain-300x156.png\" alt=\"The Effect of Aspartame On Your Brain\" width=\"857\" height=\"446\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nLower memory, cognitive ability and increased depression.<br \/>\nPlease avoid this neurotoxin like the plague it is!<\/p>\n<p>The controversy surrounding the neurological effects of aspartame began in the 1980s. At first, concern was limited to those with preexisting mental illness. An early study at Case Western Reserve University was halted prematurely for safety reasons because subjects with a history of depression appeared to be experiencing such severe reactions to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/topics\/sweeteners\/\">sweetener<\/a>. The researchers concluded that \u201cindividuals with mood disorders are particularly sensitive to this artificial sweetener and its use in this population should be discouraged.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/topics\/aspartame\/\">https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/topics\/aspartame\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lower memory, cognitive ability and increased depression. Please avoid this neurotoxin like the plague it is! The controversy surrounding the neurological effects of aspartame began in the 1980s. At first, concern was limited to those with preexisting mental illness. An early study at Case Western Reserve University was halted prematurely for safety reasons because subjects &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=15868\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Effect of Aspartame On Your Brain&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15868"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52268,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15868\/revisions\/52268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}