In the latest salvo over whether the sweetener chemical aspartame is safe or not, a recent review apparently looked at over 500 studies over a span of 25 years. Result: no evidence surfaced that linked aspartame to anything negative in the human body insofar as safety is concerned.

Of course, this latest report was funded by the artificial sweetener industry, and only studies with a verified neutral bias stack up in my book, Without knowing which specific 500 studies were looked at either, I'm not inclined to even believe this report.

But, it's impressive (I suppose) to see American, British and Dutch experts rejecting the possibility that aspartame is dangerous in any way. At least the panel concluded that some people may get headaches after consuming it. Neat.