The body breaks aspartame down into amino acids, aspartic acid and phenylalanine, as well as a small amount of methanol. These components are a natural part of foods such as meats, milk, fruits and vegetables, and the body uses them the same way whether they come from aspartame or food. In fact, the foods you typically consume provide much greater amounts of these components than aspartame does.

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