Aspartame: "A low-calorie, artificial sweetening agent derived from aspartic acid."
Sugar: "A sweet crystalline or powdered substance, white when pure, consisting of sucrose obtained mainly from sugar cane and sugar beets and used in many foods, drinks, and medicines to improve their taste."
PROS
CONS
Less fattening
Addicting emotionally
200 times sweeter than sugar
Proven to be unhealthy if has been stored in warehouses in high temperatures because it breaks down into methanol, a poison to vertebrates!
PROS
CONS
Not as addictive
More fattening
Natural
Used in higher values because it is not as sweet
The Final Say?
Sugar is better for you, longterm, than aspartame is. Aspartame has controversially unhealthy effects on the body.
