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Is Your Anxiety Due to Your Diet Drink?
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Is Your Anxiety Due to Your Diet Drink?

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Dr. Devaki Lindsey Berkson
Apr 03, 2023
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Aspartame, an artificial sweetener commonly found in diet drinks and food, may raise the risk of anxiety.

In a new preclinical study, investigators observed that mice that drank water containing aspartame exhibited pronounced anxiety-like behaviors in a variety of maze tests.

This behavior occurred at aspartame doses equivalent to less than 15% of the max…

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