Nerve damage: The popular food item that can have a ‘harmful effect’ on the sciatic nerve

In 2017, the authors of a review concluded that aspartame could also affect the immune system and trigger oxidative dress and inflammation.

This inflammation, they noted, could have a ripple effect on several organs in the body, including the brain, heart liver and kidneys.

Professor Mark Whiteley, leading consultant venous surgeon and Founder of the Whiteley Clinic, said: “There has been interest in the artificial sweetener aspartame, and to what effects it may have on the body.

“In 2007, a publication looking at the toxicity of this drug concluded that there was no sign that it causes cancer, not any clear chance in blood constituents over and above what would be expected.

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