The dangers of aspertame, nutrasweet, splenda, sucrolose are very real. These are the ingredients in softdrinks which turns your body very acidic! On You tube, I just got finished watching how coke cleans rust well off of cast iron skillets, or car hubcaps. Coke cleans off hard stains from the toilet bowl, and eats away the grimb on old pennies, I couldn't imagine what it does for your stomach.