Food for thought. Over 50% of all consumer complaints fielded by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) are for aspartame.
To put that in perspective, the FDA receives more health complaints on Aspartame than all other substances combined.
The only reason it was allowed into our foods was because of a vile human being named Donald Rumsfeld, who used his muscle while head of the company that makes Aspartame. The FDA had initially banned it, but now, of course, claims it's totally safe.
You should read what this stuff is metabolized into in your body, as well, but knowing you, you will be too stupid to care.
One nice benefit of using any artificial sweetener, is that it makes your body crave sweets.
When you taste something sweet, a signal is sent to your liver that you are eating something with sugars in it, and this lets the liver release glucose into your blood, with the expectation of payback in the near future. When this does not happen, people tend to get hungry, and often want sweet foods.
Hence, the rapid rise in obesity.
Here is a really good book on such things, but I doubt you'll be capable of reading it without jumping around.
http://www.amazon.com/Excitotoxins-T...5511984&sr=8-1
All that being said, I encourage you to continue guzzling the Dew! And not the Justin type of Dew.
Or maybe the Justin type, I don't know. Both would be rough to tolerate.