Did you know that removing aspartame and glutamate from the diet for 4 months can eliminate chronic pain symptoms, according to the Journal of Annals of Pharmacology? Aspartame (an artificial sweetener) and glutamate (or MSG) are both neurotoxins and cause increased sensitivity to the nervous system. They are also linked to headaches, cancer, and other health problems. Glutamate (MSG) is disguised or hidden in almost all processed food; so remember to eat food by God not food by man. Aspartame is in diet food, low calorie or low sugar food, diet soda, and such. For a healthy substitute use stevia.