A friend told me about a test where they fed Aspertame to 50 rats at a rat sized dosage - they all died from brain hemorrhages. Interestingly, I used to drink huge amounts of diet pop and I would feel this severe pain in my head like I was being electro-shocked. It was instant and would go away. Suffice it to say I drink it a lot less. I also try to buy pop or diet lemonaid that contains Splenda as it has been around a lot longer and to my knowledge doesn't have these issues. Some soda brands - Diet Rite and oddly some of the cheaper house brands use it instead of Aspertame.

Mostly I drink coffee and tea, V8 (low sodium) and water and the occasional fruit juice. Coffee though can give you a headache withdrawal when you have it a lot and then stop.

If you want to have coffee with less caffeine drink the BOLD and Extra Bold variety as it has a lot less caffeine than medium roasts. It tastes stronger though - but it's not. Probably why mild roast is called the morning coffee because it has the most caffeine.