Tag: Metabolic breakdown

Over five decades ago, aspartame was discovered, and since then, questions about its safety and processing have persisted. The simple answer to "Can your body break down aspartame?" is yes, but the process is more nuanced than with natural sugars.

The human body can turn over roughly its own weight in adenosine triphosphate (ATP), its main energy currency, every day. This remarkable process is made possible by the metabolic breakdown of food, a complex series of chemical reactions that converts the nutrients we consume into cellular fuel.