It's not just aspartame. When I played soccer as a kid, coach would give us a little "fructose bar" at half time to boost us for the second half of the game. I

It's not just aspartame. When I played soccer as a kid, coach would give us a little "fructose bar" at half time to boost us for the second half of the game. I would always get a headache from it so I started turning it down.