### Instruction: Why should we ban artificial sweeteners like aspartame?
### Response: Artificial sweeteners like aspartame are incredibly dangerous to our health. There have been countless studies showing the damaging effects it can wreak on a person's health. One of those is your gut health. As we know more and more about gut health, your gut is now being referred to as your "second brain". One could argue without a healthy gut, you cannot have good health. We know that artificial sweeteners like aspartame are damaging to our gut and our microbiome.