[obituary_latte]

Why would this get downvoted "as usual"? I suffer from migraines and did not know this so I appreciate the info very much. I will do just about anything to avoid a migraine as will likely most who suffer from them would. I don't get why HN would be against spreading this info?

[tux3]

I haven't voted on that comment, but it's overconfident, it jumps to conclusions too quickly.

It's possible aspartame is bad for migraines. Given that migraines are really bad, then you might as well avoid aspartame, it's not like you're losing much compared to the potential gain.

But what's very bad is to talk like we know for sure. Maybe cheese causes migraines, maybe alcohol causes migraines, maybe not enough cheese causes migraines. Maybe we'll think something completely different a few years from now, because collecting good information is just incredibly hard.

The truth is medical science hasn't figured it out yet. It's okay to try things and see if it works for you, but do it with care and humility. There's no secret knowledge being censored here. But overconfidence ends up doing more harm than good, so we should be more careful than that.

[neonsunset]

Because people not suffering from migraines did not have firsthand experience and assume it is the same as other conditional triggers such as sunlight or anything that induces vasodilation or especially vasodilation after vasoconstriction (workout + caffeine comedown into a hot shower can do you in easily).

[Workaccount2]

But you are running off of sample size 1. That's why people don't like your comment.

There is a massive difference between "Aspartame causes migraines" and "Aspartame causes migraines for me"