Re: Aspartame

[tom mccreary <paramacs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks again trail boss.  I really apreciate your commenats re:  Aspartmame.
i would rahter puke than ingest that stuff until now and would come close
watching lose friends and family consume that stuff.  I think now i will
simply and quetly smile at those who choose to fool themselves by drinking 4
diet drinks a day for their health concerns.
have a good one...
Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Meadow Creek Ranch" <sangusr@xxxxxxxx>
To: <PARKINSN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 2:52 PM
Subject: Re: Aspartame


> Bob,
>
> You are so correct! This has been surfacing on a regular basis ....
perhaps
> this is a good time to say a word about one of the main constituents of
> aspartame:  This sweetener is made up of two components: l-phenylalanine
and
> l-aspartic Acid - these are both amino acids. Those of you  who have had
> children may be  familiar with a test that was run  on your child  quite
> soon after it was born ....... PKU ...... this was a test to see if there
> was any phenylananine being secreted in the  urine.
>
> Persons born with a rare disease called phenylketonuria (PKU), where the
> excess  phenyl alanine was and indicator of possible mental retardation.
> Numbering about 15,000 in the total U.S. population, know to restrict
their
> intake of phenylalanine from all dietary sources. Because
> aspartame-containing products are a source of phenylalanine in the diet,
> they carry the labeling, "Phenylketonurics: Contains Phenylalanine."
> (Phenylalanine is found in much greater quantities in meats, milk and
other
> protein foods.)
>
> In  "normal" people, the body  uses  the "D" isomer of  the phenylalanine
> to produce  L- Tyrosine. The  L-Tyrosine  is then converted into our old
> friend dopamine.  This  process is driven by  something called  Coenzyme I
> ......... Which  some of you will know as  NADH.  In any event,  drinking
> large quantities of aspartame will have no affect on dopa production as
the
> human body uses only the  D isomer.  It would stand to reason that  a
person
> who was incapable of  converting  the  Phenylananine  precursor to
dopamine
> would be retarded. It is not the  phenylalaninine which causes the
problem,
> but we have a nice easy test for it as  an indicator.
>
> Rob - Drink upstream from the herd!
>
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