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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" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> 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! > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn