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Tom and List Friends We do need to keep another factor in mind in our discussion ......... The darn sugar has some other things associated with it that may make the consumption of "diet" drinks quite attractive ..... Sugar INTERFERES with Calcium ABSORPTION ! Do we have anyone elses attention while they are waiting their 1/2 hour for the "Fosomax" to be absorbed ......... Just a thought for all of us calcium junkies out there .... Rob -----Original Message----- From: tom mccreary <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thursday, May 09, 2002 5:57 AM Subject: Re: Aspartame >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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn