I've heard enough bad about aspartame that I will not drink diet sodas. As I'm avoiding soda to lose some weight, this means I get water and water.
> http://www.sweetpoison.com/phenylalanine.html > > "ADD/ADHD, emotional and behavioral disorders can all be triggered by > too much Phenylalanine in the daily diet. If you are one in ten thousand > people who are PKU or carry the PKU gene, Phenylalanine can cause > irreversible brain damage and death, especially when used in high > quantities or during pregnancy. Phenylalanine is 50% aspartame, and to > the degree humans consume diet products, Phenylalanine levels are > reaching a dangerous peak." > > > Of course the page is not unbiased as it does offer a detox diet - BUT - > the info was interesting. > > Anyone else ever hear of this? > > Doesn't affect me as I don't touch artificial sweeteners with a > ten-foot-pole ... But thought it might interest a lot of you diet soda > junkies :P > > > Cheers, > Erika > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:145490 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54