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Phenylalanine and Aspartame

Jaymie
Jaymie Posts: 235 Member
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Is there a difference? I hear alot about aspartame.. but is phenylalanine just as bad??

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  • hartterjw
    hartterjw Posts: 27
    I looked it up on Wikipedia, Phenylalanine is a by-product of Aspartame when the body breaks it down. There is a lot of scientific stuff on the page, but if you read down, you will find out about it:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenylalanine
  • Luckymam
    Luckymam Posts: 300
    The way I understand it, they are just chemicals, not food, hence the fact that are calorie free. We shouldn't be eating chemicals.
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