Is anything safe anymore?!?

Erica92627
Posts: 576 Member
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okay, so I am eating a piece of gum.. Trident to be exact. I normally do not eat a lot of gum, but today I just felt like having a piece.
on the cover of the wraper it says Phenylketonurics: contains phenyalanine.
Isn't that crap bad for you, causes birthdefects, irriversable brain damage (in large dosages?)
"Nutrition fact about Phenylalanine in aspartame:
The 1976 Groliers encyclopedia states cancer cannot live without phenylalanine. Phenylalanine makes up 50% of aspartame" http://www.sweetpoison.com/phenylalanine.html
There are other websites, but too much information to read. Why does the FDA make terms so difficult to understand. All we need to know is Good/ Bad.
okay, so I am eating a piece of gum.. Trident to be exact. I normally do not eat a lot of gum, but today I just felt like having a piece.
on the cover of the wraper it says Phenylketonurics: contains phenyalanine.
Isn't that crap bad for you, causes birthdefects, irriversable brain damage (in large dosages?)
"Nutrition fact about Phenylalanine in aspartame:
The 1976 Groliers encyclopedia states cancer cannot live without phenylalanine. Phenylalanine makes up 50% of aspartame" http://www.sweetpoison.com/phenylalanine.html
There are other websites, but too much information to read. Why does the FDA make terms so difficult to understand. All we need to know is Good/ Bad.
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:noway:
okay, so I am eating a piece of gum.. Trident to be exact. I normally do not eat a lot of gum, but today I just felt like having a piece.
on the cover of the wraper it says Phenylketonurics: contains phenyalanine.
Isn't that crap bad for you, causes birthdefects, irriversable brain damage (in large dosages?)
"Nutrition fact about Phenylalanine in aspartame:
The 1976 Groliers encyclopedia states cancer cannot live without phenylalanine. Phenylalanine makes up 50% of aspartame" http://www.sweetpoison.com/phenylalanine.html
There are other websites, but too much information to read. Why does the FDA make terms so difficult to understand. All we need to know is Good/ Bad.0 -
:flowerforyou: Would love that!
This is good.
That is bad. :noway:
Its made so complicated that its hard to judge things0 -
Phenylalanine only causes problems if you're allergic to it. It causes brain damage in those who are allergic, but you'd know if you were.0
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