NutraSweet Inquiry.
Jeanette Haritan
>In article <1...@sally.UUCP> mil...@loral.UUCP (BIG DAVE) writes:
>>...My wife is 4 months pregnant, and likes to consume soft drinks that
>> contain this sweetner...
>
> My wife and I are the proud parents of a healthy 9 month old.
>Our feeling was, in view of the lack of evidence in either direction,
>why take any chances?? It was no big deal to give up diet soft
>drinks for the term of the pregnancy.
>
I agree. If you drink soft drinks containing nutra sweet, it will be
in the back of your mind that you MAY be harming the unborn baby. I
drank lots of sodas during my last pregnancy (1985). It wasn't until the
eighth month that a friend told me of a news program she watched about
the evils of nutra sweet pertaining to an unborn child. I spent the
last two months worrying. The baby is perfect, but, why take the chance
if you know it MIGHT do harm.
Also, most doctors will advise a pregnant woman not to drink sodas period.
They contain a certain amount of salt, which can add bloatiness and
discomfort (among other things?)
Jeannette
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Spang
> >NutraSweet during pregnamcy ?. I heard some rumors to the effect that it was
> >found to be linked to birth deffects.
>
When I was last pregnant the story I got relates the ingredient in
Asparatame, phenylkeurotinics or something, to PKU syndrome. PKU
relates to the inability to deal wiht phenylwhatever in your system.
One of the first tests of a newborn is the PKU in the heel. I would
assume that a fetus would have the same sensitivity that it would a day
after birth thus the birth defect possibility.
Debra Spang
Barbara Charles
Since we discuss this in my Bradley classes I thought I'd let the net know.
Pregnant women should not use NutraSweet. NutraSweet has phenalamine in it
and studies are showing the too much causes brain damage. The PKU test
that every newborn receives after birth is to test for phenalamine - if a
baby has too much of this in its system, its means they cannot assimilate
milk protein (can't break it down) and must be put on a special formula
to prevent problems.
It is also recommended that children under 1 year of age NOT receive
Nutrasweet to prevent any brain damage while the child is growing.
Barbara Charles
Bradley Instructor
Sean Casey
I've seen a lot of claims about aspartame, but none citing any reports
or studies. On what are you basing your information?
Sean
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Marc Rouleau
>
>Pregnant women should not use NutraSweet. NutraSweet has phenalamine in it
>and studies are showing the too much causes brain damage. The PKU test
>that every newborn receives after birth is to test for phenalamine - if a
>baby has too much of this in its system, its means they cannot assimilate
>milk protein (can't break it down) and must be put on a special formula
>to prevent problems.
>
>It is also recommended that children under 1 year of age NOT receive
>Nutrasweet to prevent any brain damage while the child is growing.
>
for adults?
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