NutraSweet (aspartame)
Jeff Sager
>Summary: What does NutraSweet do to adults?
>
>In article <8...@gamma.UUCP> t...@gamma.UUCP (Barbara Charles) writes:
> >
> >Pregnant women should not use NutraSweet. NutraSweet has phenalamine in it
> > [More interesting facts about aspartame and kids]
> >It is also recommended that children under 1 year of age NOT receive
> >Nutrasweet to prevent any brain damage while the child is growing.
> >
>
>Why (presumably) is NutraSweet safe for adults? How much is too much
>for adults?
It is ludicrous to try to draw that parallel between infants and adults.
Infants can not digest many of the foods that adults eat every day because
their systems are under-developed and they are growing at incredible rates!
For instance:
Infants should not consume honey because there are botulism spores in
quantities that are only toxic to their small systems.
Children under 1 year should not consume wheat or egg-yolks because proteins
there-in may make them more susceptible to allergies.
Hundreds of children can't digest milk until they are nine months or older
and are therefore fed soy derivatives (e.g. Isomil).
Does this mean that all adults should avoid honey, wheat, egg-yolks, and milk?
There are many, many dietary differences for adults and children. There
are many dietary differences between adults. Don't try to condemn aspartame
for everyone because it may be bad for some.
[Maybe I shouldn't have mentioned the thing about honey, the FDA will
probably outlaw it's production now and all those bees will be out of
work :-)]
Jeff Sager cbdkc1!jjs
Craig Werner
Most of these arguments, pro or con, are based on hearsay. For
almost a year, I have been offering to send a copy of the Council Report
on Aspartame -- pretty much the definitive word on the subject.
So far, 3 people have written for it. And in the interim, hundreds
have posted the same discussion approximately every three to four months.
To get the report, on three photocopied pages (with extensive
references), send 15 cents and a stamped envelope to:
Craig Werner
(1935-14E Eastchester Rd., Bronx NY 10461, 212-931-2517)
And for those who have a reasonably decent library nearby, said text is:
Aspartame: Review of Safety Issues
Council Report
Council on Scientific Affairs, American Medical Association
JAMA, 254:400-402 (July 19, 1985)
--
Craig Werner
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(1935-14E Eastchester Rd., Bronx NY 10461, 212-931-2517)
"Comedy, like Medicine, was never meant to be practiced by the general public."