What is the corellation between aspartame and the amino acid phenylalanine?

MMB asked:


If you look on any food label that contains aspartame, you will see a warning in bold that states: Phenylketonurics: contains phenylalanine. I want to know why the two are related since they warn about aspartame, but phenylalanine is an essential amino acid.

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3 Responses to “What is the corellation between aspartame and the amino acid phenylalanine?”

  1. Curly on August 17th, 2009 at 7:00 am

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    Phenylalanine – Aspartame
    Phenylalanine is a hidden danger to anyone consuming aspartame. Most consumers don’t know that too much Phenylalanine is a neurotoxin and excites the neurons in the brain to the point of cellular death.

    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% of aspartame, and to the degree humans consume diet products, Phenylalanine levels are reaching a dangerous peak.

    It is important to learn about the ingredients within your foods, especially isolated amino acids like Phenylalanine. They are in combination within nature for a reason – they don’t belong in isolated form for the healthy human diet.

    Phenylalanine – Aspartame
    Nutrition fact about Phenylalanine in aspartame:

    The 1976 Groliers encyclopedia states cancer cannot live without phenylalanine. Phenylalanine makes up 50% of aspartame.

    Phenylalanine is one of the essential amino acids found in proteins, but I am one of the believers that amino acids should be eaten in combination, not in isolated form. Nature provides amino acids in combination; only man isolates them for processing purposes.

    Phenylalanine is found naturally in foods such as eggs, milk, bananas, and meat. If you are PKU (Phenylketonuric) or sensitive to phenylalanine, you will react to the phenylalanine in aspartame. You may want to get a blood test to check for this condition. Over the past 20 years, humans have become more aware of PKU reactions because human beings began using isolated phenylalanine to the degree it is harmful to some individuals, many as aspartame side effects. My suggestion would be to research PKU and phenylalanine extensively. Phenylalanine can be very harmful to diabetics.

    Read all food labels and avoid anything with isolated amino acids. You want to buy products with at least eight amino acids in combination.

  2. DeliciasyVariedades on August 20th, 2009 at 6:47 pm

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    it is an essential amino acid which is a part of the sweetener.
    Aspartame is formed by aminoacid aspartic acid and essential aminoacid phenylalanine.
    essential aminoacid is an aminoacid that can not be synthesized by the organism.

    check for more info.

  3. mistajoshthegay on August 21st, 2009 at 1:47 pm

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    curly is hella right. g-dammmn. that shite causes brain tumors too

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