Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!ron From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie) Newsgroups: net.kids,net.med Subject: Re: expecting father & nutrasweet Message-ID: <11518@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Thu, 11-Jul-85 18:18:45 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.11518 Posted: Thu Jul 11 18:18:45 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Jul-85 12:05:11 EDT References: <771@burl.UUCP> Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 17 Xref: watmath net.kids:1453 net.med:1697 > My concerns stem from the fact that my wife drank quite a few > softdrinks containing nutrasweet unknowing of any problems. I am > a little perturbed about this but also my concerns may be unfounded. The major problem about NutraSweet that I'm aware of (and it is marked on the can) is that it contains Phenylalanine. There is a hereditary disease called Phenylketonuria (PKU) which involves the inability to metabolize these anines. The disease is called such because Phenylketones show up in the urine. Left untreated it can cause mental retardation. I don't believe it's much of a problem anymore because they can detect it and all you do is keep the specific proteins out of the baby's diet and it grows out of it. This is all kind of hazy in my mind, it's been a long time since I had the course that this was discussed in (like it as in 1977). -Ron