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From: ed@gargoyle.UUCP (Ed Friedman)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Re: The Perils of Nutrasweet (actually, sugar)
Message-ID: <109@gargoyle.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 7-Aug-85 15:12:49 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug  7 15:12:49 1985
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References:

Those of you concerned with the perils of Nutrasweet might want to read
The Toxic Effects of Glutamate and Related Compounds in the Retina and
the Brain, by John W. Olney (Retina 2: 341, 1982).  In the article the
author claims that oral administration of Asm to young mice induced
hypothalamic lesions.