Posted by MB on August 10, 2001, at 0:10:56
In reply to Re: phenyalanine-DA precursor » afatchic, posted by Mitch on August 9, 2001, at 23:21:45
> > Hey guys, it wasn't the caffeine I was thinking about, it's the aspartame.
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> Yes, I know you are wondering if it is the aspartame being what you are craving instead of caffeine. But it kind of chained off into a lot of tangents I guess......::)
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> One thing I thought of trying myself is to start drinking *caffeine-free* diet coke and see if that satisfies me. If not, then it is the caffeine, if so..then the aspartame thing might be the thing.
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> MitchI think I'm lost here. I always thought that NutraSweet was a *mix* of aspartame and l-phenylalaine. I thought this because it says on the side of my Diet Coke can (that I'm drinking now at 10:00 pm < g >), "PHENYKETONURICS: CONTAINS PHENYLALANINE). Is that right, or is it that the aspartame in the NutraSweet *breaks down* into l-phenylalanine? I'm looking at the structural formula of aspartame and it looks like an amide derivative of phenylalanine that could easily be broken down into phenylalanine:
http://www.niutang.com/eproduct/food01.htmSo I guess the question I'm asking is whether NutraSweet *has* phenylalanine in it or whether it just has aspartame in it which breaks down into phenylalanine??
OK, so I'm getting obsessive about my soda.
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