Posted by jotho on August 11, 2001, at 8:24:03
In reply to Re: phenyalanine-DA precursor Jotho » jotho, posted by Mitch on August 10, 2001, at 23:28:43
Hi...I think i would just go buy a small box on Equal or NutraSweet and ingest some directly to see if it affected my mood. Thing is, i don't know how, or if, phenylalanine's properties change when combined with the aspartic acid, or if enough of it would be consumed in several glasses to affect neural systems, or if it is mostly destroyed after ingestion. There seems to be a fear (a big one according to the anti-aspartame sites i found) that there is concern of glutamic neuro-toxicity (do i have that right?) from the aspartic acid in aspartame. If it was a concern to someone, there are always phenylalanine supplements available. Probably a much better question for Elizabeth or Cam.........jotho
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