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Re: Aspartame

From: M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 13 Jul 2001 21:43:11 -0500 (CDT)


At Fri, 13 Jul 2001, Joanne wrote: >
>Is Aspartame dangerous or not? I've heard and read conflicting things.
>Some people say it's dangerous (but maybe they're confusing it with
>saccharin) while others say it's fine (in moderation) unless you have
>PKU. What's the story?

the latter

in pregnancy however, you should not use more than the equivalent of 2 packs of Equal a day

Sometimes I have non-fat yogurt in the morning >which has asparatme in the morning, and occasionally I'll have a diet
>soda.

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