Aspartame in the cockpit: Safety issue?
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This is a one-off "bungee post", from an occasional lurker not involved with the airline industry but interested in the banter and info here.
Aspartame contains an amino acid called phenylalanine and some people
carry a gene that makes them vulnerable, in varying degrees, to a condition called phenylketonuria which this chemical causes, and one symptom is mental disturbances.
As well as not being a pilot, I'm not a doctor or chemist either! So to be honest that's about as much as I can add. But hopefully it's enough for anyone interested in this to follow up.
OK, back to lurking ..
Aspartame contains an amino acid called phenylalanine and some people
carry a gene that makes them vulnerable, in varying degrees, to a condition called phenylketonuria which this chemical causes, and one symptom is mental disturbances.
As well as not being a pilot, I'm not a doctor or chemist either! So to be honest that's about as much as I can add. But hopefully it's enough for anyone interested in this to follow up.
OK, back to lurking ..
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. . . . . as do some people who carry genes that make them allergic to peanuts or even milk and milk products!!
Yet, I do not hear any across the board panning -- and condemnation! -- of peanut butter or milk!!
. . . some people carry a gene that makes them vulnerable . . . .
. . . . . as do some people who carry genes that make them allergic to peanuts or even milk and milk products!!
Yet, I do not hear any across the board panning -- and condemnation! -- of peanut butter or milk!!
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"...... I do not hear any across the board panning -- and condemnation! -- of peanut butter......!!
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EXACTLY my point, sir!
If one person has allergy to something -- aspartame, in this case! -- it just isn't worth it to condemn that item to be horrible and poisonous!
But, in this case, there are any number of people willing to vouch how they have had a horrible experience with aspatame!
enuf said!
EXACTLY my point, sir!
If one person has allergy to something -- aspartame, in this case! -- it just isn't worth it to condemn that item to be horrible and poisonous!
But, in this case, there are any number of people willing to vouch how they have had a horrible experience with aspatame!
enuf said!
