01-04-20 21:20 NANCY BACKUS wrote to ED VANCE about Re: Aspartame 1/2
Howdy! nancy,

 NB> @MSGID: 
 -=> Quoting Ed Vance to Jim Weller on 12-30-19  22:05 <=-
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 EV> I remembered hearing of PKU in the 1960's when my Sister-In-Law had
 EV> brought their Baby home and the Hospital sent a square Pad to test for
 EV> PKU and asked the Mother to put it in the Baby's diaper.
 EV> After the baby wet the pad, to let it dry and mail it back to the
 EV> Hospital to see if the baby had PKU.
 EV> The results showed that my Niece didn't have PKU.
 EV> I told my friend at the Lab I thought it was strange that babies were
 EV> tested for PKU and now it is in a sweetner.

 NB> The sweetener doesn't have PKU in it, it has the amino acid that PKUs
 NB> can't process properly.... so the caution was to the PKU folks not to
 NB> use that sweetener, because it would cause problems for them in
 NB> particular....

Oh, Thanks.

 EV> I've avoided using products that have Aspartame or Sweetners in Blue
 EV> packs.
 EV> We put some Sweet N Low and some Sugar in Tea, when we make it.
 EV> Back in the 1960's I tried Calcium Clycamate (sp?) and liked it better
 EV> than Saccharin but for some reason it was stopped being used.
 EV> That's my two cents.

I think the Calcium Clycamate (sp?) was in a Pepsi Cola Product called
Patio Cola, but I could be wrong, I've been B4.

73 de Ed W9ODR           .           .


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