Artificial Sweeteners

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Artificial Sweeteners

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Science

[Paper Title]:

Artificial Sweeteners

[Text]:

Artificial sweeteners can taste wonderful to your taste buds, however can be
very dangerous to a persons health. Almost everything people consume today has
artificial sweeteners, such as Aspartame, Stevioside, Acesulfame, and Saccharin.

The artificial sweetener Aspartame (i.e. Nutrasweet), (APM) is a dipeptide. A
dipeptide is when 2 amino acids are linked together (as you know, amino acids
make up proteins). The 2 amino acids are phenylalanine and aspartic acid. There
is a certain configuration or "site" that is located on your tongue
for sweetness. If a molecule's configuration fits that site - then you taste the
sweet taste. It is like a lock and key where your site on the tongue is the lock
and the molecule is the key. It is thought that how well the "key"
fits the "lock" is the degree to how "sweet" a molecule can
taste. APM has the right configuration - so it can taste sweet - 180X sweeter
than table sugar. APM does breakdown with heating. This is why you can't bake
with it. Well, what is all the hype if APM is just a "mini-protein"
anyway? There are certain individuals who are born with a condition called
phenylketonuria. We are all screened for the condition at birth - this condition
is very serious. These individuals cannot consume high amounts of the amino acid
phenylalanine; otherwise they can get severe brain damage. They have to watch
all foods with this amino acid (i.e. tomatoes, cheese, etc.). Look at your diet
soda can - there is a warning to phenylketonuriacs. This is also why some
doctors tell pregnant women not to drink diet beves with APM - the effect on the
fetus is not known and the fetus may be PKU (pkenylketonuria positive). Some
individuals have claimed side effects such as migraines, etc. I believe all
individuals are different and have different sensitivities. For example - I am
allergic to sunflower seeds - I get hives. There has been a lot of research with
this food additive. It was approved for use in 1981 citing studies in humans and
animals for over 2 decades with over 100 clinical studies. In 1986, the FDA
re...

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