Phenylalanine - how much
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jimothy said:
Scientific method old boy. Eat till you sh t and then you'll know...
Good way to loose weight! The sh*t yourself thin diet.
Thought it might be a good few packs, bet they are just covering their backs in case some idiot eats 10 packs and then claims that he sh*t himself....
phenylalanine is an amino acid, and is part of the sweetener Aspartame. Aspartame is a (very!) short chain peptide (protein) consisting of phenylalanine and aspartic acid. In your stomach aspartame is hydrolysed (by acid or more likely by some enzyme) to make the two constituent amino acids. This is why products with aspartame are labeled "contains a source of phenylalanine". There is a disease (Lois mentioned its name - I've forgotten it) where you are unable to metabolise phenylalanine and so munching it gives you kidney problems/death.
Aspartame is made industrially by using a cleverly modified enzyme that does the reverse of the enzyme in your stomach and stitches the two amino acids together
Interestingly )as with so much chemistry, ASpartame was discovered by mistake when James Schlatter (who was trying to make anti ulcer drugs) made some in his lab. He realised its property of sweetness when he licked his finger
and tasted a sweet taste. This is why I wash my hands about 10 times a day who knows how many discoveries/poisoning I have averted through this action
aspartame:
aspartic acid:
phenylalanine
Aspartame is made industrially by using a cleverly modified enzyme that does the reverse of the enzyme in your stomach and stitches the two amino acids together
Interestingly )as with so much chemistry, ASpartame was discovered by mistake when James Schlatter (who was trying to make anti ulcer drugs) made some in his lab. He realised its property of sweetness when he licked his finger
and tasted a sweet taste. This is why I wash my hands about 10 times a day who knows how many discoveries/poisoning I have averted through this action aspartame:
aspartic acid:
phenylalanine
Phenylketonuria is the word you were looking for, or just PKU if you prefer!!! It's what we do the heal prick test for on newborns.
Main problems are brain and nervous disorders and bone formation, specifically small heads and prominant jaw bones. Can cause permanent mental retardation.
Main problems are brain and nervous disorders and bone formation, specifically small heads and prominant jaw bones. Can cause permanent mental retardation.
bmgm3 said:
bmgm3 said:
anonymous said:[redacted]
Hmmm. Some truth in that I'd say.
Oh dear, thats not very polite is it?
Are you past that stage now? Id like to see the examples of recovery
Sense of humour failure ? Don't be so serious. I think most could tell I wasn't.
Please dont tell me you think I was serious too?
Im not capable! ...Shadys on the thread so this will be twisted
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