Talk:Phenylalanine
From Academic Kids
I thought that aspartame is poisonous because it contains phenylalanine? If that is so, then why is it essential for human nutrition and why are not more people aware of it?
- Aspartame is not generally poisonous. It is poisonous to phenylketonurics because it contains phenylalanine. I doubt that phenylalanine is 'essential for human nutrition', even though it may be an 'essential amino acid'. The two are not equivalent. JunkCookie 23:45, Aug 6, 2004 (UTC)
