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D-AMINO ACIDS IN FOOD. Food processing to change favors, texture and solubility has included adding D-amino acids to our diet, which "often impair the biological value and safety of foods." https://lnkd.in/e4Zv3K2 View in LinkedIn

"FLAVOR results from compounds that are divided into two broad classes: Those responsible for taste and those responsible for odors, the latter often designated as aroma substances. The amount of volatile substances present in food is extremely low (ca. 10–15 mg/kg)." https://lnkd.in/emSBr8y View in LinkedIn

DEFINITION OF FLAVOR. "The blend of taste and smell sensations invoked by a substance in the mouth...would exclude color, texture and all impressions noticed before and after the base of intake." https://lnkd.in/erfS3uw View in LinkedIn

ASPARTAME. "Since it is about 180 times as sweet as sugar, the amount of aspartame needed to achieve a given level of sweetness is less than 1% of the amount of sugar required. Thus 99.4% of the calories can be replaced." https://lnkd.in/exP45CU View in LinkedIn

ASPARTAME. "The sweetness potency relative to sucrose is about 180. Aspartame is metabolized in the body to its components: aspartic acid, phenylalanine, and methanol. Like other amino acids, it provides 4 calories per gram." https://lnkd.in/exP45CU View in LinkedIn

"ASPARTAME is the technical name for the brand names NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, and Equal-Measure. Aspartame accounts for over 75 percent of the adverse reactions to food additives reported to the FDA. Many of these reactions are very serious, including seizures and death." Found in 6,000 products in 60 countries worldwide. https://lnkd.in/eZBDEH8 View in LinkedIn

ASPARTAME BREAKDOWN PRODUCTS. "Phenylalanine is a precursor for tyrosine, which is in turn a precursor for the catecholamines, which include dopamine, norepinephrine, and epinephrine. Phenylalanine can cross the blood-brain barrier, and when ingested in large amounts, can cause problems with serotonin production." https://lnkd.in/eJNKzQi View in LinkedIn

ASPARTAME BREAKDOWN PRODUCTS. "Aspartate is also a metabolite of the urea cycle and gluconeogenesis. It can be used as an excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain as it stimulates NMDA receptors, similar to glutamate." Sounds familiar? Remember domoic acid? https://lnkd.in/eJNKzQi View in LinkedIn

LIMIT OF DETECTION. "The lowest concentration of a compound that is just enough for the recognition of its odor is called the odor threshold (recognition threshold)." In the outlier case of 1-P-methyene-8-thiol, it can be detected at 0.00000002 mg/mL. https://lnkd.in/emSBr8y View in LinkedIn

CONTROVERSY. "The FDA considers aspartame to be one of the most thoroughly studied and tested food additives and has judged it to be safe. Controversy still lingers with respect to the effects of aspartame's breakdown products—phenylalanine and aspartate, as well as methanol and its breakdown products formaldehyde and formate." https://lnkd.in/e6fgmx2 View in LinkedIn