Friday, August 17, 2012
QUESTION: Aspartame
ANSWER: The artifical sweetener aspartame has two normal amino acids -- aspartic acid and phenylalanine. Some researchers believe that an excessive intake of phenylalanine may increase the excitability of brain cells -- this agitated state is associated with the chain of events in a migraine-prone brain that causes a pounding headache.
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