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From: eugene@auvax
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Re: Nutrasweet
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Date: Fri, 26-Aug-83 20:25:32 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 26 20:25:32 1983
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Nutrasweet is a brand name for the compound "aspertame."  In Canada it is marketed by Searle Pharmaseutical Co. under the brand name of "Equal."
It is many times sweeter than either saccharin or calcium cyclamate and
therefore foods only require a minute amount in order to be sweetened.
It is supposed to be more similar in taste to sugar than other compounds.
See previous net.med articles for discussions of the pros and cons of 
aspertame.  There has been a recent report of a study which showed 
carcinogenic effects of normal doses in humans.

            Gene Rubin
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