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From: jeanette@randvax.UUCP (Jeanette Haritan)
Newsgroups: net.kids,net.med,net.consumers,net.bio
Subject: Re: NutraSweet Inquiry.
Message-ID: <233@randvax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 21-Apr-86 08:58:25 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr 21 08:58:25 1986
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Reply-To: jeanette@rand-unix.UUCP (Jeanette Haritan)
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In article <110@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> randy@cbmvax.UUCP (Randy Weiner) writes:
>In article <165@sally.UUCP> miller@loral.UUCP (BIG DAVE) writes:
>>...My wife is 4 months pregnant, and likes to consume soft drinks that
>> contain this sweetner...
>
>  My wife and I are the proud parents of a healthy 9 month old.
>Our feeling was, in view of the lack of evidence in either direction,
>why take any chances?? It was no big deal to give up diet soft
>drinks for the term of the pregnancy.
>
I agree.  If you drink soft drinks containing nutra sweet, it will be
in the back of your mind that you MAY be harming the unborn baby.  I
drank lots of sodas during my last pregnancy (1985).  It wasn't until the
eighth month that a friend told me of a news program she watched about
the evils of nutra sweet pertaining to an unborn child.  I spent the
last two months worrying.  The baby is perfect, but, why take the chance
if you know it MIGHT do harm.

Also, most doctors will advise a pregnant woman not to drink sodas period.
They contain a certain amount of salt, which can add bloatiness and
discomfort (among other things?)

Jeannette
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