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Aspartame is an amino acid right? Isn’t it going to be in all sorts of proteins then? Doesn’t that make it rather implausible that it is toxic?
by Gatsky 5y ago
Aspartame is an amino acid right? Isn’t it going to be in all sorts of proteins then? Doesn’t that make it rather implausible that it is toxic?
- dragonwriter 5y ago> Aspartame is an amino acid right? No, that's not right. It's a peptide (a unit composed of amino acids), not an amino acid. > Isn’t it going to be in all sorts of proteins then? Proteins are made of peptides but not all peptides are common in proteins, no. > Doesn’t that make it rather implausible that it is toxic? No, lots of proteins are toxic to particular organisms, too.
- schoen 5y agoThe amino acid in question is apparently https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspartic_acid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspartic_acid, a chemical component of aspartame, and the origin of the latter's name, but not at all the same substance.
- Bud 5y agoEven without the fundamental error of calling aspartame an amino acid, this argument is also similar to saying that chlorine and sodium can't be toxic since they are "in" sodium chloride, and salt is perfectly safe. Betrays a fundamental lack of understanding of chemistry.