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My general feeling regarding phenylalanine is there anything that turns my bowels into Jackson Pollock cannot be good for me.

• rootusrootus 3y ago
  The fact that I would die without it makes me feel differently.
• pfdietz 3y ago
  It's an essential amino acid. You will literally die if it's not in your diet. So, yes, it's good for you, unless you are set on dying.
  • nailer 3y ago
    I know that aspartame is an essential amino acid. I read the article. I am discussing a popular side-effect of it as a sweetener in its most well known form, Diet Coke.
    • pfdietz 3y ago
      Aspartame is not an amino acid, essential or otherwise. It is composed of two amino acids, with a carboxyl group converted to a methyl ester.
      • nailer 3y ago
        You're right, I wrote phenylalanine when I meant aspartame. Point about Diet Coke still stands obviously.