jeanette@randvax.UUCP (Jeanette Haritan) (04/21/86)
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 --
dms@ihlpg.UUCP (Spang) (04/21/86)
> In article <165@sally.UUCP> miller@loral.UUCP (BIG DAVE) writes: > >Does anyone know of any study done on the consumption of the artificial sweetner > >NutraSweet during pregnamcy ?. I heard some rumors to the effect that it was > >found to be linked to birth deffects. > When I was last pregnant the story I got relates the ingredient in Asparatame, phenylkeurotinics or something, to PKU syndrome. PKU relates to the inability to deal wiht phenylwhatever in your system. One of the first tests of a newborn is the PKU in the heel. I would assume that a fetus would have the same sensitivity that it would a day after birth thus the birth defect possibility. Debra Spang