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  2. Acceptable daily intake - Wikipedia

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    Acceptable daily intake or ADI is a measure of the amount of a specific substance (originally applied for a food additive, later also for a residue of a veterinary drug or pesticide) in food or drinking water that can be ingested (orally) daily over a lifetime without an appreciable health risk. [1]

  3. Aspartame - Wikipedia

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    Aspartame is about 180 to 200 times sweeter than sucrose (table sugar). Due to this property, even though aspartame produces roughly the same energy per gram when metabolized as sucrose does, 4 kcal (17 kJ), the quantity of aspartame needed to produce the same sweetness is so small that its caloric contribution is negligible. [10]

  4. Sugar substitute - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, six high-intensity sugar substitutes have been approved for use: aspartame, sucralose, neotame, acesulfame potassium (Ace-K), saccharin, and advantame. [3] Food additives must be approved by the FDA, [ 3 ] and sweeteners must be proven as safe via submission by a manufacturer of a GRAS document. [ 44 ]

  5. This Is How Diet Coke Could Be Impacting Your Health - AOL

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    For example, if a 12-ounce can of soda contains around 200 mg of aspartame, and a person weighs 70 kilograms (154 pounds), the ADI would be 2800 milligrams of aspartame per day—or 14 cans of soda.

  6. Carbohydrate metabolism - Wikipedia

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    When animals and fungi consume plants, they use cellular respiration to break down these stored carbohydrates to make energy available to cells. [2] Both animals and plants temporarily store the released energy in the form of high-energy molecules, such as adenosine triphosphate (ATP), for use in various cellular processes.

  7. Health effects of aspartame draw new scrutiny from WHO experts

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    Decades after aspartame was approved for use in the United States, the sweetener’s safety is getting another look by global health bodies assessing its potential links to cancer.

  8. Animal nutrition - Wikipedia

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    For all animals, some amino acids are essential (an animal cannot produce them internally) and some are non-essential (the animal can produce them from other nitrogen-containing compounds). A diet that contains adequate amounts of amino acids (especially those that are essential) is particularly important in some situations: during early ...

  9. Aspartame: How dangerous is it for your health and what does ...

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    Health groups ‘advising a bit of moderation’ on aspartame consumption. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us