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by Elisa Thorp
Diet sweeteners such as NutraSweet, Sweetmate, Canderal, Equal, or the generic, aspartame, are composed of 90% phenylalanine and aspartic acid. Aspartame is also 10% methanol (or wood alcohol) by weight, and breaks down further
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by Mausili
With a job, a household, and toddler twins, my days and my life are filled with joy and lots of things to do. However, I have managed to make time to still get educated about some of the environmental and preventative health
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