Pepsi Max!!!???

[Geordie_Mammy]

has got phenylalanine in it!? wtf is that, and is it ok to drink it when preggers, just noticed the warning on the label

 

[Geordie_Mammy]

Wikipedia'd it

Phenylalanine is found naturally in the breast milk of mammals. It is used in the manufacture of food and drink products and sold as a nutritional supplement for its reputed analgesic and antidepressant effects. It is a direct precursor to the neuromodulator phenylethylamine, a commonly used dietary supplement.

None the wiser as to why its in pepsi max lol.... maybe to make us all happy and addicted

 

[k 1421]

Oh! I thought that phenel....however you spell it was 1 of the reasons we arent allowed lemsip?! x

 

[Geordie_Mammy]

found more:

The major concern with aspartame is with the phenylalanine (a protein that makes up part of aspartame). Women with a condition called phenylketonuria (PKU - for which your baby will probably be screened for at birth), a rare hereditary condition in which the amino acid phenylalanine is not properly metabolized, are at risk because high levels of phenylalanine can cause damage to the fetus.

In a healthy person fed sixty 12-oz cans of diet soda at one time, blood phenylalanine levels peak well below the sustained concentration level deemed harmful. So, I think it is unlikely that you will have any problems unless you suffer from PKU.

phew

 

[Geordie_Mammy]

Oh! I thought that phenel....however you spell it was 1 of the reasons we arent allowed lemsip?! x

I thought that too!!!!!!! I was panicking till I googled it, the thing we are thinking of is Phenylephrine x

 

[k 1421]

Why do they have to sound so similar lol Im not really a fan of pepsi max anyway, more of a coke girl! xx

 

[Geordie_Mammy]

Why do they have to sound so similar lol Im not really a fan of pepsi max anyway, more of a coke girl! xx

ew I hate coke, it makes my teeth all chalky lol ... I like diet coke though... It'll be that bloody Phenylalalalalanine making me addicted

 

[cherryglitter]

LOL im so glad you cleared it up for me!
I was looking at a label the other day and it said that phenelalalalaine word and I was like.. im sure im not supposed to be having that lol!!

So thanks ! xxxx

 

[Sazzoire]

I'm utterly addicted to diet coke and white chocolate... can't get enough

 

[Justagirlxx]

Aspartame is dangerous, noone should be eating or drinking it and it should be illegal to put in food. just google the side effects of it. try to avoid all "diet" drinks and foods as these most likely contain apartame. but the problem is most processed foods are genetically modified and contain harmful chemicals, unless you go full organic theres really no point in worrying over a couple pepsi max's hun.

 

[Beckels]

Pepsi Max has 69mg of caffeine per 12 oz and Coca Cola has 35mg per 12 oz. Diet Pepsi has 36mg per 12 oz.

I have been sticking to coca cola as I can drink more of it without the worry of going over the daily recommended caffeine intake.

Hope this helps.x.

 

[Geordie_Mammy]

I haven't bothered stopping drinking tea or coffee or coke etc... I didn't with my first.

I think there is too much dont drink this, don't eat that blah blah, if we followed all the 'experts' advice we would be sat in bed doing feck all and eating plain (wholewheat) pasta and drinking filtered water :-| (I'm sure there will be a 'don't eat too much pasta' warning somewhere)

if you read up on some of the things they tell you, the amounts you have to consume to actually have any bad side effects is virtually impossible to do

 

[aw1990]

phenyljkghghg - whatever it is - sets of my asthma and gives me a really sore throat, I cant drink more than about 1 glass of cola a day, would say diet was worse lol and fizzy flavoured water is bad for it too lol

 

[lizzieredrup]

I confess!! I love Pepsi Max!! and still drink it...

 

[Geordie_Mammy]

I'm utterly addicted to diet coke and white chocolate... can't get enough

I lurvvvvvve white chocolate, have you tried Green and Blacks organic white choc .. it is lush!

 

[Geordie_Mammy]

I confess!! I love Pepsi Max!! and still drink it...

OH has just came back from shops with normal Pepsi...... eugh, it's just minging lol AND has set my heartburn off, Useless Man !

 

[paws4thought]

You can't have filtered water - has too much bacteria in it!
Wholewheat pasta tastes like somewhere between solidified wallpaper paste and loft insulation - I can't stand it. I think the safest thing is to live inside a plastic bubble and be fed organic bran through a tube for nine months.

Maybe I'll do that as soon as I've finished my Dr Pepper Zero with added Acesulfame K.

 

[Geordie_Mammy]

You can't have filtered water - has too much bacteria in it!

Wholewheat pasta tastes like somewhere between solidified wallpaper paste and loft insulation - I can't stand it.

I think the safest thing is to live inside a plastic bubble and be fed organic bran through a tube for nine months.

Maybe I'll do that as soon as I've finished my Dr Pepper Zero with added Acesulfame K.

Oh well theres another thing I have been drinking that I shouldnt have lol


I agree, although I can't say I have tasted wallpaper paste or loft insulation but I reckon thats how it would taste haha

Bet you'd be able to shite through the eye of a needle if all you did was eat bran for nine months lol (TMI I know haha)

lol you enjoy ya Dr Pepper petal

 

[Natalia2010]

I drink Coke during my pregnancy, have in past and still do

I have 2 cans a day, no coffee to stay under the caffiene threshhold of 200mg.

Anyway, having said that non pregnant I'm a diet coke/pepsi person, however as soon as I become pregnant my taste buds and body reject diet drinks...my guess it my body is pretty smart about artificial sweeteners. I'd avoid them if possible.

 

[lizzieredrup]

I confess!! I love Pepsi Max!! and still drink it...

OH has just came back from shops with normal Pepsi...... eugh, it's just minging lol AND has set my heartburn off, Useless Man !

Thats not on, sack him! lol I can't believe they have now made the Pepsi Max bottles bigger!!! I can't resist