What Sweetener Should Not Be Used By People With PKU?
What Sweetener Should Not Be Used By People With PKU? sweetener aspartame Why should PKU patients avoid aspartame? However, certain people with the genetic disease phenylketonuria (PKU), those with advanced liver disease, and pregnant women with hyperphenylalanine (high levels of phenylalanine in blood) have a problem with aspartame because they do not effectively metabolize the