Aspartame should not be consumed by
a. infants and school-age children.
b. individuals who suffer from migraines.
c. individuals who have phenylketonuria (PKU).
d. anyone who is underweight or trying to gain weight.
C
Aspartame contains phenylalanine and so it should not be consumed by individuals who have phenylketonuria. There is no evidence that moderate intake of aspartame is harmful for infants and school-age children, although there may be no reason for them to consume it. Some individ-uals report that they get headaches after they consume aspartame, not everyone who gets mi-graines should avoid aspartame. Use of food sweetened with aspartame rather than sugar will provide fewer kcals and so will not help individuals gain weight, but this does not mean that for underweight people to avoid aspartame.
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