Question:

I decided to do the ImuPro Complete test and I’m now waiting for the results. I was just wondering, and find it quite surprising, that the test doesn’t include the Aspartame sweetener, used as a sugar substitute in some foods and beverages. As a frequent chewing gum user, and like millions around the world, this is consumed every day at all times so it IS part of our “food”. Besides that, I have a particular case of extreme aspartame intolerance with my mother who suffered from terrible dizziness for many years until a doctor just mentioned that it might be the aspartame, which she was using regularly on coffee every day a few times a day. She didn’t do any intolerance test, simply stopped using it and the dizziness went away, completely gone, never again. This is just a MUST for such an expensive and complete test.

Answer:

I can understand your concern, but in this case it is not justified. ImuPro looks for antibodies, namely IgG-antibodies your body might have produced against food and thus be the cause of chronic ailments. Aspartame is a compound of two amino acids and methanol and is not inducing any immune response. Thus it is impossible to detect IgG antibodies against Aspartame. Companies claiming to diagnose Aspartame intolerance by antibody detection are not reliable. The side effects of Aspartame mainly arise from the incapability to digest or use the amino acid called Phenyalanin, particularly in case of a disease called Phenylketonuria. The cause is the absence of the enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase deficiency (PAHD). So please accept that due to the absence of IgG production to Aspartame, we cannot include this substance in our ImuPro test.

(Answer is by Dr. Camille Lieners, Scientific Advisor ImuPro)