When I first read that article, I visited a biochemist friend involved in
drug research.
He outlined the metabolytes of aspertame from memory. Many of the
metabolytes are common in our environment..various hydrocarbons etc. [my
memory is not as good as his even though he took a lot more drugs when we
were kids]
He was not alarmed by them but did say, basically, that caution and
moderation was a good thing... for just about all things. [Yea, he's one to
talk]
I see in further examination of the articles and follow up that methonal
toxicity is considered to be the main problem. Did you know that one of
the metabolytes of booze is methonol? [ If i recall, another is
formaldehyde] Some people metabolize ethonol into methonol at greater
rates and in higher ratios [to sugars] than others. Given the difference in
a normal 'dose' of nutrasweet and the amounts of booze that many people
drink, just what IS a toxic dose of methonal? You can smell it strong on
the morning after a good drunk. Does a teaspoon or two of aspertame make
you smell like that?
Does aspertame "contain" methonal? I doubt it. Methonal is a liquid and
neutrasweet is a powder.
Methonal cannot be made into a powder. If I recall, acetylene was one of
the metabolytes mentioned by my friend and he said it goes straight to the
liver...like ethonol [booze]. Possibly it can metabolize into methonal there.
Just because something will kill ants does not mean it's an ant poison.
It kills ants because ants can't tell the difference between sugar and
nutrasweet and they get no nutrition.
Eating nothing but Wonderbread will kill you too.
Here's a good one
"Aspartame is not a diet product. On the last page of the NSDA protest you
will
see that aspartame is a drug that makes you crave
carbohydrates so you gain
weight. No wonder there is so much obesity in this country. "
It would be more logical to assume that people use nutrasweet because they
crave sweets [carbohydrates], not the other way around and they are obese
because they eat them... though the effect 'could' be 'made' to look like
the cause.
I constantly see obese people eat 3 Big macs and drink a diet coke [to
wash it all down]. That doesn't make sense...nor does eating 3 Big Macs.
But that doesn't mean that a diet coke made them eat the burgers. I
suspect it's a guilt reducing device and a way to hide ones own
responsibility for getting so fat. "See? I drink diet soda and I'm still
fat...I'm a victimmmm!" [Go figger]
...and Coke has lots of money to sue them for...
Well , maybe aspertame is a factor in the diseases mentioned, but I doubt
it's the only one. It's entirely possible that discontinuing use could
aleviate symptoms just by removing one source of the toxins so the critical
levels are no longer reached.
Humm, lots of hydrocarbons in the air during the gulf war? Gasoline burns
MY tongue too...for quite a while.
How many of the stricken ones drink vodka..or certain French wines
sweetened with polyglycol [antifreeze] or have liver problems?
I'm no fan of the FDA, But it's typical to give an official cold shoulder
to reactionary public outcry from just a few individuals. I'm sure they
get all sorts of crank stuff that forces everyone else to 'go through
channels'.
Many people use their answering machines to screen out telemarketers. Now,
if they want to talk to me, they have to come 'here'..and face my shotgun.
Same sorta thing.
Still, aspertame, a good thing to stay away from. Besides, it tastes like
crap.
But the point is, how much of this info is a distortion of the whole
truth, while the intent is clearly 'to scare'?
ken
At 10:51 AM 8/2/02 -0700, you wrote:
>Ken writes (of
>http://www.XpeditionsMagazine.com/magazine/articles/kathy/asp.html ):
>
>
>> ...like any reactionary piece designed to manipulate your emotions...
>>
>Good eye, Ken! This did cause a firestorm of controversy...and
>awareness:
>
>> What follows is an explanation from Betty Martini, the
>> person who actually wrote the (Nancy Markle letter), as to the
>> history of the piece...
>>
>http://nancymarkle.com/betty/betty.html
>jr
>
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