aspartame and formeldahyde
I get a lot of exposure from college. Anatomy classes typically use preserved cats for dissection and the smell of formaldehyde is very intense. Also, I'm not sure if this is true or not, but aspartame is supposedly converted to formaldehyde in the body. Kind of scary to think about it...
Yes, it is true....
from
Aspartame - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Upon ingestion, aspartame breaks down into several residual chemicals, including aspartic acid, phenylalanine, methanol, and further breakdown products including formaldehyde,[14] formic acid, and a diketopiperazine. There is some controversy surrounding the rate of breakdown into these various products and the effects that they have on those that consume aspartame-sweetened foods.
From
http://www.als.net/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2633&SearchTerms=gulfportgal
What are the historical common considerations among PALS SINCE 1869 and to prehistoric times? Anyone see a connection besides me?
• ALS, FTD and Parkinson’s related Dementia (see
http://www.alsa.org/research/article.cfm?id=825)
• Aspartate, aspartame, tdp-43, glutamate (see
http://translate.google.com/transla...arch?q=Aspartate,+aspartame+tdp-43&hl=en&sa=G)
• Glutamate, ALS, TDP-43, (see
http://www.mcmaster.ca/inabis98/juurlink/hugon0510/two.html)
• TDP-43, ALS, FTD (see
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/314/5796/130 and
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread3681.html)
• Fossilized cycad palms (see
http://www.fossilmuseum.net/plantfossils/Bucklandia-cycad/cycad.htm)
• children of soldiers in WW II, who fought in the South Pacific who may have been near Guam and cycad trees, areca palm (betel nut) trees, and cycad tainted bats and Aspartate (see
http://books.google.com/books?id=vu...yqpKoyO&sig=Sose3Qk7eH4DVUIeTK-QjUuII3I&hl=en)
• biomagnifications and emigration of the Guamese and soldier’s children and spouse population, as well as other countries where the sago palm (cycad nut) trees are indigenous (see
Cycad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
• cycad nuts from Acaca palm and the making of a starch for human consumption in Guamese areas, as well as Australia, New South Wales and other southern climates with high ALS populations see
http://www.itg.be/itg/DistanceLearn...E/47_Medical_problems_caused_by_plantsp12.htm and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycad#Distribution)
• Charcot and his student, Kinnosouke Mirura, from Japan, who observed and collaborated with Charcot regarding Guam ALS as referenced in
http://books.google.com/books?id=vu...yqpKoyO&sig=Sose3Qk7eH4DVUIeTK-QjUuII3I&hl=en
• The Gulf War Vets and aspartame in Diet COKE? (see
http://www.wnho.net/aspartameandgulfwar.htm)
• Gulf War Vets experience higher than normal incidence of ALS (see
http://www.bcm.edu/fromthelab/vol02/is10/03oct_n1.htm)
• Motoneuron Diseases, glutamate excitotoxicity, Oxidative Stress, Aspartate (see
http://www.mcmaster.ca/inabis98/juurlink/hugon0510/two.html)