by Rich Murray

Created on: February 03, 2009

aspartame (methanol, formaldehyde, formic acid) toxicity research - enough folic acid prevents harm: Rich Murray 2009.02.02

It is certain that high levels of aspartame use, above 2 liters daily
for months and years, must lead to chronic formaldehyde-formic acid
toxicity.

Fully 11 % of aspartame is methanol - 1,120 mg aspartame in 2 liters
diet soda, almost six 12-oz cans, gives 123 mg methanol (wood

alcohol). The methanol is immediately released into the body after
drinking .

Within hours, the liver turns much of the methanol into formaldehyde,
and then much of that into formic acid, both of which in time are
partially eliminated as carbon dioxide and water.

However, about 30 % of the methanol remains in the body as cumulative
durable toxic metabolites of formaldehyde and formic acid - 37 mg
daily, a gram every month, accumulating in and affecting every tissue.

If only 10 % of the methanol is retained daily as formaldehyde, that
would give 12 mg daily formaldehyde accumulation - about 60 times
more than the 0.2 mg from 10 % retention of the 2 mg EPA daily limit
for formaldehyde in drinking water.

Bear in mind that the EPA limit for formaldehyde in drinking water is
1 ppm, or 2 mg daily for a typical daily consumption of 2 liters of
water.......

cofactors re folic acid antagonist research include
methanol (quickly turns into formaldehyde and then formic acid in
humans) from tobacco and wood smoke, alcohol beverages, aspartame,
demethylation of caffeine: Rich Murray 2008.12.01
http://rmforall.blogspot.com/2008_12_01_ar chive.htm
Monday, December 1, 2008
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/messag e/1569

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-12 /cmaj-met112408.php

Public release date: 1-Dec-2008
Contact: Kim Barnhardt kim.barnhardt@cma.ca
613-731-8610 x2224
Canadian Medical Association Journal

Maternal exposure to folic acid antagonists increases risks

Exposure to folic acid antagonists during pregnancy is associated with
a higher risk of placenta-mediated adverse outcomes such as
preeclampsia, placental abruption, fetal growth restriction or fetal
death reports a retrospective cohort study published in CMAJ
http://www.cmaj.ca/press/pg1263.pdf .

Folic acid antagonists include a broad range of drugs used to treat
epilepsy, mood disorders, hypertension and infections. As
approximately 50% of pregnancies in industrialized countries like
Canada are unplanned, there is a risk of unintended exposure to these
medications......

methanol impurity in alcohol drinks [ and aspartame ] is turned into
neurotoxic

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