Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Absorption in primates is hastened considerably if the methanol is ingested as free methanol as it occurs in soft drinks after the decomposition of aspartame during storage or in other foods after being heated. Regardless of whether the aspartame-derived methanol exists in food in its free form or still esterified to phenylalanine, 10 percent of the weight of aspartame intake of an individual will be absorbed by the bloodstream as methanol within hours after consumption."
Marcia Zimmerman CN
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Byron J. Richards, CCN
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 Aspartame is both a nerve stimulant and a producer of methanol (commonly referred to as wood alcohol) as it is metabolized. methanol, when consumed like alcohol, is extremely toxic causing blindness and brain stem damage. Nobody ever gets this much methanol consuming aspartame, but how does a person tell when their amount of ingestion is contributing to a health problem?
Methanol produces formaldehyde in metabolism. |
Devra Davis
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 In 1978, the journal Medical World News reported that the methanol content of aspartame is a thousand times greater than most foods under FDA control. In high concentrations, methanol, or wood alcohol, is a lethal poison that can cause blindness and damage the brain. Some of us humans can be uniquely sensitive to such materials, especially those who do not yet crawl or walk. While most of us can easily handle methanol and its more familiar cousin, ethanol—the alcohol we drink on social occasions—some of us can't handle it well at all. |
Tanya Harter Pierce
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 But the methanol in aspartame is "free" methanol, and thus unstable.
Aspartame comprises 10 percent methanol, 40 percent aspartic acid, and 50 percent phenylalanine. methanol has been proven to cause damage to the optic nerve and can cause blindness. Aspartic acid has been proven to cause holes in the brains of mice. Phenylalanine breaks down into diketopiperazine (DKP), a tumor-causing agent. Thus, not only does the methanol break down into carcinogenic agents, but the ingredient found in largest quantity—phenylalanine —breaks down into a direct tumor-initiating substance. |
| At higher than 86 degrees Fahrenheit, the methanol (wood alcohol) in aspartame converts to formaldehyde and then to formic acid. Both formaldehyde and formic acid are potent carcinogens. In fact, formaldehyde is categorized in the same class of deadly poisons as cyanide and arsenic. On the other hand, when methanol occurs naturally, as it does in fruits, it is always in the presence of ethanol. Ethanol keeps methanol stable and prevents it from breaking down into formaldehyde and formic acid. But the methanol in aspartame is "free" methanol, and thus unstable. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Absorption in primates is hastened considerably if the methanol is ingested as free methanol as it occurs in soft drinks after the decomposition of aspartame during storage or in other foods after being heated. Regardless of whether the aspartame-derived methanol exists in food in its free form or still esterified to phenylalanine, 10 percent of the weight of aspartame intake of an individual will be absorbed by the bloodstream as methanol within hours after consumption."
Marcia Zimmerman CN
The A.D.D. |
Tanya Harter Pierce
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| Ethanol keeps methanol stable and prevents it from breaking down into formaldehyde and formic acid. But the methanol in aspartame is "free" methanol, and thus unstable.
Aspartame comprises 10 percent methanol, 40 percent aspartic acid, and 50 percent phenylalanine. methanol has been proven to cause damage to the optic nerve and can cause blindness. Aspartic acid has been proven to cause holes in the brains of mice. Phenylalanine breaks down into diketopiperazine (DKP), a tumor-causing agent. |
Byron J. Richards, CCN
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| Aspartame is both a nerve stimulant and a producer of methanol (commonly referred to as wood alcohol) as it is metabolized. methanol, when consumed like alcohol, is extremely toxic causing blindness and brain stem damage. Nobody ever gets this much methanol consuming aspartame, but how does a person tell when their amount of ingestion is contributing to a health problem?
Methanol produces formaldehyde in metabolism. |
Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
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 It's comprised of 50 percent L-phenylalanine (an amino acid), 40 percent L-aspartic acid (another amino acid), and 10 percent methanol. "Methanol is a wood alcohol that breaks down chemically into formic acid and formaldehyde," Dr. Hull explains. And neurosurgeon Russell L. Blaylock, M.D., who has spent a decade studying the effects of both aspartame and MSG, says that the formaldehyde makes aspartame "a dangerous neurotoxin which can damage the nervous system, and it is a significant carcinogen for many organs. |
Brenda Davis and Tom Barnard
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 They warn consumers that methanol (wood alcohol) makes up 10 percent of aspartame and is highly toxic. While they admit that methanol is also found in some fruits and vegetables, they add that it is never found in natural foods without ethanol and pectin. Ethanol and pectin are said to act as antidotes to methanol, preventing it from being metabolized into formaldehyde and formic acid, both deadly toxins. They remind consumers that aspartame contains no ethanol or pectin; therefore, the methanol is converted to these deadly toxins. |
David Brownstein
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 The third major component of aspartame is methanol. methanol is also a major component of antifreeze and is used as a solvent. methanol is the substance that gives the sweet taste to aspartame.
Methanol is a very toxic substance that should not be ingested. One of the by-products of methanol degradation in the body is formaldehyde. According to the USDA, formaldehyde is a poisonous substance, even in small amounts. |
Robert W. Hill, Ph.D. and Eduardo Castro, M.D.
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 Aspartame is composed of three substances—two amino acids and methanol.18 methanol, or wood alcohol, is a known neurotoxin that damages nerve cells. It takes approximately six times longer to metabolize methanol as it does ethanol (the alcohol in liquor, beer, and wine) so even moderate but regular intake of aspartame will result in accumulation of methanol in the tissues. methanol is broken down to formaldehyde, another potent neurotoxin. The formaldehyde is further broken down to formic acid, yet another neurotoxin. |
Devra Davis
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| In high concentrations, methanol, or wood alcohol, is a lethal poison that can cause blindness and damage the brain. Some of us humans can be uniquely sensitive to such materials, especially those who do not yet crawl or walk. While most of us can easily handle methanol and its more familiar cousin, ethanol—the alcohol we drink on social occasions—some of us can't handle it well at all.
At the end of September 1980, another FDA review board weighed in. |
Andreas Moritz
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 Aspartame is a synergistic methanol poison. methanol is known to cause serious birth defects and major developmental disorders such as autism and attention deficit in the offspring of aspartame users. Ever since the 1950s when Aspartame, MSG, and fluoride were being pushed into our youth, along with the harmful immunization programs, the IQ of the average high school graduate has fallen 10 percent. |
Joseph E. Mario
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 One theory is that nerve myelin sheaths are damaged by the formaldehyde from natural alcohol methanol in Pectin-rich fruit apples, plums, red currants, gooseberries, and cranberries; because of enzyme alcohol dehydrogenase targeting fructose instead of pectin for breakdown (take Folic acid to rid methanol). Low-Pectin fruit are apricots, cherries, peaches, blueberries, raspberries, and strawberries.
Australian multiple sclerosis cases may be the sequilla form of polio from Salk vaccinations, more easily treated than m.s. (as diagnosed by Mr. |
Thomson Healthcare, Inc.
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 Anti-Inflammatory Effects: methanol extract of Cimicifuga rhizome demonstrated significant anti-inflammatory activity in rats (Kim & Kim, 2000). Virus-infected mice were found to have lowered interleukin-8 levels and reduced numbers of exuded neutrophils (obtained by bronchoalveolar lavage) after treatment with ferulic acid, isoferulic acid, or a Cimicifuga extract, as compared to the control group (Hirabayashi et al, 1995). |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| Regardless of whether the aspartame-derived methanol exists in food in its free form or still esterified to phenylalanine, 10 percent of the weight of aspartame intake of an individual will be absorbed by the bloodstream as methanol within hours after consumption."
Marcia Zimmerman CN
The A.D.D. Nutrition Solution : A Drug-Free 30 Day Plan
"Sodium benzoate Sodium benzoate is used as a preservative (microbial control) in foods, including soft drinks, fruit juices, margarine, confections, pickles, and jams. Sodium preservatives add sodium to the diet and reduce the availability of potassium. |
Thomson Healthcare, Inc.
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| The active constituents were shown to be lignans such as lappaols B and H, arctigenin, matairesinol, and arctiin found in the ethyl acetate eluate of the methanol extract (Oshima et al, 1988).
Antineoplastic Effects: The burdock achene-derived butyrolactone lignan glycoside arctiin and its aglycone, arctigenin, exhibited antiproliferative activity against five human cancer cell lines in vitro. The activity of these constituents was significantly less than that of podophyllotoxin but similar to that of cisplatin and doxorubicin. |
Joseph E. Mario
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| One theory is that nerve myelin sheaths are damaged by the formaldehyde from natural alcohol methanol in Pectin-rich fruit apples, plums, red currants, gooseberries, and cranberries; because of enzyme alcohol dehydrogenase targeting fructose instead of pectin for breakdown (take Folic acid to rid methanol). Low-Pectin fruit are apricots, cherries, peaches, blueberries, raspberries, and strawberries.
Australian multiple sclerosis cases may be the sequilla form of polio from Salk vaccinations, more easily treated than m.s. (as diagnosed by Mr. |
Thomson Healthcare, Inc.
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| In a separate study, methanol extracts from clove inhibited cell growth and induced differentiation of myeloid leukemia cell lines into macrophages. The active ingredients were found to be oleanolic acid and crategolic acid. Both displayed optimum activity at a concentration of 20 micromolar. Induction of differentiation to a normal cell type can define an anticancer agent (Umehara et al, 1992).
Hepatoprotective Effects: Eugenol may protect the liver from damage by certain chemicals, including carbon tetrachloride and iron overload. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| Regardless of whether the aspartame-derived methanol exists in food in its free form or still esterified to phenylalanine, 10 percent of the weight of aspartame intake of an individual will be absorbed by the bloodstream as methanol within hours after consumption."
Marcia Zimmerman CN
The A.D.D. Nutrition Solution : A Drug-Free 30 Day Plan
"Sodium benzoate Sodium benzoate is used as a preservative (microbial control) in foods, including soft drinks, fruit juices, margarine, confections, pickles, and jams. Sodium preservatives add sodium to the diet and reduce the availability of potassium. |
| Carol Simontacchi
The Crazy Makers: How the Food Industry Is Destroying Our Brains and Harming Our Children
"One liter of an aspartame-sweetened beverage can produce about fifty-six milligrams of methanol. When several of these beverages are consumed in a short period of time (one day, perhaps), as much as two hundred fifty milligrams of methanol are dumped into the bloodstream, or thirty-two times the EPA limit. |
Robert W. Hill, Ph.D. and Eduardo Castro, M.D.
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| It takes approximately six times longer to metabolize methanol as it does ethanol (the alcohol in liquor, beer, and wine) so even moderate but regular intake of aspartame will result in accumulation of methanol in the tissues. methanol is broken down to formaldehyde, another potent neurotoxin. The formaldehyde is further broken down to formic acid, yet another neurotoxin.
Thus, a daily intake of aspartame will lead to an accumulation of not only methanol, but its toxic byproducts as well. |
Paula Begoun and Bryan Barron
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 IRRITANTS AND COUNTER-IRRITANTS
For those of you who are familiar with my reviews, you may notice that I am now much more cautious about products that contain almost any amount of irritating ingredients, particularly those containing any form of grain alcohol (ethyl, ethanol, methanol, benzyl, or sd alcohol). This also goes for irritants like lemon, grapefruit, mint, peppermint, menthol, camphor, eucalyptus, ivy, fragrant oils, and overly drying or irritating detergent cleansing agents. |
| Alcohol-Free: This generally means that a product does not contain denatured alcohol, ethyl alcohol, methanol, benzyl alcohol, isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol, or sd alcohol, all of which are akin to grain alcohol, which is very drying and irritating for skin (Source: Contact Dermatitis, February 2005, pages 82-87, and The Lancet, April 2002, pages 1489-1490). |
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