http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1129
mainstream research on aspartame (methanol, formaldehyde, formic acid) toxicity:
Murray

October 26 2004 Rich Murray, MA Room For All rmforall@...
1943 Otowi Road Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505 USA 505-501-2298
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/messages group with 137 members,
1,129 posts.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/927 Donald Rumsfeld, 1977
head of Searle Corp., got aspartame FDA approval: Turner: Murray 2002.12.23
President Bush: victim.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1065 politicians and
celebrities hooked on diet sodas (aspartame): Murray 2004.03.24 John Edwards
still has a dozen Diet Cokes daily.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1071 Aspartame (NutraSweet,
Equal, Canderel, E951), after eight years of controversy, was suddenly and
capriciously approved in July 1981 by a new FDA commissioner, Arthur Hull
Hayes, Jr ( just appointed by President Reagan ), disregarding the negative
vote of his own Scientific Board of Inquiry.

Aspartame is made of phenylalanine (50% by weight) and aspartic acid (39%), both
ordinary amino acids, bound loosely together by methanol (wood alcohol, 11%).
Similar amounts of methanol in many fruits and vegetables, locked up in complex
pectin molecules, and always paired with ethanol, its natural antidote, are not
usually released by human digestion and so are harmless. But the readily
released methanol from aspartame is within hours largely turned by the liver
into formaldehyde and then formic acid, both potent, cumulative toxins.

Red wine contains twice as much methanol as does diet soda as an impurity, about
one part in ten thousand. It is the natural conversion by the body of this
methanol into formaldehyde and formic acid that is the main cause of the well
known "morning after" hangover symptoms: headache, nausea, weakness, impaired
memory, irritability, anxiety, "brain fog", body pains -- same symptoms as
aspartame victims.

J.A. Oppermann's Searle Co. lab proved that 30% of the methanol in aspartame
fed once to monkeys remained -- surely as formaldehyde and formic acid in all
tissues (1973, 1976, 1979).

This was confirmed by an expert team at the University of Barcelona (Trocho C,
Alemany M, et al, 1998): "...the binding of methanol-derived carbon [ from low
levels of aspartame fed to rats for 10 days ] to tissue proteins was widespread,
affecting all systems, fully reaching even sensitive targets such as the brain
and retina...These are indeed extremely high levels for adducts of formaldehyde,
a substance responsible for chronic deleterious effects (33), that has also been
considered carcinogenic." Prof. Marią Alemany alemany@... Life Sci.
1998 June 26; 63(5): 337-49. PMID: 9714421



Fully 11% of aspartame is methanol -- 1,120 mg aspartame in 2 L diet soda,
almost six 12-oz cans, gives 123 mg methanol (wood alcohol). 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 -- over 60 times the EPA limit for formaldehyde in
drinking water.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1016 President Bush &
formaldehyde (aspartame) toxicity: Ramazzini Foundation carcinogenicity results
Dec 2002: Soffritti: Murray 2003.08.03 Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2002 Dec; 982: 87-105.
Results of long-term experimental studies on the carcinogenicity of formaldehyde
and acetaldehyde in rats. M. Soffritti et al. Cancer Research Center, European
Ramazzini Foundation for Oncology and Environmental Sciences, Bologna, Italy.
crcfr@... p. 88 "The sweetening agent aspartame hydrolyzes in the
gastrointestinal tract to become free methyl alcohol, which is metabolized in
the liver to formaldehyde, formic acid, and CO2. (11)" Ref. (11) is: Medinsky
MA & Dorman DC. 1994; Assessing risks of low-level methanol exposure. CIIT Act.
14: 1-7.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1077 eight depressed people
react strongly to aspartame, Prof. Ralph G. Walton, MD, 1993 double-blind study,
full text: Murray 2004.04.26 rmforall They reported with aspartame, compared
to placebo, much higher levels of anxiety, poor memory, nausea, depression,
anger, and malaise. 330-740-3621 rwalton193@... PMID: 8373935

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1128
hangover symptoms from methanol from dark wines and liquors or 11% methanol part
of aspartame, review of research: Jones AW 1988: genotoxicity in human cells
proven, Rencuzogullari E et al 2004 Aug: Murray 2004.10.23 rmforall Jones AW
has 341 items in PubMed; Rencuzogullari E has 5.

Drug Chem Toxicol. 2004 Aug; 27(3): 257-68. Genotoxicity of aspartame.
Rencuzogullari E, Tuylu BA, Topaktas M, Ila HB, Kayraldiz A, Arslan M, Diler SB.
Biology Dept, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Natural and Applied Sciences
Institute, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey. reyyup@... PMID:
15478947 This expert team found DNA damage in human lymphocytes.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1088 Murray, full plain text
& critique: chronic aspartame in rats affects memory, brain cholinergic
receptors, and brain chemistry, Christian B, McConnaughey M et al, 2004 May:
2004.06.05 Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 2004 May; 78(1): 121-7. PMID: 15159141
Mona M. McConnaughey, Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor 252-744-2756
mcconnaugheym@... Twelve rats fed aspartame at otherwise nontoxic
levels for 4 months forgot how to turn right to get a treat, and had specific
brain changes.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1067 eyelid contact
dermatitis by formaldehyde from aspartame, Hill AM & Belsito DV, Nov 2003:
Murray 2004.03.30 Dose same as two packets Equal daily caused the mysterious
dermatitis. Contact Dermatitis. 2003 Nov; 49(5): 258-9. PMID: 14996049

http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/eletters/329/7469/755#76712 current online
debate on aspartame toxicity research in British Medical Journal, October 2004,
14 contributions with references.




http://google.com gives 249,000 websites for "aspartame" , with the top 8 of 10
listings being anti-aspartame, while http://groups.google.com finds on 700 MB
of posts from 20 years of Usenet groups, 101,000 posts
http://news.google.com many recent aspartame items from 4500 sources.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed lists 771 aspartame items.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartame/messages 848 members, 17,542 posts in
their public archive http://www.presidiotex.com/aspartame/ Aspartame
Victims Support Group bryanth@...

http://www.dorway.com/enclosur.html
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/53
aspartame history Part 1/4 1964-1976: Gold: Murray 1999.11.06

http://www.holisticmed.com/aspartame/scf2002-response.htm Mark D. Gold (
603-225-2100 ) critiques European Commission Scientific Committee on Food re
aspartame ( 2002.12.04 ) mgold@...

Many scientific studies and case histories report: * headaches * many body and
joint pains (or burning, tingling, tremors, twitching, spasms, cramps,
stiffness, numbness, difficulty swallowing) * fever, fatigue, swollen glands
* "mind fog", "feel unreal", poor memory, confusion, anxiety, irritability,
depression, mania, insomnia, dizziness, slurred speech, sexual problems, poor
vision, hearing (deafness, tinnitus), or taste * red face, itching, rashes,
allergic dermatitis, hair loss, burning eyes or throat, dry eyes or mouth, mouth
sores, burning tongue * obesity, bloating, edema, anorexia, poor appetite or
excessive hunger or thirst * breathing problems, shortness of breath * nausea,
diarrhea or constipation * coldness * sweating * racing heart, low or high
blood pressure, erratic blood sugar levels * hypothryroidism or hyperthyroidism
* seizures * birth defects * brain cancers * addiction * aggrivates diabetes,
autism, allergies, lupus, ADHD, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, multiple
chemical sensitivity, multiple sclerosis, pseudotumor cerebri, Grave's disease,
Parkinson's disease, and interstitial cystitis (bladder pain).