RE: 5 mg folic acid helps methanol to not form toxic formaldehyde and formic
acid -- no effect re formaldehyde from methanol in human breast and arterial
epithelial tissue: Garth: Monte 2008.03.19

http://rmforall.blogspot.com/2008_02_01_archive.htm
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1529

I disagree.

Methanol can not be “stopped” from conversion into formaldehyde by folic acid
... no matter how high the dosage.

It is dangerous and misleading to even suggest this (see attached diagram).

Much has been written suggesting that folic acid deficiency “might” slow the
conversion of “formate” to carbon dioxide and therefore induce a buildup of
formaldehyde.

In the liver which has high concentrations of the various ADH
enzymes this may be the case.

However, this would have little value in an organ such as the human breast where
Class I ADH exists in high concentration with little or no Class 3 ADH (aldehyde
dehydrogenase which requires folic acid).

In the human breast formate supplementation would have no effect in preventing
methanol conversion to formaldehyde.

The production of formaldehyde in the liver has never been my concern ... I have
always feared that the real harm done from methanol was caused by its conversion
in the breast and arterial epithelial tissue, as we find in the brain and
elsewhere.


There is some serious concern that folic acid in the form that it is found in
commercial supplementation can actually cause more harm than good.

I will always suggest that any folic acid be supplemented from natural sources,
and not pharmaceutical.

The methanol literature is rich and worthy of study.

Woody Monte


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Subject: ANM: 5 mg folic acid helps methanol to not form toxic formaldehyde and
formic acid, but most research has neglected folic acid deficiency re cancer,
birth defects, and neurotoxicity -- flaws in many studies on aspartame --
breakthrough insights by John E Garst, PhD toxicologist: Murray 2008.03.19