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'Diet' Soft Drinks include neurotoxins
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Saturday August 28, 2004 20:03 by Akrasia daverynne at hotmail dot com
The 'Healthy option' in soft drinks may be very bad for us. "The problems with aspartame include not only the biochemical nature of this toxin but also it sheds light on the political nature of the players involved. The changes in regulatory policies and regulations resulting from corporate-government ties and the politicians closely associated with these ties. What I can tell you, regarding toxicology, histology and biochemistry, is that aspartame is neurotoxic. Its components easily transcend the blood-brain barrier, interfering with normal nerve cell function. This affects the glutathione and calcium mechanisms in place, destroying nerve call integrity. The methanol then breaks down into formaldehyde-formic acid components, which denaturizes/mutates the DNA: a known scientific fact. The subsequent result from this interaction and from isolates of genetically modified amino acids, the methanol, is nerve cell necrosis and subsequent organ system degradation" Anybody without their head buried in the sand knows that most confectionary products on sale in our shops and supermarkets are high and sugar and can contribute to obesiety. Luckily for us, those nice multi-nationals have come up with alternatives for sugar so that we can enjoy the same sweet taste without having to worry so much about our wastelines. The marketing departments of Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Nestle etc have been desperately chasing the 'health conscious' dollar with their usual unscrupulous enthusiasm. |
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7All alcoholic drinks contain varying levels of Methanol. (its the methanol that contributes most to a hangover).
Home distilled 'Poitin'/'moonshine' etc are often dangerous and can sometimes lead to blindness, not due to their high Ethanol (true alcohol) content but because of the unusually high Methanol content.
Anyway my point is that if youre going to get worried about Aspartame producing minute amounts of Methanol upon metabolism, why not include in your scare report the fact that people willingly imbibe litres of the stuff over a lifetime -without serious consequences The fact would add a little perspective to an otherwise fashionable but ungrouded article.
All this food-scare stuff is just ludicrous, considering the same people who will decry the presence of aspartame in a soft-drink will gladly add that soft drink to half a litre of Vodka and bat not an eye-lid at the massive amounts of Methanol contained therein.
Theres nothing worse than a LITTLE knowledge.
But so is Ethanol, which neutralises the harmful effects Methanol has on the human body. Asparatame has no Ethanol ingredient and this is why it is so dangerous.
Of course, if you drink Pure methanol or methylated spirits, you are going to seriously damage your body
Let's see what the doctors say:
The simultaneous ingestion of ethanol has no appreciable effect on the proposed "safe" and "toxic" doses when considering exposure over several hours.
(see link)
As an adult you have the choice to drink or not and we tend to ignore what is good and not good for us. Our children on the other hand do not drink alcohol and because of their small body weights and newly evolving immune systems, are more sensitive to all chemical additives. Hence the concern over innoculations being linked to autism. (which is on the rise at alarming rate) For their sake we should try to limit their exposure to any toxins consumed and worn. Air quality of their environments and toys with lead paint are things to consider too. Why not try to get back to home cooked meals with fresh organic veggies and fruits, and make as many good choices as possible so they have half a chance in a world that's getting more toxic by the minute.
" Hence the concern over innoculations being linked to autism. (which is on the rise at alarming rate) "
This is damned lies. The study you're referring to has been thoroughly discredited. There is no lunk between autisma nd innoculations.
No, you are telling damned lies. The link between autsim and vacciantion is established - thimerosol being just one instance in which it is now proven.
to the two commentators above, please publish the links so that people can make their
own minds up and then we can all be on the same page.... otherwise its just snarling.