Re: [CH] Aspartame: Slightly off topic & Late: X-Files?

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MICHAEL E GARDNER wrote:

> Mark, Missed this post earlier, just saw it while copying recipes out of
> back issues.  In "Your Bodies Many Cries for Water, your'e not sick
> your'e thirsty" (NOT written by a CH), Dr. Batmangheldi (sp), M.D., notes
> that aspartame (nutrasweet) is broken down by the liver to two
> components: Wood Alchohol and Formaldehyde.

I collected this from the urban legends homepage (www.snopes.com):

> We're not going to attempt to go through it
>    point by point, nor are we going to claim that aspartame is
>    either a health hazard or absolutely 100% non-harmful in
>    any amount. What we will assert is that there is simply
>    nothing remotely approaching a consensus in the
>    medical/scientific community that aspartame is (or even
>    could be) responsible for an "epidemic of multiple sclerosis
>    and systemic lupus" or many of the other evils attributed to
>    it above. We invite you to explore some of the resources
>    listed below and make up your own mind whether or not
>    you should be concerned about aspartame:
>

One of the suggested links is medline where you can read peer reviewed papers
on the subject.

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