Re: DU vs. Aspartame

[Caigan <frob@bway.net>]

"Pickett, Bruce D" wrote:
> 
> According to the Urban Legends web page at: http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/library/blasp.htm , the aspartame warning is a hoax.

The following abstract from MEDLINE suggests that
the Aspartame/Formaldehyde link is a bit more
complicated than that.

TITLE: 
Formaldehyde derived from dietary aspartame binds
to tissue components in vivo.
AUTHORS: 
Trocho C; Pardo R; Rafecas I; Virgili J; Remesar
X; Fernandez-Lopez JA; Alemany M
AUTHOR AFFILIATION: 
Departament de Bioquimica i Biologia Molecular,
Facultat de Biologia, 
Universitat de Barcelona, Spain.
SOURCE: 
Life Sci 1998;63(5):337-49
CITATION IDS: 
PMID: 9714421 UI: 98378223
Excerpt:
"It is concluded that aspartame consumption may
constitute a hazard because of its contribution to
the formation of formaldehyde adducts."
MAIN MESH HEADINGS: 
                          Aspartame/*metabolism
                          Formaldehyde/*metabolism
                          Kidney/*metabolism
                          Liver/*metabolism
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