10/12/2015
TOXIC TOOTHPASTE INGREDIENTS CONTD...
3. ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS.
ASPARTAME and other artificial sweeteners are often added to commercial toothpaste. Aspartame is primarily made up of aspartic acid and phenylalanine. The phenylalanine has been synthetically modified to carry a methyl group, which provides the majority of the sweetness. That phenylalanine methyl bond, called a methyl ester, is very weak, which allows the methyl group on the phenylalanine to easily break off and form METHANOL. Unlike the methanol found in fruits and vegetables, which is firmly bonded to pectin, allowing it to be safely passed through the digestive tract. The methanol created by aspartame is not bonded to anything that can help eliminate it from the body. Humans are the mammals who are not equipped with a protective biological mechanism that breaks down methanol into harmless formic acid. The methyl alcohol travels through the blood vessels into sensitive areas such as the brain, where the methanol is converted to FORMALDEHYDE. since there is no catalase present, the formaldehyde is free to cause enormous damage in the tissue such as headache, ear buzzing, dizziness, nausea, gastrointestinal disturbances, weakness, vertigo, chills, memory lapses etc.