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From: "dawa" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 1:23 AM
Subject: aspartame


> In a recent post, it was suggested that aspartame by-products may have
an
> effect on the thyroid.

The main contention of groups opposing the use of aspartame is that one
of its  by-products is methyl alcohol and considered to be responsible
for its toxic effects. There are references that points to studies about
aspartame's effect on inducing excessive insulin release
(hyperinsulinemia). Hyperinsulinemia brings about a host of health
damaging effects from athersclerosis to fatty liver disease, the
symptoms and signs of which are not much different than the presentation
of hypothyroidism.

Greg



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