“The history of government regulation of food safety is one of government watchdogs chasing the horse after it’s out of the barn.”
-David A. Kessler, M.D. (FDA Commissioner)

The vitamin A-robbing toxin, formaldehyde, is the smelly chemical in which your science teacher stored dead animals to dissect. Our sources of formaldehyde are also not restricted to external exposure. Everyday, people worldwide consume a popular food additive that breaks down to formaldehyde into the body.

In 1965, a chemist working to develop an ulcer drug accidentally discovered a substance 200 times sweeter than sugar. The FDA initially shunned this substance because it caused seizures and brain tumors in lab animals. Tragically, in 1981, the FDA allowed this brain tumor and seizure-causing substance to begin both sweetening and poisoning our food supply, pharmaceuticals, and children’s vitamins. Banned in children’s products in Europe, the chemical, aspartame, is now a big part of America’s diet craze. This is despite the fact that it accounts for more than 75% of the complaints reported in the FDA’s Adverse Reaction Monitoring system.

Aspartame, once in the body, can break down into various chemicals. One is the same toxin you get from a fire ant bite. Another is formaldehyde. Besides robbing the body of vitamin A, formaldehyde is a toxic compound that attacks myelin (the insulation around nerve cells), worsening MS, autism, ALS, lupus, and Lyme Disease. There is a theory, which I support, that with Fibromyalgia and CFS myelin is also at risk. This would mean that in these populations, aspartame is also extremely dangerous.

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