I fully agree with the central premise of this book: that aspartame is dangerous and should be avoided.The author's case study of how she traced her case of Graves' disease to aspartame toxicity makes for interestingreading.However, her description of the biochemistry and neuroscienceinvolved in the effects of aspartame is full of inaccuracies.Forinstance, she states that the "methanol component" of aspartamebinds the two amino acids (phenylalanine and aspartic acid) together.Thisis simply false; in fact, aspartame is composed of a phenylalanine residuebonded to an aspartic acid residue via a peptide bond identical to what youfind in proteins; the phenylalanine residue is modified by the addition ofa methyl group on its C-terminus (so COOH becomes COOCH3).Methanol is nota "part" of aspartame, but is formed when aspartame is digested. The author's description of the blood-brain barrier "squeezing outtoxins" is particularly absurd.I wish she had asked a biochemist toproofread the book, because the mistakes weaken her credibilitysubstantially.That's a shame, because the point she makes about thehazards of aspartame is an important one.Product Description
When Janet Hull, a certified nutritionist, learned her life-threatening illness was caused by aspartame poisoning, she investigated the substance.
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