on โ28-06-2013 05:22 PM
Does Aspartame cause dementia,cancer, or neither.?:|
on โ28-06-2013 07:24 PM
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That was for Poddster.......
on โ28-06-2013 07:25 PM
Sorry to hear that Az.....
on โ28-06-2013 07:26 PM
I don't know about artificial sweeteners causing dementia, but they are EVIL.
My Dad had Alzheimers and I can't recall him eating anything with artificial sweeteners ... or low fat stuff ... or anything like that.
I used to have those little melt in the mouth breath fresheners with that phenylkerotones (???) and I had the most awful digestive problems ๐ don't ask ๐
It took me years to get over them.
We have sugar, full fat milk/cream/sour cream/yoghurt etc.
on โ28-06-2013 07:27 PM
Az have you given some thought to the possibility that if he had not have been mentally and physically active dementia could have set in at 70?
on โ28-06-2013 07:28 PM
That was for Poddster.......
I knew that ๐
on โ28-06-2013 07:30 PM
Az, my Dad was doing the Guardian cryptic crossword for a long time into his dementia ... it's such a weird disease ...
on โ28-06-2013 07:32 PM
Thanks design.
Yes I have given that a lot of thought but maybe I can also think that had his wife not passed away, he would be still active and not have dementia.
I am sure I can think of many things that might have been....
the really sad part of it is, he had a photographic memory..... heard it, read it, saw it, once.... and could recall the precise details in an instant, many years later.
on โ28-06-2013 07:33 PM
Az, my Dad was doing the Guardian cryptic crossword for a long time into his dementia ... it's such a weird disease ...
yes.... ๐ however, dad can no longer read. Almost like he has forgotten how?
on โ28-06-2013 07:34 PM
Well, I just found this.........
Aspartate and glutamate act as neurotransmitters in the brain by facilitating the transmission of information from neuron to neuron.
Too much aspartate or glutamate in the brain kills certain neurons by allowing the influx of too much calcium into the cells.
This influx triggers excessive amounts of free radicals, which kill the cells.
The neural cell damage that can be caused by excessive aspartate and glutamate is why they are referred to as "excitotoxins." They "excite" or stimulate the neural cells to death.
on โ28-06-2013 07:34 PM
KDT "Dementia is an umbrella term for a group of cognitive disorders typically characterized by memory impairment"
Alzheimer's disease is the most common of the dementia group.