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Diet soda harmful during pregnancyLONDON - Future mothers who daily drink soft drinks with artificial sweeteners are more at risk of premature birth.ResearchEU study on 60,000 women shows a link between the quantity of consumed diet soft drinks and a premature birth. Future mothers who daily drink diet drinks, have 38 percent more chance to give birth before 37 weeks of pregnancy. Among those drinking more than four cans a day increases the risk by 78 percent.MethanolScientists believe that methanol, a substance used in some of these artificial sweeteners plays a role in causing premature birth. This substance is a known toxin, which can convert to formisch acid in the body. It can also lead to the formation of formaldehyde, a chemical used to preserve dead bodies. Also, the artificial sweetener aspartame increases the risk of premature birth.LightMany future mothers switch to artificial sweeteners during pregnancy because they assume that it would be healthier. British health experts recommend that future mothers should avoid these chemicals in food.You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login
Methanol, also known as methyl alcohol, wood alcohol, wood naphtha or wood spirits, is a chemical with formula CH3OH (often abbreviated MeOH). It is the simplest alcohol, and is a light, volatile, colorless, flammable, liquid with a distinctive odor that is very similar to but slightly sweeter than ethanol (drinking alcohol).[2] At room temperature it is a polar liquid and is used as an antifreeze, solvent, fuel, and as a denaturant for ethanol. It is also used for producing biodiesel via transesterification reaction.
Because of its toxic properties, methanol is frequently used as a denaturant additive for ethanol manufactured for industrial uses — this addition of methanol exempts industrial ethanol from liquor excise taxation.
Methanol has a high toxicity in humans. If ingested, as little as 10 mL can cause permanent blindness by destruction of the optic nerve and 30 mL is potentially fatal,[7] although a fatal dose is typically 100–125 mL (4 fl oz). Toxic effects take hours to start and effective antidotes can often prevent permanent damage.
Methanol is toxic by two mechanisms. Firstly, methanol (whether it enters the body by ingestion, inhalation, or absorption through the skin) can be fatal due to its CNS depressant properties in the same manner as ethanol poisoning. Secondly, in a process of toxication, it is metabolised to formic acid (which is present as the formate ion) via formaldehyde in a process initiated by the enzyme alcohol dehydrogenase in the liver.
The initial symptoms of methanol intoxication include central nervous system depression, headache, dizziness, nausea, lack of coordination, confusion, and with sufficiently large doses, unconsciousness and death.
So...if you consider your weight to be too much and you want to loose some, I suggest you start using diet drinks and light products right now, as these will for sure solve ALL of your problems! Bon appetit and cheers! :?