Re: Detoxifying acetaldahyde

Let's suppose that individuals resident in a certain community started to manifest the following rather nebulous profile of symptoms:

• Chronic pain throughout the muscles and tendons or any soft tissues of the body
• Chronic malaise – general feeling of discomfort, fatigue, and illness
• Brain fog – state of forgetfulness and confusion
• Chronic infections
• Gastrointestinal complaints (diarrhea, constipation, bloating, gas, heartburn, indigestion)
• food allergies
• Dizziness
• Migraines and/or headaches
• Visual disturbances
• Mood swings, depression, and/or anxiety
• Nervous system malfunctions – burning extremities, numbness, tingling, paralysis

Environmental analysis teams would be called in to look for the source of a possible toxic spill that had migrated into the water table because this is indicative of heavy metal poisoning. Hair analysis and urinalysis might turn up nothing suspect. Mass psychogenic illness, perhaps?

But wait...there had been a recent derailment of train cars carrying a colorless pungent, woody odor liquid identified to be acetaldehyde.

See http://www.inchem.org/documents/hsg/hsg/hsg90_e.htm

The size, shape, and polarized nature of this molecule allow it to behave as if it were a heavy metal ion with the same symptomatic profile without readily revealing its presence to analysis.

Pause for a moment and consider the effects of a commensal organism (Candida Albicans) capable of producing and releasing acetaldehyde into its environment, i.e. your body, on a daily basis...
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