Aspartame

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Ged - re your aspartame post - it's an urban legend. We had this some

while ago on the list. Check out "

 

http://www.snopes.com/toxins/aspartam.htm

 

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Dear Herbalists

for those who havenot discovered Stevia (see www.Stevianow.com) here

is a very good description of what is in store for yu when you eat those

" sugarless' products with Aspartame in...........Love PEnny

 

ASPARTAME

 

 

WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE and the MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION

F.D.A. ISSUING FOR COLLUSION WITH MONSANTO

Article written by Nancy Markle (1120197)

I have spent several days lecturing at the WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL

CONFERENCE on " ASPARTAME marketed as 'NutraSweet', 'Equal', and

'Spoonful " '.

In the keynote address by the EPA, they announced that there was an

epidemic

of multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus, and they did not understand

what

toxin was causing this to be rampant across the United States. I

explained

that I was there to lecture on exactly that subject.

When the temperature of Aspartame exceeds 86 degrees F, the wood alcohol

in

ASPARTAME converts to formaldehyde and then to formic acid, which in

turn

causes metabolic acidosis. (Formic acid is the poison found in the sting

of

fire ants). The methanol toxicity mimics multiple sclerosis; thus people

 

were

being diagnosed with having multiple sclerosis in error.

The multiple sclerosis is not a death sentence, where methanol toxicity

is. In the case of systemic lupus, we are finding it has become almost

as

rampant as multiple sclerosis, especially with Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi

drinkers.

Also, with methanol toxicity, the victims usually drink three to four

12oz. cans of them per day, some even more. In the cases of systemic

lupus,

which is triggered by ASPARTAME, the victim usually does not know that

the

aspartame is the culprit. The victim continues its use aggravating the

lupus

to such a degree, that sometimes it becomes life threatening. When we

get

people off the aspartame, those with systemic lupus usually become

symptomatic.

Unfortunately, we cannot reverse this disease.

On the other hand, in the case of those diagnosed with Multiple

Sclerosis,

(when in reality, the disease is methanol toxicity), most of the

symptoms

disappear. We have seen cases where their vision has returned and even

their hearing has returned. This also applies to cases of tinnitus.

During a lecture I said " If you are using ASPARTAME (NutraSweet, Equal,

Spoonful, etc.) and you suffer from fibromyalgia symptoms, spasms,

shooting

pains, numbness in your legs, cramps, vertigo, dizziness, headaches,

tinnitus, joint pain, depression, anxiety attacks, slurred speech,

blurred vision, or memory loss, you probably have ASPARTAME DISEASE! "

People were jumping up during the lecture saying, " I've got this, is it

reversible? " It is rampant. Some of the speakers at my lecture even were

 

suffering from these symptoms. In one lecture attended by the Ambassador

of

Uganda, he told us that their sugar industry is adding aspartame! He

continued by saying that one of the industry leader's son could no

longer

walk - due in part by product usage!

We have a very serious problem. Even a stranger came up to Dr. Espisto

(one of my speakers) and myself and said, 'Could you tell me why so many

 

people seem to be coming down with MS? During a visit to a hospice, a

nurse

said that six of her friends, who were heavy Diet Coke addicts, had all

been

diagnosed with MS. This is beyond coincidence.

Here is the problem. There were Congressional Hearings when aspartame

was included in 100 different products. Since this initial hearing,

there

have been two subsequent hearings, but to no avail. Nothing has been

done.

The drug and chemical lobbies have very deep pockets. Now there are over

 

5,000 products containing this chemical, and the PATENT HAS EXPIRED!!!!!

 

At the time of this first hearing, people were going blind. The methanol

 

in the aspartame converts to formaldehyde in the retina of the eye.

Formaldehyde is grouped in the same class of drugs as cyanide and

arsenic - DEADLY POISONS!!!

Unfortunately, it just takes longer to quietly kill, but it is killing

people and causing all kinds of neurological problems.

Aspartame changes the brain's chemistry. It is the reason for severe

seizures. This drug changes the dopamine level in the brain. Imagine

what this drug does to patients suffering from Parkinson's Disease. This

 

drug

also causes Birth Defects.

There is absolutely no reason to take this product. It is NOT A DIET

PRODUCT!!! The Congressional record said, " It makes you crave

carbohydrates and will make you FAT " . Dr. Roberts stated that when he

got

patients off aspartame, their average weight loss was 19 pounds per

person.

The formaldehyde stores in the fat cells,particularly in the hips and

thighs. Aspartame is especially deadly for diabetics. All physicians

know

what wood alcohol will do to a diabetic. We find that physicians believe

 

that

they have patients with retinopathy, when in fact, it is caused by the

aspartame.

The aspartame keeps the blood sugar level out of control, causing many

patients to go into a coma. Unfortunately, many have died. People were

telling us at the Conference of the American College of Physicians, that

 

they

had relatives that switched from saccharin to an aspartame product and

how

that relative had eventually gone into a coma. Their physicians could

not

get

the blood sugar levels under control. Thus, the patients suffered acute

memory loss and eventually coma and death.

Memory loss is due to the fact that aspartic acid and phenylalanine are

neurotoxic without the other amino acids found in protein. Thus it goes

past the blood brain barrier and deteriorates the neurons of the brain.

Dr. Russell Blaylock, neurosurgeon, said, " The ingredients stimulate the

 

neurons of the brain to death, causing brain damage of varying degrees.

Dr. Blaylock has written a book entitled " EXCITOTOXINS: THE TASTE THAT

KILLS "

(Health Press 1-800-643-2665). Dr. H.J. Roberts, diabetic specialist and

 

world expert on aspartame poisoning, has also written a book entitled

" DEFENSE AGAINST ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE " (1-800-814-9800).

Dr. Roberts tells how aspartame poisoning is escalating Alzheimer's

Disease, and indeed it is. As the hospice nurse told me, women are being

 

admitted at 30 years of age with Alzheimer's Disease. Dr. Blaylock and

Dr.

Roberts will be writing a position paper with some case histories and

will

post it on the Internet. According to the Conference of the American

College

of Physicians, 'We are talking about a plague of neurological diseases

caused

by this deadly poison " .

Dr. Roberts realized what was happening when aspartame was first

marketed.

He said, " his diabetic patients presented memory loss, confusion, and

severe vision loss " . At the Conference of the American College of

Physicians,

doctors admitted that they did not know. They had wondered why seizures

were

rampant (the phenylalanine in aspartame breaks down the seizure

threshold

and

depletes serotonin, which causes manic depression, panic attacks, rage

and

violence).

Just before the Conference, I received a FAX from Norway, asking for a

possible antidote for this poison because they are experiencing so many

problems in their country. This " poison " is now available in 90 PLUS

countries worldwide. Fortunately, we had speakers and ambassadors at the

 

Conference from different nations who have pledged their help. We ask

that

you help too. Print this article out and warn everyone you know. Take

anything that contains aspartame back to the store. Take the " NO

ASPARTAME TEST " and send us your case history.

I assure you that MONSANTO, the creator of aspartame, knows how deadly

it

is.

They fund the American Diabetes Association, American Dietetic

Association, Congress, and the Conference of the American College of

Physicians. The New York Times, on November 15, 1996, ran an article on

how

the American Dietetic Association takes money from the food industry to

endorse their products.

Therefore, they cannot criticize any additives or tell about their link

to MONSANTO. How bad is this? We told a mother who had a child on

NutraSweet to get off the product. The child was having grand mal

seizures

every day.

The mother called her physician, who called the ADA, who told the doctor

 

not

to take the child off the NutraSweet. We are still trying to convince

the

mother that the aspartame is causing the seizures. Every time we get

someone

off of aspartame, the seizures stop. If the baby dies, you know whose

fault

it is, and what we are up against. There are 92 documented symptoms of

aspartame, from coma to death. The majority of them are all

neurological,

because the aspartame destroys the nervous system. Aspartame Disease is

partially the cause to what is behind some of the mystery of the Desert

Storm

health problems. The burning tongue and other problems discussed in over

60

cases can be directly related to the consumption of an aspartame

product.

Several thousand pallets of diet

drinks were shipped to the Desert Storm troops. (Remember heat can

liberate

the methanol from the aspartame at 86 degrees F). Diet drinks sat in the

 

120

degree F. Arabian sun for weeks at a time on pallets. The service men

and

women drank them all day long. All of their symptoms are identical to

aspartame poisoning. Dr. Roberts says " consuming aspartame at the time

of

conception can cause birth defects " . The phenylalanine concentrates in

the

placenta, causing mental retardation, according to Dr. Louis Elsas,

Pediatrician Professor - Genetics, at Emory University in his testimony

before Congress.

In the original lab tests, animals developed brain tumors (phenylalanine

 

breaks down into DXP, a brain tumor agent). When Dr. Espisto was

lecturing on aspartame, one physician in the audience, a neurosurgeon,

said,

" when they remove brain tumors, they have found high levels of Aspartame

in

them " . Stevia, a sweet food, NOT AN ADDITIVE, which helps in the

metabolism

of sugar, which would be ideal for diabetics, has now been approved as a

 

dietary supplement by the F.D.A. For years, the F.D.A. has outlawed this

 

sweet food because of their loyalty to MONSANTO. If it says " SUGAR FREE "

on

the label-DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!!!!!! Senator Howard Hetzenbaum

wrote

a

bill that would have warned all infants, pregnant mothers and children

of

the

dangers of aspartame. The bill would have also instituted independent

studies

on the problems existing in the population (seizures, changes in brain

chemistry, changes in neurological and behavioral symptoms). It was

killed

by

the powerful drug and chemical lobbies, letting loose the hounds of

disease

and death on an unsuspecting public. Since the Conference of the

American

College of Physicians, we hope to have the help of some world leaders.

Again,

please help us too. There are a lot of people out there who must be

warned,

*please* let them know this information. You might want to print it out

and

hand it out or fax it to people who are not online. Young people drink a

 

lot

of diet coke. Mary & Walter Fields

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I tend to be a trusting soul. So I've learned the hard way that it's a good

idea to check

http://www.snopes2.com/

first before forwarding alarmist stuff. Simply go to this site, type in

aspartame

as your search item and click on search. The first hit is the article that

was posted to this e-mail list.

 

Rich in Minnesota

 

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