New Study on aspartame shows it destroys the brain, abstractbelow

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[CIDSNetwork] Re: New Study on aspartame shows it destroys the

brain, abstractbelow

 

 

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> Betty Martini wrote:

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> > " Activist List- " <Activist_List >

> > For Immediate Release: Norwegian Study on Aspartame, Abstract,

> > January, 2002 Shows Aspartame Destroys the Brain Contact Betty Martini,

770

> > 242-2599 Class Action: www.dorway.com

> > Of interest is they say aspartame was made for diabetics whereas

aspartame

> > can actually precipitate diabetes, keeps blood sugar out of control,

> > destroys the optic nerve and even can cause diabetics to go into

> > convulsions. It also INTERACTS WITH INSULIN. Aspartame is as dangerous

for

> > diabetics as it is for pregnant women, as it is a teratogen and triggers

> > birth defects and mental retardation. All of this is explained in

Aspartame

> > Disease: An Ignored Epidemic, by diabetic specialist, H. J. Roberts,

M.D.

> > which even has a chapter on drug interactions, and aspartame interacts

with

> > just about every drug used to treat the problems it causes.

> > www.aspartameispoison.com or www.sunsentpress.com

> > Dr. Roberts position paper on aspartame and diabetes and hypoglycemia,

and

> > the Diabetic Journal of India, 16 pages on the dangers of aspartame to

the

> > diabetic, are on www.dorway.com

> >

> > Please note that aspartame not only destroys the brain but especially in

> > the area of learning which accounts for the global epidemic of ADD. This

is

> > discussed in Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills by neurosurgeon Russell

> > Blaylock, M.D., www.amazon.com

> > Studies were also done on humans in South America and again showed

> > aspartame destroyed the brain but the original manufacturer, Searle, did

> > not publish the studies because they showed aspartame to be a killer in

> > many ways with subjects having grand mal seizures and even in 18 months

> > triggering astrocytomas and glioblastomas. They also showed that

aspartame

> > destroys the central nervous system and hardens the synovial fluids

> > accounting for the agonizing joint pain aspartame victims suffer from.

For

> > all reading this please pass it along to saturate the globe. Aspartame

is

> > also a GM product.

> > Read on for the abstract. Complete study to be translated soon.

> > Betty Martini, Founder, Mission Possible International, 9270 River Club

> > Parkway, Duluth, Georgia 30097, 770 242-2599 www.dorway.com

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> > Tue, 5 Feb 2002 14:06:35 EST

> > ABSTRACT of Norwegian Aspartame Study

> > BettyM19

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> > ABSTRACT

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> > Introduction: Aspartame (ASM) is a product that was originally made for

> > diabetics,but today ASM is widely used by healthy people as artificial

> > sweetner in manyfood products.

> > Purpose: The main goal with this research was to see whether ASM was

> > harmful tobrain cells (cerebellar granule cells). We wanted to check if

the

> > damage to the neurons are connected to the N-methyl-D-aspartate

> > (NMDA)-receptors on these cells.

> > Procedure: Brain cells from 7 day old mice were used. They were cultured

in

> > 24well dishes and different quantities of ASM were added. After 7 days

the

> > cultures were analysed by two different tests: Lactate dehydrogenases

> > (LDH)test, which gives a picture of cell death (LDH leakage to the

medium

> > in which the cells were cultured).

> > 3-[4,5-dimethylthiazol-2yl]-2,5-diphenyltetrazoliumbromid (MTT) test,

which

> > can be used to analyse mitochondrial activity inliving cells. To test

> > whether the NMDA-receptor was involved in the damage done by ASM, the

> > receptor was blocked by (±)-2-amino-5 phosphonopentanocid (AP5).

> > Results: Our results showed damage/cell death from an added quantity of

> > 0,06mg/ml ASM each day for 4 days. As a comparison there is 0,24 mg/ml

ASM

> > in Colalight MTT- and LDH-tests showed damage to the neurons at an added

> > quantity of 1.5and 3.00 mg/ml ASM after 22 hours of incubation. The resu

lts

> > also show that ASMis in part acting through the NMDA-receptor because

AP5

> > reduced or blocked the damage to the granule cells.

> > Conclusion: In light of these results our conclusion is that in order to

be

> > on the safe side it should be warned against use of ASM as a food

additive,

> > maybe especially in products consumed by children, because

NMDA-receptors

> > and the synapses involved also are connected to learning.

> > Y4

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