Aspartame

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Aspartame

This is a reminder that fixing up our home environments is only part

of the picture. We need to eat foods without polluting additives and

preservatives, such as the product written about below:

 

The Bitter Sweet Truth About Artificial Sweeteners

 

F.D.A. is being sued for collusion with Monsanto

by Nancy Markle

 

I 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.

 

A deadly poison

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 among Diet Coke and Diet

Pepsi drinkers. Also, with methanol toxicity, the victims usually

drink three to four 12 oz. cans 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 asymptomatic.

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? "

 

A very serious problem

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 sons 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 the 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. The struggle 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 that 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. a

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

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 (800/814-9800). Dr. Roberts tells how

aspartame poisoning is escalating Alzheimer's Disease, and indeed it

is. 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 realize 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 depletes seratonin, 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 that 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. 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. And therefore, they cannot criticize any

additives or tell about the 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 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 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 problem. 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. 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 FDA. For years, the FDA 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.

 

Reprinted with pending permission from Modern Sage, April 2001.