Aspartame (NutraSweet) Disease Syndromes - and More

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- Gary KohlsGary KohlsWednesday, May 18, 2005 4:59 PMPPEN # 199: Aspartame (NutraSweet) Disease Syndromes - and More Preventive Psychiatry E-Newsletter # 199 Aspartame (NutraSweet) Disease Symptoms http://www.dorway.com/badnews.html#symptomsAbdominal PainAnxiety attacksArthritisAsthmaAsthmatic ReactionsBloating, Edema (Fluid Retention)Blood Sugar Control Problems (Hypoglycemia or Hyperglycemia)Brain Cancer (Pre-approval studies in animals)Breathing difficultiesBurning eyes or throatBurning UrinationCan't think straightChest PainsChronic coughChronic FatigueConfusionDeathDepressionDiarrheaDizzinessExcessive Thirst or HungerFatigue and TirednessFeel unrealFlushing of faceHair Loss (Baldness) or Thinning of HairHeadaches/Migraines dizzinessHearing LossHeart palpitationsHives (Urticaria)Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)Impotency and Sexual ProblemsInability to concentrateInfection SusceptibilityInsomniaIrritabilityItchingJoint PainsLaryngitis"Like thinking in a fog"Marked Personality ChangesMemory lossMenstrual Problems or ChangesMigraines and Severe Headaches (Trigger or Cause From Chronic Intake)Muscle spasmsNausea or VomitingNumbness or Tingling of ExtremitiesOther Allergic-Like ReactionsPanic AttacksPhobiasPoor memoryRapid Heart BeatRashesSeizures and ConvulsionsSlurring of SpeechSwallowing PainTachycardiaTremorsTinnitusVertigoVision LossWeight gain Aspartame Disease Mimics Symptoms or Worsens the Following Diseases FibromyalgiaArthritisMultiple Sclerosis (MS)Parkinson's DiseaseLupusMultiple Chemical Sensitivities (MCS)Diabetes and Diabetic ComplicationsEpilepsyAlzheimer's DiseaseBirth DefectsChronic Fatigue SyndromeLymphomaLyme DiseaseAttention Deficit Disorder (ADD)Panic DisorderDepression and other Psychological Disorders

How it happens:

Methanol, from aspartame, is released in the small intestine when the methyl group of aspartame encounters the enzyme chymotrypsin (Stegink 1984, page 143). Free methanol begins to form in liquid aspartame-containing products at temperatures above 86 degrees F., also within the human body. The methanol is then converted to formaldehyde. The formaldehyde converts to formic acid, ant sting poison. Toxic formic acid is used as an activator to strip epoxy and urethane coatings. Imagine what it does to your tissues! Phenylalanine and aspartic acid, 90% of aspartame, are amino acids normally used in synthesis of protoplasm when supplied by the foods we eat. But when unaccompanied by other amino acids we use [there are 20], they are neurotoxic. That is why a warning for Phenylketonurics is found on EQUAL and other aspartame products. Phenylketenurics are 2% of the population with extreme sensitivity to this chemical unless it's present in food. It gets you too, causing brain disorders and birth defects! Finally, the phenyalanine breaks down into DKP, a brain tumor agent. In other words: Aspartame converts to dangerous byproducts that have no natural countermeasures. A dieter's empty stomach accelerates these conversions and amplifies the damage. Components of aspartame go straight to the brain, damage that causes headaches, mental confusion, seizures and faulty balance. Lab rats and other test animals died of brain tumors. Despite the claims of Monsanto and bedfellows: 1. Methanol from alcohol and juices does not get converted to formaldehyde to any significant extent. There is very strong evidence to confirm this fact for alcoholic beverages and fairly strong evidence for juices. 2. Formaldehyde obtained from methanol is very toxic in “very small” doses as seen by recent research. 3. Aspartame causes chronic toxicity reactions/damage due to the methanol to formaldehyde and other break down products despite what is claimed otherwise by the very short, industry-funded experiments using a test substance that is chemically different and absorbed differently than what is available to the general public. "Strangely enough", almost all independent studies show that aspartame can cause health problems. 4. A common ploy from Monsanto is to claim that aspartame is "safe" yet a few select people may have "allergic" reactions to it. This is typical Monsanto nonsense, of course. Their own research shows that it does not cause "allergic" reactions. It is there way of trying to minimize and hide the huge numbers of toxicity reactions and damage that people are experiencing from the long-term use of aspartame. Summary

Given the following points, it is definitely premature for researchers to discount the role of methanol in aspartame side effects:

1. The amount of methanol ingested from aspartame is unprecedented in human history. Methanol from fruit juice ingestion does not even approach the quantity of methanol ingested from aspartame, especially in persons who ingest one to three liters (or more) of diet beverages every day. Unlike methanol from aspartame, methanol from natural products is probably not absorbed or converted to its toxic metabolites in significant amounts as discussed earlier. 2. Lack of laboratory-detectable changes in plasma formic acid and formaldehyde levels do not preclude damage being caused by these toxic metabolites. Laboratory-detectable changes in formate levels are often not found in short exposures to methanol. 3. Aspartame-containing products often provide little or no nutrients that may protect against chronic methanol poisoning and are often consumed in between meals. Persons who ingest aspartame-containing products are often dieting and more likely to have nutritional deficiencies than persons who take the time to make fresh juices. 4. Persons with certain health conditions or on certain drugs may be much more susceptible to chronic methanol poisoning. 5. Chronic diseases and side effects from slow poisons often build silently over a long period of time. Many chronic diseases that seem to appear suddenly have actually been building in the body over many years. 6. An increasing body of research is showing that many people are highly sensitive to low doses of formaldehyde in the environment. Environmental exposure to formaldehyde and ingestion of methanol (which converts to formaldehyde) from aspartame likely has a cumulative deleterious effect. 7. Formic acid has been shown to slowly accumulate in various parts of the body. Formic acid has been shown to inhibit oxygen metabolism. 8. The are a very large and growing number of persons are experiencing chronic health problems similar to the side effects of chronic methanol poisoning when ingesting aspartame-containing products for a significant length of time. This includes many cases of eye damage similar to the type of eye damage seen in methanol poisoning cases. Toxicity Effects of Aspartame Use Selection of Health Effects from Short-term and/or Long-Term Use Note: It often takes at least sixty days without any aspartame NutraSweet to see a significant improvement. Check all labels very carefully (including vitamins and pharmaceuticals). Look for the word "aspartame" on the label and avoid it. (Also, it is a good idea to avoid "acesulfame-k" or "sunette.") Finally, avoid getting nutrition information from junk food industry PR organizations such as IFIC or organizations that accept large sums of money from the junk and chemical food industry such as the American Dietetic Association. If you are a user of any products with aspartame, and you have physical, visual, mental problems... take the 60-day no aspartame test. If, after two months with no aspartame your symptoms are either gone, or are much less severe, please get involved to get this neurotoxin off the market. Write a letter to the FDA, with a copy to Betty Martini (for proof of how the FDA doesn't keep proper records). Write your congressmen. Return products containing aspartame to the point of purchase... for a FULL refund. Make a big stink if they WON'T give you a full refund! Tell all your friends and family... and if they stop using aspartame and also "wake up well"... get them involved in the same way. Aspartame is an "approved sweetener" because of a few greedy and dishonest people who place profits above human life and well-being. With the FDA and our Congress culpable, only an INFORMED and ACTIVE public will affects its reclassification from "food additive" to TOXIC DRUG, and removed from the human food chain.

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