NEW MOVIE, 'SWEET MISERY', CHRONICLES MEDICAL HORRORS OF ASPARTAME

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NEW MOVIE, 'SWEET MISERY', CHRONICLES MEDICAL HORRORS

OF ASPARTAME

 

 

July 6, 2004

 

 

NewsWithViews.com

 

The controversy over aspartame, found in all diet soft

drinks, popular diet lemonade products, pudding and

more than 5,000 food products, continues to draw

concern in light of recent media reports. Aspartame,

distributed by G. D. Searle & Co., has been called on

the carpet by the FDA in the past for making

misleading and potentially dangerous claims about

their products.

 

Decades ago, Dr. John W. Olney informed G.D. Searle

that aspartic acid caused holes in the brains of mice.

Dr. Olney insisted Searle replicate studies in his

office. They showed brain damage. Searle never gave

those studies to the FDA nor did Searle inform the FDA

of this study until after aspartame's approval. None

of the tests submitted by G.D. Searle to the FDA

contradicted these findings (Olney 1970, Gordon 1987,

page 493 of US Senate 1987).

 

Now comes a new movie, 'Sweet Misery,' which

chronicles the medical horrors of aspartame. Claims

have been made that aspartame may produce an MS-like

syndrome as well as Parkinson's symptoms, i.e.

shaking. Dr. Betty Martini, who has spent decades on

this issue brings up the case of Michael J. Fox and

Parkinson's. According to Dr. Martini, Fox is a former

Diet Pepsi spokesman and reportedly is addicted to

that product. " Indeed, how could Michael Fox develop

Parkinson's at the age of 30, an old man's disease?

But aspartame (NutraSweet/Equal, etc.) can precipitate

Parkinson's and as a neurotoxic drug even interacts

with L-dopa. "

 

A recent press release promoting the release of this

film states:

 

" A current review of recent peer-reviewed scientific

studies have disclosed a pathophysiological mechanism

to explain this connection. As far back as 1996 it was

shown that the lesions produced in the myelin sheath

of axons in cases of multiple sclerosis were related

to excitatory receptors on the primary cells involved

called oligodendroglia. Recent studies have now

confirmed what was suspected back then. The loss of

myelin sheath on the nerve fibers characteristic of

the disease are due to the death of these

oligodendroglial cells at the site of the lesions

(called plaques).

 

" Further, these studies have shown that the death of

these important cells is as a result of excessive

exposure to excitotoxins at the site of the lesions.

 

" Normally, most of these excitotoxins are secreted

from microglial immune cells in the central nervous

system. This not only destroys these myelin-producing

cells it also breaks down the blood-brain barrier

(BBB), allowing excitotoxins in the blood stream to

enter the site of damage. Aspartame contains the

excitotoxin aspartate as 40% of its molecular

structure. Numerous studies have shown that consuming

aspartame can significantly elevate the excitotoxin

level in the blood. There is a common situation during

which the excitotoxin exposure is even greater.

 

" When aspartate (as aspartame) is combined in the diet

with monosodium glutamate (MSG) blood levels are

several fold higher than normal. With the BBB damaged,

as in MS, these excitotoxins can freely enter the site

of injury, greatly magnifying the damage. So, we see

that dietary excitotoxins, such as aspartame and MSG,

can greatly magnify the damage produced in multiple

sclerosis. Likewise, excitotoxins have been shown to

breakdown the BBB as well.

 

" Of equal concern is observation that we know that

about 10% of the population (based on autopsy studies

of elderly) have MS lesions without ever developing

the full blown disease, a condition called benign MS.

A diet high in excitotoxins, such as aspartame, can

convert this benign, subclinical condition into

full-blown clinical MS. The amount of excitotoxins

consumed in the average American diet is considerable,

as shown by several studies. In addition, the toxin

methanol is also in the aspartame molecule. Methanol

is a axon poison. Combined toxicity of the aspartate

and the methanol adds up to considerable brain

toxicity and can convert benign, subclinical MS into

full-blown MS. Once the MS becomes full-blown, further

consumption of excitotoxins magnifies the toxicity,

increasing disability and death.

 

" Recent studies have also shown that even single

exposures to these food-based excitotoxins can produce

prolonged worsening of neurological lesions. In

addition, it has been demonstrated that autoimmune

reactions (as occurs with MS) greatly magnifies the

toxicity of aspartate and glutamate (the

excitotoxins). We also know liquid forms of

excitotoxins are significantly more toxic because of

rapid absorption and higher blood levels. In the face

of this connection between excitotoxicity and the

pathophysiology of MS, it would be ludicrous to allow

further use of this excitotoxin containing sweetener. "

 

Several highly credentialed doctors appear in this

newly released movie, i.e. Dr. Russell Blaylock, Dr.

John Olney and Dr. Ralph G. Walton, to name a few.

Also in the film is Arthur Evangelista, a former FDA

investigator who exposes the medical horrors as a

result of the use of aspartame in food and drinks.

Those who have seen Sweet Misery used adjectives like

" incredible " and encourage everyone to see the world's

main experts on aspartame 'expose the and rebut the

propaganda put out by the pharmaceutical industry in

an attempt to cover up this horrendous public health

hazard.'

 

Others in the field of medicine who were directly

involved with the making of this film maintain,

" Anybody who sees this movie will now know the whole

story. "

 

G.D. Searle has maintained since approval by the FDA

that aspartame is a safe product and discounts claims

to the contrary.