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Oh my God! What a powerful testimony!

 

I have one also.

 

I know a man that used to be a fall-down alcoholic. When he came to

know God, he quit drinking alcohol, but to replace it, he began to

drink DIET COKES by the 2-litre. He would drink 1-2 a day easy.

 

After a few years of doing this, his heart started giving him

problems, and his joints would freeze up. The doctors dismissed him.

He had a dream and God showed him in a wheelchair and his wife was

pushing him around.

He began to investigate, and he found out that he had NUTRASWEET

POISIONING.

He got rid of the DIET COKES, and within 3-4 days, he began to get

better. In about 3 weeks, he was completely clear.

 

So this is VERY MUCH TRUE.

 

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Erica

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When I told my friend Stephen Fox about the discussion on aspartame, he

forwarded me an article he recently wrote:

 

 

IS ASPARTAME OR LEAD IN THAT HALLOWEEN CANDY?

 

Some things for parents to think about as Halloween approaches, as they

consider what they are giving children for " trick-or-treats " -----does it

have

lead, like some candies imported from Mexico do, or does it have aspartame,

the artificial sweetener? Select your Halloween treats for children as they

were all your own children, and you would want nothing harmful to come their

way!

 

It is really quite monstrous: the artificial sweetener, aspartame, was

turned

down by the FDA as unacceptably harmful for 15 years, from 1966-1981, until

a

corporate/political ramrodding by then-President of G.D. Searle, got it

pushed through in 1981.

 

The National Soft Drink Association, concerned about product liability,

vigorously objects, due to aspartame's metabolite, formaldehyde. FDA

approves it anyway, in 1983, despite their objections; thus, the biggest

toxic idiocracy in American consumer history is born: THE " DIET " BEVERAGE.

Senator Howard Metzenbaum of Ohio in 1985 tries to pass a requirement for

aspartame to have warning labels; lobbyists shoot that down in committee.

Both New Mexico U.S. Senators, Domenici and Bingaman voted against labeling;

they might not today, however, given the ghastly clarified medical facts.

 

Fat people and diabetics continue to flock to this formaldehyde cocktail,

hoping formaldehyde is better for their damaged pancreas and their weight

problems than is sugar! The companies give gifts and research grants to the

Diabetic Association, the AMA, the Dietitic Association, and the Cancer

Association, hoping that they will be brought/brought into rubber stamping

their approval of aspartame, and that they will stay bought and not raise

embarrassing questions.

 

Twenty-two years later, the statistics on neurodegenerative illnesses have

spiked horribly; kids have attention deficit disorders, autism and other

more

serious neurological problems; brain and pituitary tumors, Lou Gehrig's

disease and Alzheimer's have blossomed staggeringly in adults.

 

People naively wonder, " Gosh, does this have something to do with the

chemicals we ingest? Maybe its the formaldehyde in the soft drinks, the low

fat yogurt, the children's vitamins, the morning coffee sweeteners, the

chewing gum, and the 6000 other products which contain aspartame and are

consumed by 70% of the adults and 40% of the children? "

 

Nothing can fix this problem at the FDA or congressional level; we have to

fix it one state at a time, using existing statutes, like the ones we used

to

bring a petition to ban aspartame to the New Mexico Environmental

Improvement

Board, which has the statutory power over food quality and consumer

protection.

 

Albuquerque Lawyer Steven Looney of the Sutin firm brilliantly led our

presentation. The EIB voted 4-2 on the side of consumer protection, based on

statutes which created the EIB and others statutes, concerning poisonous and

deleterious food additives. We are also trying to add a tiny provision to

the

Administrative Code which defines and prohibits neurotoxic food additives,

specifically aspartame. The 5 day hearings will be in July, 2006.

 

Objections came from attorneys for the world's largest Aspartame

manufacturer, Ajinomoto, a Japanese corporation, also the world's

largest M.S.G. maker, and for the industry front group, the " Calorie Control

Council, " based just down the road from America's largest user of Aspartame,

Coca Cola. They said this matter was preempted by the FDA approval of

aspartame, and that the EIB had no power to question such a preemption.

 

***

 

Don't count on a sustained victory! The hearings are 8 months away. What can

you do in the meantime?

 

1. Ask the principal and the superintendent of your child's schools to

immediately get aspartame out of the cafeterias, the vending machines, and

the athletic events. Talk with friends, neighbors, and family who do have

children, and together talk to the school officials.

 

2. Write to legislators before January 2006. Their addresses are all at the

website for the New Mexico Legislature. Sadly, many are addicted to " diet

beverages, " yet they do the allocations for the schools, and we must

strengthen the statutes to allow specific challenges to FDA approval of junk

food. Ask your legislator to ask Governor Richardson and the Majority Leader

of the Senate, Michael Sanchez of Belen, to request that the soft drink

distributors not give hundreds of cases to the legislators, because you

would

prefer your Citizen's Legislature not be full of formaldehyde while they

deliberate questions like how to keep the aspartame/formaldehyde cocktail

from ruining New Mexico children! Please don't just " preach to the choir " ;

ask your legislators, to reach out to other legislators who may not be aware

of the neurotoxic and epidemiological parameters of the aspartame problem.

 

3. Write letters to members of the Board of Pharmacy based in Albuquerque

(see their website for a list of names), asking acceptance of our petition

for a different, second rule change, to ban children's medications and

vitamins with aspartame, as well as the neurotoxic preservative in

vaccinations made from mercury, Thimerosol.

 

4. Write a cordial letter to EIB members, especially to Greg Green of

Albuquerque and Ken Marsh of Hobbs, two out of seven EIB members who voted

against Carlsbad's Clifford Stroud's motion for the EIB to consider banning

aspartame. This was surprising, because in his comments, Green clearly

stated

that he " didn't trust the FDA as far as he could throw his hand. " Perhaps

when they hear from the enlightened healthy folks who don't use aspartame,

or

from recovering victims of aspartame poisoning, they will change their

stance

on this vital issue. The EIB could unanimously rule against Aspartame next

July!Send your letters to Barbara Claire, EIB Administrator,

barbara.claire. Thank you!

 

5. Write to Bill Richardson and ask him to lead New Mexico into a new,

unprecedented era of consumer protection. Send it to his Chief of Staff,

David Contarino. 4th Floor, The Capitol, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501.

Ask for a reply to your letter.

 

Please let me know if you have any ideas.

 

Stephen Fox

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I don't want to see aspartame banned. I would go for large print

on the product describing the dangers. In Canada, the packages of

cigarettes have large anti-tobacco propaganda all over them. I think

that this is as far as the state should go to interfere in dangerous

products where only the voluntary user is harmed.

EDUCATION. Not

banning.

 

Banning everything dangerous is the thin edge of the wedge. I am

also

opposed to the banning of mercury in tooth fillings. But the dentist

should be required by law to give you literature and tell you of the

risks. When goverments start banning things, remember please that

they

can also ban things that YOU approve of, too. It is a difficult

matter, to be sure. But I like my one (sometimes two!) pack of

ciggies a year and will not hold still for any

argument

that I should just learn to cut that little thing out of my life,

too.

I am not a baby; I can figure out for myself what is good or bad for

me, and as an adult should not be required to do without a harmless

quantity of something just because there are so many others who

unfortunately can't control their intake.

 

I'd like to know if there is anyone here on this forum who would

propose the banning of all alcoholic drinks because there is so much

alcoholism and if I have to describe the problems caused to the

individual, and all of society, by excess alcohol consumption, well,

then, I better give up right now.

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> I am not a baby; I can figure out for myself what is good

> or bad for me, and as an adult should not be required to

> do without a harmless quantity of something just because

> there are so many others who unfortunately can't control

> their intake.

 

What defines being an adult?

 

What constitutes a " harmless quantity " ?

 

Penel

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Hello Mrs. Barley,

Well, this is a delicate subject, for there are so many people in

the world who have made these substances a part of their life,

and do not wish to relinquish them! Of course education is the

better choice(I think), but we that work with people who have

health issues know(psychologist have written volumes on this),

many people will want to experiment and use substances that they

KNOW are dangerous and risky(sometimes it seems that THAT is what

attracts them!). Of course, people have a right to destroy

themselves, even though others(goverment included) would try to

save them. But i see little to commend on the continued use of

mercury fillings, for there are alternatives with less toxidity.

Speaking of goverments, i see a lot of paranoic hollywood films

around denouncing 'goverment plots', mostly CIA or FBI or

Washinton itself, but, despite ocasional errors and excesses, i

think probably the intention is good, and honestly seeking the

good of society.

Maarcos

 

--- " Mrs. Barley " <chosenbarley escreveu:

>

>

> I don't want to see aspartame banned. I would go for large

> print

> on the product describing the dangers. In Canada, the packages

> of

> cigarettes have large anti-tobacco propaganda all over them. I

> think

> that this is as far as the state should go to interfere in

> dangerous

> products where only the voluntary user is harmed.

> EDUCATION. Not

> banning.

>

> Banning everything dangerous is the thin edge of the wedge. I

> am

> also

> opposed to the banning of mercury in tooth fillings. But the

> dentist

> should be required by law to give you literature and tell you

> of the

> risks. When goverments start banning things, remember please

> that

> they

> can also ban things that YOU approve of, too. It is a

> difficult

> matter, to be sure. But I like my one (sometimes two!) pack of

>

> ciggies a year and will not hold still for any

> argument

> that I should just learn to cut that little thing out of my

> life,

> too.

> I am not a baby; I can figure out for myself what is good or

> bad for

> me, and as an adult should not be required to do without a

> harmless

> quantity of something just because there are so many others who

>

> unfortunately can't control their intake.

>

> I'd like to know if there is anyone here on this forum who

> would

> propose the banning of all alcoholic drinks because there is so

> much

> alcoholism and if I have to describe the problems caused to the

>

> individual, and all of society, by excess alcohol consumption,

> well,

> then, I better give up right now.

>

>

>

>

>

 

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In a message dated 4/9/2006 2:57:53 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

ishk18 writes:

 

I'd like to know if there is anyone here on this forum who

> would

> propose the banning of all alcoholic drinks because there is so

> much

> alcoholism and if I have to describe the problems caused to the

>

 

 

 

I would

 

 

 

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Just a remark on the aspartame/diet coke making you thinner...I've read that

it actually causes your body to pretty much act the same way as

sugar....that is: weight gain.

 

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" Nancy S+13 " <nancy

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Saturday, April 08, 2006 10:20 AM

Re: [Chinese Traditional Medicine] Aspartame

 

 

Vinod, I hope you don't mind a few questions.

 

(1) Is the acidity of soda, especially soda with aspartame, also health

damaging in your opinion?

 

(2) I've read that the balance of water inside and outside the cell

changes as the body tries to counteract the added acid, causing excess

water outside the cells. Is this the same as dampness in TCM? Is

acidosis actually a cause of dampness?

 

(3) Do you believe aspartame triggers insulin release, thus leading to

overproduction of insulin and insulin resistance?

 

And a comment. What you've written here adds a piece to the puzzle for

me. I knew I had some sort of issue with low dopamine because I've

tested high for prolactin and dopamine is the brake that shuts off

prolactin. Up until now I didn't have any idea why I would be low in

dopamine, but what you've written explains it quite well. The scary

thing is, I've been drinking large quantities of Diet Coke for years. I

hate to think that the damage is permanent, all because of a false hope

that it would somehow make me thinner!

 

Nancy S+13

 

Vinod Kumar wrote:

 

> Here are some comments on Nancy's posting on Diet Coke and aspartame.

>

> First Nancy is not correct that there are no mainstream opponents of

> aspartame - all of the research done showing the dangers of

> aspartame have been done by the leading research labs in the world.

> There is of course a large pro aspartame lobby because there are

> 100'sof millions of dollars being spent to protect the multi billion

> $ aspartame market. This is a political issue - the producers of

> aspartame MUST stop this body of incontravertable research not just

> to protect their profits but also to fend of the potential

> catastrophic law suits that could be brought against them. Many

> politicians recieve a lot of contributions from the various pro

> aspartame lobbies. My wife has been working on this issue for years.

> Several people in our anti-aging group had taken aspartame in the

> past and when they stopped (in some cases this was not easy)their

> health improved tremendously. Many countries of the world have long

> ago banned or restricted the selling of aspartame - not US where

> most any thing can be sold as long as the lobby is rich and powerful

> enough. Profits before health is a long standing American tradition.

>

> The problems with aspartame have mainly to do with not just

> L-phenylalanine but with the combination of phenylalanine and L-

> aspartic acid. Phenylalanine is the building block for dopamine -

> the primary excito brain chemical - taking this substance can

> artificially raise dopamine levels this is what one becomes addicted

> to. Depressed and or hypometabolic people are by definition dopamine

> defecient - and they crave stimulants of all types in an attempt to

> compensate for the lack of energy they suffer. In human consciouness

> the primary Yang substance is dopamine. All Yang defecient people

> will crave stimulation since they are under functioning. The problem

> is that we can not raise the Yang without suffecient Yin to support

> it (sound familiar?). So we can see the inherant problem in taking

> phenylalanine for stimulation. Many life extension people have

> gotten into bad trouble taking phenylalanine and or tyrosine to

> stimulate the brain and improve intelligence. At one time it was a

> fad to take these substances to improve brain functioning (as well

> as stimulate growth hormone release)- but because of the problems

> that cropped up this fad has faded. Using these substances for these

> purposes needs a lot of knowledge.

>

> Dopamine is much more stimulating than CNS stimulants like cafeeine

> or nicotine - this is why they have a powerful addicting quality.

> The headaches that are associated with phenyalanine have two

> sources - one is that they are a withdrawal symptom the other is

> that stimulants with insuffecient yin to support it can cause

> various types of constriction of the small blood vessels - high

> blood pressure (caused by these constrictions) may be a factor in

> these headaches. Stimulation without suffecient Yin to support it of

> course further stresses and depletes the Yin.

>

> It isn't that phenylalanine is curing headaches - it is the cause of

> the headache - a withdrawal symptom - and taking another 'dose' will

> stop the headache - many stimulants have this profile - many

> addicted to caffeine from coffee have headaches when they miss their

> coffee fix. Many researchers have noted that aspartame can cause

> permenant damage to dopamine functions if it is taken in large doses

> over a long period of time - it permamnently alters the dopamine

> chemical pathway which can not be corrected.

>

> Aspartame has been known for many years to interfere with memory

> functions - in fact this was one of the first side effects noted

> when it first came on the market.

>

> But these problems I have been mentioning are only the beginning of

> the aspartame picture. The most serious problem in my opinion is the

> methanol issue - without going into the chemical issues involved (I

> will give some links at the end of this - the wikipedia link goes

> into this issue somewhat) - but suffice it to say that the methanol

> (a powerful excitotoxin) link is the one responsible for many

> studies which draw a link between Aspartame (phenylalanine plus

> aspartic acid) and brain tumors and brain cancers.

>

> Aspartame is a highly dangerous substance that many take daily. The

> many issues involved should be the clue that there is something

> wrong here - the very fact that many can not stop taking it without

> withdrawal symptoms is a clear cut warning sign. Do not take

> substances of any sort that cause withdrawal symptoms of any kind -

> this simply means the body has some problem with this substance and

> it has caused an artificial dependancy. Stop it as soon as possible.

> All of the addictive substances are either sedatives or stimulants.

>

> Here are links to aspartame related sites. The wikipedia page is

> fairly comprehensive without being overly technical - it has both

> pro and con arguments and links - remember that all of the pro sites

> are either supported by aspartame manufacturers or by those addicted

> to aspartame - this is similar to those nicotine addicts that think

> it is their God given right to be addicted to tobacco no matter what

> harm it does. Dr. Hull is someone who has been fighting against

> artificial sweeteners of all types for years. All of her work is

> maticulously researched.

>

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspartame

>

> http://www.holisticmed.com/aspartame/

>

> http://www.sweetpoison.com/aspartame-side-effects.html

>

> http://www.sweetpoison.com/phenylalanine.html

>

> The cravings have been pretty intense and now I am wondering if

> there is

> > some truth to the stuff that's posted around the Internet about

> > aspartame being addictive. I've always thought it was the

> caffeine in

> > the past, but this craving is so specific to Diet Coke. If you

> offered

> > me a regular Coke right now I'd turn it down. I also have had

> problems

> > with sweet cravings and blood sugar control (I'm insulin

> resistant).

> > There are those who blame these things on aspartame. It's so hard

> to

> > know what is what because there's nobody in the mainstream

> admitting to

> > it. I plan to stay off the Diet Coke to see what happens. I've

> got to

> > admit, it's a lucky thing I don't have any in the house right now

> > because talking about it making me want one. There's this little

> voice

> > saying, " Just one to make sure you don't get a headache. "

> >

> > Nancy S+13

> >

> > zenisis7 wrote:

> >

> > > Diet Cokes or caffeinated colas in general can indeed be a hard

> habit

> > > to break. They seem to increase my cravings for sweets in

> general as

> > > does wheat which may lead to a craving for ice cream and so

> forth and

> > > so on. Best to go cold turkey from all of the above.

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NM State Senator Tells Bush - Pull The Plug On Aspartame9-27-6 President George Walker Bush The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington D.C. 20500 Dear President Bush: We request that you order FDA Commissioner nominee, Andrew Von Eschenbach M.D., to rescind the FDA approval for the artificial sweetener, Aspartame. Its approval was forced through the FDA in 1981, and the USA has had 25 years to observe the incontrovertible medical effects from Aspartame, which derive from its

being metabolized as methanol and formaldehyde, and two unessential amino acids, one of which, phenylalanine is neurotoxic lowering the seizure threshold and depleting serotonin and the other aspartic acid, an excitotoxin. The molecule breaks down to a proven brain tumor causing agent, diketopiperazine. Aspartame is now found in 6000 USA food products and more than 500 medications. There is a excellent precedent for this: the fact that Richard Nixon in 1969 ordered that the FDA rescind the approval for another proven carcinogenic artificial sweetener, Cyclamates. The incidence of neurodegenerative diseases in the USA like Multiple Sclerosis and Lou Gehrigs Disease have increased substantially since 1981. We think that given the evidence that has accrued thus far concerning Aspartame's harm, its effects as a teratogen, causing birth defects and chromosomal damage; its being the most complained about chemical

on the market, according to FDA statistics (FDA stopped taking complaints on Aspartame in 1995); and because of our concern for protecting the health of Americans, as well as the health of the many nations which subsequently approved it for general use as a result of the US FDA approval, we ask that you order Aspartame rescinded by the FDA Commissioner nominee as soon as possible. As you know, the Institute of Medicine has completed a recent report sharply critical of the FDA regarding the FDA's inability to ensure the safe and effective use of prescription drugs. Our concerns in this letter are not with drugs, but with the obvious need to overhaul the entire process of the FDA granting approval for food additives in general, which are often forced through the approval process based only on the strength of industry paid for studies. The USA needs independent objective source of truth in these

processes. You have a chance to do this as President, which is preferable to the United States Senate having to later make rescinding FDA approval for Aspartame and other deleterious and poisonous substances a condition upon which Dr. Von Eschenbach's nomination approval is contingent. Your concerns should not be with corporate objections and continued allegations that their products are safe. Many heads of state internationally will be grateful for your taking the correct action in this regard. Respectfully, Gerald Ortiz y Pino Members of the New Mexico Legislative Health and Human Services Committee Senator Ortiz y Pino's earlier article

2/19/2006: http://www.rense.com/general69/nmm2.htm Aspartame Buys Time By Senator Jerry Ortiz y Pino 2-19-6 Nothing surprises me anymore when it comes to the corrosive influence of money on our public policy. I'm not just talking about the shenanigans inside the beltway of our nation's capitol-that Congress is for sale to the highest bidder has unfortunately become a practically accepted tenet of the American belief system. So accepted is it that the astounding arrogance and venality being revealed by the current Tom Delay and Jack Abramoff scandals in the District of Columbia scarcely produce raised

eyebrows, let alone outrage. But I'm not just talking about that. Nor am I talking only about the way that moneyed interests are able to sway local government toward policies that benefit those interests; hey, we apparently prefer a system in which local elections go to the highest bidder and business-as-usual involves twisting contractors' arms to secure campaign contributions. Instead, today I'd like to zero-in on the pressure applied to our third level of representative government, the carryings-on that occur in the halls of State Government ... in all its branches. And from among at least a dozen recent, painful examples of how big business manages to protect itself from such wet-blanket considerations as the good

of the public, I'd like to select one as a representative: the continued approval of the reliance by processed food and beverage manufacturers on the chemical aspartame. As an artificial sweetener, one now being added to some 6,000 products, it is difficult for most Americans to not consume aspartame daily. Its safety (and clearing up any doubts about that safety) would seem to be of critical importance to millions of us. But any discussion of this topic has been postponed in New Mexico indefinitely-through influence exerted by representatives hired by the Japanese manufacturer of aspartame, the Ajinomoto Corporation. Those well-connected hired hands managed, in December, to frighten the State Environmental Improvement Board (EIB) into backing off of the public hearings into aspartame's safety that they had originally agreed to conduct this

coming summer. They managed this delay by challenging the authority of the State of New Mexico to review anything already approved by the Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and by threatening to sue the state if we tried to do so. Then those same hired hands resurfaced (augmented by the addition to their team roster of Butch Maki, a close confidant of Gov. Bill Richardson) in time to quash all attempts to discuss the matter during the just-concluded State Legislature. There was one hearing on the subject and it drew significant numbers of the industry lobbyists, all of whom asserted the same party line: The substance is perfectly safe; the Federal Government has looked at it carefully and who the heck is New Mexico, anyway, to raise any questions about it? The committee

succumbed, and turned down the measure to ban aspartame 7-2. That half-hour hearing was the total discussion of the matter this year in the public arena in New Mexico, unless the EIB board changes its mind and decides to call Ajinomoto's bluff by going ahead and holding a hearing. The incredible spectacle of corporate hirelings exerting this kind of influence is, to our great shame, all too common in our state. The Legislature has resisted reforming campaign finance laws to inject some real muscle, which leaves the door wide open to the corporate powers to throw money around strategically, buying whatever access they need or blocking their opposition's access to the policymakers. But no one should be surprised that Ajinomoto would rely on muscle to protect its profits from

aspartame. The entire history of this product's approval by the FDA is rife with muscle flexing ... and very little in the way of science. Originally, it was a patent of the Searle Pharmaceutical Company. And beginning in the late '60s, the FDA repeatedly turned down Searle's submissions for approval, the results of its testings leaving serious doubts in the minds of FDA scientists. All of that changed in 1981 when Ronald Reagan took the presidency. He listened to the then head of Searle, Donald Rumsfeld, (yes, that Donald Rumsfeld) who bypassed the scientists and went straight to the new Reagan appointee at FDA. Within weeks, the scientists were overruled and aspartame was approved. Several FDA scientists resigned in protest. They even alleged that Searle had fabricated results in the testing submitted. Twenty-five years later, the evidence is

mounting that our growing incidence of brain tumors, organ cancers and neurological diseases has followed the introduction of so many artificially created additives and chemicals in our food. It's only a matter of time until even Ajinomoto's money won't be able to block the unavoidable link between these unnecessary products and our decline in health. When that happens, as it finally did to tobacco and lead and other heavy metals found in gasoline, we will act. The sad thing is that thousands of deaths and ruined lives will occur between now and then. One of the cruel ironies to aspartame is that it was supposed to create sugar-free soft drinks for the benefit of diabetics. Since its introduction, the incidence of diabetes has soared. Some critics link the two. What is clear is that it ain't helping.

With all that money and muscle behind it, aspartame has evaded its comeuppance for another year. But the final reckoning can only be postponed, not avoided. Contacts: Senator Jerry Ortiz y Pino - jortizyp Stephen Fox - 505 983 2002 (petitioned EIB and Board of Pharmacy for ban) Dr. Kenneth Stoller - 505 955 - 8560 or <hbotnmhbotnm (petitioned Board of Pharmacy ­ New Mexico Aspartame Detox Center) Dr. Betty Martini, D.Hum, Founder Mission Possible International 9270 River Club Parkway Duluth, Georgia 30097 770 242-2599

www.wnho.net and www.dorway.com Aspartame Toxicity Center, www.holisticmed.com/aspartame Aspartame Documentary: Sweet Misery: A Poisoned World, www.amazon.com or Barnes & Noble"Get off your ass and take your government back." ~Rocky Ward

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