Aspartame (NutraSweet) Disease Syndromes - and More

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Aspartame (NutraSweet) Disease Syndromes

- and More

 

 

 

Aspartame (NutraSweet) Disease Syndromes - and More

 

 

Preventive Psychiatry E-Newsletter # 199

 

 

 

Aspartame (NutraSweet) Disease Symptoms

 

http://www.dorway.com/badnews.html#symptoms

 

Abdominal Pain

 

Anxiety attacks

 

Arthritis

 

Asthma

 

Asthmatic Reactions

 

Bloating, Edema (Fluid Retention)

 

Blood Sugar Control Problems (Hypoglycemia or Hyperglycemia)

 

Brain Cancer (Pre-approval studies in animals)

 

Breathing difficulties

 

Burning eyes or throat

 

Burning Urination

 

Can't think straight

 

Chest Pains

 

Chronic cough

 

Chronic Fatigue

 

Confusion

 

Death

 

Depression

 

Diarrhea

 

Dizziness

 

Excessive Thirst or Hunger

 

Fatigue and Tiredness

 

Feel unreal

 

Flushing of face

 

Hair Loss (Baldness) or Thinning of Hair

 

Headaches/Migraines dizziness

 

Hearing Loss

 

Heart palpitations

 

Hives (Urticaria)

 

Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)

 

Impotency and Sexual Problems

 

Inability to concentrate

 

Infection Susceptibility

 

Insomnia

 

Irritability

 

Itching

 

Joint Pains

 

Laryngitis

 

" Like thinking in a fog "

 

Marked Personality Changes

 

Memory loss

 

Menstrual Problems or Changes

 

Migraines and Severe Headaches (Trigger or Cause From Chronic Intake)

 

Muscle spasms

 

Nausea or Vomiting

 

Numbness or Tingling of Extremities

 

Other Allergic-Like Reactions

 

Panic Attacks

 

Phobias

 

Poor memory

 

Rapid Heart Beat

 

Rashes

 

Seizures and Convulsions

 

Slurring of Speech

 

Swallowing Pain

 

Tachycardia

 

Tremors

 

Tinnitus

 

Vertigo

 

Vision Loss

 

Weight gain

 

 

 

Aspartame Disease Mimics Symptoms or Worsens the Following Diseases

 

 

 

Fibromyalgia

 

Arthritis

 

Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

 

Parkinson's Disease

 

Lupus

 

Multiple Chemical Sensitivities (MCS)

 

Diabetes and Diabetic Complications

 

Epilepsy

 

Alzheimer's Disease

 

Birth Defects

 

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

 

Lymphoma

 

Lyme Disease

 

Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)

 

Panic Disorder

 

Depression 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.