Another probable Aspartame casualty

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http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-willows28oct28,1,2589243.column

 

COLUMN ONE

A coach's loss, and a town's

Bill Dwyre

 

October 28, 2006

 

BRIAN PARKS collapsed Aug. 21, on a scruffy field, in

the shadow of a badly bent goalpost.

 

It was halfway through a Monday afternoon preseason

football practice for the Willows High School varsity.

Parks was a 16-year-old junior, a candidate to be the

team's starting quarterback.

 

It was 92 degrees, a good 10 degrees cooler than at

much of the previous week's practices.

 

The person closest to Brian when he went down, about

an arm's length away, was the head coach. He was in

his 29th year of coaching in the Northern Section of

the California Interscholastic Federation, and the

last 26 of those had been as a head coach. He also

taught physical education, health and sports medicine

at this school 75 miles north of Sacramento, and was

the person best equipped to handle the crisis.

 

Brian had fallen face down, helmet slightly embedded

in the dirt. His arms were splayed to his sides, hands

resting awkwardly. One of his teammates yelled at him

to " Quit screwing around. "

 

When the head coach turned him over, he saw lifeless

eyes.

 

The head coach ordered a 911 call, then started CPR.

Brian's practice jersey was quickly cut off, then the

shoulder pads. While an assistant searched for a

pulse, the head coach continued mouth-to-mouth

resuscitation, the procedure that he had taught and

been taught.

 

It took less than three minutes for the paramedics to

get there. In Willows, almost nothing is more than

five minutes away. The sign at the city limits helps

explain that: Population 6,250, Elevation 135.

 

When the paramedics arrived, they found groups of

teenage boys, standing in small clusters, their faces

blank with a sort of collective inability to

comprehend. Nearby, an assistant coach was down on all

fours, sobbing.

 

Once the head coach relinquished medical efforts to

the paramedics, he thought of his wife, who had just

driven up from their home, three blocks away.

 

The head coach's name is Curtis Parks, and he knew

that he and Cindy had just lost their only son, a son

whose middle name was Curtis...

 

....ON Oct. 13, one part of the nightmare began to

subside. Curtis and Cindy Parks were called to meet

Dr. Thomas Resk, the pathologist who would tell them

exactly why their son had died.

 

It had been two months of agony. Had he worked his son

too hard in the heat? Had they not taken enough water

breaks? Brian had seasonal asthma. Should they not

have let him play football?

 

In this day of steroids and supplements, there are

always other worries, other unknowns.

 

" On the night of Brian's death, the sheriff's

department came in and searched his room, which they

have to do by law, " Curtis said. " As they did that, I

had not one moment of doubt. I encouraged them to look

everywhere. "

 

Parks said two of the deputies were crying as they

searched Brian's room.

 

So, when Resk told them that Brian died of cardiac

dysrhythmia, that, in over-simplification, his heart

was supposed to beat right and it beat left, they

finally had an answer. Which was, there was no answer.

 

The official report concluded , the cause of death was

" consistent with a functional disorder of the heart,

such as spontaneous ventricular fibrillation,

hereditary or acquired predisposition to cardiac

arrhythmia, or possibly arrhythmia associated with

excessive sympathetic nervous system discharge. "

 

Resk assured them that heat wasn't a factor,

exhaustion wasn't a factor, the asthma wasn't related.

 

All indications were that Brian Parks was, for all

intents and purposes, dead before he hit the

ground....

 

Copyright 2006 Los Angeles Times

 

My Response:

bill.dwyre

10/28/2006 5:42 PM

Clue to BRIAN PARKS demise

 

G'day prof Bill,

 

-Your essay was wonderful.

What isn's surprising is how the medical establishment

could not provide exact cause of death: where is

Quincy when we need him ?!

-the following URLs may help explain a lot.

 

'The official report concluded , the cause of death

was " consistent with a functional disorder of the

heart, such as spontaneous ventricular fibrillation,

hereditary or acquired predisposition to cardiac

arrhythmia, or possibly arrhythmia associated with

excessive sympathetic nervous system discharge. " '

 

 

Results 1 - 100 of about 23,900 English and French

pages for sympathetic nervous system+aspartame.

 

'The Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) - Responsible for

all activities that occur ... Artificial sweeteners

such as Aspartame and Splenda® that can have toxic

....'

 

http://www.google.com/search?num=100 & hl=en & lr=lang_en%7Clang_fr & newwindo

w=1 & client=opera & rls=en & q=sympathetic+nervous+system%2Baspartame & btnG=Se

arch & lr=lang_en%7Clang_fr

 

 

'Dr. Russell Blaylock's Aspartame and Pilots

It is well known that the ingredients in aspartame, as

well as its breakdown products, ... centers could also

lead to cardiac arrhythmia and sudden death. ...'

 

 

Results 1 - 100 of about 14,300 English and French

pages for arrhythmia+aspartame

 

http://www.google.com/search?num=100 & hs=Txc & hl=en & lr=lang_en%7Clang_fr & n

ewwindow=1 & client=opera & rls=en & q=arrhythmia%2Baspartame & btnG=Search & lr=l

ang_en%7Clang_fr

[Guest guest]

I know sodas contain aspartame, but what other foods/drinks contain

this and Splenda?

 

 

 

, dar

<dobbie606 wrote:

>

> http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-willows28oct28,1,2589243.column

>

> COLUMN ONE

> A coach's loss, and a town's

> Bill Dwyre

>

> October 28, 2006

>

> BRIAN PARKS collapsed Aug. 21, on a scruffy field, in

> the shadow of a badly bent goalpost.

>

> It was halfway through a Monday afternoon preseason

> football practice for the Willows High School varsity.

> Parks was a 16-year-old junior, a candidate to be the

> team's starting quarterback.

[Guest guest]

, " snickers2261 "

<long.robin wrote:

>

> I know sodas contain aspartame, but what other foods/drinks contain

> this and Splenda?

 

 

Hi Robin,

I am sending you a partial list obtained from the doctorwithin

website compiled by Tim O'Shea. These are the primary products but

keep in mind that this is only a partial list! Dr. Julian Whitaker

advises, if it's sugarfree don't buy it! Excellent advice!

 

In 1987, Monsanto sold 8,500 TONS of aspartame, according to USDA

figures. After that year, they refused to release production figures.

 

But it's unlikely that production has gone down since then,

considering all the foods that now feature aspartame.

 

A partial list:

 

 

diet soft drinks (all of them, some in a combination with splenda as

well, coke markets one

breakfast cereals

puddings

malt beverages

pie fillings

jello

candy

tea

fruit juice concentrates

baked goods

frostings

breath mints

chewing gum

coffee

wine coolers

yogurt

------- Gold, p 9, 10

Then Monsanto found the real motherlode - chewable vitamins. Here is

a partial list of the drugs and vitamins which now are flavored by

the " proven neurotoxin " aspartame:

 

 

- Mylanta Natural Fiber Supplement, Sugar Free.

- Centrum,Jr vitamins

- Childrens TYLENOL acetaminophen Fruit Flavored Chewable Tablets

- Childrens TYLENOL acetaminophen Grape Flavored Chewable Tablets

- Childrens TYLENOL acetaminophen Cold Multi-Symptom Chewable Tablets

- Junior Strength TYLENOL acetaminophen Fruit Flavored Chewable

Tablets

- PEDIACARE Cold-Allergy Tablets for Ages 6 to 12

- PEDIACARE Cough-Cold Tablets for Ages 6 to 12

- PEDICARE Childrens Cold Relief Tablets

- TYLENOL Cold and Flu Hot Medication

- TYLENOL Cold and Flu No Drowsiness Formula Hot Medication

- Childrens Chewable CO-TYLENOLv

 

- ALKA-SELTZER PLUS Night-time Cold Medicine

- ALKA-SELTZER PLUS Cold and Cough Medicine

- ALKA-SELTZER PLUS Sinus Allergy Medicine

- BUGS BUNNY Vitamin Products (ALL)

- FLINTSTONES Plus Calcium Multivitamin Supplement

- FLINTSTONES Complete Multivitamin Supplement

- FLINTSTONES Childrens Chewable Multivitamin

 

- DIMETAPP Cold and Allergy Chewable Tablets

 

- TEMPRA 3 Chewable Tablets, 80mg acetaminophen tablet

- TEMPRA 3 Double Strength Chewable Tablets, 160mg acetominophen

 

- Zantac Efferdose

 

- SKAGGS ALPHA BETA Childrens Pain Reliever

- SHOP'N SAVE Childrens Non-Aspirin Pain Reliever

- KINNEY " S Childrens Chewable Non-Aspirin Pain Reliever

- PAY'N SAVE Childrens Chewable Non-Aspirin Pain Reliever

- PEOPLES Childrens Chewable Non-Aspirin Pain Reliever

- PIGGLY WIGGLY Childrens Chewable Non-Aspirin P.R.

- RITE AID Childrens Aceteminophen Non-Aspirin Pain Reliever

 

- Childrens Anacin-3 Chewable Tablets

 

- SUGAR FREE METAMUCIL

 

- ECKERD Sugar Free Natural Fiber Laxative

- LONGS Sugar Free Natural Vegetable Powder Laxative

- PAYLESS Sugar Free Natural Vegetable Powder Laxative

- RALEY'S Sugar Free Natural Vegetable Powder

- RITE AID Sugar Free Regular Flavor Nat.Veg.Bulk Powder

- SQUIBBCARE Sugar Free Natural Fiber Laxative

- THRIFTY Sugar Free Natural Vegetable Laxative

 

- HEALTH BALANCE Childrens Chewable Multivitamin

- ZOO CHEWS Animal-Shaped Chewable Multivitamin

 

- MEDIGUARD Childens Multivitamin Supplement (Cherry,Orange and

Grape)

 

- EQUATE Chewable Vitamins Animal-Shaped (with Iron)

 

- MEIJER CIRCUS SHAPES (Complete with Calcium,Iron and Minerals)

- MIEJER CIRCUS SHAPES (with Iron)

 

- ANIMAL SHAPES Chewable Vitamins Plus Extra C

- ANIMAL SHAPES Chewable Vitamins Complete

- ANIMAL SHAPES Chewable Vitamins With Iron

 

- REVCO Childrens Chewable Multivitamins

- LONGS Children's Chewable Multivitamin

- GRAY DRUG FAIR Childrens Chewable Multivitamin

 

 

source: Use of Aspartame By Pharmaceutical Companies

Copyright 1996 Leading Edge Research