Guest guest Posted June 25, 2005 Report Share Posted June 25, 2005 My aunt sent this to me and i want to know if anyone else had heard of this as my dad and mother-in-law are both diabetic and drink diet soda Please read this!! In October of 2001, my sister started getting very sick, she had stomach spasms, she was having a hard time getting around, to walk was a major chore. It took everything she had just to get out of bed, she was in so much pain. By March 2002, she had undergone biopsies, and was on 24 various prescription medications. The doctors could not figure out what was wrong with her. She was in so much pain, and so sick, she knew she was dying. She put her house, bank accounts, life insurance etc. in her oldest daughters name, and made sure her younger children were to be with her oldest daughter. She wanted her last hooray, so she planned a trip to Florida (basically in a wheelchair) for March 22nd. On March 19th I called her to ask her how one of her tests went, and she said they didn't find anything on the test, but they believe she had MS. I thought, oh, my....then I recalled an article a friend of mine emailed to me...and I asked her....Do you drink Diet pop? She told me yes, as a matter of fact she was getting ready to crack one open that moment, I told her not to open it, and stop drinking the diet pop....and I emailed her the following article. She called me within 32 hours after our phone conversation and told me she stopped drinking the diet pop, and she can walk..she went up the stairs, and the muscle spasms went away. She said she didn't feel 100% but sure felt a lot better. She told me she was going to her doctors with this article and would call me back when she got home. She called me, and her doctor was amazed, he is going to call all of his MS patients to find out if they consumed artificial sweetener. In a nutshell, she was being poisoned by the aspartame in the diet soda, dying a slow death. When she got to FL March 22nd, all she had to take was one pill, and that was a pill for poisoning....she is well on her way to recovery.....and she is walking!!!!! No wheelchair!!!! This article saved her life!!!! The life saving article: If it says " SUGAR FREE, " on the label, DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT! I have spent several days lecturing at the WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE on " ASPARTAME " marketed as 'NutraSweet', 'Equal', and 'Spoonful'. In the keynote address by the EPA, it was announced that in the United States in 2001 there is an epidemic of multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus, that it was hard to understand what toxin was causing this to be rampant. I stood up and said that I was there to lecture on exactly that subject. I will explain why Aspartame is so dangerous: When the temperature of this sweetener exceeds 86 degrees F, the wood alcohol in ASPARTAME converts to Formaldehyde and then to formic acid, which in turn causes metabolic acidosis. (Formic acid is the poison found in the sting of fire ants.) The methanol toxicity mimics among other conditions multiple sclerosis. People were being diagnosed with having multiple sclerosis in error. The multiple sclerosis is not a death sentence, where methanol toxicity is! Systemic lupus has become almost as rampant as multiple sclerosis,especially with Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi drinkers. The victim usually does not know that the aspartame is the culprit. He or she continues its use,aggravating the lupus to such a degree that it may become life-threatening. We have seen patients with systemic lupus become asymptomatic once taken off diet sodas. In the case of those diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, (when in reality, the disease is methanol toxicity), most of the symptoms disappear. We've seen many cases where vision returned and hearing improved markedly. This also applies to cases of tendentious. During a lecture I said " If you are using ASPARTAME (NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, etc.) and you suffer from fibromyalgia symptoms, spasms, shooting pains, numbness in your legs, cramps, vertigo, dizziness, headaches, tendentious, joint pain, depression, anxiety attacks, slurred speech, blurred vision, or memory loss-you probably have ASPARTAME DISEASE! " People were jumping up during the lecture saying, I've got some of these symptoms: is it reversible? " Yes! Not drinking diet sodas and keeping an eye out for aspartame on food labels, yes! We have a very serious problem. A stranger came up to Dr. Espisto (one of my speakers) and me and said: " Could you tell me why so many people seem to be coming down with MS? " During a visit to a hospice, a nurse said that six of her friends, who were heavy Diet Coke addicts, had all been diagnosed with MS. This is beyond coincidence! Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi etc. IS NOT A DIET PRODUCT! The Congressional Record states that it makes you crave carbohydrates and will make you FAT. The formaldehyde stores in the fat cells, particularly in the hips and thighs. Once off these products with no significant increase in exercise, etc., Dr. Roberts in his lecture stated that he had patient who lost an average of 19 pounds over a trial period. Aspartame is especially dangerous for diabetics. We found that physicians would believe that they have a patient with retinopathy, when in fact the symptoms are caused by aspartame. The aspartame drives the blood sugar out of control. Thus diabetics may suffer acute memory loss due to the fact that aspartic acid and phenylalanine are neurotoxin without the other amino acids found in protein. Thus it passes the blood brain barrier and deteriorates the neurons of the brain, causing in diabetics (as well as in patients not suffering from diabetes) various kinds of brain damage, seizures, depression, manic depression, panic attacks, rage, violence. (The Aspartame in thousands of pallets of diet Coke and diet Pepsi consumed by men and women fighting in the Gulf War, may be partially to blame for the well-known Gulf War Syndrome.) Dr. Roberts warns that it can cause birth defects i.e. mental retardation if taken at the time of conception and early pregnancy. Children are especially at risk for neurological disorders and should NOT be given NutraSweet. I can relate different case histories of children having mal seizures and other disturbances being on NutraSweet. Unfortunately it is not always easy to convince a mother that aspartame is to blame for her child's illness. Only by trial and success will she be able to warn other mothers to take their children's health in their own hands. Stevia, a sweet herb, NOT A MANUFACTURED ADDITIVE, which helps in the metabolism of sugar (which would be ideal for diabetics) has now been approved as a dietary supplement by the FDA. For years the FDA has outlawed this sweet food because of their loyalty to MONSANTO. Books on this subject are available: EXCITOTOXINS: THE TASTE THAT KILLS - written by Dr. Russell Blayblock (Health Press 1-800-643-2665) and DEFENSE AGAINST ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE - written by DR. H. J. Roberts, also a diabetic specialist. These two doctors will be posting a position paper with some case histories on the deadly effects of Aspartame on the Internet. According to the Conference of the American College of Physicians " we are talking about a plague of neurological diseases caused by this deadly poison. " Here is the problem: There were Congressional Hearings when aspartame was included in 100 different products. Since this initial hearing, there have been two subsequent hearings, but to no avail. Nothing has been done. The drug and chemical lobbies have very deep pockets Now there are over 5,000 products containing this chemical, and the PATENT HAS EXPIRED!!!!! I assure you, MONSANTO, the creator of Aspartame knows how deadly it is. They fund among others, the American Diabetes Association, the American Dietetic Association, the Conference of the American College of Physicians. This has been exposed in the New York Times - to no avail. These Associations cannot criticize any additives or convey their link to MONSANTO because they take money from the food industry and have to endorse their products. Senator Howard Hetzenbaum wrote a bill that would have warned all infants, pregnant mothers and children of the dangers of aspartame. The bill would have also instituted independent studies on the problems existing in the population (seizures, changes in brain chemistry, changes neurological and behavioral; symptoms). It was killed by the powerful drug and chemical lobbies, letting loose the hounds of disease and death on an unsuspecting public. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 26, 2005 Report Share Posted June 26, 2005 I looked this up on snopes.com and they claim its false. See link below: http://www.snopes.com/toxins/aspartame.asp Did you know... if a child is diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 5, by the time they are 18, they will have endured at least an average of over 24,000 finger pokes? " Insulin Is Not A Cure - It's A Bandaid " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 2005 Report Share Posted June 27, 2005 herbal remedies , " dawn lineman " <lovinmy4brats> wrote: > My aunt sent this to me and i want to know if anyone else had heard > of this as my dad and mother-in-law are both diabetic and drink diet > soda > > > Please read this!! > > In October of 2001, my sister started getting very sick, she had > stomach spasms, she was having a hard time getting around, to walk > was a major chore. It took everything she had just to get out of bed, > she was in so much pain. By March 2002, she had undergone biopsies, > and was on 24 various prescription medications. The doctors could not > figure out what was wrong with her. She was in so much pain, and so > sick, she knew she was dying. > > She put her house, bank accounts, life insurance etc. in her oldest > daughters name, and made sure her younger children were to be with > her oldest daughter. She wanted her last hooray, so she planned a > trip to Florida (basically in a wheelchair) for March 22nd. On March > 19th I called her to ask her how one of her tests went, and she said > they didn't find anything on the test, but they believe she had MS. I > thought, oh, my....then I recalled an article a friend of mine > emailed to me...and I asked her....Do you drink Diet pop? She told me > yes, as a matter of fact she was getting ready to crack one open that > moment, I told her not to open it, > and stop drinking the diet pop....and I emailed her the following > article. > > She called me within 32 hours after our phone conversation and told > me she stopped drinking the diet pop, and she can walk..she went up > the stairs, and the muscle spasms went away. She said she didn't feel > 100% but sure felt a lot better. She told me she was going to her > doctors with this article and would call me back when she got home. > > She called me, and her doctor was amazed, he is going to call all of > his MS patients to find out if they consumed artificial sweetener. In > a nutshell, she was being poisoned by the aspartame in the diet soda, > dying a slow death. > > When she got to FL March 22nd, all she had to take was one pill, and > that was a pill for poisoning....she is well on her way to > recovery.....and she is walking!!!!! No wheelchair!!!! > > This article saved her life!!!! The life saving article: > > If it says " SUGAR FREE, " on the label, DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT! I > have spent several days lecturing at the WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL > CONFERENCE on " ASPARTAME " marketed as 'NutraSweet', 'Equal', > and 'Spoonful'. In the keynote address by the EPA, it was announced > that in the United States in 2001 there is an epidemic of multiple > sclerosis and systemic lupus, that > it was hard to understand what toxin was causing this to be rampant. > I stood up and said that I was there to lecture on exactly that > subject. > > I will explain why Aspartame is so dangerous: When the temperature of > this sweetener exceeds 86 degrees F, the wood alcohol in ASPARTAME > converts to Formaldehyde and then to formic acid, which in turn > causes metabolic > acidosis. (Formic acid is the poison found in the sting of fire > ants.) > > The methanol toxicity mimics among other conditions multiple > sclerosis. People were being diagnosed with having multiple sclerosis > in error. The multiple sclerosis is not a death sentence, where > methanol toxicity is! > > Systemic lupus has become almost as rampant as multiple > sclerosis,especially with Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi drinkers. The > victim usually does not know that the aspartame is the culprit. He or > she continues its use,aggravating the lupus to such a degree that it > may become life-threatening. We have seen patients with systemic > lupus become asymptomatic once taken off diet sodas. In the case of > those diagnosed > with Multiple Sclerosis, (when in reality, the disease is methanol > toxicity), most of the symptoms disappear. We've seen many cases > where vision returned and hearing improved markedly. This also > applies to cases of tendentious. > > During a lecture I said " If you are using ASPARTAME (NutraSweet, > Equal, Spoonful, etc.) and you suffer from fibromyalgia symptoms, > spasms, shooting pains, numbness in your legs, cramps, vertigo, > dizziness, headaches, > tendentious, joint pain, depression, anxiety attacks, slurred speech, > blurred vision, or memory loss-you probably have ASPARTAME DISEASE! " > > People were jumping up during the lecture saying, I've got some of > these symptoms: is it reversible? " > > Yes! Not drinking diet sodas and keeping an eye out for aspartame on > food labels, yes! We have a very serious problem. A stranger came up > to Dr. Espisto (one of my speakers) and me and said: " Could you tell > me why so > many people seem to be coming down with MS? " > > During a visit to a hospice, a nurse said that six of her friends, > who were heavy Diet Coke addicts, had all been diagnosed with MS. > This is beyond coincidence! Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi etc. IS NOT A > DIET PRODUCT! > > The Congressional Record states that it makes you crave carbohydrates > and will make you FAT. The formaldehyde stores in the fat cells, > particularly in the hips and thighs. Once off these products with no > significant increase in > exercise, etc., Dr. Roberts in his lecture stated that he had patient > who lost an average of 19 pounds over a trial period. > > Aspartame is especially dangerous for diabetics. We found that > physicians would believe that they have a patient with retinopathy, > when in fact the symptoms are caused by aspartame. The aspartame > drives the blood sugar out > of control. Thus diabetics may suffer acute memory loss due to the > fact that aspartic acid and phenylalanine are neurotoxin without the > other amino acids found in protein. Thus it passes the blood brain > barrier and deteriorates > the neurons of the brain, causing in diabetics (as well as in > patients not suffering from diabetes) various kinds of brain damage, > seizures, depression, manic depression, panic attacks, rage, > violence. (The Aspartame in thousands of pallets of diet Coke and > diet Pepsi consumed by men and > women fighting in the Gulf War, may be partially to blame for the > well-known Gulf War Syndrome.) > > Dr. Roberts warns that it can cause birth defects i.e. mental > retardation if taken at the time of conception and early pregnancy. > Children are especially at risk for neurological disorders and should > NOT be given NutraSweet. I can relate different case histories of > children having mal seizures and other disturbances being on > NutraSweet. > > Unfortunately it is not always easy to convince a mother that > aspartame is to blame for her child's illness. Only by trial and > success will she be able to warn other mothers to take their > children's health in their own hands. > > Stevia, a sweet herb, NOT A MANUFACTURED ADDITIVE, which helps in the > metabolism of sugar (which would be ideal for diabetics) has now been > approved as a dietary supplement by the FDA. For years the FDA has > outlawed this sweet food because of their loyalty to MONSANTO. > Books on this subject are available: > > EXCITOTOXINS: THE TASTE THAT KILLS - written by Dr. Russell Blayblock > (Health Press 1-800-643-2665) and DEFENSE AGAINST ALZHEIMER'S > > DISEASE - written by DR. H. J. Roberts, also a diabetic specialist. > > These two doctors will be posting a position paper with some case > histories on the deadly effects of Aspartame on the Internet. > > According to the Conference of the American College of Physicians " we > are talking about a plague of neurological diseases caused by this > deadly poison. " Here is the problem: > > There were Congressional Hearings when aspartame was included in 100 > different products. Since this initial hearing, there have been two > subsequent hearings, but to no avail. Nothing has been done. The drug > and chemical lobbies have very deep pockets Now there are over 5,000 > products > containing this chemical, and the PATENT HAS EXPIRED!!!!! > > I assure you, MONSANTO, the creator of Aspartame knows how deadly it > is. They fund among others, the American Diabetes Association, the > American Dietetic Association, the Conference of the American College > of Physicians. > > This has been exposed in the New York Times - to no avail. These > Associations cannot criticize any additives or convey their link to > MONSANTO because they take money from the food industry and have to > endorse their products. > > Senator Howard Hetzenbaum wrote a bill that would have warned all > infants, pregnant mothers and children of the dangers of aspartame. > The bill would have also instituted independent studies on the > problems existing in the > population (seizures, changes in brain chemistry, changes > neurological and behavioral; symptoms). It was killed by the powerful > drug and chemical lobbies, letting loose the hounds of disease and > death on an unsuspecting public. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 2005 Report Share Posted June 27, 2005 Yes I have heard of it. All soda pop is poison, and diet soda is the worst of the lot. I regret every soda I have ever drunk. When I see people drinking soda I want to scream at them. Especially when I see parents letting their children drink this awful poison stuff. herbal remedies , " dawn lineman " <lovinmy4brats> wrote: > My aunt sent this to me and i want to know if anyone else had heard > of this as my dad and mother-in-law are both diabetic and drink diet > soda > > > Please read this!! > > In October of 2001, my sister started getting very sick, she had > stomach spasms, she was having a hard time getting around, to walk > was a major chore. It took everything she had just to get out of bed, > she was in so much pain. By March 2002, she had undergone biopsies, > and was on 24 various prescription medications. The doctors could not > figure out what was wrong with her. She was in so much pain, and so > sick, she knew she was dying. > > She put her house, bank accounts, life insurance etc. in her oldest > daughters name, and made sure her younger children were to be with > her oldest daughter. She wanted her last hooray, so she planned a > trip to Florida (basically in a wheelchair) for March 22nd. On March > 19th I called her to ask her how one of her tests went, and she said > they didn't find anything on the test, but they believe she had MS. I > thought, oh, my....then I recalled an article a friend of mine > emailed to me...and I asked her....Do you drink Diet pop? She told me > yes, as a matter of fact she was getting ready to crack one open that > moment, I told her not to open it, > and stop drinking the diet pop....and I emailed her the following > article. > > She called me within 32 hours after our phone conversation and told > me she stopped drinking the diet pop, and she can walk..she went up > the stairs, and the muscle spasms went away. She said she didn't feel > 100% but sure felt a lot better. She told me she was going to her > doctors with this article and would call me back when she got home. > > She called me, and her doctor was amazed, he is going to call all of > his MS patients to find out if they consumed artificial sweetener. In > a nutshell, she was being poisoned by the aspartame in the diet soda, > dying a slow death. > > When she got to FL March 22nd, all she had to take was one pill, and > that was a pill for poisoning....she is well on her way to > recovery.....and she is walking!!!!! No wheelchair!!!! > > This article saved her life!!!! The life saving article: > > If it says " SUGAR FREE, " on the label, DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT! I > have spent several days lecturing at the WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL > CONFERENCE on " ASPARTAME " marketed as 'NutraSweet', 'Equal', > and 'Spoonful'. In the keynote address by the EPA, it was announced > that in the United States in 2001 there is an epidemic of multiple > sclerosis and systemic lupus, that > it was hard to understand what toxin was causing this to be rampant. > I stood up and said that I was there to lecture on exactly that > subject. > > I will explain why Aspartame is so dangerous: When the temperature of > this sweetener exceeds 86 degrees F, the wood alcohol in ASPARTAME > converts to Formaldehyde and then to formic acid, which in turn > causes metabolic > acidosis. (Formic acid is the poison found in the sting of fire > ants.) > > The methanol toxicity mimics among other conditions multiple > sclerosis. People were being diagnosed with having multiple sclerosis > in error. The multiple sclerosis is not a death sentence, where > methanol toxicity is! > > Systemic lupus has become almost as rampant as multiple > sclerosis,especially with Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi drinkers. The > victim usually does not know that the aspartame is the culprit. He or > she continues its use,aggravating the lupus to such a degree that it > may become life-threatening. We have seen patients with systemic > lupus become asymptomatic once taken off diet sodas. In the case of > those diagnosed > with Multiple Sclerosis, (when in reality, the disease is methanol > toxicity), most of the symptoms disappear. We've seen many cases > where vision returned and hearing improved markedly. This also > applies to cases of tendentious. > > During a lecture I said " If you are using ASPARTAME (NutraSweet, > Equal, Spoonful, etc.) and you suffer from fibromyalgia symptoms, > spasms, shooting pains, numbness in your legs, cramps, vertigo, > dizziness, headaches, > tendentious, joint pain, depression, anxiety attacks, slurred speech, > blurred vision, or memory loss-you probably have ASPARTAME DISEASE! " > > People were jumping up during the lecture saying, I've got some of > these symptoms: is it reversible? " > > Yes! Not drinking diet sodas and keeping an eye out for aspartame on > food labels, yes! We have a very serious problem. A stranger came up > to Dr. Espisto (one of my speakers) and me and said: " Could you tell > me why so > many people seem to be coming down with MS? " > > During a visit to a hospice, a nurse said that six of her friends, > who were heavy Diet Coke addicts, had all been diagnosed with MS. > This is beyond coincidence! Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi etc. IS NOT A > DIET PRODUCT! > > The Congressional Record states that it makes you crave carbohydrates > and will make you FAT. The formaldehyde stores in the fat cells, > particularly in the hips and thighs. Once off these products with no > significant increase in > exercise, etc., Dr. Roberts in his lecture stated that he had patient > who lost an average of 19 pounds over a trial period. > > Aspartame is especially dangerous for diabetics. We found that > physicians would believe that they have a patient with retinopathy, > when in fact the symptoms are caused by aspartame. The aspartame > drives the blood sugar out > of control. Thus diabetics may suffer acute memory loss due to the > fact that aspartic acid and phenylalanine are neurotoxin without the > other amino acids found in protein. Thus it passes the blood brain > barrier and deteriorates > the neurons of the brain, causing in diabetics (as well as in > patients not suffering from diabetes) various kinds of brain damage, > seizures, depression, manic depression, panic attacks, rage, > violence. (The Aspartame in thousands of pallets of diet Coke and > diet Pepsi consumed by men and > women fighting in the Gulf War, may be partially to blame for the > well-known Gulf War Syndrome.) > > Dr. Roberts warns that it can cause birth defects i.e. mental > retardation if taken at the time of conception and early pregnancy. > Children are especially at risk for neurological disorders and should > NOT be given NutraSweet. I can relate different case histories of > children having mal seizures and other disturbances being on > NutraSweet. > > Unfortunately it is not always easy to convince a mother that > aspartame is to blame for her child's illness. Only by trial and > success will she be able to warn other mothers to take their > children's health in their own hands. > > Stevia, a sweet herb, NOT A MANUFACTURED ADDITIVE, which helps in the > metabolism of sugar (which would be ideal for diabetics) has now been > approved as a dietary supplement by the FDA. For years the FDA has > outlawed this sweet food because of their loyalty to MONSANTO. > Books on this subject are available: > > EXCITOTOXINS: THE TASTE THAT KILLS - written by Dr. Russell Blayblock > (Health Press 1-800-643-2665) and DEFENSE AGAINST ALZHEIMER'S > > DISEASE - written by DR. H. J. Roberts, also a diabetic specialist. > > These two doctors will be posting a position paper with some case > histories on the deadly effects of Aspartame on the Internet. > > According to the Conference of the American College of Physicians " we > are talking about a plague of neurological diseases caused by this > deadly poison. " Here is the problem: > > There were Congressional Hearings when aspartame was included in 100 > different products. Since this initial hearing, there have been two > subsequent hearings, but to no avail. Nothing has been done. The drug > and chemical lobbies have very deep pockets Now there are over 5,000 > products > containing this chemical, and the PATENT HAS EXPIRED!!!!! > > I assure you, MONSANTO, the creator of Aspartame knows how deadly it > is. They fund among others, the American Diabetes Association, the > American Dietetic Association, the Conference of the American College > of Physicians. > > This has been exposed in the New York Times - to no avail. These > Associations cannot criticize any additives or convey their link to > MONSANTO because they take money from the food industry and have to > endorse their products. > > Senator Howard Hetzenbaum wrote a bill that would have warned all > infants, pregnant mothers and children of the dangers of aspartame. > The bill would have also instituted independent studies on the > problems existing in the > population (seizures, changes in brain chemistry, changes > neurological and behavioral; symptoms). It was killed by the powerful > drug and chemical lobbies, letting loose the hounds of disease and > death on an unsuspecting public. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 2005 Report Share Posted June 27, 2005 Greetings. Reading this article about NutraSweet brought something back to my mind I would like to share with all of you: : : We had a minister in our Church that God delivered from severe alcoholism. He went from drinking liquor to drinking diet sodas. He would drink 1-2 2-litres a day. It was not long before [Ray] was having trouble walking and moving his joints. He was taken to the emergency room and doctors could find nothing wrong with him. Ray is a supervisor in a production factory and an avid hunter. He also has a wife and 3 sons. He had a dream and God showed him that he was in a wheelchair and his wife was pushing him around. He woke up in shock. He was getting sicker and sicker, and one day in prayer, God spoke to him and told him to quit drinking nutrasweet. He went on the internet to GOOGLE and typed in the search, 'NUTRASWEET' and 'POISON' and got thousands of hits! [Try it!] He had aabout 10 2-litre diet Pepsi's and threw them away, and over the course of 2 weeks, he slowly regained the use of his joints. He testified in front of our Church regarding this. We were totally stunned at his story. I saw Ray just recently. He still is over the factory and he still hunts. He is comopletely normal now. So the story that was printed about NutraSweet poision is completely true. Never ever drink it. It will shorten your life significantly. Live as long as you can. Do whatever you need to do to preserve it. Sincerely, Erica Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 2005 Report Share Posted June 27, 2005 I am new to this list. I am currently studying to become an herbalist. I first began my interest in Herbs due to my husbands "gulf war syndrome" I believe that there is something to be said about artificial sweeteners and what they can do to you. However, I know first hand that this statement has not been properly evaluated. My husband would never, and has never, drank any thing with artificial sweeteners in it..He hates the taste and really doesn't even drink soda. He has Gulf War Syndrome and before going to Iraq the man was never sick but twice in the twenty-five plus years that we have been married. i read some of this artical to him and he said that for the most part no one in his unit drank much soda regular or diet.. it was too hot and they needed to drink water. There is a lot of unknowns out there in regards to this illness, but I highly doubt that the diet soda has much to do with this. of course this is the opinion of someone who has lived with this illness and the effects it has had on our family for the last 15 years scherri amateur herbalist dawn lineman <lovinmy4brats wrote: e Aspartame in thousands of pallets of diet Coke and diet Pepsi consumed by men andwomen fighting in the Gulf War, may be partially to blame for the well-known Gulf War Syndrome.)Federal Law requires that we warn you of the following: 1. Natural methods can sometimes backfire. 2. If you are pregnant, consult your physician before using any natural remedy. 3. The Constitution guarantees you the right to be your own physician and toprescribe for your own health. We are not medical doctors although MDs are welcome to post here as long as they behave themselves. Any opinions put forth by the list members are exactly that, and any person following the advice of anyone posting here does so at their own risk. It is up to you to educate yourself. By accepting advice or products from list members, you are agreeing to be fully responsible for your own health, and hold the List Owner and members free of any liability. Dr. Ian ShillingtonDoctor of NaturopathyDr.IanShillington Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 29, 2005 Report Share Posted June 29, 2005 Well.. There is alot of fake testimonies going around on the net, so I never trust these anyway. If I want to find the real stuff I type in the name of the chemical and look for studies or articles about studies from those labs which do the toxiology stuff.... Yesterday I got hopping mad because I read in newspaper they are using glyphosate on the roads and forests here and it is that Roundup (english name). So what did I do? First thing I did was to find information from reliable sources, and that I did too. I am going to make petitions against this Roundup with time (fortunately they are not going to do this again before next summer so I have time). Ok, here is the info about Roundup and that info the author got from a two-part article about the health and environmental hazards of glyphosate published in NCAP's Journal of Pesticide Reform. http://www.guarding-our-earth.com/aggrand/roundup.htm I have to say....its time to use our brains, be bloody smart, and stop to be confused and believe in anything thats black on white on a screen on the computer. Dont believe in " personal testimonies " which is going around in e-mails or is on sites which seems to do propaganda....get the name of the chemical, type it in google or another search machine and check the links untill you find something that says its from a lab or organisation or written by reliable journalists who find the information from reliable sources etc. Someone said to me that it wont work to use propaganda, when I was talking about making these petitions. I said I dont need to use propaganda....all the info I find from studies and lab tests tells it all anyway. And yes, aspartame have been tested at labs for toxiology too. Aspartame is toxic, its no question about that. If you want to know proper info about aspartame, then read the articles from Mike Adams. Hes a medical journalist and he and his collegues base all they write on studies and lab results and aware doctors/health experts findings: http://www.newstarget.com/008952.html http://www.newstarget.com/008797.html W9 herbal remedies , scherri O'Connor <scherilocon> wrote: > I am new to this list. I am currently studying to become an herbalist. I first began my interest in Herbs due to my husbands " gulf war syndrome " > I believe that there is something to be said about artificial sweeteners and what they can do to you. However, I know first hand that this statement has not been properly evaluated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 29, 2005 Report Share Posted June 29, 2005 I feel so bad. After reading this ( this morning actually ) I went out and bought a " non fat " yogart for breakfast. About 3/4 of the way through, I see this label : sweetened with ( you guessed it ! ) and I allways read labels !..daaam....I will never do that again...I can't see how I missed that !..this won't hurt me, right ?....I don't consume ANY form of sodas..Just to be on the safe side, can you tell me what other products and sweetened by aspartame ?..thanks...I'm not too lazy to read, would just like to know. Elrick Sheila Harris <yarnblossom wrote: herbal remedies , "dawn lineman"<lovinmy4brats> wrote:> My aunt sent this to me and i want to know if anyone else had heard > of this as my dad and mother-in-law are both diabetic and drink diet > soda > > > Please read this!!> > In October of 2001, my sister started getting very sick, she had > stomach spasms, she was having a hard time getting around, to walk > was a major chore. It took everything she had just to get out of bed, > she was in so much pain. By March 2002, she had undergone biopsies, > and was on 24 various prescription medications. The doctors could not > figure out what was wrong with her. She was in so much pain, and so > sick, she knew she was dying.> > She put her house, bank accounts, life insurance etc. in her oldest > daughters name, and made sure her younger children were to be with > her oldest daughter. She wanted her last hooray, so she planned a > trip to Florida (basically in a wheelchair) for March 22nd. On March > 19th I called her to ask her how one of her tests went, and she said > they didn't find anything on the test, but they believe she had MS. I > thought, oh, my....then I recalled an article a friend of mine > emailed to me...and I asked her....Do you drink Diet pop? She told me > yes, as a matter of fact she was getting ready to crack one open that > moment, I told her not to open it, > and stop drinking the diet pop....and I emailed her the following > article. > > She called me within 32 hours after our phone conversation and told > me she stopped drinking the diet pop, and she can walk..she went up > the stairs, and the muscle spasms went away. She said she didn't feel > 100% but sure felt a lot better. She told me she was going to her > doctors with this article and would call me back when she got home.> > She called me, and her doctor was amazed, he is going to call all of > his MS patients to find out if they consumed artificial sweetener. In > a nutshell, she was being poisoned by the aspartame in the diet soda, > dying a slow death.> > When she got to FL March 22nd, all she had to take was one pill, and > that was a pill for poisoning....she is well on her way to > recovery.....and she is walking!!!!! No wheelchair!!!!> > This article saved her life!!!! The life saving article: > > If it says "SUGAR FREE," on the label, DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT! I > have spent several days lecturing at the WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL > CONFERENCE on "ASPARTAME" marketed as 'NutraSweet', 'Equal', > and 'Spoonful'. In the keynote address by the EPA, it was announced > that in the United States in 2001 there is an epidemic of multiple > sclerosis and systemic lupus, that > it was hard to understand what toxin was causing this to be rampant. > I stood up and said that I was there to lecture on exactly that > subject.> > I will explain why Aspartame is so dangerous: When the temperature of > this sweetener exceeds 86 degrees F, the wood alcohol in ASPARTAME > converts to Formaldehyde and then to formic acid, which in turn > causes metabolic> acidosis. (Formic acid is the poison found in the sting of fire > ants.) > > The methanol toxicity mimics among other conditions multiple > sclerosis. People were being diagnosed with having multiple sclerosis > in error. The multiple sclerosis is not a death sentence, where > methanol toxicity is!> > Systemic lupus has become almost as rampant as multiple> sclerosis,especially with Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi drinkers. The > victim usually does not know that the aspartame is the culprit. He or > she continues its use,aggravating the lupus to such a degree that it > may become life-threatening. We have seen patients with systemic > lupus become asymptomatic once taken off diet sodas. In the case of > those diagnosed > with Multiple Sclerosis, (when in reality, the disease is methanol > toxicity), most of the symptoms disappear. We've seen many cases > where vision returned and hearing improved markedly. This also > applies to cases of tendentious.> > During a lecture I said "If you are using ASPARTAME (NutraSweet, > Equal, Spoonful, etc.) and you suffer from fibromyalgia symptoms, > spasms, shooting pains, numbness in your legs, cramps, vertigo, > dizziness, headaches,> tendentious, joint pain, depression, anxiety attacks, slurred speech, > blurred vision, or memory loss-you probably have ASPARTAME DISEASE!" > > People were jumping up during the lecture saying, I've got some of > these symptoms: is it reversible?"> > Yes! Not drinking diet sodas and keeping an eye out for aspartame on > food labels, yes! We have a very serious problem. A stranger came up > to Dr. Espisto (one of my speakers) and me and said: "Could you tell > me why so > many people seem to be coming down with MS?"> > During a visit to a hospice, a nurse said that six of her friends, > who were heavy Diet Coke addicts, had all been diagnosed with MS. > This is beyond coincidence! Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi etc. IS NOT A > DIET PRODUCT!> > The Congressional Record states that it makes you crave carbohydrates > and will make you FAT. The formaldehyde stores in the fat cells, > particularly in the hips and thighs. Once off these products with no > significant increase in> exercise, etc., Dr. Roberts in his lecture stated that he had patient > who lost an average of 19 pounds over a trial period.> > Aspartame is especially dangerous for diabetics. We found that > physicians would believe that they have a patient with retinopathy, > when in fact the symptoms are caused by aspartame. The aspartame > drives the blood sugar out> of control. Thus diabetics may suffer acute memory loss due to the > fact that aspartic acid and phenylalanine are neurotoxin without the > other amino acids found in protein. Thus it passes the blood brain > barrier and deteriorates> the neurons of the brain, causing in diabetics (as well as in > patients not suffering from diabetes) various kinds of brain damage, > seizures, depression, manic depression, panic attacks, rage, > violence. (The Aspartame in thousands of pallets of diet Coke and > diet Pepsi consumed by men and> women fighting in the Gulf War, may be partially to blame for the > well-known Gulf War Syndrome.)> > Dr. Roberts warns that it can cause birth defects i.e. mental > retardation if taken at the time of conception and early pregnancy. > Children are especially at risk for neurological disorders and should > NOT be given NutraSweet. I can relate different case histories of > children having mal seizures and other disturbances being on > NutraSweet.> > Unfortunately it is not always easy to convince a mother that > aspartame is to blame for her child's illness. Only by trial and > success will she be able to warn other mothers to take their > children's health in their own hands.> > Stevia, a sweet herb, NOT A MANUFACTURED ADDITIVE, which helps in the > metabolism of sugar (which would be ideal for diabetics) has now been > approved as a dietary supplement by the FDA. For years the FDA has > outlawed this sweet food because of their loyalty to MONSANTO.> Books on this subject are available:> > EXCITOTOXINS: THE TASTE THAT KILLS - written by Dr. Russell Blayblock > (Health Press 1-800-643-2665) and DEFENSE AGAINST ALZHEIMER'S> > DISEASE - written by DR. H. J. Roberts, also a diabetic specialist. > > These two doctors will be posting a position paper with some case > histories on the deadly effects of Aspartame on the Internet.> > According to the Conference of the American College of Physicians "we > are talking about a plague of neurological diseases caused by this > deadly poison." Here is the problem:> > There were Congressional Hearings when aspartame was included in 100 > different products. Since this initial hearing, there have been two > subsequent hearings, but to no avail. Nothing has been done. The drug > and chemical lobbies have very deep pockets Now there are over 5,000 > products> containing this chemical, and the PATENT HAS EXPIRED!!!!!> > I assure you, MONSANTO, the creator of Aspartame knows how deadly it > is. They fund among others, the American Diabetes Association, the > American Dietetic Association, the Conference of the American College > of Physicians.> > This has been exposed in the New York Times - to no avail. These > Associations cannot criticize any additives or convey their link to > MONSANTO because they take money from the food industry and have to > endorse their products.> > Senator Howard Hetzenbaum wrote a bill that would have warned all > infants, pregnant mothers and children of the dangers of aspartame. > The bill would have also instituted independent studies on the > problems existing in the> population (seizures, changes in brain chemistry, changes > neurological and behavioral; symptoms). It was killed by the powerful > drug and chemical lobbies, letting loose the hounds of disease and > death on an unsuspecting public.Federal Law requires that we warn you of the following: 1. Natural methods can sometimes backfire. 2. If you are pregnant, consult your physician before using any natural remedy. 3. The Constitution guarantees you the right to be your own physician and toprescribe for your own health. We are not medical doctors although MDs are welcome to post here as long as they behave themselves. Any opinions put forth by the list members are exactly that, and any person following the advice of anyone posting here does so at their own risk. It is up to you to educate yourself. By accepting advice or products from list members, you are agreeing to be fully responsible for your own health, and hold the List Owner and members free of any liability. Dr. Ian ShillingtonDoctor of NaturopathyDr.IanShillington Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 30, 2005 Report Share Posted June 30, 2005 Elrick, It can be and most likely in any pre-packaged, processed food product especially watch for things that says no sugar, low sugar, etc. It's in fruit juices, candies, gums, cakes, pies, cookies, etc. Avoid processed foods and prepare your own meal from fresh produce and fruits and you won't have to worry about it. Irene imclark - elrick penn herbal remedies 6/29/2005 6:34:35 PM Re: Herbal Remedies - Re: caution about diet sodas I feel so bad. After reading this ( this morning actually ) I went out and bought a " non fat " yogart for breakfast. About 3/4 of the way through, I see this label : sweetened with ( you guessed it ! ) and I allways read labels !..daaam....I will never do that again...I can't see how I missed that !..this won't hurt me, right ?....I don't consume ANY form of sodas..Just to be on the safe side, can you tell me what other products and sweetened by aspartame ?..thanks...I'm not too lazy to read, would just like to know. Elrick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 30, 2005 Report Share Posted June 30, 2005 Hi, I have even found Aspartame in vitamins purchased from a Health Food shop!!! Lisa - imclark herbal remedies Thursday, June 30, 2005 1:15 AM Re: Herbal Remedies - Re: caution about diet sodas Elrick, It can be and most likely in any pre-packaged, processed food product especially watch for things that says no sugar, low sugar, etc. It's in fruit juices, candies, gums, cakes, pies, cookies, etc. Avoid processed foods and prepare your own meal from fresh produce and fruits and you won't have to worry about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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