George Carlin dead: Diet Coke with Aspartame and Cardiac Death

[Guest guest]

George Carlin was known as a great stand up comic. Carlin hosted the

first broadcast of " Saturday Night Live " in October 1975. He starred

as a cabdriver in his own sitcom, " The George Carlin Show " which ran

from 1993 to 1995. Carlin had a very bad habit, he was addicted to

Diet Coke with aspartame. He suffered several heart attacks, one at

Dodger Stadium during a baseball game. He died of heart failure on

Sunday, June 22nd.

 

http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_175234957.html/resources_printstory

 

In a nutshell aspartame (NutraSweet/Equal/E951/Canderel, etc.)

triggers an irregular heart rhythm, interacts with cardiac

medication, virtually all medication for that matter because of

damage to the mitochondria or life of the cell, damages the cardiac

conduction system and causes sudden

death. http://www.wnho.net/aspartame_interacts.htm

 

On 2/5/08 the New York Times published an article on a new

study: " Symptoms: Metabolic Syndrome Is Tied to Diet Soda " Wrote

Nicholas Bakalar, " Researchers have found a correlation between

drinking diet soda and metabolic syndrome - the collection of risk

factors for cardiovascular disease " ... " This is interesting, " said

Lyn M. Steffen, an associate professor of Epidemiology at the

University of Minnesota and co-author of the paper " .. Further she

said, " Why is it happening? Is it some kind of chemical in the diet

soda, or something about the behavior of diet soda drinkers? " I

called Dr. Steffen and let her know what aspartame does to the heart

and sent her this paper by Dr. H. J. Roberts, and others, which

explains in detail:

 

 

 

 

ASPARTAME INDUCED ARRHYTHMIAS AND SUDDEN DEATH

 

By H. J. Roberts, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.C.C.P.

E-Mail: <HJrobertsmdHJrobertsmd

©2004 by H. J. Roberts, M.D.

 

A recent extensive review of sudden death in young athletes (1) made

no mention of aspartame as a primary cause or suspected contributory

factor, especially when demonstrable pathology was absent. This issue

has assumed great public health importance because " diet " products

containing this chemical are being consumed by over two-thirds of the

population - especially weight-conscious persons.

 

I have repeatedly reported the serious cardiovascular,

'neuropsychiatric, metabolic and other adverse effects of aspartame

products. (2-4) Among the first 1200 aspartame reactors in my data

base, 193 (16%) had symptomatic arrhythmia's, 85 (7%) atypical chest

pain, and 64 (5%) recent or aggravated hypertension.

 

One hypertensive patient developed complete heart block within hours

after consuming his first diet cola.

 

Another had undergone unsuccessful radio frequency ablations in the

heart before awareness of having aspartame disease.

 

Pheochromocytoma was suspected in several aspartame reactors.

 

The issue of sudden death related to aspartame and its breakdown

products has been raised a number of times, particularly among

previously well individuals using such products... including pilots

and drivers , (3,4,6) and athletes. I have detailed the release of

norepinephrine, epinephrine, dopamine and free methanol by aspartame;

a host of pertinent-related pathophysiologic conditions, (e.g.,

cumulative formaldehyde adducts derived from aspartame in tissue

proteins and nucleic aids; excessive insulin release); direct

oropharyngeal absorption from gum, " breath fresheners " and other

products; and the increasing problem of aspartame addiction. (4-7)

 

The likelihood of pulmonary hypertension induced by the

vasoconstrictive effects of aspartame products also has been

considered. (5) It is relevant that unexplained dyspnea was

experienced by 110 aspartame reactors, usually with prompt

improvement after abstinence. Moreover, primary pulmonary

hypertension was found at autopsy in a 27 year old female aspartame reactor.

 

The lack of familiarity of most physicians and medical examiners with

the foregoing considerations can have serious legal consequences. A

case in point is that of a young woman (also a Sunday School teacher)

who has been sentenced to serve 50 years in a Virginia prison for

allegedly poisoning her husband with methyl alcohol. Elevated

methanol blood concentrations were found postmortem in this body

builder/basketball player who drank ten diet drinks and other

aspartame products daily. She remains incarcerated despite affidavits

indicating that 10% of aspartame becomes free methyl alcohol after

consumption.

 

The need for clinicians and corporate-neutral investigators to

evaluate the contributory role of aspartame in cardiopulmonary

disorders and sudden death, and drug interactions with aspartame, is

underscored by the frequency of persons dying unexpectedly being

categorized as " death due to causes yet to be determined. " One

interested resident of Orange county (California) found 192 persons

listed in this category between July 11 and November 15, 2003

according to the Orange county Register.

 

References:

 

* Maron BJ, Sudden death in young athletes, N Engl J Med

2003;349:1064-1075

* Roberts HJ, Reactions to aspartame containing products: 551

cases, J Appl Nutr l988;40:86-94

* Roberts HJ, Aspartame (NutraSweet): Is It Safe? Philadelphia,

The Charles Press, 1989.

* Roberts HJ, Aspartame Disease: An Ignored Epidemic. West Palm

Beach, Sunshine Sentinel Press, 2001

* Roberts HJ, Aspartame-induced dyspnea and pulmonary

hypertension, Townsend Letter for Doctors & Patients 2003; 237

(January): 64-65

* Roberts HJ, Ignored Health Hazards for Pilots and Drivers. West

Palm Beach, Sunshine Sentinel Press, 1998.

* Roberts HJ, Aspartame (NutraSweet) addiction, Townsend Letter

for Doctors & Patients, 2900; 198 (January): 52-57

 

H. J. Roberts, MD, FACP, FCCP

Palm Beach Institute for Medical Research

P. O. Box 17799

West Palm Beach, Florida 33416 USA

 

_______________

 

You will note that Dr. Roberts wrote this paper because so many young

athletes are dropping dead. Some may remember athlete Steve

Bechler's death in West Palm Beach. Tim Sullivan said in the San

Diego Union Tribune in Feb, 2003, that whether Steve Bechler's

passing (23 year old Baltimore Oriole pitcher) should prompt baseball

to ban ephedra-based products is a more complicated matter, one that

raises questions of civil rights and individual responsibilities, and

about the gap between medical opinion and governmental regulations.

But while Steve Bechler's death was blamed on ephedra this no doubt

was another Diet Coke with aspartame death. At the time of his

death, H. J. Roberts, M.D. who also lives in West Palm

Beach immediately called the Broward County medical examiner, Dr.

Joshua Perper, and asked him how many diet drinks was Bechler

drinking. Dr. Perper didn't even know why he asked. The Idaho

Observer wrote the story, Aspartame Poisoning Cover for Ephedra. It

was finally disclosed Steve Belcher had a weight problem, he would go

without eating for a couple of days and then drink diet pop with

aspartame all day. He had a family history of heart problems and

aspartame destroys the heart. After researching the issue it's

obvious that Steve Bechler did not die because he was using ephedra,

it was just another aspartame death! Even Dr. Perper could only

conclude that ephedrine " probably contributed " to his death but this

doctor was not knowledgeable of aspartame's effect on the heart nor

did he know that Steve Belcher was using it.

 

Obviously ephedra could interact with aspartame but then virtually

all drugs interact with aspartame. But the FDA used this aspartame

death to remove another supplement. Are they going to take all the

drugs off the market because they interact with aspartame? Shouldn't

they ban aspartame instead? John W. Olney, M.D., was asked by the

Ephedra Education Council to review some of the FDA cases. Go to

(<http://www.ephedrafacts.com>http://www.ephedrafacts.com) for the

full report. The adverse event reports Dr. Olney examined include

those reviewed for FDA by Doctors Ricaute and Stoll. Dr. Olney says

out of 28 cases, there is not a single case that the expert reviewers

rated as having a highly probable causal association with ingestion

of Ephedra. Didn't bother FDA at all, they could cover up another

aspartame death and grab another supplement to please Big Pharma.

 

Dr. H. J. Roberts said in his position paper on aspartame and cardiac

symptoms (www.dorway.com ) under atypical chest pain: " More than 50

aspartame reactors experienced unexplained pain in the chest. Many

others have atypical pain elsewhere in the body. A number underwent

stress tests and coronary angioplasty for suspected coronary heart

disease' they proved normal in the majority. "

 

Ephedra is off the market and the sudden cardiac deaths of athletes

continue to this day, as well as others in the population including

children. Russell Blaylock, M.D., wrote this Athlete Alert on the

subject:

 

 

ATHLETE ALERT:

RENOWNED NEUROSURGEON IDENTIFIES

ASPARTAME & MSG

IN SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH

 

Contributed By Dr. Betty Martini, D.Hum

Mission Possible International

E-Mail: <BettyM19BettyM19

 

Originally Posted At:

<http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/4/prwebxml225071.php>http://www.prweb.com/re\

leases/2005/4/prwebxml225071.php

 

 

Neurosurgeon Russell Blaylock, M.D. explains the relationship between

sudden cardiac death, especially in athletes, and excitotoxic damage

produced by food additives and artificial sweeteners.

 

(PRWEB) April 14, 2005 -- Dr. Russell Blaylock, an author and

neurosurgeon, explains the relationship between sudden cardiac death,

especially in athletes, and excitotoxic damage caused by food

additives and artificial sweeteners. -- By Russell L. Blaylock, M.D.

 

Over 460,000 people annually die of a disorder called sudden cardiac

death, according to CDC statistics. This condition strikes otherwise

healthy people who have experienced no obvious symptoms of heart

disease prior to their abrupt deaths.

 

An alarming number young athletes are included in these deaths, in

high schools and colleges as well as among professional athletes.

While in some of these individuals cardiologists found evidence of

coronary disease and scars from earlier silent heart attacks, there

is one mechanism that's getting no attention at all: the excitotoxin

damage caused by food additives and the artificial sweetener

aspartame. This is despite growing evidence that the excitotoxic

mechanism plays a major role in cardiac disease.

 

Previously, it was thought that excitotoxic food additives, such as

monosodium glutamate and aspartic acid in aspartame, cause their

damage in the cardiovascular centers in the brain stem and/or by

over-stimulating sympathetic centers in the hypothalamus of the

brain. Both mechanisms have resulted in sudden cardiac death in

experimental animals.

 

A particularly deadly combination occurs in young athletes: Low

magnesium intake, high calcium intake, low intake of omega-3 fatty

acids and excitotoxins in food additives. Strenuous exercise,

especially in extreme heat, depletes the body's magnesium stores, as

does consumption of carbonated drinks and taking calcium supplements.

Also adrenalin secretion, increased during exercise, intensifies

heart muscle irritability and further loss of magnesium as well. When

calcium supplements are taken in the face of an existing magnesium

deficiency, both magnesium and calcium are driven into the bones,

producing a sudden magnesium-depletion crisis.

 

Low magnesium produces seizures and causes sudden cardiac arrest. In

a classic experiment it was found that stressing magnesium-deficient

animals resulted in an almost 100% mortality from sudden cardiac

arrest. Adding magnesium reduced mortality dramatically. A

considerable body of evidence has shown that low omega-3 fat intake

significantly increases the risk and severity of cardiac arrhythmias,

the main cause of sudden cardiac death.

 

A number of studies have shown that Americans are significantly

deficient in these protective fats. Finally, recent research has

shown that the brain is not the only tissue having glutamate

receptors. Numerous glutamate receptors have been found both within

the heart's electrical conduction system and the heart muscle itself.

 

When an excess of food-borne excitotoxins, such as MSG, hydrolyzed

protein soy protein isolate and concentrate, natural flavoring,

sodium caseinate and aspartate from aspartame, are consumed, these

glutamate receptors are over-stimulated, producing cardiac

arrhythmias. When magnesium stores are low, as we see in athletes,

the glutamate receptors are so sensitive that even low levels of

these excitotoxins can result in cardiac arrhythmias and death.

 

This is especially so when combined with the other factors mentioned.

Under such condition, free radicals and lipid eroxidation products

build up within the muscle cells, leading to the same outcome.

 

High consumption of aspartame adds an additional cardiac muscle

toxin: methanol. A number of studies have shown that consuming

aspartame and MSG (and similar excitotoxins) together greatly

magnifies the toxicity.

 

Young people live on junk foods, most of which contain a number of

excitotoxic additives. Several studies have shown that the levels

consumed by our youth equal those that cause damage in experimental

animals. Humans are 5X more sensitive to these toxins than any animal.

 

The same factors operate in older individuals. Most people over age

50 years are depleted of magnesium, have low omega-3 fat intakes, are

under stress and take a number of medications which compromise

nutrition, especially magnesium levels. Because seniors are more

likely to have coronary artery disease plus other medical conditions,

their risk of sudden cardiac death is even higher.

 

Both athletes and those over age 45 should take magnesium

supplements, antioxidants, omega-3 oils, eat more vegetables and

avoid foods and artificial sweeteners containing excitotoxins such as

aspartame and MSG. This accomplishes a lot more than attempting to

rescue a victim with an external defibrillator after the fact.

 

Dr. Blaylock's web site is

<http://www.russellblaylockmd.com>http://www.russellblaylockmd.com.

He is author of " Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills and Health &

Nutrition Secrets to Save Your Life. " He can be seen in the movie on

aspartame, " Sweet Misery: A Poisoned World. " Copies are available

from www.soundandfury.tv

 

In the movie, " Sweet Misery, " Diane Fleming is interviewed from

prison. Her husband, an aspartame addict, who played basketball

several times a week, died and she was charged with his death.

Several experts have written affidavits that Charles Fleming died

from aspartame. His last drink was three times the amount of

creatine which interacted with aspartame.

 

Contact:

 

Dr. Betty Martini, D.Hum

Founder, Mission Possible International

9270 River Club Parkway

Duluth, Georgia 30097

770-242-2599

<http://www.dorway.com>http://www.dorway.com , www.mpwhi.com and www.wnho.net

 

Aspartame Toxicity Center:

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

 

Aspartame Information List: www.mpwhi.com scroll down to banners

 

___________________________

 

Note that Dr. Blaylock talks about the growing evidence that the

excitotoxic mechanism of aspartame plays a major role in cardiac

disease. Myocardial infarctions or heart attacks are notorious

triggered by aspartame and the CDC investigation on this poison

reports cardiac arrest and death.

 

In the medical text, Aspartame Disease: An Ignored Epidemic by Dr.

Roberts, over 1000 pages, there is a chapter on heart and chest

problems. www.sunsentpress.com Dr. Roberts says on page 399: " The

question is properly raised, " Could aspartame reactions precipitate

or aggravate existing ischemia (coronary) heart disease? " The

histories of several reactors suggest a temporal relationship between

beginning aspartame consumption and an ENSUING HEART ATTACK. "

 

Because aspartame interacts with all cardiac medication, a further

investigation into his death should be established. What other drugs

was George Carlin using?

 

It hasn't been that long since another Diet Coke user died, Heath

Ledger: http://www.mpwhi.com/heath_ledger.htm It was established

that he died of polypharmacy. The most deadly drug he was using was

aspartame in Diet Coke.

 

Dr. Russell Blaylock said in one interview: " You have a million

patients in this country with arrhythmias that are life-threatening,

and no one's telling them to avoid MSG and

<http://aromatherapy4u.wordpress.com/2006/12/26/aspartameant-poison-or-human-foo\

d-ingredient/>aspartame,

yet it's a major source of cardiac irritability. "

 

Even President Bill Clinton uses Diet Coke and ended up in the

hospital with cardiac surgery. Dr. Roberts had dinner with him

years before and tried to get him to give it up, and gave him copies

of some of his books. He obviously was too addicted to give it up.

 

It's very difficult to get some victims of aspartame disease off the

poison. The free methyl alcohol is classified as a narcotic and

causes chronic methanol poisoning. This effects the dopamine system

of the brain and causes the addiction. In talking with Dr. Bill

Deagle I mentioned many aspartame addicts simply are not

rational. He said its because aspartame effects the frontal lobes

and it's like talking to someone who has had a lobotomy. Talking

about dumbing down the public! The FDA knows all the

dangers. Indeed, they had revoked the petition for approval until

Don Rumsfeld got it on the market through political chicanery. They

even had tried to indict the manufacturer. Yet today they refuse to

serve within the law and even answer a citizens petition to ban and

an amendment on the imminent health hazard. Chest pain is on their

FDA list of 92 documented symptoms from 4 types of seizures to coma

and death. They are simply Big Pharma's Washington Branch Office.

 

Dr. Blaylock provides this detox program: www.wnho.net/wtdaspartame.htm

 

Dr. Betty Martini, D.Hum, Founder

Mission Possible International

9270 River Club Parkway

Duluth, Georgia 30097

770 242-2599

www.mpwhi.com, www.dorway.com and www.wnho.net

Aspartame Toxicity Center, www.holisticmed.com/aspartame

Aspartame Information List, www.mpwhi.com scroll down to banners

[Guest guest]

Not only that, but he was also addicted to illegal drugs and alcohol. It is surprising that he lived as long as he did. Carol--- On Thu, 6/26/08, Dr. Betty Martini,D.Hum. <bettym19 wrote: Carlin had a very bad habit, he was addicted to Diet Coke with aspartame.

[Guest guest]

George Noory reran an interview Art Bell did with George in which he stated he had decided 'he would live to be 98'. He was quite vital and alive right before he died. I'm not saying aspartame didn't do its part taking him down, but other aspects of his life inspire suspicion. I think people generally choose when to pass, whatever is going on with their physical body. Ironically, in the interview, he indicated that it was OK to attack those who are troublesome--which he did with passion in his comic routines. Live by the sword....bettym19From: bettym19Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:52:29 -0400 George Carlin dead: Diet Coke with Aspartame and Cardiac Death

 

 

 

George Carlin was known as a great stand up comic. Carlin hosted the

first broadcast of "Saturday Night Live" in October 1975. He starred

as a cabdriver in his own sitcom, "The George Carlin Show" which ran

from 1993 to 1995. Carlin had a very bad habit, he was addicted to

Diet Coke with aspartame. He suffered several heart attacks, one at

Dodger Stadium during a baseball game. He died of heart failure on

Sunday, June 22nd.

 

http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_175234957.html/resources_printstory

 

In a nutshell aspartame (NutraSweet/Equal/E951/Canderel, etc.)

triggers an irregular heart rhythm, interacts with cardiac

medication, virtually all medication for that matter because of

damage to the mitochondria or life of the cell, damages the cardiac

conduction system and causes sudden

death. http://www.wnho.net/aspartame_interacts.htm

 

On 2/5/08 the New York Times published an article on a new

study: "Symptoms: Metabolic Syndrome Is Tied to Diet Soda" Wrote

Nicholas Bakalar, "Researchers have found a correlation between

drinking diet soda and metabolic syndrome - the collection of risk

factors for cardiovascular disease"... "This is interesting," said

Lyn M. Steffen, an associate professor of Epidemiology at the

University of Minnesota and co-author of the paper" .. Further she

said, "Why is it happening? Is it some kind of chemical in the diet

soda, or something about the behavior of diet soda drinkers?" I

called Dr. Steffen and let her know what aspartame does to the heart

and sent her this paper by Dr. H. J. Roberts, and others, which

explains in detail:

 

ASPARTAME INDUCED ARRHYTHMIAS AND SUDDEN DEATH

 

By H. J. Roberts, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.C.C.P.

E-Mail: <HJrobertsmd (AT) aol (DOT) com>HJrobertsmd (AT) aol (DOT) com

©2004 by H. J. Roberts, M.D.

 

A recent extensive review of sudden death in young athletes (1) made

no mention of aspartame as a primary cause or suspected contributory

factor, especially when demonstrable pathology was absent. This issue

has assumed great public health importance because "diet" products

containing this chemical are being consumed by over two-thirds of the

population - especially weight-conscious persons.

 

I have repeatedly reported the serious cardiovascular,

'neuropsychiatric, metabolic and other adverse effects of aspartame

products. (2-4) Among the first 1200 aspartame reactors in my data

base, 193 (16%) had symptomatic arrhythmia's, 85 (7%) atypical chest

pain, and 64 (5%) recent or aggravated hypertension.

 

One hypertensive patient developed complete heart block within hours

after consuming his first diet cola.

 

Another had undergone unsuccessful radio frequency ablations in the

heart before awareness of having aspartame disease.

 

Pheochromocytoma was suspected in several aspartame reactors.

 

The issue of sudden death related to aspartame and its breakdown

products has been raised a number of times, particularly among

previously well individuals using such products... including pilots

and drivers , (3,4,6) and athletes. I have detailed the release of

norepinephrine, epinephrine, dopamine and free methanol by aspartame;

a host of pertinent-related pathophysiologic conditions, (e.g.,

cumulative formaldehyde adducts derived from aspartame in tissue

proteins and nucleic aids; excessive insulin release); direct

oropharyngeal absorption from gum, "breath fresheners" and other

products; and the increasing problem of aspartame addiction. (4-7)

 

The likelihood of pulmonary hypertension induced by the

vasoconstrictive effects of aspartame products also has been

considered. (5) It is relevant that unexplained dyspnea was

experienced by 110 aspartame reactors, usually with prompt

improvement after abstinence. Moreover, primary pulmonary

hypertension was found at autopsy in a 27 year old female aspartame reactor.

 

The lack of familiarity of most physicians and medical examiners with

the foregoing considerations can have serious legal consequences. A

case in point is that of a young woman (also a Sunday School teacher)

who has been sentenced to serve 50 years in a Virginia prison for

allegedly poisoning her husband with methyl alcohol. Elevated

methanol blood concentrations were found postmortem in this body

builder/basketball player who drank ten diet drinks and other

aspartame products daily. She remains incarcerated despite affidavits

indicating that 10% of aspartame becomes free methyl alcohol after

consumption.

 

The need for clinicians and corporate-neutral investigators to

evaluate the contributory role of aspartame in cardiopulmonary

disorders and sudden death, and drug interactions with aspartame, is

underscored by the frequency of persons dying unexpectedly being

categorized as "death due to causes yet to be determined." One

interested resident of Orange county (California) found 192 persons

listed in this category between July 11 and November 15, 2003

according to the Orange county Register.

 

References:

 

* Maron BJ, Sudden death in young athletes, N Engl J Med

2003;349:1064-1075

* Roberts HJ, Reactions to aspartame containing products: 551

cases, J Appl Nutr l988;40:86-94

* Roberts HJ, Aspartame (NutraSweet): Is It Safe? Philadelphia,

The Charles Press, 1989.

* Roberts HJ, Aspartame Disease: An Ignored Epidemic. West Palm

Beach, Sunshine Sentinel Press, 2001

* Roberts HJ, Aspartame-induced dyspnea and pulmonary

hypertension, Townsend Letter for Doctors & Patients 2003; 237

(January): 64-65

* Roberts HJ, Ignored Health Hazards for Pilots and Drivers. West

Palm Beach, Sunshine Sentinel Press, 1998.

* Roberts HJ, Aspartame (NutraSweet) addiction, Townsend Letter

for Doctors & Patients, 2900; 198 (January): 52-57

 

H. J. Roberts, MD, FACP, FCCP

Palm Beach Institute for Medical Research

P. O. Box 17799

West Palm Beach, Florida 33416 USA

 

_______________

 

You will note that Dr. Roberts wrote this paper because so many young

athletes are dropping dead. Some may remember athlete Steve

Bechler's death in West Palm Beach. Tim Sullivan said in the San

Diego Union Tribune in Feb, 2003, that whether Steve Bechler's

passing (23 year old Baltimore Oriole pitcher) should prompt baseball

to ban ephedra-based products is a more complicated matter, one that

raises questions of civil rights and individual responsibilities, and

about the gap between medical opinion and governmental regulations.

But while Steve Bechler's death was blamed on ephedra this no doubt

was another Diet Coke with aspartame death. At the time of his

death, H. J. Roberts, M.D. who also lives in West Palm

Beach immediately called the Broward County medical examiner, Dr.

Joshua Perper, and asked him how many diet drinks was Bechler

drinking. Dr. Perper didn't even know why he asked. The Idaho

Observer wrote the story, Aspartame Poisoning Cover for Ephedra. It

was finally disclosed Steve Belcher had a weight problem, he would go

without eating for a couple of days and then drink diet pop with

aspartame all day. He had a family history of heart problems and

aspartame destroys the heart. After researching the issue it's

obvious that Steve Bechler did not die because he was using ephedra,

it was just another aspartame death! Even Dr. Perper could only

conclude that ephedrine "probably contributed" to his death but this

doctor was not knowledgeable of aspartame's effect on the heart nor

did he know that Steve Belcher was using it.

 

Obviously ephedra could interact with aspartame but then virtually

all drugs interact with aspartame. But the FDA used this aspartame

death to remove another supplement. Are they going to take all the

drugs off the market because they interact with aspartame? Shouldn't

they ban aspartame instead? John W. Olney, M.D., was asked by the

Ephedra Education Council to review some of the FDA cases. Go to

(<http://www.ephedrafacts.com>http://www.ephedrafacts.com) for the

full report. The adverse event reports Dr. Olney examined include

those reviewed for FDA by Doctors Ricaute and Stoll. Dr. Olney says

out of 28 cases, there is not a single case that the expert reviewers

rated as having a highly probable causal association with ingestion

of Ephedra. Didn't bother FDA at all, they could cover up another

aspartame death and grab another supplement to please Big Pharma.

 

Dr. H. J. Roberts said in his position paper on aspartame and cardiac

symptoms (www.dorway.com ) under atypical chest pain: "More than 50

aspartame reactors experienced unexplained pain in the chest. Many

others have atypical pain elsewhere in the body. A number underwent

stress tests and coronary angioplasty for suspected coronary heart

disease' they proved normal in the majority."

 

Ephedra is off the market and the sudden cardiac deaths of athletes

continue to this day, as well as others in the population including

children. Russell Blaylock, M.D., wrote this Athlete Alert on the

subject:

 

ATHLETE ALERT:

RENOWNED NEUROSURGEON IDENTIFIES

ASPARTAME & MSG

IN SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH

 

Contributed By Dr. Betty Martini, D.Hum

Mission Possible International

E-Mail: <BettyM19 (AT) mindspring (DOT) com>BettyM19 (AT) mindspring (DOT) com

 

Originally Posted At:

<http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/4/prwebxml225071.php>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/4/prwebxml225071.php

 

Neurosurgeon Russell Blaylock, M.D. explains the relationship between

sudden cardiac death, especially in athletes, and excitotoxic damage

produced by food additives and artificial sweeteners.

 

(PRWEB) April 14, 2005 -- Dr. Russell Blaylock, an author and

neurosurgeon, explains the relationship between sudden cardiac death,

especially in athletes, and excitotoxic damage caused by food

additives and artificial sweeteners. -- By Russell L. Blaylock, M.D.

 

Over 460,000 people annually die of a disorder called sudden cardiac

death, according to CDC statistics. This condition strikes otherwise

healthy people who have experienced no obvious symptoms of heart

disease prior to their abrupt deaths.

 

An alarming number young athletes are included in these deaths, in

high schools and colleges as well as among professional athletes.

While in some of these individuals cardiologists found evidence of

coronary disease and scars from earlier silent heart attacks, there

is one mechanism that's getting no attention at all: the excitotoxin

damage caused by food additives and the artificial sweetener

aspartame. This is despite growing evidence that the excitotoxic

mechanism plays a major role in cardiac disease.

 

Previously, it was thought that excitotoxic food additives, such as

monosodium glutamate and aspartic acid in aspartame, cause their

damage in the cardiovascular centers in the brain stem and/or by

over-stimulating sympathetic centers in the hypothalamus of the

brain. Both mechanisms have resulted in sudden cardiac death in

experimental animals.

 

A particularly deadly combination occurs in young athletes: Low

magnesium intake, high calcium intake, low intake of omega-3 fatty

acids and excitotoxins in food additives. Strenuous exercise,

especially in extreme heat, depletes the body's magnesium stores, as

does consumption of carbonated drinks and taking calcium supplements.

Also adrenalin secretion, increased during exercise, intensifies

heart muscle irritability and further loss of magnesium as well. When

calcium supplements are taken in the face of an existing magnesium

deficiency, both magnesium and calcium are driven into the bones,

producing a sudden magnesium-depletion crisis.

 

Low magnesium produces seizures and causes sudden cardiac arrest. In

a classic experiment it was found that stressing magnesium-deficient

animals resulted in an almost 100% mortality from sudden cardiac

arrest. Adding magnesium reduced mortality dramatically. A

considerable body of evidence has shown that low omega-3 fat intake

significantly increases the risk and severity of cardiac arrhythmias,

the main cause of sudden cardiac death.

 

A number of studies have shown that Americans are significantly

deficient in these protective fats. Finally, recent research has

shown that the brain is not the only tissue having glutamate

receptors. Numerous glutamate receptors have been found both within

the heart's electrical conduction system and the heart muscle itself.

 

When an excess of food-borne excitotoxins, such as MSG, hydrolyzed

protein soy protein isolate and concentrate, natural flavoring,

sodium caseinate and aspartate from aspartame, are consumed, these

glutamate receptors are over-stimulated, producing cardiac

arrhythmias. When magnesium stores are low, as we see in athletes,

the glutamate receptors are so sensitive that even low levels of

these excitotoxins can result in cardiac arrhythmias and death.

 

This is especially so when combined with the other factors mentioned.

Under such condition, free radicals and lipid eroxidation products

build up within the muscle cells, leading to the same outcome.

 

High consumption of aspartame adds an additional cardiac muscle

toxin: methanol. A number of studies have shown that consuming

aspartame and MSG (and similar excitotoxins) together greatly

magnifies the toxicity.

 

Young people live on junk foods, most of which contain a number of

excitotoxic additives. Several studies have shown that the levels

consumed by our youth equal those that cause damage in experimental

animals. Humans are 5X more sensitive to these toxins than any animal.

 

The same factors operate in older individuals. Most people over age

50 years are depleted of magnesium, have low omega-3 fat intakes, are

under stress and take a number of medications which compromise

nutrition, especially magnesium levels. Because seniors are more

likely to have coronary artery disease plus other medical conditions,

their risk of sudden cardiac death is even higher.

 

Both athletes and those over age 45 should take magnesium

supplements, antioxidants, omega-3 oils, eat more vegetables and

avoid foods and artificial sweeteners containing excitotoxins such as

aspartame and MSG. This accomplishes a lot more than attempting to

rescue a victim with an external defibrillator after the fact.

 

Dr. Blaylock's web site is

<http://www.russellblaylockmd.com>http://www.russellblaylockmd.com.

He is author of "Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills and Health &

Nutrition Secrets to Save Your Life." He can be seen in the movie on

aspartame, "Sweet Misery: A Poisoned World." Copies are available

from www.soundandfury.tv

 

In the movie, "Sweet Misery," Diane Fleming is interviewed from

prison. Her husband, an aspartame addict, who played basketball

several times a week, died and she was charged with his death.

Several experts have written affidavits that Charles Fleming died

from aspartame. His last drink was three times the amount of

creatine which interacted with aspartame.

 

Contact:

 

Dr. Betty Martini, D.Hum

Founder, Mission Possible International

9270 River Club Parkway

Duluth, Georgia 30097

770-242-2599

<http://www.dorway.com>http://www.dorway.com , www.mpwhi.com and www.wnho.net

 

Aspartame Toxicity Center:

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

 

Aspartame Information List: www.mpwhi.com scroll down to banners

 

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Note that Dr. Blaylock talks about the growing evidence that the

excitotoxic mechanism of aspartame plays a major role in cardiac

disease. Myocardial infarctions or heart attacks are notorious

triggered by aspartame and the CDC investigation on this poison

reports cardiac arrest and death.

 

In the medical text, Aspartame Disease: An Ignored Epidemic by Dr.

Roberts, over 1000 pages, there is a chapter on heart and chest

problems. www.sunsentpress.com Dr. Roberts says on page 399: "The

question is properly raised, "Could aspartame reactions precipitate

or aggravate existing ischemia (coronary) heart disease?" The

histories of several reactors suggest a temporal relationship between

beginning aspartame consumption and an ENSUING HEART ATTACK."

 

Because aspartame interacts with all cardiac medication, a further

investigation into his death should be established. What other drugs

was George Carlin using?

 

It hasn't been that long since another Diet Coke user died, Heath

Ledger: http://www.mpwhi.com/heath_ledger.htm It was established

that he died of polypharmacy. The most deadly drug he was using was

aspartame in Diet Coke.

 

Dr. Russell Blaylock said in one interview: "You have a million

patients in this country with arrhythmias that are life-threatening,

and no one's telling them to avoid MSG and

<http://aromatherapy4u.wordpress.com/2006/12/26/aspartameant-poison-or-human-food-ingredient/>aspartame,

yet it's a major source of cardiac irritability."

 

Even President Bill Clinton uses Diet Coke and ended up in the

hospital with cardiac surgery. Dr. Roberts had dinner with him

years before and tried to get him to give it up, and gave him copies

of some of his books. He obviously was too addicted to give it up.

 

It's very difficult to get some victims of aspartame disease off the

poison. The free methyl alcohol is classified as a narcotic and

causes chronic methanol poisoning. This effects the dopamine system

of the brain and causes the addiction. In talking with Dr. Bill

Deagle I mentioned many aspartame addicts simply are not

rational. He said its because aspartame effects the frontal lobes

and it's like talking to someone who has had a lobotomy. Talking

about dumbing down the public! The FDA knows all the

dangers. Indeed, they had revoked the petition for approval until

Don Rumsfeld got it on the market through political chicanery. They

even had tried to indict the manufacturer. Yet today they refuse to

serve within the law and even answer a citizens petition to ban and

an amendment on the imminent health hazard. Chest pain is on their

FDA list of 92 documented symptoms from 4 types of seizures to coma

and death. They are simply Big Pharma's Washington Branch Office.

 

Dr. Blaylock provides this detox program: www.wnho.net/wtdaspartame.htm

 

Dr. Betty Martini, D.Hum, Founder

Mission Possible International

9270 River Club Parkway

Duluth, Georgia 30097

770 242-2599

www.mpwhi.com, www.dorway.com and www.wnho.net

Aspartame Toxicity Center, www.holisticmed.com/aspartame

Aspartame Information List, www.mpwhi.com scroll down to banners

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Not only that, but he was also addicted to illegal drugs and alcohol. It is surprising that he lived as long as he did. Carol

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I understand that it was the legal drug Vicadin that he was addicted to. He only did Marijuana and powder cocaine, which are both non-addictive.Craig

[Guest guest]

Yes, and aspartame interacts with those

drugs. You are right, it's surprising that he lived as long as he did.

 

Betty At 11:04 AM 6/27/2008, Craig Rawlings wrote:

 

 

 

>Not only that, but he was also addicted to

>illegal drugs and alcohol. It is surprising that he lived as long as he did.

>

>Carol

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>

>I understand that it was the legal drug Vicadin

>that he was addicted to. He only did Marijuana

>and powder cocaine, which are both non-addictive.

>

>Craig

>

[Guest guest]

71 years is not a long life.

In my studies, humans are meant to live 120 years old on an optimal life

style.

So Carlin was short changed 49 years.

 

 

Dr. Betty Martini,D.Hum. wrote:

>

> Yes, and aspartame interacts with those

> drugs. You are right, it's surprising that he lived as long as he did.

>

> Betty At 11:04 AM 6/27/2008, Craig Rawlings wrote:

>

> >Not only that, but he was also addicted to

> >illegal drugs and alcohol. It is surprising that he lived as long as

> he did.

> >

> >Carol

> >

> >.

> >

> >

> >I understand that it was the legal drug Vicadin

> >that he was addicted to. He only did Marijuana

> >and powder cocaine, which are both non-addictive.

> >

> >Craig

> >

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[Guest guest]

He shortchanged himself. He certainly didn't live a life of someone who wanted to live to be 120. He had options, as do we all, and he chose drugs and alcohol, and bad food choices.Edwin Casimero <eesc71 years is not a long life.In my studies, humans are meant to live 120 years old on an optimal life style.So Carlin was short changed 49 years.

[Guest guest]

You know I've heard that the figure is closer to 150-200 if we not only take care of the body, but also keep a balanced emotional state and positive outlook. George Carlin was a very caring guy. He was outraged by what he saw--and justifiably. He did self-medicate with the wrong things so in that sense he was accountable for weakening his system, but really, between the flouridated water, the chemical-saturated foods, and the toxin laden air, he was very much hastened to his end, and the rest of us were robbed yet again. From: bluegreensolutionsDate: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:01:41 -0700Re: George Carlin dead: Diet Coke with Aspartame and Cardiac Death

 

 

 

He shortchanged himself. He certainly didn't live a life of someone who wanted to live to be 120. He had options, as do we all, and he chose drugs and alcohol, and bad food choices.Edwin Casimero <eesc (AT) filipinowebservices (DOT) com>71 years is not a long life.In my studies, humans are meant to live 120 years old on an optimal life style.So Carlin was short changed 49 years.

 

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