CBS, WebMD: Complete History of aspartame and this shameful report

[Guest guest]

Dear WebMD and CBS:

 

This is one of the most sorriest stories I've

read in a long time. This article was written to

tell people don't worry about these poisons,

everything is just fine and dandy. You say

sometimes it can take years or even decades to

find the truth. Perhaps checking on the truth

instead of propaganda would be of benefit to your

readers not trash to help the food industry and the aspartame manufacturers.

 

How long has it been known that aspartame is an

addictive excitoneurotoxic carcinogenic drug that

interacts with virtually all drugs and vaccines,

a chemical poison? The FDA knew immediately. back

in the l970's. The original manufacturer,

Searle, couldn't take a poison and make it show

safety so they got caught with their pants down

doing such things as filtering out neoplasms so

the FDA wouldn't see them, and removing brain

tumors from rats, then putting them back in the

study and when the rats died they resurrected

them on paper. So the FDA asked that Searle be

indicted for fraud. Showing you the power of the

aspartame industry both U.S. Prosecutors Sam

Skinner and William Conlon hired on with the

defense team and the statute of limitations

expired. But the FDA had no intention of

allowing this deadly poison to be on the market

and revoked the petition for approval. Here it

is: http://www.mpwhi.com/fda_petition1.doc

 

Don Rumsfeld was CEO of Searle at the time, put

there because of Searle's problems, to clean up

those problems and get aspartame on the

market. Talking to former employees they told

me " everyone knew aspartame was poison and people

thought the office would be closed down " . The

Bressler Report shows you some of the things

Searle did: http://www.dorway.com/bressler.txt

However, this is not the worst of the report as

there is 20% missing, two mice studies that were

conveniently removed when the FDA re-typed the

report. The FDA thought it was so bad and so

poisonous they didn't want anyone to know how bad

aspartame really is, which doesn't say much for

the FDA even though they tried to prevent approval.

Dr. H. J. Roberts even asked his congressman to

get the remainder after talking to Jerome

Bressler but the FDA told the congressman it was

confidential and they weren't going to release it

even though its public record. So you have a

corrupt FDA. I even attempted to get this

material through FOIA but first it was

confidential and then it was

destroyed. http://www.mpwhi.com/fda_gate.htm

Pretty pathetic. But the Bressler Report as

stated above shows what Searle did to try and hide the facts.

 

Don Rumsfeld also knowing it was poison said he

would call in his markers and get it approved

anyway. What were those markers? President

Reagan had promised to nominate Rumsfeld as Vice

President and instead used George Bush. So

Rumsfeld felt Reagan owed him a favor. The day

after he took office he appointed Dr. Arthur Hull

Hayes to be FDA Commissioner to over-rule the

Board of Inquiry. The day after FDA had revoked

the petition Searle sued to keep FDA Commissioner

Jere Goyan from signing that petition into

law. In the meantime, what to do with Jere Goyan

who his wife said Rumsfeld had said had to go,

because if he signed the petition aspartame would

never have gotten on the market and millions of

people the world over would be alive today who

are now dead from this deadly chemical

poison. Here's what happened. A member of the

Reagan Transition Team called Jere Goyan at three

AM and fired him. Here's a letter from his wife

confirming this: www.mpwhi.com/letter_about_jere_goyan.pdf

 

President Reagan then wrote an Executive Order

making the FDA powerless to do anything about

aspartame until Arthur Hull Hayes got to the FDA

30 days later. From the aspartame documentary,

Sweet Misery: A Poisoned World,

www.sunsentpress.com here is the clip where James

Turner, Atty, tells about this and the Executive

Order:

http://www.soundandfury.tv/pages/rumsfeld2.html

Then the Executive Order which by law must be

public record was expunged so nobody could see

it. Don Rumsfeld should be put on an iceberg and

sent out to sea for the murders of all those who

have died from aspartame, and those who are

disabled the world over. Mission Possible

International is a global volunteer force with

operations in 39 nations of the world warning all

consumers off this deadly poison.

 

Once Arthur Hull Hayes took office he over-ruled

the Board of Inquiry and then went to work for

the PR Agency of the manufacturer and has refused

to talk to the press ever since. He was on

contract for $1000.00 a day for ten years. Quite

a reward for getting a poison on the market that

would kill millions and because of its addictive

nature would make the company billions. One

article says Hayes over the years was never at

Burston Marstellar but about 15 days.

 

In l983/84 Searle decided to see just how fast

aspartame kills and did studies in 6

countries. According to translator N. Vera

people were sacrificed from poor villages. Some

died. The studies showed aspartame hardens the

synovial fluids which accounts for the horrible

joint pain many times given the junkbucket

diagnosis fibromyalgia so many aspartame victims

experience. Some got brain tumors and some

seizures. They showed aspartame destroys the

brain and the central nervous system. Her

affidavit also shows that the pregnant woman lost

her baby, hemorrhaged and disappeared. They were

never published, of course. Searle sold to

Monsanto and Rummy got 12 million making his

fortune for getting a deadly poisoned marketed

for human consumption. According to NutraPoison

by Alex

Constantine: http://www.dorway.com/possible.html

and the prestigious Ecologist in

2005:

http://www.mpwhi.com/ecologist_september_2005.doc

aspartame was listed with the pentagon in an

inventory of prospective biochemical warfare

weapons submitted to Congress. So instead of

poisoning the enemy aspartame was used to poison

consumers in the US and eventually in 100

countries of the world. Monsanto eventually sold

to Ajinomoto, Merisant (a group of Monsanto

managers), Michael Dell and Child's. Ajinomoto

owns the major part of the aspartame industry.

 

When aspartame was originally approved

immediately people began getting seizures, being

diagnosed with MS, fibromyalgia, lupus and many

other diseases and symptoms. The FDA listed 92

documented symptoms including the ultimate

" symptom "

death. www.mpwhi.com/92_aspartame_symptoms.pdf

Senator Howard Metzenbaum immediately tried to

get congressional hearings. Senator Orrin Hatch

refused until l985 and he was given money by

Monsanto. It was because of his influence it is

believed that a bill by Senator Metzenbaum never

got out of committee. It would have put a

moratorium on aspartame and had NIH do

independent studies on the problems being seen in

the population such as seizures, what it does to

the fetus, behavioral problems and drug

interactions. Here is the May Congressional

hearing:

http://www.wnho.net/congressional_record1.doc So

because of Monsanto's influence and paying

senators nothing happened. There was another

congressional hearing in August, l985. Even

FDA's own toxicologists testified against the FDA.

 

 

On August 1, l985 the FDA's own toxicologist, Dr.

Adrian Gross, told Congress at least one of

Searle's studies " has established beyond ANY

REASONABLE DOUBT that aspartame is capable of

inducing brain tumors in experimental animals and

that this predisposition of it is of extremely

high significance. ... In view of these

indications that the cancer causing potential of

aspartame is a matter that had been established

WAY BEYOND ANY REASONABLE DOUBT, one can ask:

What is the reason for the apparent refusal by

the FDA to invoke for this food additive the

so-called Delaney Amendment to the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act? "

 

The Delaney Amendment makes it illegal to allow

any residues of cancer causing chemicals in

foods. In his concluding testimony Gross asked,

" Given the cancer causing potential of aspartame

how would the FDA justify its position that it

views a certain amount of aspartame as

constituting an allowable daily intake or 'safe'

level of it? Is that position in effect not

equivalent to setting a 'tolerance' for this food

additive and thus a violation of that law? And if

the FDA itself elects to violate the law, who is

left to protect the health of the public? "

Congressional Record SID835:131 (August 1, l985)

 

Dr. Jacqueline Verrett, a former FDA

toxicologist, and member of an FDA task force

that investigated the authenticity of research

done by Searle to establish the safety of

aspartame, said she believes the original

aspartame studies were " built on a foundation of

sand. " (Testimony of Dr. Jacqueline Verrett, FDA

Toxicologist, before the U.S. Senate Committee on

Labor and Human Resources, regarding " NutraSweet

Health and Safety Concerns. " (November 3, l987)

 

She testified in front of a U.S. Senate hearing

in 1987 that flawed tests conducted by Searle --

used as the basis of FDA approval - were a

" disaster " and should have been " thrown

out. " She said she believed the studies left

many unanswered questions about possible birth

defects and the safety of aspartame. Verrett

said the team was instructed not to be concerned

with, or comment upon, the overall validity of

the study. She said a subsequent review

discarded or ignored the problems and

deficiencies outlined by her team's original

report. She said, " serious departures from

acceptable toxicological protocols " that her

investigative team noted in the reevaluation of

these studies were also discounted.

 

She warned that any of the improper practices

would compromise and negate a safety study of a

food additive. Verrett concluded the data in the

study was worthless, and the safety of aspartame

and its breakdown products have therefore not

been determined. She emphasized that aspartame

exists in the marketplace without basic toxicity

information. She said there are no data to

assess the interactions with DKP, excess

phenylalanine, other aspartame metabolites,

additives, drugs or other chemicals.

 

In her testimony, Verrett elaborated on DKP

problems which aspartame breaks down to,

including significant increases of uterine polyps

and changes in blood cholesterol. DKP is formed

when liquids in particular are pre-sweetened with

aspartame. The production of DKP is vulnerable

to increase in temperature, and higher

temperatures produce increasing amounts of

DKP. She reminded members of the Congressional

Committee " that is why initially, aspartame was

not intended or not planned to be used in liquids

because of this decomposition...it was decided it

was too unstable to be used in hot preparations,

hot liquids, and also in diet drinks.

 

Keep in mind that even though the FDA knew you

could not heat aspartame, its adulterated and

decomposes as discussed in the protest of the

National Soft Drink Association, now American

Beverage

http://www.wnho.net/open_letter_dick_adamson.htm

they turned right around and approved it for

baking in 1993. Note now that its been proven

that aspartame violates the Delaney Amendment

because it causes cancer, adulteration laws and

the law is identified in the NSDA protest above,

and even interstate commerce laws because you

can't ship an adulterated product for sale. These

diet drinks were sent to the Persian Gulf where

they sat in 120 degree Arabian sun and the troops

drank them all day. No wonder that the list of

symptoms for Desert Storm Illness is identical to

the FDA list of 92

symptoms.

http://www.wnho.net/aspartameandgulfwar.htm The

troops have many of the problems so notorious

with aspartame such as Lou Gehrigs and MS, brain

tumors, memory loss, joint pain, etc. Because

aspartame is a poison, a chemical

hypersensitization agent it even interacts with

other toxins so in the case of depleted uranium

the troops problems would be more serious.

 

Dr. James Bowen who has Lou Gehrigs or ALS from

aspartame wrote the FDA 20 years ago and told

them aspartame is mass poisoning of the American

public and more than 70+ countries of the world

(now over 100) and that everyone involved should

be criminally prosecuted. Amen. His letter

regarding labeling is on www.dorway.com under

experts. This should include the FDA who today is

protecting the aspartame manufacturers even

though they know its a deadly poison.

 

It was James Turner, DC attorney and former Nader

Raider who with the famed Dr. John Olney who

founded the field of neuroscience called

excitotoxicity, tried to prevent approval of

aspartame. Here is Dr. Olney's 49 page report to

the FDA Board of Inquiry about how aspartame if

approved would destroy the brains of our

children. http://www.wnho.net/dr_olney1.doc The

FDA agreed. Today there is no warning about

birth defects on the label and ADD, ADHD,

Tourettes and autism and such are epidemic. Even

Dr. Louis Elsas testified before Congress in May,

1985, who at the time was a Pediatric Professor

at Emory University, genetics. Back on November

3, l987 he told Congress: .. " I am a

pediatrician, a Professor of Pediatrics at Emory,

and have spent 25 years in the biomedical

sciences, trying to prevent mental retardation

and birth defects caused by excess

phenylalanine. And therein lies my basic

concern, that aspartame is in fact a well known

neurotoxin and teratogen which, in some as yet

undefined dose, will both reversibly in the adult

and irreversibly in the developing child or fetal

brain, produce adverse effects. "

 

So when you wonder about birth defects are so

epidemic its because 70% of the population are

using aspartame. It completely destroys

families. As Dr. Bowen wrote in Aspartame

Murders Infants: " In every point in the

fertility process aspartame destroys, beginning

with the gleam in Mom and Pope's eyes: it ruins

female sexual response and induces male sexual

dysfunction. Beyond this, aspartame disrupts

fetal development by aborting it or inducing

defects. And if a live child is born aspartame

may have heinously damaged the DNA of the baby, cursing future generations.

 

Talking about future generations, Dr. M.

Soffritti, did the prestigious Ramazzini Study in

Italy in 2005 and showed what the FDA knew over a

quarter of a century ago, that aspartame is a

multipotential carcinogen. Besides brain tumors

aspartame triggered thyroid, pancreatic, ovarian,

uterine, testicular and mammary tumors for

starters. The aspartame industry did everything

possible to rebut this million dollar prestigious

independent study peer reviewed by 7 world

experts.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/12/business/yourmoney/12sweet.html?ex=1297400400 & \

en=f5f573accc334534 & ei=5088 & partner=rssnyt & emc=rss

Here is one bogus study they tried to use:

http://www.wnho.net/halt_the_spin_on_bogus_studies.htm

The aspartame industry knew they had had it and

they went all out to refute the study. The FDA

and the European Union were asked about

the seriousness of aspartame causing

cancer. Would you believe what their excuse is

for not removing it from the above New York Times

article: " Putting restrictions on aspartame

would come at a significant cost. Food companies

and consumers around the world bought about $570

million worth of it last year. New regulatory

action on aspartame would also jeopardize the

billions of dollars worth of products sold with

it. " So neither the FDA nor the European Union

were the least bit interested in the health of

the world in using this carcinogen but were

concerned about the finances of the

manufacturers, and this is with full knowledge

that aspartame is a deadly poison. This is an abomination!

 

Because of this rebuttal Dr. Soffritti did

another study showing not only is aspartame a

multipotential carcinogen but even in small

amounts and can be passed on through the mother

to her

offspring.

http://www.laleva.org/eng/2007/04/aspartame_fda_spins_news_on_second_cancer_stud\

y.html

Wonder why there is an epidemic of cancer? Now you know.

 

Of course aspartame is a carcinogen. The FDA

knew it decades ago. Not only does it cause

cancer but the formaldehyde converted from the

free methyl alcohol actually embalms living

tissue and damages DNA. When you damage DNA you

can destroy humanity. Here is the actual Trocho

Study done in Barcelona that proved

this.

www.mpwhi.com/formaldehyde_from_aspartame.pdf I

spoke to Dr. Alemany in Barcelona about this

study. He said, " Betty, aspartame can kill 200

million people. " It no doubt already has. It's

also an abortifacient. Just imagine the millions

of babies murdered in their mother's womb. Why

isn't this study known all over the world? Dr.

Alemany explains the modus operandi of the

NutraSweet people. They try to assassinate their

character and then research funds are

reduced. Here is Dr. Alemany's letter about this

written when we tried to get aspartame banned in

Hawaii. www.mpwhi.com/hhc-malemany.pdf How does

the aspartame industry able to get research funds

rejected or reduced. Just read the 8 month

investigation of aspartame by United Press

International: http://www.wnho.net/upi_1987_aspartame1.htm

 

How much worse can it get. I haven't scratched

the surface. How about causing you to drop

dead? Here are reports on this from renowned experts on aspartame:

 

H. J. Roberts, M.D., author of the 1000 page

medical text, Aspartame Disease: An Ignored

Epidemic, www.sunsentpress.com wrote this

one: http://www.wnho.net/aspartame_and_arrhythmias.htm

 

Russell Blaylock, M.D., neurosurgeon and author

of Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills,

www.russellblaylockmd.com wrote this

one: http://www.wnho.net/aspartame_msg_scd.htm

 

Why do we have an epidemic of lupus? Dr. James

Bowen explained: " The ability of methyl

alcohol/formaldehyde to create antigenicity,

especially as combed in aspartame molecules is so

great as to cause severe autoimmune reactions to

the tissues deformed by formaldehyde

polemerization, adduct formation. The immune

system turns against the victim's tissues: Lupus. "

 

Why do we have an epidemic of

MS: http://www.mpwhi.com/new_report_at_neurology_conference.htm

 

As you see renowned experts have documented all

these diseases triggered by this deadly poison.

An additive is suppose to be by law inert, or

non-reactive. Aspartame is no additive, another falsehood.

 

Why are seizures epidemic? Because aspartame is

a seizure triggering drug proven by Searle

themselves:

http://www.aspartaam.nl/artikelen_eng/raorapport.txt

Recently an informant working for Pfizer called

the Epileptic Foundation of Maui and said that

when they reformulated Dilantin they added

aspartame and they didn't want the people to be

deceived because he knew aspartame itself

triggers seizures. It also interacts with

anti-seizure medication as discussed in Dr

Roberts medical text. Now with aspartame

actually in anti-seizure medication they don't

have a chance. Dilantin is the most used

anti-seizure medication. Here is the

report:

http://www.mpwhi.com/epilepsy_study_incriminates_aspartame.htm

As I was typing this report I just received a

call from a man in Ohio who had read the report

and mentioned that he too was having problems

with the new Dilantin suffering such things as

fatigue (aspartame destroys the immune system and

triggers chronic fatigue) and vision problems

(the free methyl alcohol converts to formaldehyde

and formic acid in the retina of the eye and

destroys the optic nerve). The Idaho Observer

called Pfizer and asked why they reformulated

Dilantin. They said they wanted to add some

sugar. Isn't this interesting since you swallow

Dilantin and no matter what you put in it you

wouldn't taste it, and why would there be a need

to change it. Such excuses! http://www.proliberty.com/observer/20080710.htm

 

Today the aspartame industry has strong relations

with all government agencies. I brought some of

these damning reports to the European Union in

Brussels when they were reviewing aspartame. I

knew no matter what I brought them they would

eliminate them and use industry propaganda. In

fact, I was wired by a documentarian because they

knew too. That's exactly what they did. They

completely eliminated every document that exposed

aspartame and they used industry propaganda even

though I brought them reports showing how they

fix the studies. Dr. Ralph Walton did research

for 60 Minutes showing that 92% of independent

scientific peer reviewed research showed the

problems aspartame causes and only studies

controlled or funded by industry ever said it was

safe. http://www.dorway.com/peerrev.html

Here is the rebuttal to their report which was

nothing but industry

propaganda:

http://www.holisticmed.com/aspartame/scf2002.html

If you read the postscript first you will see

that this was reviewed by OLAF, The European

Anti-Fraud Agency and they admitted this was

written by only one individual and not the

committee. Scientific Committee on Food seemed

to disappear and then we have the European Food

Safety Authority. The EFSA wrote the rebuttal to

the Ramazzini Study saying the rats had

respiratory disease. If this wasn't a hoot

because as Dr. Soffritti pointed out respiratory

disease is the dying process. Finally a member

confessed that they were pressured by industry to

hijack science. However, aspartame was never

removed from Europe even with the

confession. I've written many times to Food

Standards in England, especially about having

industry propaganda on their web site. You will

see the many letters on www.mpwhi.com under

" England " . They refuse to answer my questions

only saying they will have a new study with

anecdotal reports. We've been swamped with those

from all over the world for over a quarter of a

century. They basically intend to do nothing.

 

Last July I flew to New Zealand when Abby

Cormack, a young actress in Wellington almost

died from aspartame in Wrigley's chewing

gum. Gum is one of the worst aspartame products

because it works like nitroglycerin under the

tongue, goes through saliva straight to the

brain. Here is Dr. Roberts report on aspartame

and

absorption:

http://www.wnho.net/aspartame_absorption.htm

Aspartame has triggered a world epidemic of

bipolar because the phenylalanine in aspartame

lowers the seizure threshold and depletes

serotonin which triggers bipolar, suicidal

tendencies, panic attacks, paranoia, insomnia,

etc. Abby was about to be diagnosed with bipolar

until she happened to get on www.dorway.com and

saw her symptoms and got off the poison and got

well. Here is her

story:

http://www.mpwhi.com/abby_cormack_story.htm Here

is what the experts say about

Abby:

http://www.mpwhi.com/experts_on_aspartame_and_abby_cormack.htm

Suit was filed against Wrigley's in 2004 because

they have been told for years. While they got

out of it they were so arrogant and cared so

little about the human race they turned right

around and put aspartame in all but two of their

gums, with full knowledge of what it would do to

humans. Now that the information is all over the

Internet Wrigley's decided to get rid of their liability and sold to Mars.

 

Abby Cormack is a very courageous young woman and

has wanted to get aspartame out of New Zealand so

others would not suffer what she did. I lectured

with her and Sue Kedgley from Parliament in

Wellington, Auckland and Christchurch. Abby is a

very beautiful, well spoken and courageous young

lady and she was able to get a great deal of

publicity even before I came to New

Zealand. People were listening to her and

realizing they were also using aspartame and had

the same symptoms, they too got off of it and got

in touch. When I arrived there was more

publicity through TV, radio, newspapers and

magazines. People were getting off aspartame

right and left and as someone told me on the

street: " I saw Abby, had her same symptoms, got

off aspartame and got well. She saved my

life. " Meanwhile, the New Zealand Food Safety

Authority was having a consumer meeting on the

issue and refused my admittance. They did not

want the facts on aspartame, and I was standing

at their door. As publicity continued and people

were getting well the NZFSA was actually putting

out press releases for the public not to listen

to the campaigners, but to get on their web

site. Of course, their web site had nothing but

propaganda and read like it came right out of the

mouth of Ajinomoto. Ajinomoto then turned around

and used the NZFSA's propaganda as an

advertisement. This is what we have to put up

with even in other countries where the

manufacturers of aspartame spew propaganda and

care little for the health of the

public.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0708/S00086.htm

Just recently a petition to ban aspartame in New

Zealand with filed with over 8000

signatures: http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0807/S00152.htm

 

If you're interested in what went on in New

Zealand the best article written was by

an incredible journalist and Mission Possible

New Zealand, Chris Wheeler. It's called " Dying

For A Diet Coke " : http://www.rense.com/general78/dying.htm

 

One of the reasons the hogwash in this article is

so disturbing is when I was in New York when Dr.

Soffritti gave a lecture on his second study I

called CBS and offered to send them all these

damning records and the movie, Sweet Misery: A

Poisoned World. Mr. Bashia from CBS says he

never received any of the packages. This report

was put out by CBS and Web MD as you note

below. It was written by Martin Downs. Martin

F. Downs is a freelance writer who lives in

Meriden, N.H. Previously he worked as an editor

at CBS HealthWatch.com. He has reported on health

and other topics for many online and print

publications. He was the only one I could find

on the Internet and its difficult to believe he

would put out a report on all the products known

to be dangerous and play them down. This is

absolutely shameful. I wouldn't hire the author

of this article to work for the trash department.

 

Notice he goes into dyes and says the FDA says if

they are used properly they are okay. In June

the FDA was urged to ban 8 dyes used in

foods. You will find the report on

www.mpwhi.com They are anything but safe. An

old newspaper article shows the FDA has put the

issue off 27 times and that was a long time ago. Shameful.

 

Rather than discuss MSG which is an excitotoxin

and incidentally has a synergistic and additive

effect with aspartame go to www.truthinlabeling.org

 

When you get to aspartame you will see them

mention a study by the National Cancer

Institute. You will see this discussed above as

the bogus study. Turned out to be a multifood

form from years ago we call the brownie oatmeal

study. Don't miss reading this report.

 

To the public: What you can do is take this

report and your own comments and send it to your

congressman. The first weekend after Labor Day

is Aspartame Awareness Weekend. It's time that

the FDA's doors are closed and an agency be set

up that is interested in safe food and

drugs. Today the FDA is simply Big Pharma's

Washington Branch Office. There is no excuse for

keeping a deadly poison on the market for over a

quarter of a century when even their own

toxicologists reported them to Congress.

 

What Dr. James Bowen told the FDA 20 years ago

applies today: He said: " The only responsible

action would be to immediately take aspartame off

the market, fully disclose its toxicities, offer

full compensation to the injured, public and

criminal prosecute anyone who participated in the

fraudulent placement of aspartame on the

marketplace. That includes those who work so

diligently to keep it on the market as

well. " To CBS and WEB MD you need to apologize

to the public for such a report. If you put

aspartame into google you will get over 3 million

hits and all kinds of reports such as I have

given you including original government

documents. There are books, medical texts,

movies, aspartame detoxification centers, and

aspartame toxicity center and enough references

that nobody should write such nonsense.

 

Safe sweeteners are easy to make, they don't have

to give the public poison. One sweetener is Just

Like Sugar which you can get in Whole Foods or on

line at www.justlikesugarinc.com Its made from

chicory and orange peel, Vitamin C and Calcium,

so its ideal for diabetics. Aspartame on the

other hand can actually precipitate diabetes,

simulates and aggravates diabetic retinopathy and

neuropathy, causes diabetics to go into

convulsions, destroys the optic nerve and even

interacts with insulin. Dr. Roberts who wrote

the medical text is a diabetic specialist. Why

are artificial sweeteners used. People are upset

over the epidemic of obesity, and its aspartame

that is causing it. From Dr. Sandra Cabot,

Mission Possible Australia - Aspartame Makes You

Fatter:

http://www.mpwhi.com/aspartame_makes_you_fatter.htm MSG also causes obesity.

 

Does anyone remember the epidemics we have today

before aspartame was put on the market? Of

course, not. And they continue to add deadly

sweeteners. Another one is Splenda which is a

chlorocarbon poison and the complaints just don't

stop. The Lethal Science of

Splenda:

http://www.wnho.net/splenda_chlorocarbon.htm

There is a billion dollar suit going on now in

California against Splenda. Dr. Bowen also says

because of the chemical hypersensitization of

aspartame, if someone goes from aspartame to

Splenda you will maintain the reactions to

aspartame and pickup those from Splenda or Sucralose.

 

Anyone using aspartame and using drugs, the drugs

are going to interact because aspartame damages

the mitochondria or the life of the cell, and

this causes the interaction according to Dr. Bowen.

 

Also for aspartame awareness weekend we will put

out a flyer for restaurants to get these poisons

off restaurant tables. It will be added to web

in the near future. For those who want to warn

family and friends the Idaho Observer publishes

24 page booklets on aspartame called the

Artificially Sweetened Times,

www.idaho-observer.com You can get them by the

hundreds very inexpensively and they will be

available until we can get this poison off the market.

 

WebMD, people look to you for good

information. You should be ashamed to put out

industry propaganda instead of truth. It's about

time your reports include truthful and reliable

research. Here is another excellent history of

aspartame:

http://www.wnho.net/history_of_aspartame.htm

Read it and learn. The question why aspartame is

controversial could have been answered very simply - because its a killer!

 

A new book has just been published by Beatrice

Trum Hunter, " The Sweetener Trap & How To Avoid

It " , dedicated to H. J. Roberts, M.D., with

homage. It about the power and politics of

sweeteners and their impact on your

health. Beatrice Trum Hunter has written nearly

thirty books on whole foods, food adulteration

and additives. She has received many awards and

recognitions for her pioneering work. CBS and

WEBMD needs to do some homework. CBS should do

an expose on aspartame and give the true facts as I suggested months ago.

 

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, www.wnho.net

Aspartame Toxicity Center, www.holisticmed.com/aspartame

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

 

 

 

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The Truth About 7 Common Food Additives

Aug. 5, 2008

 

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(WebMD) If, like many Americans, you stock your

pantry with processed foods, you may worry about

how safe food additives really are.

 

Over the years, the safety of many food

additives, from food dyes to trans fats, has come

into question. A scare over a food additive may

linger in our minds long after researchers find

that there's actually no cause for alarm. It can

take years, or even decades, to find out the

truth, and sometimes the case is never really closed.

 

To help you figure out what s safe, WebMD took a

look at the latest research on seven of the most

controversial food additives. Here's what we found:

 

1. Artificial coloring

 

What it is Artificial food colors are chemical

dyes used to color food and drinks.

 

Foods that have it Many types of processed foods,

beverages, and condiments have artificial coloring in them.

 

Why it's controversial Artificial food color is

suspected of causing increased hyperactivity in

children. Also, the dye Yellow No. 5 has been

thought to worsen asthma symptoms. (In the 1970s,

the FDA famously banned Red Dye No. 2 after some

studies found that large doses could cause cancer in rats.)

 

What the research shows In 2007, a British study

published in The Lancet concluded that consuming

artificial coloring and preservatives in food can

increase hyperactivity in kids. Scientists have

been studying the link between food additives and

hyperactivity in children for more than 30 years,

with mixed results. But the results of the 2007

study compelled the European Food Standards

Agency to urge companies to voluntarily remove

artificial coloring from food products. The FDA,

however, hasn't changed its opinion on the use of

FDA-approved artificial food colors, which it

considers safe when used properly.

 

Reports suggesting that the food color Yellow No.

5 might aggravate some people's asthma symptoms

date back to the 1950s. But in most controlled

studies, Yellow No. 5 has not been shown to have

a significant impact on asthma, according to a

review of all known studies, which is updated every year.

 

How you find it on the label The following

artificial colors are approved for use in food

products and must be listed as ingredients on labels:

 

* FD & C Blue No. 1 (brilliant blue FCF)

* FD & C Blue No. 2 (indigotine)

* FD & C Green No. 3 (fast green FCF)

* FD & C Red No. 40 (allura red AC)

* FD & C Red No. 3 (erythrosine)

* FD & C Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine)

* FD & C Yellow No. 6 (sunset yellow)

* Orange B (restricted to use in hot dog and sausage casings)

 

 

2. High fructose corn syrup

 

What it is High fructose corn syrup is a

sweetener made from corn. It's sweeter and

cheaper than sucrose, which is the form of sugar made from sugar cane.

 

Foods that have it High fructose corn syrup is a

common additive in many kinds of processed foods,

not just sweets. Most non-diet soft drinks are

sweetened with high fructose corn syrup.

 

Why it's controversial Some experts have proposed

that people metabolize high fructose corn syrup

in a way that raises the risk of obesity and type

2 diabetes more than sugar made from sugar cane.

Much of the controversy stems from the

observation that obesity in the United States and

consumption of high fructose corn syrup increased at the same time.

 

What the research shows " It's just sugar, " says

Marion Nestle, PhD, a professor of nutrition and

public health at New York University. " Biochemically, there's no difference. "

 

The high fructose corn syrups commonly used to

sweeten foods and drinks are 55-58% fructose and

42-45% gluose. Sucrose (cane sugar) is a double

sugar made of fructose and glucose. Digestion

quickly breaks down cane sugar and high fructose

corn syrup into fructose and glucose.

 

" There's a little bit more fructose in high

fructose corn syrup, but not a lot, " Nestle says.

" It doesn't really make any difference. The body

can't tell them apart. " The American Medical

Association recently stated that there is scant

evidence to support the idea that high fructose

corn syrup is any worse than cane sugar and that

consuming too much sugar of either kind is unhealthy.

 

How you find it on the label High fructose corn

syrup can be found in the list of ingredients on a food label.

 

3. Aspartame

 

What it isAspartame is an artificial sweetener

known by various brand names, including Equal and NutraSweet.

 

Foods that have it Aspartame is a commonly used

additive for sweetening diet soft drinks.

 

Why it's controversial Various health concerns

have been raised about aspartame since it was

introduced in 1981. Most recently, it has been

suspected of causing cancer. There have been

reports of aspartame causing seizures, headaches,

mood disturbances, and reduced mental

performance. A study published in 2005 suggested

that aspartame could cause leukemia and lymphoma

in rats. Another study, published in 1996, argued

that an increase in the rate of brain tumors in

the United States could be related to consumption of aspartame.

 

What the research shows Dozens of studies in

people and animals have tested for effects

possibly related to aspartame. The majority of

these studies show that things such as headaches,

seizures, and mental and emotional problems

didn't occur with aspartame more often than with

placebo, even at doses many times higher than

anyone would likely ever consume. Large

epidemiological studies haven't found a link

between aspartame and cancer. A study of about

500,000 people, sponsored by the National Cancer

Institute, compared those who drank beverages

containing aspartame with those who didn't. It

found that people who drank increasing amounts of

beverages containing aspartame did not have a

greater risk for lymphomas, leukemias, or brain

cancer. Another study looked at data from a large

survey done by the National Institutes of Health.

The survey included detailed information on 1,888

cases of leukemia or lymphomas and 315 cases of

brain cancer. The researchers found no link

between aspartame consumption and those cancers.

 

" For more than three decades, research has found

aspartame to be safe, and today it is approved

for use in more than 100 countries, " says Robert

E. Brackett, PhD, spokesman for the Grocery

Manufacturers Association, a lobbying

organization in Washington, D.C. " In fact, the

U.S. Food and Drug Administration has confirmed

the safety of aspartame 26 times over a period of

23 years, with the most recent confirmation in April 2007. "

 

How to find it on the label Look for aspartame in the list of ingredients.

 

4. Monosodium glutamate (MSG)

 

MSG by itself looks like salt or sugar crystals.

It is a form of the naturally occurring chemical

glutamate. Glutamate doesn't have a flavor of its

own, but it enhances other flavors and imparts a

savory taste. Tomatoes, soybeans, and seaweed are

examples of foods that have a lot of glutamate

naturally. Some scientists say that glutamate,

also known as " umami, " is the fifth essential

flavor that the human palate can detect, in

addition to sweet, salty, bitter, and sour.

 

Foods that have it MSG is an additive used in many foods.

 

Why it's controversial Many people claim to have

bad reactions when they eat food seasoned with

MSG. In the late 1960s, people started talking

about " Chinese restaurant syndrome, " allging that

food prepared with MSG at Chinese restaurants made them sick.

 

What the research shows Many studies over the

past four decades have tested the idea that some

people may be sensitive to MSG. Most scientists

today agree that if there is such a thing as a

sensitivity or allergy to MSG, it's extremely

rare. Studies haven't found any regular pattern

of symptoms that could be typical of a reaction

to MSG. Also, people are more likely to have

symptoms if they're given MSG crystals than if

they eat the same amount of MSG mixed with food.

 

" It's very hard for me to believe that there's a

problem with it, " Nestle says. Nevertheless, some

still swear that they have bad reactions to MSG.

" People who think they have problems with it should avoid it, " she says.

 

How you find it on the label Some food labels

come right out and say that a product contains

added MSG. But there are other ingredients that

may contain MSG such as " hydrolyzed soy protein " and " autolyzed yeast. "

 

5. Sodium benzoate

 

What it is Sodium benzoate is a food additive used as a preservative.

 

Foods that have it Sodium benzoate is used in a

variety of processed food products and drinks.

 

Why it's controversial It's suspected that sodium

benzoate, in addition to artificial food color,

may increase hyperactivity in some children.

Sodium benzoate in soft drinks may also react

with added vitamin C to make benzene, a cancer-causing substance.

 

What the research shows The 2007 Lancet study

that linked additives with increased

hyperactivity included the preservative sodium benzoate.

 

In 2006 and 2007, the FDA tested a sample of

almost 200 beverages from stores in different

states that contained sodium benzoate and vitamin

C. Four of the beverages had benzene levels that

were above federal safety standards. The drinks

were then reformulated by manufacturers and later

deemed safe by the FDA. The agency points out,

however, that the tests were limited and that

it's still not known how much benzene consumers

could be exposed to from beverages.

 

How you find it on the label Sodium benzoate is

listed among the ingredients on a product label.

 

6. Sodium nitrite

 

Sodium nitrite is an additive used for curing meat.

 

Foods that have it Sodium nitrite is usually

found in preserved meat products, like sausages and canned meats.

 

Why it's controversial There is a theory that

eating a lot of sodium nitrite might cause gastric cancer.

 

What the research shows There is evidence that

sodium nitrite could have been to blame for a lot

of the gastric cancers that people had in the

past. Until the early 1930s, gastric cancer

caused the most deaths of all cancers in the

United States. After that, more Americans began

to use modern refrigeration and ate less cured

meat. Also, producers started to use much less

sodium nitrite in the curing process around that

time. As these changes took place, deaths from

gastric cancer also dropped dramatically.

 

This theory has been debated for decades, and it is still an open question.

 

How you find it on the label Sodium nitrite will

be listed as an ingredient on the labels of food products.

 

7. Trans fat

 

What it is Trans fats are created when

manufacturers add hydrogen to vegetable oil.

Trans fats are food additives in the sense that

they're mainly added to the food supply by

manufacturing processes, although small amounts

of trans fats are present naturally in animal fat.

 

Foods that have it These " partially hydrogenated

oils " are used most often for deep-frying food,

and in baked goods. Margarine and vegeable

shortening may also be made with partially hydrogenated oil.

 

Why it's controversial Trans fats are believed to

increase the risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes.

 

What the research shows Most scientists now agree

that eating trans fats can be very harmful to

health. Trans fats have been found to lower

people's HDL (good) cholesterol and raise LDL

(bad) cholesterol. The American Heart Association

recommends getting less than 1% of your daily calories from trans fats.

 

How you find it on the label Product labels are

now required to list the amount of trans fat in a

serving. Partially hydrogenated oil may also be listed as an ingredient.

 

But many fried foods and baked goods that are

laden with trans fats are served in restaurants,

and they don't come with nutrition labels. To

avoid trans fats, it's best to limit your overall daily fat intake.

 

" Usually, when you increase the total amount of

fat you consume, you increase the amount of trans

fat as well, " says Benjamin Caballero, MD, a

professor at the Center for Human Nutrition at

the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public

Health. If you reduce your total fat intake from

13% of your daily calories (which he says is

typical for Americans) to less than 10% (which is

recommended), you probably won't exceed the limit on trans fat.

 

" There are so many controversial studies about

ingredients that are a little more emotionally

mediated by one study showing it harmful and

another study showing it not harmful, and then people say, 'What am I to do?' "

 

" You're going to get more nutrient bang for your

buck to eat less refined foods when you can, "

says Christine Gerbstadt, MD, RD, a spokeswoman

for the American Dietetic Association.

 

 

 

By Martin Downs

Reviewed by Louise Chang

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