Aspartame

February 12, 2001

As well as:

http://members.home.net/gswidemark/readplace.htm#poison

> Per Hussman EAS intentionally includes Aspartame as it is a source

of the

> amino acid phenylalanine and whet protein is short in that amino

acid. It

> also adds to the sweetness of the product and thus performs two

roles.

> Whether it ultimately turns out to be the worst product ever

invented or the

> best, it is one of the most if not the most tested food products on

the

> market.

February 14, 2001

Ok, so I want to avoid " sugar free " stuff because aspartame is the

replacement! Thanks, MOna

Aspartame

I tell you what. Since I was diagnosed with hyper in January I've been

throwing out foods in my refrigerator and cupboards with any hint of

Aspartame!

I found it in fat free and sugar free jello and jello pudding. I used to

make

a sugar free mousse --- that's gone. And those bowls of cool whip ---

any kind, out. I can't remember the dozens of other things I found.

It's always listed on ALMOST anything sugar free.

Pat

February 14, 2001

Mona,

ALMOST everything sugar free will likely have Aspartame. There are

some Atkins products that use Splenda. I have no idea what effects

Splenda or Stevia may have.

Pat

February 14, 2001

Pat,

It seems everything we eat is bad for us. I watch the fat and sodium

content but didn't think about aparatame. I didn't realize sugar was so bad

for us. I've heard about the book " sugar busters " guess I should start

reading that unless you know of something better, thanks for the info!

RE: Aspartame

Mona,

ALMOST everything sugar free will likely have Aspartame. There are

some Atkins products that use Splenda. I have no idea what effects

Splenda or Stevia may have.

Pat

February 14, 2001

Mona, or anyone one else,

Have you read the Ecology Diet Book? Is it worthwhile diet ideas

for hyperthyroid?

Pat

February 14, 2001

Good point about the sodium Mona.

Is there a guideline for those of us with hyperthyroid? I know from having

abstained from most sodium for my RAIU today that I was getting a

high amount.

Pat

February 14, 2001

I purchased the non-iodinized salt from the grocery store for home use.

It's amazing the amount of sodium in foods - especially the low-fat and/or

sugar free foods!

RE: Aspartame

Good point about the sodium Mona.

Is there a guideline for those of us with hyperthyroid? I know from having

abstained from most sodium for my RAIU today that I was getting a

high amount.

Pat

February 14, 2001

Haven't read it, don't know about it. Maybe from Ithyroid.com knows

somethinga bout it!

RE: Aspartame

Mona, or anyone one else,

Have you read the Ecology Diet Book? Is it worthwhile diet ideas

for hyperthyroid?

Pat

February 14, 2001

> I have no idea what effects Splenda or Stevia may have.

Don't know about Splenda, or what it is. Keep in mind that aspartame,

acesulsulfame-k, neotame, etc. are marketed under a number of different names.

Now stevia is a natural extract from a plant, not a chemical that was originally

synthesized while during research for peptic ulcers. There's also a concern in

the U.S. that the FDA is trying to ban stevia, probably because Monsanto

corporation doesn't want the competition....

Me.

February 14, 2001

Splenda is a no calorie sweetener that is made from sugar, so it

tastes like sugar. It uses a sweetener called sucralose. They advertise

is to be safe for people with diabetes.

I think I'll find them on the net and email them about our concerns.

Pat

February 14, 2001

Hi there, could anyone tell me why sodium is bad for hyperthyroid sufferers?

Is it because there is usually iodine wherever there is sodium? Or, is

sodium bad for us all on its own - just because too much salt is bad for

people.

I have been drinking HEAPS of soda water - that's probably bad right?

DAWN

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March 31, 2001

Regarding aspartame...

I sent this to another list where the subject came up as well. I'm

sure I'll catch a lot more flak here considering my " basis " for

avoiding aspartame is not science, per se, but personal choice.

Nevertheless, I think there is quite a bit of common sense in looking

at the WHO when dealing with foods, food products, and so forth.

While my judgements may appear irrational to many, well, there's no

way to argue with those who ignore history.

What I said was:

---

I personally don't ingest sugar subs or the like, prefering brown or

cane (non-refined) sugar for baking/cooking, although I stick to

local honey for everything else. Yet, there *are* sources that

indicate there may be some truth to there being problems with

asparatame. As someone already said on this list, it all depends

upon whom you trust. Personally, I'll trust most anyone else before

the FDA, EPA, government in general, and/or corporations who look to

profit before safety/health. But that's just me. If one desires to

blindly trust, be my guest.

http://www.ethicalinvesting.com/monsanto/aspartame.shtml

Just one example, but there are more if one wishes to research the topic.

Personally, if I was to consider a sugar substitute, my primary

problem would be with the corporation that produces it: Monsanto.

Monsanto corp. is, IMO, Satan incarnate. A bit dramatic, maybe <g>,

but these guys are profit dogs and don't give a crap who they injure

in making their bucks. Check out Monsanto's past " contributions " to

the world as well as their record:

http://www.mcspotlight.org/beyond/monsanto/

*Agent Orange

*Vinyl chloride conspiracy (along with Shell Oil, Union Carbid, and

various other chemical companies...PBS just had a show about this)

*much of the PCBs (polychlorinated biphenals) which while banned in

1976 are still are present in various US sources

*rBGH (bovine growth hormone) which has a slew of possible problems

to the cattle themselves and consumers

*Monsanto is one of the top polluting companies in the US

*Monsanto is one of the leaders in GMO (genetically modified

organism) research/development which threatens to be devestating

technology if it all goes wrong some day.

....and they make NutraSweet.

Now, if people want to put products from a company like that in their

body, hey, go for it...

Just an opinion...

Don Mutchler

--

Peace, Hendrix, and Chiles.......

Rael64

May 6, 2001

> As far as I know, there hasn't been any real evidence that Aspertame causes

> any kind of damage. Anybody know of any proven claims?

Are you kidding? There are over 100 known associations with aspartame

poisoning, including thyroid disorders, blindness, coma and death. This

includes work done by leading researchers. The trials used by Monsanto Corp. to

get aspartame approved were so full of holes you could drive a tank through

them. You can find more information at:

http://webhome.idirect.com/~wolfnowl/aspartame.htm

Read the articles, follow the links, and be informed!

Me.

P.S. I have another 10 or 15 pages of information to put up there someday....

May 6, 2001

Thanks, Marcia, for the information. There goes my love affair with diet soda. I've read enough to be expecting nightmares tonight! My chiropractor had just told me that she would love to see the use of FOS as a sweetener become more wide-spread when I learned that Reliv had added that particular additive to its products. She told me that it's a natural sweetener and contains bacteria that is very helpful. It actually feeds on bad bacteria in the intestines. Sounds nasty, but it's very good for you.

Donna

http://trak.to/life

Re: Aspartame

> As far as I know, there hasn't been any real evidence that Aspertame causes> any kind of damage. Anybody know of any proven claims?Are you kidding? There are over 100 known associations with aspartamepoisoning, including thyroid disorders, blindness, coma and death. Thisincludes work done by leading researchers. The trials used by Monsanto Corp. toget aspartame approved were so full of holes you could drive a tank throughthem. You can find more information at:http://webhome.idirect.com/~wolfnowl/aspartame.htmRead the articles, follow the links, and be informed!Me.P.S. I have another 10 or 15 pages of information to put up there someday....

May 18, 2001

Since reading all of the " stuff " on Candida, Aspartame is brought up

numerous times. Anything that has Nutra-sweet in it, is Aspartame.

If you do a search for Aspartame you will find lists of what effects

this can have on the human body (including neurological damage). Many

of the side effects listed compare to the side effects that I've had

that I've ruled to be Candida. I always wondered why when I chewed

'sugar free' gum I got headaches 10 minutes after beginning to chew

it. I did my research on Aspartame and Candida and found that

Aspartame is in 'sugar free' gum. Now I only drink filtered water

(and take my antifungals), do not chew gum and do not have headaches.

I just hope SOME DAY I will not have to take the pills and feel good

at the same time. My advice is to check ingredients on anything you

intend on eating and don't eat or drink ANYTHING with Aspartame. It

will make you feel better anyway!

>

May 18, 2001

You can find sugarless chewing gum that has sorbitol in it , rather than

nutrasweet.

June 21, 2001

I do know that aspartame is not good for you at all.

Doesn't it, when digested, produce formaldehyde in

your body? Anything else new? Would like to hear.

Scarry stuff, it is a cell killer.

LIZ D

Re: FW: herbal tablet recall

Thank you for the warning do you know about aspartame? IJN, RuthRabbitbrain@... wrote:

WASHINGTON (January 4, 2001 11:34 a.m. EST http://www.nandotimes.com) Two California companies have recalled eight brands of Chinese herbs after federal testing found some bottles contaminated with a chemical that can destroy the kidneys. Lotus Herbs of La Puente, Calif., and FineMost Corp./QualiHerb of Cerritos, Calif., recalled the products after the Food and Drug Administration detected aristolochic acid contamination. Do not consume the recalled products but return them to the place of purchase for a refund, the companies said. The chemical is highly toxic to the kidneys and also can cause cancer. The FDA last summer stopped imports of the herb family Aristolochia after reports of kidney failure from Britain and Belgium. While no American injuries have been reported, the FDA discovered th! e ingred!

ient in some Chinese herbal mixes already i! n U.S. stores, resulting in several recalls. Recalled Lotus products are: Mu Tong, lot number SL04461, expiration date 09/2004. Fang Ji, lot number SW12261, expiration date 12/2004. The powdered herb extracts were sold in square amber-colored bottles. Recalled QualiHerb products include all batches of: Ba Zheng San, or Dianthus formula, item No. 20209. Fang Ji Huang Qi Tang, or Stephania and Astragalus combination, item No. 20711. Chuan Mu Tong, or Clematis armandi, item No. 10424 A. Wei Ling Xian, or Clematis, item No. 12401. Han Fang Ji, or Stephania tetrandra, item No. 10731. Ma Dou Ling, or Aristolochia, item No. 11052. The products were sold in bottles with either the Taiwanese logo Sheng Chang imprinted on the bottom or with the U.S. imprint Trans Container Corp. Both companies' products were sold throughout the country, inclu! ding!

by acupuncturists, chiropractors and other healt! h workers. Consumers can call Lotus at 1-877-665-6884, or QualiHerb at 1-800-533-5907.

July 12, 2001

I'll have to get back to you on an article, but aspartame is one of the

biggest jokes ever played on the public!!! All the health consequences

aside, guess what? People are not getting thin by saving those few calories.

I read years ago in a newsletter published by an MD that the aspartame

actually does something in your bod to cause you to GAIN weight! Many people

who have discontinued consuming aspartame find that they THEN lose weight.

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> Speaking of Aspartame, a friend of ours told us that about 2 weeks ago it

> was all over the news stations about how artificial sweeteners (which are

> in practically everything) is causing early alhzheimers in people. A lot of

> women in their 30's were featured who have already developed the disease.

> Scares me because my mind seems to keep getting worse and worse. I know the

> stress in my life is part of it, but I truly feel like I'm walking around

> in a fog and loosing my mind. Most of the time I can't remember a thought

> from one moment to the next. I stopped eating and drinking anything with

> sweeteners (that I know of) and hope it helps. I used to be a big Diet

> Pepsi drinker.

>

> Anyway, does anyone know of an article on this topic? I'd love to have one

> about it.

>

> TIA

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>

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> Dioxins in feminine products

> Dioxins in cloth and other products

> Endometriosis (causes and treatments)

> Aspartame

>

> Thanks. They have friends and family dying from these things. Also,

> someone

> once told me that there is a chemical in fingernail polish(heard this on

> TV

> news) and the adhesive on pads that can cause infertility.

>

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July 12, 2001

Here's an article that I posted over at ParentsPlace:

I see when I copied it that it got all bunched up. So here is the link to

the article at ParentsPlace:

http://boards.parentsplace.com/messages/get/ppvaccinedebate17/59.html

Also, I bet Dr. Mercola has some aspartame articles on his site. I think it

is www.mercola.com

Kathleen

I received this information from the Vaccination Group. It is important that

everyone know the truth about aspartame and hopefully discontinue its use.

But I also want you to see all the parallels with vaccines. I would almost

swear it is the same story! BEGIN QUOTE Aspartame seeping like sewage into

food supply. Now they're mixing it with sugar, unlabeled, and its seeping

like sewage into our food supply with equal toxic effects. It will take

Congressional action to remove the poison, because the FDA sleeps with

Monsanto and is their branch office in D.C. Three Congressional hearings

disclosed rivers of damning evidence, but Monsanto lobbying neutralized them.

Trade data from NutraSweet admitting aspartame breaks down into DKP, a brain

tumor agent was presented. The choice of protecting citizens or taking money

is always a no brainer. When the bovine growth hormone issue was discussed,

only one congressman refused contributions. So consider that Monsanto and

their buddies sleep with the FDA, own many in Congress, and hire the media:

but they don't control us. This is a people-to-people crusade and your voice,

excitement, zeal and unstoppable persistence are decisive. It's a citizen's

problem and must be a citizen's project. It either has to end in Congress or

in the courts! 1,000 lawsuits should get Monsanto's attention. They're trying

to sell the NutraSweet Company because they know the lawsuits are coming.

They are being hit from every angle. The United Kingdom is going after their

genetic enfoods. The press is becoming aware and articles are being

written, TV exposes are shown and more books written to warn the world. Soon

it will be an unstoppable avalanche. We do this around the clock. What hurts

most is the millions affected, and aspartame has more victims than many wars.

Alzheimers is now the 4th cause of adult death and nursing homes cannot be

built fast enough to hold the victims. Diabetes tripled. MS and lupus are

rampant. Aspartame causes disease, agony, outlandish medical expense,

unnecessary diagnostics, miscarriages, birth defects, infertility, tumors,

mental impairment, rage and crime ..... the list is endless, but the FDA

counted 92 symptoms including DEATH! Pilots lose sight, mental stability,

their occupations, and some their very lives. Passengers, planes and pilots

have lower priority to our government agencies than the business interests of

Monsanto, one of the greatest poisoner's on the planet, and I have thousands

of case histories to back up these accusations, and our government has more!

Simply put: Dollars before people! Aspartame Awareness Day is going to help.

One million signatures will get their attention. As Dr. Bowen who has Lou

Gehrigs Disease from aspartame told the FDA - its mass poisoning! Congress

and the Justice Department must now disregard Monsanto's power (with their

checkbook) and finally do its job. Their families can lose their life just as

much as ours from their poison. There is nothing any stronger than consumer

power in action. We also have to make the restaurants, grocery stores and

manufacturers responsible. I know it's a big job, but after years I can now

see the finish line. With Dr. ' new medical text on the world plague,

the world should target those responsible to solve the problem who have

failed in their duties. And in the end, one more book will have to be

written: A Crime Against Humanity: The Aspartame Story! And then all trade

organizations who made themselves prostitutes will also be exposed. *******

The following is a letter from Betty in response to an onslaught of negative

and misleading misinformation from the major media.

(NutraSweet/Equal/Spoonful) The Markle Story! Contact Betty i,

770 242-2599 It's an old plot. We've seen it many times. A gigantic

corporation contaminates the community, spreading deadly toxins. People are

sick, children die, but the greedy poisoner remains undetected. At last a

persistent reporter finds the source. Now denials begin, authorities side

with the polluters, against the people. A smokescreen of propaganda and

ridicule is raised so business and dying can continue as usual. Some

mainstream media too often dependent on advertising from these corporations

won't expose them, and would never allow a bright reporter to tell the story.

Monsanto, Coke and Pepsi have fat checkbooks. So will the pride of true

journalism in getting the facts to the people take a backseat to exposing

them in the NutraSweet issue? Someone using the name of Markle took a

report from www.dorway.com I had written about lecturing at the World

Environmental Conference, and added her name. She made some changes but the

message of aspartame mimicking MS as it destroys the central nervous system

was exposed as well as other problems caused by the toxin. It is escalating

Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease as well as precipitating diabetes. It

causes blindness and even Focus (<A

HREF= " http://www.focusnewsletter.org/aspartame.htm " >http://www.focusnewsletter.o\

rg/aspartame.htm</A>

) in Nov, l998 (Vol. 3, No. 3)had an article on aspartame titled: What's

Blinding the World! Dr. Louis Elsas testimony before congress (pediatric

professor at Emory University) was discussed in the post and quoted him

saying aspartame is a neurotoxin and teratogen (triggers birth defects). It

also triggers lupus. This article was carried on 450 global networks and

circulation on the Internet and beyond could have caused circulation to

exceed CNN and AP. Thousands of Aspartame Disease victims emailed and called

as well as media, hospitals, clinics and medical establishments. A support

list was setup online on the Internet as victims counted the days off

aspartame and watched symptoms disappear. They tell of the addiction of this

drug masquerading as an additive, and shattered years of medical problems.

You could weep at the stories. My computer has crashed three times because it

can't take the thousands of cases coming in and we are in the process of

adding the biggest hard drive and memory made to record what may be one of

the largest epidemics in world history. H.J. , M.D., said in his first

press conference that if something wasn't done about aspartame that in 5 or

10 years we would have a plague on our hands. Now Dr. has declared

aspartame disease to be a world epidemic and is in the process of publishing

the medical text on the world plague. In talking to AP, n Neergaard,

said she would tell the story if there was a peer reviewed study on MS and

aspartame. She mentioned she was on the web site and said " but I didn't

mention your name " . No, she didn't and neither did she mention the web site.

And there she was on a web site that showed that the story was true

containing even government documents. There is the Bressler Report, the FDA

audit of the horror of the original studies that approved aspartame, the

FDA's own report of 92 documented symptoms from coma to death triggered by

aspartame, the damning CDC investigation and even the protest of the National

Soft Drink Association, showing that Coke and Pepsi knew aspartame breaks

down into a witches brew of toxins at 86 degrees before they ever put it in

pop. They also knew it was not a diet product because it is a drug that makes

you crave carbohydrates and misrepresented this to the public. If you want to

get fat, NutraSweet is where it's at! I have no sympathy for the MS Society

because they have been sent information for years including Dr.

position paper MS or Aspartame Disease. And never uttered a word to warn the

victims. In Atlanta at their walk-a-thon while Mission Possible gave out

medical documentation on aspartame's ability to mimic MS and destroy the

central nervous system they gave out Diet Coke. They were furious that these

walkers were getting this information. So the MS Society and the FDA who

over-ruled a Board of Inquiry to approve this deadly toxin were swamped with

calls. I personally spoke to Dr. Rudolph at the FDA who admitted all

the calls. I told him to stop giving out false information that aspartame is

safe, and that we had the actual government documents on www.dorway.com to

show they were lying. His answer to me: " We can't refute that! " I asked him

again why the FDA refused to answer the 26 questions on www.dorway.com sent

to them by Newt Gingrich. Could it be that if they answered truthfully they

would have to recall aspartame. Instead they simply sent me propaganda and

federal registries and told Gingrich's office they have to talk to their

attorneys. But they were quick to talk to CNN to try and squelch the outcry

of the public even though they knew the truth. Those there to solve the

problem ARE THE PROBLEM! As to a study on aspartame and MS, there was one in

l983/84 that did show that aspartame destroyed the central nervous system,

triggered brain tumors and seizures and other neurological horrors. But it

was never published - it showed aspartame to be a killer. A statement from

the translator, notarized, is on www.dorway.com There is a new study that

indicates auto-antibodies contribute to destruction of nerve fibers myelin

sheath, the hallmark of multiple sclerosis (University of California). H.J.

, M.D. over three decades ago explained in publications about MS, that

if the myelin is damaged by any cause the body may take antibodies to the

myelin fragments which then can initiate a vicious cycle which can breakdown

myelin. Aspartame or its byproducts can damage the nerve sheath, and the body

may respond by making the antibodies to it. References: Journal of American

Geriatric Society, Volume 14, page 586, l966; Journal of American Geriatric

Society, Volume 12, 9/26/64; On the Etiology, Treatment and Prevention of MS,

South Medical Journal, Volume 59, page 940, l966 On this new study, Dr.

emphasized to me that the model of experimental EAE is not the

counterpart of human MS and is not related to reality in patients who have

pre clinical MS or evolutionary MS. Also, there is a new study on Parkinson's

Disease which clearly points to environmental factors and diet rather than to

genetics. Neurosurgeon Blaylock, M.D., author of Excitotoxins: The

Taste That Kills (1-800/643-2665) gave me these points which support this

study: 1. Parkinson's Disease is a disorder who's cause appears from

substantial evidence, to be related to excitotoxicity. These toxins destroy

the cells in the brain central to this disease. 2. Excitotoxins cause these

brain cells to generate enormous amounts of free radicals. This is true of

MSG and Aspartic Acid (aspartame). 3. There is substantial circumstantial

evidence that dietary excitotoxins, including aspartame, can aggravate these

destructive changes in the Parkinson's brain. 4. The additional toxins - DKP,

aspartate, methanol, formaldehyde and formic acid - add to this injury. 5.

Recent evidence demonstrates that aspartame product, formaldehyde -

accumulates within cells and damages proteins and DNA. Fox was a Diet

Pepsi spokesman and wondered why he got an old man's disease at the age of

30? Be assured he now knows and has been warned that aspartame changes the

dopamine level of the brain. Think of the ramifications of this. Read Senator

Metzenbaum's bill that never got out of committee on the problems surfacing

in the population in the 80's that he wanted to have investigated by

independent studies. Notice aspartame is a drug that interacts with other

drugs! A good deal of Dr. Blaylock's material is on www.dorway.com including

a lecture where he says the reactions to aspartame are not allergic in

nature, but toxic like arsenic and cyanide. There is the interview also in

transcript form where he tells how studies are doctored, how aspartame

triggers ADD, and why pilots are having seizures and other problems. Three

American Airline pilots who were heavy users of aspartame have died, one in

flight, and another has had a stroke. I can't think of anything more

hazardous to aviation safety than allowing pilots to consume a deadly

neurotoxin known to be a seizure triggering drug (proven in a pivotal study

on 7 monkeys in which 5 had grand mal seizures and 1 died, (SC18862), that

also triggers confusion, memory loss, blindness and cardiac symptoms.

Gorman who wrote the Time magazine article admits in her article

that she searched the web for the problems like multiple sclerosis, seizures,

etc. in the Markle article and found the web site where there was

almost an identical letter. So she too was on www.dorway.com She said she

didn't believe any chemical could cause all these problems, yet there on the

web site was the FDA report admitting 92 symptoms and there are many more.

She had to have seen the secret trade information exposed in Congress where

the original manufacturer, Searle, admitted they had to consider complete

conversion to DKP - A BRAIN TUMOR AGENT. Yet, she puts down brain tumors. How

famous is the doctor who made world history in l996 over the aspartame/brain

tumor link? Dr. Olney is so famed he founded the field of neuroscience

known as excitotoxicity and his update is on DORway. picked up

industry and flaming web sites in her article but she wouldn't give the one

site that had the government documents and world expert reports on the

subject. Gorman even picked up the propaganda on Monsanto's web

site, all this baloney about trace amounts of methanol exist naturally in

many fruits and vegetables. The truth of the matter is in ASPARTAME: METHANOL

AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH by Dr. Woodrow Monte, Journal of Applied Nutrition,

Volume 36, Number 1, l984 where he says: " Ethanol, the classic antidote for

methanol toxicity, is found in natural food sources of methanol at

concentrations 5 to 500,000 times that of the toxin. Ethanol inhibits toxins

through the lungs and kidneys. " You don't slur your words when you eat an

orange but many do with aspartame. In Dr. book Sweet'ner Dearest on

page 168 and 169 he says " Producers and their representatives have become

masters at dodging the very mention of its name, especially on talk shows.

They prefer to call this chemical " aspartic acid and phenylalanine as the

methyl ester. " In the body, however, the " methyl ester " translates into

METHYL ALCOHOL ..also known as METHANOL and WOOD ALCOHOL !!! The public is

more familiar with methanol as an ingredient of fuels (such as Sterno) and

antifreeze. (The methyl ester is required for aspartame's taste since

aspartyl-phenylalanine is tasteless.) " Dr. goes on to say: " Just in

case you didn't know, methanol is a severe metabolic poison. The dictionary

defines " poison " as a substance having an inherent tendency to impair health

or destroy life. ... Significant amounts of methyl alcohol in its free form

are rarely found in nature. The ingestion of relatively small amounts can

result in blindness, other serious illnesses and even death. " Dr. Ralph

Walton on 60 Minutes explained there are only 90 valid studies on aspartame

that were independent and 83 showed problems with the toxin. The 7

non-industry studies attesting to aspartame's safety were 6 studies from the

FDA and 1 literature review reflecting almost exclusively the industry

sponsored research. Since the FDA has been trying to cover up this issue for

years, you can dismiss the 6 studies. They went so far as to refer complaints

to the AIDS Hotline as discussed in Congress! Dr. Walton himself did a study

although NutraSweet refused to sell him the aspartame because they had no

control over the study. After one subject started bleeding from the eyes,

another had a retinal detachment and others complained of being poisoned, the

institution stopped the study. How do you do a study on MS and aspartame? Who

wants to sign up for a dose of poison? That was tried in South America with

people in poor villages who wouldn't be missed they thought. The biggest

study on aspartame has been done on the consumer public in 100 countries of

the world, and the cases on the sick and dying continue to pour in. This

press release will travel in the path of the original article signed by

Markle. Responsible journalists will tell this side of the story and publish

after research of the DORway web site. Those who have sold out to industry

will defend it to the end. Most people with problems from aspartame will

continue to search and find us, as they have been doing. For those who

believe comments in articles like Time and AP may go on using this toxin

until it can be removed from the market. They can go on losing babies or

bearing those with deformities, having seizures, developing Alzheimer's

(Defense Against Alzheimer's Disease -- 1-800/814-9800 -- Dr.), going

blind and destroying their central nervous system. These reporters will have

to live with this all the days of their life because they saw the truth and

didn't publish it. Coca Cola profits tumbled 27% in the fourth quarter and

14% in l998. Monsanto who makes NutraSweet is trying to sell the NutraSweet

Kelco Company! To avoid billions of dollars in law suits? The news is out and

it cannot be covered up. Aspartame exposers are even called toxic terrorists!

Indeed, Nutrasweet has terrorized nutrition and disbelievers embark on the

Monsanto Titanic. Its iceberg proof, you know, and up for sale! I hope that

every responsible journalist publishes this side of the story, those who

believe like Mission Possible that death and disability are not acceptable

costs of business. Fraud in science is despicable, as despicable as failure

to tell consumers the truth when the facts are known by the media. Now

Monsanto wants to get approved neotame, an even more potent aspartame! Betty

i, Mission Possible International (a worldwide volunteer force in the

US and many countries warning the world off aspartame) 770-242-2599 For a map

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Poison. We can Survive it. 1. Take the 60-day No Aspartame Test and send us

your case history. Mission Possible International 9270 River Club Parkway

Duluth, GA 30097 USA 2. Tell your doctor and all of your friends! 3. Return

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