Re: FW: Fw: Aspartame warning

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Thankfully, this is not true. It is an urban legend, so to speak.

Please visit snopes.com for a complete article debunking this claim.

I looked it up because I have a good friend who drinks diet soda

every day and couldn't bear to see something like this happen to

her...

Tina ;0)

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> Hi,

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> Not sure if this has any merit but I thought it was interesting.

How many

> of us are diet coke drinkers? Kriss, had you in mind on this since

you

> recently shared about your own disability.

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> From: Sandi Heffner

> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 6:20 PM

> To: Sandi Lee Heffner; Olander

> Subject: Fwd: Fw: Aspartane warning

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> This was sent to me by a friend. It may or may not apply to YOU,

but it

> could be a lifesaver! If this helps even one person that I know,

I would

> be so happy! Sandi

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> > In October of 2001, my sister started getting very si ck. She had

stomach

> spasms and she was having a hard time getting round. Walking was a

major

> chore. It took everything she had just to get out of bed; she was

in so much

> pain.

> >

> > By March 2002, she had undergone several tissue and muscle

biopsies and

> was on 24 various prescription medications. T The doctors could not

> determine what was wrong with her. She was in so much pain, and so

sick she

> just knew she was dying. She put her house, bank accounts, life

insurance,

> etc., in her oldest daughter's name, and made sure that her younger

children

> were to be taken care of.

> > She also wanted her last hooray, so she planned a trip to Florida

> (basically in a wheelchair) for March 22nd.

> > On March 19 I called her to ask how her most recent tests went,

and she

> said they didn't find anything on the test, but they believe she

had MS. I

> recalled an article a friend of mine e-mailed to me and I asked my

sister if

> she drank diet soda? She told me that she did. As a matter of fact,

she was

> getting ready to crack one open that moment

> > I told her not to open it, and to stop drinking the diet soda! I

e-mailed

> her article my friend, a lawyer, had sent. My sister called me

within 32

> hours after our phone conversation and told me she had stopped

drinking the

> diet soda AND she could walk! The muscle spasms went away. She said

she

> didn't feel 100% but, she sure felt a lot better.

> > She told me she was going to her doct or with this article and

would call

> me when she got home.

> > Well, she called me, and said her doctor was amazed! He is going

to call

> all of his MS patients to find out if they consumed artificial

sweeteners of

> any kind. In a nutshell, she was being poisoned by the Aspartame in

the diet

> soda...and literally dying a slow and miserable death.

> > When she got to Florida March 22, all she had to take was one

pill, and

> that was a pill for the Aspartame poisoning! She is well on her way

to a

> complete recovery.

> > And she is walking! No wheelchair!

> > This article saved her life.

> > If it says 'SUGAR FREE' on the label DO NOT OPEN!

> >

> > I have spent several days lecturing at the WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL

CONFERENCE

> on 'ASPARTAME,' marketed as 'Nutra Sweet,' 'Equal,' and 'Spoonful.'

> > In the keynote address by the EPA, it was announced that in the

United

> States in 2001 there is an epidemic of multiple sclerosis and

systemic

> lupus. It was difficult to determine exactly what toxin was causing

this to

> be rampant. I stood up and said that I was there to lecture on

exactly that

> subject.

> > I will explain why Aspartame is so dangerous: When the

temperature of this

> sweetener exceeds 86 degrees F, the wood alcohol in ASPARTAME

converts to

> formaldehyde and then to formic acid, which in turn causes metabolic

> acidosis. Formic acid is the poison found in the sting of fire

ants. The

> methanol toxicity mimics, among other conditions, mult iple

sclerosis and

> systemic lupus.

> > Many people were being diagnosed in error. Although multiple

sclerosis is

> not a death sentence, Methanol toxicity is!

> > Systemic lupus has become almost as rampant as multiple sclerosis,

> especially with Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi drinkers.

> > The victim usually does not know that the Aspartame is the

culprit. He or

> she continues its use; irritating the lupus to such a degree that

it may

> become a life-threatening condition. We have seen patients with

systemic

> lupus become asymptotic, once taken off diet sodas.

> > In cases of those diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, most of the

symptoms

> disappear. We've seen many cases where vision loss returned and

hear ing

> loss improved markedly.

> > This also applies to cases of tinnitus and fibromyalgia. During a

lecture,

> I said, 'If you are using ASPARTAME (Nutra Sweet, Equal, Spoonful,

etc) and

> you suffer from fibromyalgia symptoms, spasms, shooting, pains,

numbness in

> your legs, Cramps, Vertigo, Dizziness, Headaches, Tinnitus, Joint

pain,

> Unexplainable depression, anxiety attacks, slurred speech, blurred

vision,

> or memory loss you probably have ASPARTAME poisoning!'

> >

> Is it reversible?'

> > Yes! STOP drinking diet sodas and be alert for Aspartame on food

labels!

> Many products are fortified with it! This is a serious problem. Dr.

Espart

> (one of my speakers) remarked that so many people seem to be

symptomatic for

> MS and during his recent visit to a hospice; a nurse stated that

six of her

> f riends, who were heavy Diet Coke addicts, had all been diagnosed

with MS .

> This is beyond coincidence!

> > Diet soda is NOT a diet product! It is a chemically altered,

multiple

> SODIUM (salt) and ASPARTAME containing product that actually makes

you crave

> carbohydrates.

> > It is far more likely to make you GAIN weight!

> > These products also contain formaldehyde, which stores in the fat

cells,

> particularly in the hips and thighs. Formaldehyde is an absolute

toxin and

> is used primarily to preserve 'tissue specimens.'

> > Many products we use every day contain this chemical but we

SHOULD NOT

> store it IN our body!

> > Dr. H. J. stated in his lectures that once free of

the 'diet

> products' and with no significant increase in exercise; his

patients lost an

> average of 19 pounds over a trial period.

> > Aspartame is especially dangerous for diabetics. We found that

some

> physicians, who believed that they had a patient with retinopathy,

in fact,

> had symp toms caused by Aspartame. The Aspartame drives the blood

sugar out

> of control. Thus diabetics may suffer acute memory loss due to the

fact that

> aspartic acid and phenylalanine are NEUROTOXIC when taken without

the other

> amino acids necessary for a good balance.

> > Treating diabetes is all about BALANCE. Especially with

diabetics, the

> Aspartame passes the blood/brain barrier and it then deteriorates

the

> neurons of the brain; causing various levels of brain damage,

Seizures,

> Depression, Manic depression, Panic attacks, Unc ontrollable anger

and rage.

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> > Consumption of Aspartame causes these same symptoms in non-

diabetics as

> well. Documentation and observation also reveal that thousands of

children

> diagnosed with AD D and ADHD have had complete turnarounds in their

behavior

> when these chemicals have been removed from their diet.

> > So called 'behavior modification prescription drugs' (Ritalin and

others)

> are no longer needed. Truth be told, they were never NEEDED in the

first

> place!

> > Most of these children were being 'poisoned' on a daily basis

with the

> very foods that were 'better for them than sugar.'

> > It is also suspected that the Aspartame in thousands of pallets

of diet

> Coke and diet Pepsi consumed by men and women fighting in the Gulf

War, may

> be partially to blame for the well-known Gulf War Syndrome.

> > Dr. warns that it can cause birth defects, i.e. mental

> retardation, if taken at the time of conception and during early

pregnancy.

> Children are especially at risk for neurological disorders and

should NEVER

> be given artificial sweeteners.

> > There are many different case histories to relate of children

suffering

> grand mal seizures and other neurological disturbances talking

about a

> plague of neurological diseases directly caused by the use of this

deadly

> poison.'

> > Herein lies the problem: There were Congressional Hearings when

Aspartame

> was included in 100 different products and strong objection was made

> concerning its use. Since this initial hearing, there have been tw o

> subsequent hearings, and still nothing has been done. The drug and

chemical

> lobbies have very deep pockets.

> >

> > Sadly, MONSANTO'S patent on Aspartame has EXPIRED! There are now

over

> 5,000 products on the market that contain this deadly chemical and

there

> will be thousands more introduced. Everybody wants a 'piece of the

Aspartame

> pie.' I assure you that MONSANTO, the creator of Aspartame, knows

how deadly

> it is.

> And isn't it ironic that MONSANTO funds, among others, the American

Diabetes

> Association, the American Dietetic association and the Conference

of the

> American College of Physicians?

> > This issue has been recently exposed in the New York Times.

> > These [organizations] cannot criticize any additives or convey

their link

> to MONSANTO because they take money from the food industry and are

required

> to endorse their products.

> > Senator Metzenbaum wrote and presented a bill that would

require

> label warnings on products containing Aspartame, especially

regarding

> pregnant women, children and infants.

> > The bill would have also instituted independent studies on the

known

> dangers and the problems existing in the general population

regarding

> seizures, changes in brain chemistry, neurological changes and

behavioral

> symptoms.

> The bill was killed.

> It is known that the powerful drug and chemical lobbies are

responsible for

> this, letting loose the hounds of disease and death on an

unsuspecting and

> uninformed public.

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> YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW AND SO DO OTHERS. FORWARD THIS INFORMATION.

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