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Aspartame Toxicity 5.5.99 Please copy and post. Rich Murray

[b.A., M.I.T. 1964, M.A., Boston U. 1967: a layman committed to

facilitating civil debate on the aspartame toxicity issue]

Aspartame (NutraSweet, Equal, Canderel, Benevia) is reported by

many scientific studies and thousands of complaints to be toxic:

headaches, all kinds of body and joint pain (or burning, tingling,

tremors, twitching, spasms, or numbness); " mind fog " , " feel unreal " ,

poor memory, confusion, anxiety, irritability, depression, mania,

insomnia, dizziness, slurred speech, ringing in ears, sexual problems,

nausea, seizures, poor vision, hearing, or taste; fatigue; red

face, itching, rashes, burning eyes or throat; hair loss; obesity,

bloating, poor or excessive hunger or thirst; diarrhea or

constipation; breathing problems; racing heart, high blood pressure,

erratic blood sugar levels; birth defects; brain cancers.

Users who quit often experience much immediate healing, but

some symptoms may last for weeks. RC Diet Cola uses sucralose, far

less hazardous than asp. It's fun to mix club soda with juices.

A centuries old herbal sweetener, stevia, is entirely safe, and

widely available at health food stores. Saccharin is also now

deemed safe.

Read all labels!-- asp. is in all diet sodas (except

Royal Crown Diet Cola); many drink mixes, instant breakfasts,

cereals, cake mixes, yogurts, puddings, jellos, chewing gums,

breath mints, candies, toothpastes, laxatives, even vitamins

and medicines. Absorption through the skin in the mouth may be

especially strong.

The European Union Directive 96/83/EC of the European Parliament and

of the European Council of Dec. 19, 1996: " Sweeteners may not be used

in food for infants or young children... " This is aimed at aspartame,

by far the most criticized sweetener, which was approved by a corrupt

FDA in 1974 and 1981.

Three careful double-blind experimental studies prove

asp. causes headaches: Koehler SM et al, 1988, Headache,

28(1), 10-14. Walton RG et al, 1993, Biological Psychiatry,

34(1), 13-17. rwalton193@... Van Den Eeden SK et al,

1994, Neurology, 44, 1787-93. skv@...

Woodrow C. Monte, Director, Food Science and Nutrition

Laboratory, Arizona State University, woody.monte@...,

" Aspartame: Methanol and the Public Health, " 1984, J. Applied

Nutrition, 36(1), 42-54 (62 references): The methanol from

2 L of diet soda, 5.6 12-oz cans, 20 mg/can, is 112 mg, 10% of

the asp. The EPA limit for water is 7.8 mg daily for methanol

(wood alcohol), a deadly cumulative poison. Many users drink

1-2 L daily. The reported symptoms are entirely consistent with

chronic methanol toxicity. (Fresh orange juice has 34 mg/L, but,

like all juices, has 16 times more ethanol, which strongly

protects against methanol.) This study is available at:

http://www.dorway.com/wmonte.txt .

A radioactive tracer study proves that the methanol

from a low dose of asp. binds formaldehyde, a deadly cumulative

poison, into tissues: Trocho C et al, 1998, Life Sci, 63(5), 337-349.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune. Ralph G. Walton,

Prof. of Clinical Psychology, Northeastern Ohio Universities,

Youngstown, OH 44501, 330-740-3671, in an unpublished 66-page

study (1998), listed 166 studies about asp. and health. All 74

studies funded by the industry were favorable, whereas 84 of the

92 non-industry studies identified a problem. Moreover, many

industry studies were published repeatedly with slight changes,

from 2 to 6 times each, violating scientific ethics.

This study is available at http://www.dorway.com/peerrev.html .

Aspartame Victims Support Group Home Page

http://www.presidiotex.com/aspartame/

Aspartame Toxicity Information Center www.HolisticMed.com/aspartame

Mark D. Gold " Scientific Abuse in Aspartame Research " at

http://www.holisticmed.com/aspartame/abuse/methanol.html

mgold@... 35 Inman St., Cambridge, MA 02139 617-497-7843

Mission-Possible-USA Betty i 770-242-2599 http://www.dorway.com

Aspartame Consumer Safety Network 800-969-6050 Stoddard

http://web2.airmail.net/marystod/index.html

Search medical reports: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed

The Aspartame Homepage (the industry line) www.aspartame.org

For my 12-page paper: rmforall@... Rich Murray, M.A.

Room For All, 1943 Otowi Drive, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505-986-9103

http://www.healthandmoneytips.com/ezine/v1i3/page5.html

Health Press hlthprs@... 505-982-9373

http://www.healthpress.com/in-bad-taste.html R. Schwartz, M.D.

" In Bad Taste: The MSG Symptom Complex " drgschwartz@...