Re: Re: Off Topic long article but quite interesting-Roque

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Well thats good to know that its NOT true.

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Re: Off Topic long article but quite interesting

A classic hoax that was long ago nicely busted by Snopes.com

http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/aspartame.asp

Roque

>

> A must read

> This is pretty extreme, but if true, is worth reading!

> SWEET

> POISON

>

>

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

> stomach spasms and she was having a hard time getting around. 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. 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 the 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 doctor 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

> EVEN THINK ABOUT IT! 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, multiple 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 hearing loss improved markedly.

>

> This also applies to cases of tinnitus and fibromyalg ia. 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!" People were jumping up during the lecture

> saying, "I have some of these symptoms. Is it reversible?"

>

> Yes! Yes! 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 friends, 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 symptoms 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, uncontrollable

> anger and rage.

>

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

> as well. Documentation and observation also reveal that thousands of

> children diagnosed with ADD 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 we re

> 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 th e 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 two 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 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 also

> institute 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. Well, you're informed now!

> YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW!

>

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