Re: Off Topic long article but quite interesting

[Guest guest]

People who should not use aspartame are those who have a genetic inability to

utilize phenylalanine. Most people who have that problem are well aware of it

and need to avoid other foods as well as aspartame.

Ora

On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:51:44 -0000, " bayareaprincess23 "

wrote:

>A must read

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

>SWEET

>POISON

[Guest guest]

I realize this is a contraversial topic, but I am a very

chemically sensitive person, and absolutely can't tolerate

aspartame and I don't have the g predisposition. It makes me

irritable and gives me headaches. I know many others who have

various negative reactions to aspartame yet don't have the

genetic predisposition. But certainly those with the

predisposition should avoid it completely. Unfortunately I

think many who fall into this group are not aware of their

problem. Making causal connections isn't so easy.

Janet

--- taurusrc@... wrote:

> People who should not use aspartame are those who have a

> genetic inability to

> utilize phenylalanine. Most people who have that problem are

> well aware of it

> and need to avoid other foods as well as aspartame.

>

> Ora

[Guest guest]

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!

>