Aspartame

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Someone sent me this article. Does anyone know if this is true? I

know it isn't good to drink carbonated drinks over water but what do

you all think about diet drinks? I have drunk diet coke for many

years. I stopped drinking them for several months. I didn't see any

change in me. I prefer water but I do want a diet coke a day also. It

is a rather lengthy article but I would like to hear comments from

any of you who wish to do so.

Thanks and God bless,

Belinda

NutraSweet®; Equal®; Spoonful®)

A. Talbert Educational Programs and Services North

Montgomery Community College District

250 N. Sam Houston Parkway East, Houston, TX 77060-2000

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VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION!! PLEASE SHARE IT WITH

ANYONE YOU CARE ABOUT!!

THE WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE and the MULTIPLE

SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION & THE FDA IS SUING FOR COLLUSION

WITH MONSANTO. Article written by Betty i*

I have spent several days lecturing at the WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL

CONFERENCE on ASPARTAME: Marketed as 'NutraSweet,' 'Equal,'

and 'Spoonful.' In the keynote address by the EPA, they announced

that

there was an epidemic of Multiple Sclerosis and Systemic Lupus, and

they

did not understand what toxin was causing this to be rampant across

the

United States. I explained I was there to lecture on exactly that

subject.

When the temperature of Aspartame exceeds 86 degrees F, the wood

alcohol in ASPARTAME coverts 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 Multiple Sclerosis; thus, people were being diagnosed with

having Multiple Sclerosis in error. The Multiple Sclerosis is not

a death sentence, where methanol toxicity is. In the case of

Systemic Lupus, we are finding it has become almost as rampant as

Multiple Sclerosis, especially by Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi drinkers.

Also, with methanol toxicity, the victims usually drink three to

four 12 oz. cans of diet soda per day, some even more. In the cases

of Systemic Lupus, which is triggered by ASPARTAME, the victim

usually does not know that the Aspartame is the culprit. The

victim continues its use, aggravating the Lupus to such a degree,

that sometimes it becomes life threatening.

When we get people off the Aspartame, those with Systemic Lupus

usually become asymptotic. Unfortunately, we cannot reverse this

disease. On the other hand, in the case of those diagnosed with

Multiple Sclerosis, (when in reality, the disease is methanol

toxicity), most of the symptoms disappear. We have seen cases

where their vision has returned and even their hearing has

returned. This also applies to cases of tinnitus.

During a lecture I said, " If you are using ASPARTAME [NutraSweet,

Equal, Spoonful, etc.] and you suffer from Fibromyalgia symptoms,

spasms, shooting pains, numbness in your legs, cramps, vertigo,

dizziness, headaches, tinnitus, joint pain, depression, anxiety

attacks, slurred speech, blurred vision, or memory loss, you

probably have ASPARTAME DISEASE! "

People were jumping up during the lecture saying, " I've got this.

Is it reversible? " It is rampant. Some of the speakers at my lecture

even were suffering from these symptoms. In one lecture attended by

the Ambassador of Uganda, he told us that their sugar industry is

adding

Aspartame! He continued by saying that one of the industry leader's

son

could no longer walk due in part to product usage!

We have a very serious problem. Even a stranger came up to

Dr. Espisto, (one of my speakers) and myself and said, " Could

you tell me why so many people seem to be coming down with MS? "

During a visit to a hospice, a nurse said that six of her friends,

who were

heavy Diet Coke drinkers, had all been diagnosed with MS. This is

beyond

coincidence. Here is the problem.

There were Congressional Hearings when Aspartame was originally

included as a sweetener in 100 different products. Since this

initial hearing, there have been two subsequent hearings, but to

no avail. Nothing has been done.

The drug and chemical lobbies have very deep pockets. Now there

are over 5,000 products containing this chemical, and the PATENT

HAS EXPIRED!!!! At the time of this first hearing, people were

going blind. The methanol in the Aspartame converts to

formaldehyde in the retina of the eye. Formaldehyde is grouped in

the same class of drugs as cyanide and arsenic - DEADLY POISONS!!!

Unfortunately, it just takes longer to quietly kill, but it is

killing people and causing all kinds of neurological problems.

Aspartame changes the brain's chemistry. It is the reason for

severe seizures. This drug changes the dopamine level in the

brain. Imagine what this drug does to patients suffering from

Parkinson's Disease. This drug also causes birth defects.

There is absolutely no reason to take this product. It is NOT A

DIET PRODUCT! The Congressional record said, " It makes you crave

Carbohydrates and will make you FAT. " Dr. stated that

when he got patients off Aspartame, their average weight loss was

19 pounds per person. The formaldehyde stores in the fat cells,

particularly in the hips and thighs.

Aspartame is especially deadly for diabetics. All physicians know

what wood alcohol will do to a diabetic. We find that physicians

believe

that they have patients with retinopathy, when in fact, it is caused

by

the Aspartame. The Aspartame keeps the blood sugar level out of

control,

causing many patients to go into a coma. Unfortunately, many have

died.

People were telling us at the conference of the American College of

Physicians,

that they had relatives that switched from Saccharin to an Aspartame

product

and how that relative had eventually gone into a coma. Their

physicians

could not get the blood sugar levels under control. Thus, the

patients suffered

acute memory loss and eventually coma and death.

Memory loss is due to the fact that aspartic acid and phenylalanine

are neurotoxic without the other amino acids found in protein. Thus

it goes past the blood brain barrier and deteriorates the neurons

of the brain. Dr. Blaylock, neurosurgeon, said, " The

ingredients

stimulates the neurons of the brain to death, causing brain damage of

varying

degrees. Dr. Blaylock has written a book entitled " EXCITOTOXINS:THE

TASTE THAT KILLS " Health Press (1-). Dr. H. J. ,

diabetic specialist and world expert on aspartame poisoning, has also

written a book entitled " DEFENSE AGAINST ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE " (1-800-

814-9800).

Dr. tells how Aspartame poisoning is escalating

Alzheimer's Disease, and indeed it is. As the hospice nurse told

me, women are being admitted at 30 years of age with Alzheimer's

Disease.

Dr. Blaylock and Dr. will be writing a position paper

with some case histories and will post it on the Internet.

According to the Conference of the American College of Physicians,

" We are talking about a plague of neurological diseases caused by

this deadly poison. "

Dr. realized what was happening when Aspartame was first

marketed. He said, " His diabetic patients presented memory loss,

confusion, and severe vision loss. "

At the Conference of the American College of Physicians, doctors

admitted that they did not know. They had wondered why seizures

were rampant (the phenylalanine in Aspartame breaks down the

seizure threshold and depletes serotonin, which causes manic

depression, panic attacks, rage and violence).

Just before the Conference, I received a fax from Norway, asking

for a possible antidote for this poison because they are experiencing

so

many problems in their country. This " poison " is now available in 90

PLUS

countries worldwide. Fortunately, we had speakers and ambassadors at

the

Conference from different nations who have pledged their help. We ask

that

you help too. Print this article out and warn everyone you know. Take

anything

that contains Aspartame back to the store.

Take the " NO ASPARTAME TEST " and send us your case history. I assure

you that MONSANTO, the creator of Aspartame, knows how deadly it is.

They

fund the American Association, American Dietetic Association

Congress, and

the Conference of the American College of Physicians. The New York

Times,

November 15, 1996, ran an article on how the American Dietetic

Association

takes money from the food industry to endorse their products.

Therefore, they

cannot criticize any additives or tell about their link to MONSANTO.

How bad is this? We told a mother who had a child on NutraSweet to

get off

the product. The child was having grand mal seizures every day. The

mother

called her physician, who called the ADA, who told the doctor not to

take the

child off the NutraSweet. We are still trying to convince the mother

that the

Aspartame is causing the seizures. Every time we get someone off of

Aspartame,

the seizures stop. If the baby dies, you know whose fault it is, and

what we are up

against.

There are 92 documented symptoms of Aspartame, from coma to death.

The majority of them are all neurological, because the Aspartame

destroys the nervous system. Aspartame Disease is partially the

cause to what is behind some of the mystery of the Desert Storm

health problems. The burning tongue and other problems discussed

in over 60 cases can be directly related to the consumption of

Aspartame product.

Several thousand pallets of diet drinks were shipped to the Desert

Storm troops. (Remember heat can liberate the methanol from the

Aspartame at 86 degrees F.) Diet drinks sat in the 120 degree F

Arabian sun for weeks at a time on pallets The servicemen and

women drank them all day long. All of their symptoms are

identical to Aspartame poisoning.

Dr. says " consuming Aspartame at the time of conception

can cause birth defects. " According to Dr. Louis Elsas, Pediatrician

and

Professor of Genetics, at Emory University in his testimony before

Congress:

" The phenylalanine concentrates in the lacenta, causing mental

retardation.

In the original lab tests, animals developed brain tumors. "

(Phenylalanine breaks

down into DXP, a brain tumor agent.)

When Dr. Espisto was lecturing on Aspartame, one physician in the

audience, a neurosurgeon, said, " When they remove brain tumors,

they have found high levels of Aspartame in them. " Stevia, a sweet

food, NOT AN ADDITIVE, which helps in the metabolism of sugar,

which would be ideal for diabetics, has now been approved as a

dietary supplement by the FDA. For years, the FDA has outlawed this

sweet food because of their loyalty to MONSANTO. If it says

" SUGAR FREE " on the label - DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT.

Senator Hetzenbaum wrote a bill that would have warned all

infants, pregnant mothers and children of the dangers of Aspartame.

The

bill would have also instituted independent studies on the problems

existing

in the population (seizures, changes in brain chemistry, changes in

neurological

and behavioral symptoms). It was killed by the powerful drug and

chemical

lobbies, letting loose the hounds of disease and death on an

unsuspecting public.

Since the Conference of the American College of Physicians, we hope

to have

the help of several world leaders. Again, please help us, too. There

are a lot of

people out there who must be warned -- please let them know this

information.

*The Author: Betty i, can be reached at 770- 242-2599. Or eMail

her

at mission-possible-usa@....