article on aspartame

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Hi everyone

I hope everyone is feeling great. I received this email from another group

I belong to. I found it interesting and may help some people or their

family and friends, etc. Like everything else, it may or may not be true,

but I personally believe it to be true.

I apologize if this is not the right place for it, but I do think it could

also be a factor in RP, you just never know. Read it, and come to your own

conclusions.

love to you all

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Carmela

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>I apologize for the length of this post, but this is an article from the

>WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE and the MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION

>

>F.D.A. ISSUING FOR COLLUSION WITH MONSANTO Article written by Markle

>(1120197)

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>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 is 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

>that I was there to lecture on exactly that subject.

>

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

>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 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 Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi

>drinkers. Also, with methanol toxicity, the victims usually drink three to

>four 12 ounce cans of them 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 asymptomatic. Unfortunately, we can not 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 sons could no longer walk - due in part by 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 addicts, had all been

>diagnosed with MS. This is beyond coincidence.

>

>Here is the problem. There were Congressional Hearings when aspartame was

>included 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. 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. Russel 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-). 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 you case history. I

>assure you that MONSANTO, the creator of aspartame, knows how deadly it is.

>They fund the American Diabetes Association, American Dietetic Association,

>Congress, and the Conference of the American College of Physicians. The New

>Your Times, on November 15, 1996, ran an article on how the American

>Dietetic Association takes money from the food industry to endorse their

>products. Therefore, they can not 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

>the aspartame, the seizures stop. 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 Dessert

>Storm health problems. The burning tongue and other problems discussed in

>over 60 cases can be directly related to the consumption of an aspartame

>product. Several thousand pallets of diet drinks were shipped to the

>Dessert 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 service men and women drank them

>all day long. All of their symptoms are identical to aspartame poisoning.

>

>Fr. says " consuming aspartame at the time of conception can cause

>birth defects " . The phenylalanine concentrates in the placenta, causing

>mental retardation, according to Dr. Louis Elsas, Pediatrician Professor -

>Genetics, at Emory University in his testimony before Congress. In the

>original lab test, animals developed brain tumors (phenylalanine breaks

>down into DXP, a brain tumor agent). When Dr. Espito was lecturing on

>aspartame, a 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 F.D.A. For years, the F.D.A. 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 Metzenbaum 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 of 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 some 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.

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