Fw: Aspartame could be killing you

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From: " Kathi " <pureheart@...>

Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 8:13 PM

Subject: Aspartame could be killing you

> This was sent to me and it may be of value for many of us.

> Margaret

>

> PLEASE READ THIS! IT MAY SAVE YOUR HEALTH In October of 2001, my sister

> started getting very sick, she had stomach spasms, she was having a hard

> time getting around, to walk 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 biopsies, and was on 24 various prescription medications.

> The doctors could not figure out what was wrong with her. She was in so

> much pain, and so sick, she knew she was dying.

>

> She put her house, bank accounts, life insurance, etc., in her oldest

> daughters name, and made sure her younger children were to be with her

> oldest daughter. She wanted her last hooray, so she planned a trip to FL

> (basically in a wheelchair) for March 22nd. On March 19th I called her

> to ask her how one of her tests went, and she said they didn't find

> anything on the test, but they believe she had MS. I thought, oh,

> my....then I recalled an article a friend of mine emailed to me...and I

> asked her....Do you drink Diet pop? She told me yes, as a matter of fact

> she was getting ready to crack one open that moment....I told her not to

> open it, and stop drinking the diet pop....and I emailed her the

> following article. She called me within 32 hours after our phone

> conversation and told me she stopped drinking the diet pop, and she can

> walk...she went up the stairs, and the muscle spasms went away. She said

> she didn't feel 100% but sure felt a lot better. She told me she was

> going to her doctors with this article and would call me back when she

> got home. She called me, and her doctor was amazed, he is going to call

> all of his MS patients to find out if they consumed artificial

> sweetener....In a nutshell, she was being poisoned by the aspartame in

> the diet soda, dying a slow death.

>

> When she got to FL March 22nd, all she had to take was one pill, and

> that was a pill for poisoning....she is well on her way to

> recovery.....and she is walking!!!!! No wheelchair!!!! This article

> saved her life!!!!

>

> The life saving article: 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 'NutraSweet',

> '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, that it was hard to understand

> 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.

>

> People were being diagnosed with having multiple sclerosis in error. The

> multiple sclerosis is not a death sentence, where 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, aggravating the lupus to such a degree that it may become

> life-threatening. We have seen patients with systemic lupus become

> asymptomatic once taken off diet sodas.

>

> In the case of those diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, (when in

> reality, the disease is methanol toxicity), most of the symptoms

> disappear. We've seen many cases where vision returned and hearing

> improved markedly. 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

> some of these symptoms: Is it reversible? " Yes! Not drinking diet sodas

> and keeping an eye out for aspartame on food labels, yes!

>

> We have a very serious problem. A stranger came up to Dr. Espisto (one

> of my speakers) and me 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! Diet Coke and Diet

> Pepsi etc. IS NOT A DIET PRODUCT! The Congressional Record states that

> it makes you crave carbohydrates and will make you FAT. The formaldehyde

> stores in the fat cells, particularly in the hips and thighs. Once off

> these products with no significant increase in exercise, etc.,

> Dr. in his lecture stated that he had patient who lost an average

> of 19 pounds over a trial period.

>

> Aspartame is especially dangerous for diabetics. We found that

> physicians would believe that they have a patient with retinopathy, when

> in fact the symptoms are 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

> without the other amino acids found in protein. Thus it passes the blood

> brain barrier and deteriorates the neurons of the brain, causing in

> diabetics (as well as in patients not suffering from diabetes)

> variouskinds of brain damage, seizures, depression, manic depression,

> panic attacks, rage, violence. (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 early pregnancy.

> Children are especially at risk for neurological disorders and should

> NOT be given NutraSweet. I can relate different case histories of

> children having mal seizures and other disturbances being on NutraSweet.

> Unfortunately it is not always easy to convince a mother that aspartame

> is to blame for her child's illness. Only by trial and success will she

> be able to warn other mothers to take their children's health in their

> own hands.

>

> Stevia, a sweet herb, NOT A MANUFACTURED 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. Books on

> this subject are available: EXCITOTOXINS: THE TASTE THAT KILLS - written

> by Dr. Blayblock (Health Press 1-800-643-2665) and DEFENSE

> AGAINST ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE - written by DR H. J. , also a

> diabetic specialist. These two doctors will be posting a position paper

> with some case histories on the deadly effects of Aspartame 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. " 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!!!!! I assure you, MONSANTO, the

> creator of Aspartame knows how deadly it is. They fund among others, the

> American Diabetes Association, the American Dietetic Association, the

> Conference of the American College of Physicians. This has been exposed

> in the New York Times - to no avail. These Associations cannot

> criticize any additives or convey their link to MONSANTO because they

> take money from the food industry and have to endorse their products.

>

> 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 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.

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