Re: Re: Fw: Diet Coke

[Guest guest]

Ditto!

Bonnie

[Guest guest]

Keli,

I would get rid of anything that is an artificial sweetener. I just don't think any of them are safe. If I see anything sweet in a package that says "Sugar Free", I don't go near it! (Of course, I read all my labels.) I would definitely avoid saccharin, aspartame, Equal, Nutrasweet, Splenda, or anything else that is some man made creation in a lab.

I use only sucanat, honey, molasses, maple syrup, or stevia. These are all natural, from plants, (sucanat is short for Sugar Cane Natural) without anything scary to them! And if I have to choose between sugar or the fake sweeteners, I always pick the sugar.

I have not heard of the isomalt.

Patty

----- Original Message -----

From: Keli

Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 7:07 PM

Subject: Re: Fw: Diet Coke

I have just checked out the bottle of Diet Coke in my fridge and it does not say aspartame on the ingredient list but the "Artificial Sweetner no. 951 and 950"....shouldn't they HAVE to say Aspartame? I have been staying away from "sugar free" goods that have this in it and stupidly 'thought' that this was NOT in Diet Coke! I have seen it listed on cheaper diet drinks though. I also drink Diet Sprite! I guess it's in it too? Just went through my pantry and have an old unopened packet of Equal in it (glad I didn't use it!)- it does say on the packet that the artificial sweetening substance is Aspartame. I sometimes use Splenda in my tea, it's ingredients are - Lactose, L-Eucine, Artificial sweetner (Sucralose), croscarmellose,sodium magnesium stearate.....should I stop using this too even though it doesn't have aspartame in it?????? Has anyone got any info on isomalt??? This is another sweetner that I've noticed in some "sugar free" candies.

[Guest guest]

Hi Keli

I don't know anything about the isomalt but I do know that the newest

sweetener is supposed to be the splenda and it is supposed to be safe. Of

course this could change like everything else does right? Ya never know. I

am lucky in that I never have liked soda pop at all and hardly ever drink

even a sip of it. I am basically a water person, I juice on occasion, I love

coffee and that seems to be my main weakness at this point.

Thanks for writting it is always nice to hear from you.

C

----- Original Message -----

From: " Keli " <AussieExplant@...>

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Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 8:07 PM

Subject: Re: Fw: Diet Coke

> I have just checked out the bottle of Diet Coke in my fridge and it

> does not say aspartame on the ingredient list but the " Artificial

> Sweetner no. 951 and 950 " ....shouldn't they HAVE to say Aspartame? I

> have been staying away from " sugar free " goods that have this in it

> and stupidly 'thought' that this was NOT in Diet Coke! I have seen

> it listed on cheaper diet drinks though. I also drink Diet Sprite!

> I guess it's in it too? Just went through my pantry and have an old

> unopened packet of Equal in it (glad I didn't use it!)- it does say

> on the packet that the artificial sweetening substance is Aspartame.

> I sometimes use Splenda in my tea, it's ingredients are - Lactose, L-

> Eucine, Artificial sweetner (Sucralose), croscarmellose,sodium

> magnesium stearate.....should I stop using this too even though it

> doesn't have aspartame in it?????? Has anyone got any info on

> isomalt??? This is another sweetner that I've noticed in some " sugar

> free " candies.

>

>

>

>

>

> > I agree with this article 100%, but the MS Society/Foundation of

> America does not yet have a position statement on this. They are

> actively researching it, and are more than likely going to endorse

> the studies and findings, but to date, they have not been able to

> prove this, and therefore will not indicate in any of their

> newsletters or publications that aspartame is a cause of MS (although

> I do believe it is).

> >

> > This whole issue with aspartame and its potential links to MS came

> up in 1998, and to this day, no one has been able to prove (or

> disprove) the theories. I think aspartame will be found to be linked

> to MS and other illnesses. It is a nasty product, and people think

> it's totally fine to consume it in large quantities. I stay away

> with anything that has aspartame in it.

> >

> > And Monsanto---now that is a corrupt, evil company. One of my ex-

> boyfriends was an environmental engineer, and he was hired by the EPA

> to do some work in Utah which involved Monsanto. In his soil and

> chemical analysis, he found that they were dumping chemicals into the

> ground, and then Monsanto tried to deny it all. They were fined, but

> they continue to do the same thing around the country.

> >

> > e

> >

> > ----- Original Message -----

> > From: ~*Patty*~

> > Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 10:31 AM

> > @y...

> > Subject: Fw: Diet Coke

> >

> >

> > Diet Coke or Not??

> > Please read this!

> >

> > 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) various kinds 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

> > 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 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.

> > Please print this out or e-mail to family and friends.

> > Here are some more links to websites.

> > http://www.nancymarkle.com

> > http://www.ethicalinvesting.com/monsanto/

> > http://www.aspartametruth.com/

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >