-Caveat Lector-
LAURAN NEERGAARD is no more qualified to write authoritatively on Aspartane
than any one else on or off the net. By using reverse psychology maybe she
does qualify.
As Lauran is a member of the Fifth Column, so take what she claims and know
the opposite is fact.
Anyone with some God given sense knows their enemies. Try to con a baby or
a dog. Are these more wise than us? Our adversary speaks an inside out
language; but, with only a modicom of alertness and discernment "self
protection" on our part and the double speak always sounds of bells and
whistles, besides the smell of the south forty.
Put aspartane in the same category with: Salt free diets, Free Flu Shots,
All the narcotics a nation can consume, Children's vaccinations, Riddlin,
Prozac, Contrails, Fluoride in our toothpaste, Aluminum in our deodorant
and brains, toxic wastes in our fertilizers, radioactive tailings in our
tobacco crop lands, HIV, Aids, Gulf War Illness, Rat droppings hanta virus,
Flesh eating virus, El Nino, Holes in the Ozone, Hurricane Mitch, Waco, OK
City, TWA800, Democracy ... these are just some of the clever poison pills
and whoppers off the my head.
If that is sanity what is the opposite? Where ever we are at in
civilization, it sure doesn't qualify as heaven...leaving only one other
option. Rest assured, I voted with my feet. I will still be here to defend
my choice long after most others, as wisps of smoke, have long since gone
to Camp Chimney Smoke. I would have remained with other warriors, just
couldn't bring myself to stand alone anymore.
Since doing nothing has not helped john q. public, acting or reacting has
to be an improvement.
Where has common sense and character gone? What is going on in Washington
today gives the Looking Glass new meaning. A nation willing to put the key
to the U.S. nuclear arsenal in the hand of a double speak, babbling,
debauch psychopath, who hasn't drawn a rational breath in his entire life,
they are the real sick-ohs. Being in a majority never made any fool wise.
Just look at what the "polls" are saying. Make sense?
How does any sane person think the Big Brother is going to achieve a 90%
world population reduction without a crash program? Wake up world.
jerome steiner allen
A "native american, constitutional patriot with a body full of scars and
slugs (could have been stupidity), plenty of ground floor experience, no
addictions, clear glasses and the brass balls to thumb his nose at the evil
empire," or just an ordinary guy who never bought into the big lie with its
big tit syndrome.
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At 06:10 PM 01/31/1999 EST, you wrote:
>Debunking Internet Health Alarms
>
>By LAURAN NEERGAARD
>.c The Associated Press
>
>WASHINGTON (AP) -- An e-mail campaign attacking an artificial sweetener was
>spreading fear fast: ``Could I have been misdiagnosed? Will eliminating the
>aspartame in my diet eliminate the MS symptoms?'' a panicked patient asked
the
>Multiple Sclerosis Foundation.
>
>Absolutely not, the MS Foundation replied, furious that whoever wrote the e-
>mail not only frightened vulnerable patients but falsely used the group's
name
>as part of the campaign.
>
>``We've been completely inundated with calls about this,'' said the MS
>Foundation's Cliff Roer. ``It was very alarming.''
>
>Welcome to the latest health scare on the Internet, where e-mail or
``consumer
>alerts'' can suddenly spark panic by blaring about ``DEADLY POISONS.''
>
>``I call them toxic terrorists,'' said Jeff Stier of the American Council on
>Science and Health. He investigated after his New York City group got calls
>from frightened Internet users last week.
>
>Consumer scares are nothing new, but the Internet lets rumors spread
faster --
>and archives them forever, he said. ``It's so easy to play on people's
>fears.''
>
>The scare du jour is over claims that aspartame, sold under such brand names
>as NutraSweet, causes MS or another disease, lupus.
>
>For the record, the Food and Drug Administration says that is false. MS and
>lupus have been around a lot longer than aspartame has, and repeated
>scientific studies have found no connection between the sweetener and such
>symptoms. An MS Foundation neurologist also investigated and calls the
>allegations ``rabidly inaccurate.''
>
>But it is not the only scare.
>
>Last fall, a ``Shampoo Alert'' claimed an ingredient that helps the suds form
>in almost every shampoo is really an ``engine degreaser'' that causes cancer.
>Today, Internet chat rooms still show people asking if they should toss their
>shampoo. In fact, the ingredient might irritate your eyes or your skin, but
>cancer experts agree there is no sign it is carcinogenic.
>
>``This is something we're going to see a lot more of,'' cautioned Dr.
Randolph
>Wykoff of the FDA, which received more than 100 questions about the shampoo
>scare and dozens so far about aspartame.
>
>The Internet is full of important, even lifesaving, medical information,
>Wykoff stressed. The quandary is one of consumer savvy: How do you filter out
>the exaggerations, misinterpretations or falsehoods?
>
>For people searching for information on the Internet, it is less of a
problem:
>Just use Web sites operated by reputable groups such as the National
>Institutes of Health or medical journals, and be wary of cure-all claims.
>
>The bigger question is what to believe when an alarming e-mail shows up
>unsolicited -- but with just enough science to sound credible, and then
>snowballs into frightened discussions on Internet bulletin boards.
>
>Take aspartame, which long has been controversial.
>
>Some people do say they are sensitive to it. But the FDA insists that 20
years
>of research has not found evidence of serious side effects -- except in some
>people with the rare genetic disease PKU or phenylketonuria, who cannot
>properly process an aspartame component called phenylalinine.
>
>The new scare, however, argues that aspartame causes MS and lupus symptoms by
>breaking down into toxic methanol. Attempts to find the e-mail's author have
>failed.
>
>Very high doses of methanol can be toxic, but aspartame causes only the same
>tiny amounts you would get from fruits or vegetables such as tomatoes and
>tomato juice, which also produce methanol during digestion, said FDA food
>safety expert Dr. David Hattan.
>
>Both MS and lupus are diseases that wax and wane, so if a person felt better
>or worse in connection with how much diet cola she drank, it is pure
>coincidence, Wykoff added.
>
>But how is a consumer to sort out such claims?
>
>Call your doctor, check science books in libraries or on science-based Web
>sites, or call reputable consumer groups.
>
>Remember, ``if there's a breakthrough, they're not going to read it in a
>secret message on the Internet,'' says Dr. John Renner of the National
Council
>for Reliable Health Information.
>
>EDITOR'S NOTE -- Lauran Neergaard covers health and medical issues for The
>Associated Press in Washington.
>
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