Do any of you know anything about this? Is it true?
REH
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Sent: 08 January 1999 12:23
Subject: FW: News about Aspartame
Article written by Nancy Markle (1120197)
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
that I was there to lecture on exactly that subject.
When the temperature of Aspartame 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 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
oz.
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
in
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 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. Roberts 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.
Russell Blaylock, neurosurgeon, said, "The ingredients simulate
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 1-800-643-2665). Dr. H.J. Roberts, diabetic
specialist
and world expert on aspartame poisoning, has also written a book
entitled
"DEFENSE AGAINST ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE" (1-800-814-9800). Dr. Roberts
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. Roberts 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. Roberts realised 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 Diabetes Association, American
Dietetic
Association, Congress, and Conference of the American College of
Physicians.
The New York 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 cannot criticise 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 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 symptoms are identical to
Aspartame poisoning.
Dr. Roberts 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, Paediatrician
Professor
of Genetics, at Emory University in his testimony before Congress.
In
the
original lab tests, animals developed brain tumours (phenylalanine
breaks down into DXP, a brain tumour agent).
When Dr. Espisto was lecturing on aspartame, one physician in the
audience, a neurosurgeon, said, "when they remove brain tumours,
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 Howard 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 behavioural 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 some world leaders.
Again, please help us too. There are a lot of people out there who
must
be warned of this situation.
