Ray,
It's codswallop.
Keith
At 14:17 02/09/00 -0400, you wrote:
>
>
>Do any of you know anything about this? Is it true?
>REH
>
>
>************
>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.
>
>
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