Thanks Keith,
What's a codswallop?
REH
Keith Hudson wrote:
> 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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