And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Wanita Sears) replies: >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Return-path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: HerbNET update >Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1998 18:06:24 EST >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII >Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit > >Welcome to the sporadic newsletter from HerbNET (http://www.herbnet.com) >sponsored by the Herb Growing & Marketing Network.....If you no longer wish to >be on this list please respond with "Remove" in the subject heading.....and >you don't have to return the entire newsletter to me....remove is enough ;-) >This isn't the regular edition which will be out next week with what's >new....but some info that you may want to take special note of.....not really >herbal but of concern for your health...... >---------------------------------------- >First, >Dr. Andrew Weil is sharing this Genetic Engineering Petition, which asks that >Congress create mandatory labeling laws for all genetically engineered foods. >Please read carefully and then, if you agree, follow the instructions to sign >via e-mail. Time is of the essence and this is an important issue. (We thank >our friends at Wild Oats >(http://www.wildoats.com/us/about.html ) for bringing this to our attention.) > >PETITION TO SECURE THE MANDATORY LABELING OF ALL GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOODS >Submitted to the President of the United States, Congress, USDA and FDA > >New substances are being introduced into our foods via a technology called >genetic engineering. A growing number of scientists and physicians are >voicing concern over the possible health and environmental risks from these >foods. Current laws and policies do not require the food industry to label >these new genetically engineered foods. Without labels consumers lose the >freedom to choose what they will eat and feed their families. This petition >upholds the right of consumers to make informed choices. > >As a citizen of the United States of America, I strongly urge the passage of >legislation and policies to mandate the clear and accurate labeling of all >foods derived from, processed with, containing or consisting of genetically >engineered organisms before they are released into any and all commercial >markets. > >TO SIGN JUST SEND THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE TO ><[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] NOW: > >"Add my name to the Consumer Right to Know Petition for the mandatory >labeling of genetically engineered foods." > >MAKE SURE TO INCLUDE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS AND DATE AND SEND IT OFF TO: ><[EMAIL PROTECTED] >. Names will > be used only for this petition, not for other mailings or commercial >purposes. >--------------------------------------------------------------- > >Next interesting subject: >Subject: NutraSweet...Alzheimer's and Aluminum > >Alzheimer's is not only triggered by aluminum although that is one reason for >the disease. Dr. H. J. Roberts has done 30 years of research on Alzheimer's >and has just published a book on called DEFENSE AGAINST ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE >(1-800-814-9800). It has been nominated for a Pulitzer and is a very >knowledgeable and incredible book written with great dignity, understanding >and compassion. Dr. Roberts was here in Atlanta giving a seminar and went into >some things that can trigger Alzheimer's (such as zinc). When aspartame >(marketed as NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, etc.), was approved, Dr. Roberts >noticed a big difference in his diabetic and multiple >sclerosis patients. (Dr. Roberts is a diabetic specialist.) They showed >memory >loss, confusion, and serious vision problems. He goes into this in his book. >Alzheimer's is a 20th century disease and is now the fourth leading cause of >death in adults in the U.S. (4 million victims). > >Dr. Roberts says that the two amino acids in aspartame are neurotoxic without >the other amino acids in protein (phenylalanine and aspartic acid). They go >past the blood brain barrier and deteriorate the neurons of the brain. This is >the cause of Alzheimer's. Dr. Roberts says, in his opinion, NutraSweet is >escalating Alzheimer's. >There are 250,000 new cases each year and 100,000 deaths. Fifty percent of >all patients in nursing homes are Alzheimer's patients (including mature baby >boomers). A couple of days ago a nursing assistant told me she was just >shocked that now 30 year old women are being admitted with Alzheimer's! After >all, NutraSweet comes in its own aluminum can! Aspartame is nothing but a >chemical poison. It has methyl >ester in it that becomes methanol (wood alcohol), and in the body it converts >to formaldehyde and formic acid (ant sting poison) and causes metabolic >acidosis! It is disastrous for a diabetic patient even though it is >recommended by the American Diabetic Association, but that's because they are >funded by Monsanto. Dr. Roberts has been a member for almost forty years and >gave them an abstract of diabetic aspartame >reactors but they refused to publish it. It was published in Clinical >Research (Vol. 36, No. 3, 1988, 489A). I suspect they can't warn the >diabetics this is a poison and at the same time, continue to take money from >its manufacturer, Monsanto. You can be sure around October 1, the NutraSweet >Company (Monsanto) will sponsor walk-a-thons for >the ADA and distribute Equal shirts. One big problem is that diabetic patients >can have diabetic retinopathy. > >Many physicians don't realize when they are consuming aspartame that what >really is happening is that the patients are going blind. The methanol (wood >alcohol), that blinded and killed skid row drunks during prohibition, converts >to formaldehyde in the retina of the eye. That's why so many bleed and have >retinal detachments. It's very tragic. >Even Dr. Russell Blaylock, neurosurgeon, who wrote EXCITOTOXINS: THE TASTE >THAT KILLS, says that the ingredients in NutraSweet literally stimulate the >neurons of the brain to death causing damage of varying degrees. This is >written on the back of his book. He also says that aspartame can even trigger >diabetes. It is no wonder that are >so many diabetics in this country. > >The FDA in August 1995 listed the following symptoms from aspartame: >Headaches, dizziness or balance problems, change in mood quality or level, >vomiting and nausea, abdominal pain and cramps, changein vision, diarrhea, >seizures and convulsions, memory loss, fatigue, weakness, rash, sleep >problems, hives, change in heart rate, itching, change in sensation (numbness, >tingling), grand mal seizures, local swelling, change in activity level, >difficulty breathing, oral sensory changes, change in menstrual pattern, other >localized pain and tenderness, other urogenital problems, body temperature >changes, swallowing difficulty, other metabolic problems, joint and bone pain, >speech impairment, miscellaneous gastrointestinal problems, chest pain, other >musculo-skeletal problems, fainting, sore throat, other cardiovascular >problems, change in taste, difficulty with urination, other respiratory >problems, edema, change in hearing, change in perspiration pattern, eye >irritation, unspecified muscle tremors, petit mal , change in body weight, >change in thirst or water intake, unconsciousness and coma, wheezing, >constipation, other extremity pain, problems with bleeding, unsteady gait, >coughing, blood glucose disorders, blood pressure changes, changes in skin and >nail coloration, change in hair or nails, excessive phlegm production, sinus >problems, simple partial seizures, hallucinations, any lumps present, >dysmenorrehea, dental problems, change in smell, DEATH, other blood and >lymphatic problems, eczema, complex partial seizures, swollen lymph nodes, >hematuria, shortness of breath, difficulties with pregnancy, developmental >retardation in children, change in breast size or tenderness, change in >sexual function, shock, conjunctivitis, dilating eyes. > >If you saw these many adverse reactions in the Physician's Desk Reference >(PDR) of drugs, would you consider taking it? Actually, it is a drug and was >discovered by a Seattle chemist testing a peptic ulcer drug. Notice how they >throw DEATH in the middle of those symptoms. Nice little sweetener! Barbara >Mullarkey, a journalist in Oak Park, Illinois, has written about aspartame >since it was approved and has written about those symptoms before. One >article was titled: DEATH: THE ULTIMATE SYMPTOM! Keep in mind when there >were congressional hearings in Washington, aspartame was only in a few hundred >products, but now the patent has expired and it is in 5000 products! You've >got this drug in your coffee, in your soda, ice cream, gum, over the counter >drugs, and prescription medications, and even in baked goods. You cannot heat >aspartame because it becomes a witches brew of breakdown >products, but the FDA forgot they said not to heat it and approved it in baked >goods in 1993. > >Do you wonder why it is triggering all these neurological diseases? Anything >that changes the brain chemistry is disastrous! You should see what it does >to a Parkinson's patient because it changes the dopamine level. Whoever said >you cannot trust the FDA is right. This is the greatest atrocity the FDA ever >committed in the history of this country. There was so much opposition to the >approval of this drug that the DA set up a Board of Inquiry. They said not to >approve aspartame ecause it caused brain tumors and grand mal seizures in lab >animals just for starters)! Yet, Dr. Arthur Hull Hayes, head of the FDA, >overruled his own Board of Inquiry ... and then conveniently went to work for >Searle's Public Relations firm and refused to talk to the >press for ten years. Monsanto bought Searle in 1985! This product is causing >an epidemic of chronic fatigue syndrome (methanol breaks down the immune >system), systemic lupus and fibromyalgia. People are constantly being >diagnosed with >multiple sclerosis, when in reality they have methanol toxicity from aspartame >which mimics MS! We get the people off aspartame and usually within a couple >of months the MS symptoms disappear -- if we get them in time! If any of you >are using aspartame and are having vision problems, headaches, slurring of >words, numbness, cramps, and shooting pains in your legs, vertigo, dizziness, >tinnitus, joint pain, insomnia, >etc., you could be suffering from methanol toxicity. Be assured it does kill! >Richard Wilson wrote in an Atlanta Newspaper in April, 1994: > >"Aspartame killed my wife. No words can express the agony and horror sweet >Joyce endured. The poison destroyed her brain, ravaged all her organs, and >blinded her. She died at age 46 in 1996. ... The makers of this poison >considered her death an acceptable cost of business. I'm a man without a wife >because the NutraSweet Company is a business without a conscience." > >We are MISSION POSSIBLE, a volunteer force in 50 states, distributing a >warning flyer worldwide on aspartame. If you would like one to distribute, >just email me for instructions. We also have other posts of interest and >reports, and the history of aspartame. We ask all people on NutraSweet to take >the "no aspartame test" and then send us your case history to help others. We >also have available some of the case histories we've already taken off the >net. It is lengthy but available to anyone who wants it. Joyce Wilson had the >symptoms of MS which was the methanol toxicity, and when she died she was just >like an Alzheimer's victim with no memory! But until she could no longer >remember, she tried to warn the world and testified before Congress. Like I >said, Monsanto has deep pockets, her pleas fell on deaf ears. Even the late >Dr. >Adrian Goss, FDA toxicologist, told Congress that aspartame violated the >Delaney Amendment because beyond a shadow of a doubt it caused cancer in lab >animals. His last words will never be forgotten: "If the FDA violates its >own laws who is left to protect the people?" We have no protector so we must >warn each other. > >Patricia Craine is another victim of NutraSweet. Her death was reported on >CBN. It was mentioned that her autopsy, a medically documented case like that >of Joyce Wilson, was identical to that of Christina Onassis, a Diet Coke >addict! It's not worth it >folks. These people are living a nightmare and many times the physicians >don't recognize the symptoms because they don't associate them with aspartame. >They've been told by the organizations that sold out to Monsanto funding, that >it is safe. >Mission Possible is dedicated to the proposition that we won't be satisfied >until death and disability are no longer considered an acceptable cost of >business. >--------------------------------- >regarding the Monsanto merger with American Home Products > >the merger is off as a result of the negative press about Monsanto's >"terminator seeds"...the stockholders of AHP backed out of the deal > >Pays to make noise ;-) > >Lots of new stuff next week > >Maureen Rogers >The Herb Growing & Marketing Network >http://www.herbnet.com and http://www.herbworld.com > > &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment ...http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ `"` `"` `"` `"` `"` `"`
