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SUMMARY:
This document discusses one of the most harmful food products
found in almost all of the diet (or lite) food products sold today
in the US. That product, aspartame, is now becoming more and more
prevalant across the globe. There are several places though, like
Asia, Europe, and South America, where stevia is also taking a
foothold.
As you read through this document, you will see aspartame
linked to multiple sclerosis, lupus, and other afflictions. I have
seen other evidence that verifies this claim (with the exception
of the statement that aspartame is causing seizures).
I know that, I personally, noticed a drastic change in myself
when I quit consuming aspartame. I decided to stop about 1.5 years
ago after having been the type of person who drank 5-6 diet colas
a day. For two weeks after quitting, I suffered from massive
migraines (and I very *rarely* have headaches). After a month, all
the headaches passed and I noticed (what I perceived) as my vision
improving as well.
The document also claims that aspartame is harmful for
diabetics. I can say this much, aspartame has proven to stimulate
insulin secretion, just like sugar, in diabetic patients. That adds
further stress to their already overworked pancreas.
Many of you have read the "MacDougall Cure" for Multiple
Sclerosis.. It's up on the web page. He cured himself from MS by
omitting all processed and man-made foods (like aspartame). Let
me put it this way: What more proof do you need that food chemicals
are not a healthy thing to consume?
Money motivates all, and politicians have proven to be
easily corruptable. Is it any wonder that there are collusion
issues with the FDA and Monsanto?
Once again I say: Eat like a caveman.. As funny as it
sounds, it has a logic that is irrefutable!
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WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE and the MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION
F.D.A. ISSUING FOR COLLUSION WITH MONSANTO
Article written by Nancy Markle (11/20/97)
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 coverts 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 to 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 stimulates 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 realized 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
thatcontains 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 the 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 can not criticize 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 all neurological, because the aspartame destroys the
nervous system.
Aspartame Disease is partially the cause to what is behind some of the
mystery of the Desert 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 Desert 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 their 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, Pediatrician Professor - Genetics, at Emory University in his
testimony before Congress.
In the original lab tests, animals developed brain tumors (phenylalanine
breaks down into DXP, a brain tumor agent). When Dr. Espisto was lecturing
on aspartame me, one physician in the audience, a neurosurgeon, said,
"when they remove brain tumors, 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 F.D.A. For years, the F.D.A. has outlawed this
sweet food because of their loyalty to MONSANTO. [You can obtain Stevia
now in natural foods stores in either cut & sifted dried leaves or in
powder form. I use it and it's great.] If it says "SUGAR FREE" on the
label-DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!!!!!l!
Senator Howard Hetzenbaum 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 behavioral 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, *please* let them
know this information.
:cool: TJ :cool: