Aspartame-urban myth or truth???

September 3, 2005

Hi a & ...just received this, though I think I might have seen something

like it before. Is this truth, urban myth, or somewhere in between?

Love...

Tess

" In October of 2001, my sister started getting very sick. She had stomach spasms

and she was having a hard time getting around. Walking was a major chore. It

took everything she had just to get outof bed; she was in so much pain.

By March 2002, she had undergone several tissue and muscle biopsies and was on

24 various prescription medications. The doctors could not determine what was

wrong with her. She was in so much pain, and so sick...she just knew she was

dying.

She put her house, bank accounts, life insurance, etc., in her oldest daughters

name, and made sure that her younger children were to be taken care of. She also

wanted her last hooray, so she planned a trip to FL(basically in wheelchair) for

March 22nd. On March 19th I called her to ask how her most recent tests went,

and she said they didn't find anything on the test, but they believe she had MS.

I recalled an article a friend of mine E-mailed to me and I asked my sister if

she drank diet soda? She told me that she did. As a matter of fact, she was

getting ready to crack one open that moment... I told her not to open it, and to

stop drinking the diet soda !!! I E-mailed her the article my friend, a lawyer,

had sent. My sister called me within 32 hours after our phone conversation and

told me she had stopped drinking the diet soda AND she could walk!!!! The

muscle

spasms went away. She said she didn't feel 100% but she sure felt a lot better.

She told me she was going to her doctor with this article and would call me when

she got home.

Well, she called me, and said her doctor was amazed! He is going to call all of

his MS patients to find out if they consumed artificial sweeteners of any

kind...In a nutshell, she was being poisoned by the Aspartame in the diet

soda... and literally dying a slow and miserable death.

When she got to FL March 22nd, all she had to take was one pill, and that was a

pill for the Aspartame poisoning! She is well on her way to a complete recovery

.. and she is walking!!! No wheelchair!!!

This article saved her life If it says " SUGAR FREE " on the label, DO NOT EVEN

THINK ABOUT IT!!!

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, it was announced that in the United States in 2001 there is

an epidemic of multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus. It was difficult to

determine exactly what toxin was causing this to be rampant. I stood up and

said that I was there to lecture on exactly that subject. I will explain why

Aspartame is so dangerous: When the temperature of this sweetener 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, among other

conditions, multiple sclerosis andsystemic lupus. Many people were being

diagnosed in error. Although multiple sclerosis is not a death sentence..

methanol toxicity is! Systemic lupus has become almost as rampant as multiple

sclerosis, especially with Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi drinkers. The victim

usually does not know that theAspartame is the culprit. He or she continues its

use;

irritating the lupus to such a degree that it may become a life-threatening

condition. We have seen patients with systemic lupus become asymptotic, once

taken off diet sodas.

In cases of those diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, (when in reality,the

disease is methanol toxicity), most of the symptoms disappear. We've seen many

cases where vision loss returned and hearing loss improvedmarkedly.

This also applies to cases of tinnitus and fibromyalgia.

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, unexplainable

depression,anxiety attacks, slurred speech, blurred vision, or memory loss...you

probably

have ASPARTAME poisoning! " People were jumping up during the lecture saying, " I

have some of these symptoms. "

Is it reversible? " Yes! Yes! Yes! STOP drinking diet sodas and be alert for

Aspartame on food labels! Many products are fortified with it!!!

This is a serious problem. Dr. Espart (one of my speakers) remarked that so many

people seem to be symptomatic for MS and during his recent visit to a hospice; a

nurse stated that six of her friends, who were heavy Diet Coke addicts, had all

been diagnosed with MS. This is beyond coincidence! Diet soda is NOT a diet

product! It is a chemically altered, multiple SODIUM (salt) and ASPARTAME

containing product that actually makes you crave carbohydrates. It is far more

likely to make you GAIN weight!

These products also contain formaldehyde, which stores in the fat cells,

particularly in the hips and thighs.

Formaldehyde is an absolute toxin and is used primarily to preserve " tissue

specimens. "

Many products we use every day! contain this chemical but we SHOULD NOT store it

IN our body!!! Dr. H. J. stated in his lectures that once free of the

" diet products " and with no significant increase in exercise; his patients lost

an average of 19 pounds over a trial period.

Aspartame is especially dangerous for diabetics. We found that some physicians,

who believed that they had a patient with retinopathy, in fact, had symptoms

caused by Aspartame. The Aspartame drives the blood sugar out of control. Thus

diabetics may suffer acute memory loss due to the fact that aspartic acid and

phenylalanine are NEUROTOXIC when taken without the other amino acids necessary

for a good balance. Treating diabetes is all about BALANCE. Especially with

diabetics, the Aspartame passes the blood/brain barrier and it then deteriorates

the neurons of the

brain; causing various levels of brain damage, seizures, depression, manic

depression, panic attacks, uncontrollable anger and rage. Consumption of

Aspartame causes these same symptoms in non-diabetics, as well.

Documentation and observation also reveal that thousands of children diagnosed

with ADD and AHD have had complete turnarounds in their behavior when these

chemicals have been removed from their diet. So called " behavior

modification prescription drugs " (Ritalin and others) are no longer needed.

Truth be told, they were never NEEDED in the first place! Most of these

children were being " poisoned " on a daily basis with the very foods that were

" better for them than sugar. "

It is also suspected that the Aspartame in thousands of pallets of diet Coke and

diet Pepsi consumed by men and women fighting in the Gulf War, may be partially

to blame for the well-known Gulf War Syndrome.

Dr. warns that it can cause birth defects, i.e., mental retardation, if

taken at the time of conception and during early pregnancy. Children are

especially at risk for neurological disorders and should NEVER be given

artificial sweeteners. There are many different case histories to relate of

children suffering grand mal seizures and other

neurological disturbances due to the use of NutraSweet.

Unfortunately, it is not always easy to convince people that Aspartame is to

blame for their child's illness. Stevia, which, which is a sweet herb, NOT A

MANUFACTURED ADDITIVE, helps in the metabolism of sugar, which would

be ideal for diabetics. It has now been approved as a dietary supplement by the

FDA. It is known that

for many years the FDA outlawed this true sweet food, " due to their loyalty to

MONSANTO Chemical Company. "

Books on this subject are available:

EXCITOTOXINS: THE TASTE THAT KILLS written by Dr.

Blayblock(Health Press 1-800-643-2665) AND: DEFENSE AGAINST ALZHEIMER'S

DISEASE-written by DR H. J. , also a diabetic specialist.

These two doctors will soon be posting a position paper with case histories on

the deadly effects of Aspartame on the Internet. According to the Conference of

the American College of Physicians, " We are talking about a plague of

neurological diseases directly caused by the use of this deadly poison. "

Herein lies the problem: There were Congressional Hearings when Aspartame was

included 100 different products and strong objection was made concerning it's

use. Since this initial hearing, there have been two subsequent hearings and

still, nothing has been done. The drug and chemical lobbies have very deep

pockets. Sadly, MONSANTO'S patent on

Aspartame hasEXPIRED!! There are now over 5,000 products on the market that

contain this deadly chemical and there will be thousands more introduced.

Everybody wants a " piece of the Aspartame pie. " I assure you that MONSANTO, the

creator of Aspartame, knows how deadly it is. And isn't it ironic that MONSANTO

funds, among others, the American Diabetes Association, the American Dietetic

Association and the Conference of the American College of Physicians? This has

been recently exposed in the New York Times. These cannot criticize any

additives or convey their link to MONSANTO because they take money from the food

industry and are required to endorse their products.

Senator Metzenbaum wrote and presented a bill that would require label

warnings on products containing Aspartame, especially regarding pregnant women,

children and infants. The bill would also institute independent studies on the

known dangers and the problems existing in the general population regarding

seizures, changes in brain

chemistry, neurological changes and behavioral symptoms. The bill was killed.

It is known that the powerful drug and chemical lobbies are responsible for

this, letting loose the hounds of disease and death on an unsuspecting and

uninformed public Well, you're informed now!!!! YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW!!

Please print this out and/or e-mail to your family and friends. They have a

right to know too. "

September 4, 2005

Tess,

I have read many many testimonials of the same story and from all

that I've read, I wouldn't touch any artificial sweetener. There is

also site after site that claims it is an urban legend. It's hard to

know what to believe especially when many of the studies done are

funded by the NutraSweet Company. My personal belief is that just

like every other food allergy, people that have allergic reactions to

aspartame may show symptoms of various diseases.

I've posted many articles in the past about this controversy. If I

used artificial sweetener, I'd eliminate it for 6-8 weeks and see if

there is a difference. What can it hurt?

I use a sweetener called Stevia. What I get comes in the same

packages as the rest of the artificial sweeteners, plus it has added

fiber. Stevia is a plant.

Here is what I use:

http://www.herbalremedies.com/stev50pacswe.html

I'm growing my own stevia for use in my tea. If you google " aspartame

poisoning " you will see hundreds of pages.

a

On Sep 3, 2005, at 10:49 PM, Grammi B wrote:

>

> Hi a & ...just received this, though I think I might have

> seen something like it before. Is this truth, urban myth, or

> somewhere in between?

> Love...

> Tess

>

> " In October of 2001, my sister started getting very sick. She had

> stomach spasms and she was having a hard time getting around.

> Walking was a major chore. It took everything she had just to get

> outof bed; she was in so much pain.

> By March 2002, she had undergone several tissue and muscle biopsies

> and was on 24 various prescription medications. The doctors could

> not determine what was wrong with her. She was in so much pain, and

> so sick...she just knew she was dying.

>

> She put her house, bank accounts, life insurance, etc., in her

> oldest daughters name, and made sure that her younger children were

> to be taken care of. She also wanted her last hooray, so she

> planned a trip to FL(basically in wheelchair) for March 22nd. On

> March 19th I called her to ask how her most recent tests went, and

> she said they didn't find anything on the test, but they believe

> she had MS.

>

> I recalled an article a friend of mine E-mailed to me and I asked

> my sister if she drank diet soda? She told me that she did. As a

> matter of fact, she was getting ready to crack one open that

> moment... I told her not to open it, and to stop drinking the diet

> soda !!! I E-mailed her the article my friend, a lawyer, had sent.

> My sister called me within 32 hours after our phone conversation

> and told me she had stopped drinking the diet soda AND she could

> walk!!!! The muscle

> spasms went away. She said she didn't feel 100% but she sure felt a

> lot better. She told me she was going to her doctor with this

> article and would call me when she got home.

>

> Well, she called me, and said her doctor was amazed! He is going to

> call all of his MS patients to find out if they consumed artificial

> sweeteners of any kind...In a nutshell, she was being poisoned by

> the Aspartame in the diet

> soda... and literally dying a slow and miserable death.

>

> When she got to FL March 22nd, all she had to take was one pill,

> and that was a pill for the Aspartame poisoning! She is well on her

> way to a complete recovery . and she is walking!!! No wheelchair!!!

>

> This article saved her life If it says " SUGAR FREE " on the label,

> DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!!!

> 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, it was announced

> that in the United States in 2001 there is an epidemic of multiple

> sclerosis and systemic lupus. It was difficult to determine exactly

> what toxin was causing this to be rampant. I stood up and said

> that I was there to lecture on exactly that subject. I will

> explain why Aspartame is so dangerous: When the temperature of this

> sweetener 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, among other

> conditions, multiple sclerosis andsystemic lupus. Many people were

> being diagnosed in error. Although multiple sclerosis is not a

> death sentence.. methanol toxicity is! Systemic lupus h irritating

> the lupus to such a degree that it may become a life-threatening

> condition. We have seen patients with systemic lupus become

> asymptotic, once taken off diet sodas.

>

> In cases of those diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, (when in

> reality,the disease is methanol toxicity), most of the symptoms

> disappear. We've seen many cases where vision loss returned and

> hearing loss improvedmarkedly.

> This also applies to cases of tinnitus and fibromyalgia.

>

> 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, unexplainable

> depression,anxiety attacks, slurred speech, blurred vision, or

> memory loss...you probably

> have ASPARTAME poisoning! " People were jumping up during the

> lecture saying, " I have some of these symptoms. "

> Is it reversible? " Yes! Yes! Yes! STOP drinking diet sodas and be

> alert for Aspartame on food labels! Many products are fortified

> with it!!!

>

> This is a serious problem. Dr. Espart (one of my speakers) remarked

> that so many people seem to be symptomatic for MS and during his

> recent visit to a hospice; a nurse stated that six of her friends,

> who were heavy Diet Coke addicts, had all been diagnosed with MS.

> This is beyond coincidence! Diet soda is NOT a diet product! It is

> a chemically altered, multiple SODIUM (salt) and ASPARTAME

> containing product that actually makes you crave carbohydrates. It

> is far more likely to make you GAIN weight!

>

> These products also contain formaldehyde, which stores in the fat

> cells, particularly in the hips and thighs.

> Formaldehyde is an absolute toxin and is used primarily to preserve

> " tissue specimens. "

>

> Many products we use every day! contain this chemical but we SHOULD

> NOT store it IN our body!!! Dr. H. J. stated in his

> lectures that once free of the " diet products " and with no

> significant increase in exercise; his patients lost

> an average of 19 pounds over a trial period.

>

> Aspartame is especially dangerous for diabetics. We found that some

> physicians, who believed that they had a patient with retinopathy,

> in fact, had symptoms caused by Aspartame. The Aspartame drives the

> blood sugar out of control. Thus diabetics may suffer acute memory

> loss due to the fact that aspartic acid and phenylalanine are

> NEUROTOXIC when taken without the other amino acids necessary for a

> good balance. Treating diabetes is all about BALANCE. Especially

> with diabetics, the Aspartame passes the blood/brain barrier and it

> then deteriorates the neurons of the

> brain; causing various levels of brain damage, seizures,

> depression, manic depression, panic attacks, uncontrollable anger

> and rage. Consumption of Aspartame causes these same symptoms in

> non-diabetics, as well.

>

> Documentation and observation also reveal that thousands of

> children diagnosed with ADD and AHD have had complete turnarounds

> in their behavior when these chemicals have been removed from

> their diet. So called " behavior

> modification prescription drugs " (Ritalin and others) are no longer

> needed. Truth be told, they were never NEEDED in the first place!

> Most of these children were being " poisoned " on a daily basis with

> the very foods that were " better for them than sugar. "

>

> It is also suspected that the Aspartame in thousands of pallets of

> diet Coke and diet Pepsi consumed by men and women fighting in the

> Gulf War, may be partially to blame for the well-known Gulf War

> Syndrome.

>

> Dr. warns that it can cause birth defects, i.e., mental

> retardation, if taken at the time of conception and during early

> pregnancy. Children are especially at risk for neurological

> disorders and should NEVER be given artificial sweeteners. There

> are many different case histories to relate of children suffering

> grand mal seizures and other

> neurological disturbances due to the use of NutraSweet.

>

> Unfortunately, it is not always easy to convince people that

> Aspartame is to blame for their child's illness. Stevia, which,

> which is a sweet herb, NOT A MANUFACTURED ADDITIVE, helps in the

> metabolism of sugar, which would

> be ideal for diabetics. It has now been approved as a dietary

> supplement by the FDA. It is known that

> for many years the FDA outlawed this true sweet food, " due to their

> loyalty to MONSANTO Chemical Company. "

>

> Books on this subject are available:

>

> EXCITOTOXINS: THE TASTE THAT KILLS written by Dr.

> Blayblock(Health Press 1-800-643-2665) AND: DEFENSE AGAINST

> ALZHEIMER'S

> DISEASE-written by DR H. J. , also a diabetic specialist.

>

> These two doctors will soon be posting a position paper with case

> histories on the deadly effects of Aspartame on the Internet.

> According to the Conference of the American College of Physicians,

> " We are talking about a plague of neurological diseases directly

> caused by the use of this deadly poison. "

>

> Herein lies the problem: There were Congressional Hearings when

> Aspartame was included 100 different products and strong objection

> was made concerning it's use. Since this initial hearing, there

> have been two subsequent hearings and still, nothing has been done.

> The drug and chemical lobbies have very deep pockets. Sadly,

> MONSANTO'S patent on

> Aspartame hasEXPIRED!! There are now over 5,000 products on the

> market that contain this deadly chemical and there will be

> thousands more introduced. Everybody wants a " piece of the

> Aspartame pie. " I assure you that MONSANTO, the creator of

> Aspartame, knows how deadly it is. And isn't it ironic that

> MONSANTO funds, among others, the American Diabetes Association,

> the American Dietetic Association and the Conference of the

> American College of Physicians? This has been recently exposed in

> the New York Times. These cannot criticize any additives or convey

> their link to MONSANTO because they take money from the food

> industry and are required to endorse their products.

>

> Senator Metzenbaum wrote and presented a bill that would

> require label warnings on products containing Aspartame, especially

> regarding pregnant women, children and infants. The bill would also

> institute independent studies on the known dangers and the problems

> existing in the general population regarding seizures, changes in

> brain

> chemistry, neurological changes and behavioral symptoms. The bill

> was killed.

>

> It is known that the powerful drug and chemical lobbies are

> responsible for this, letting loose the hounds of disease and death

> on an unsuspecting and uninformed public Well, you're informed

> now!!!! YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW!!

>

> Please print this out and/or e-mail to your family and friends.

> They have a right to know too. "

>

September 4, 2005