Re: article on aspartame that I really wish you would read!

[Guest guest]

Although I would never consume aspartame, this article is an urban legend (go to

www.snopes.com and do a search for aspartame). I only had it a few times when

it first came out and it resulted in SEVERE headaches. I ended up being

temporarily blinded while driving resulting in a pretty bad car accident. This

is how it reacted to me, but it has not been linked to MS or lupus or any other

diseases. If you ask a Dr., they will tell you that pregnant women and children

under 5 should not have aspartame. It seems to me if it's dangerous for them

then it can't be good for anybody, but that is JMHO.

Cecelia

[Guest guest]

Also read:

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blasp.htm

http://www.snopes.com/toxins/aspartam.htm

Note: there is a 100% chance that being very overweight is bad for your health;

there MAY be a tiny chance that aspartame might hurt your health.

Think about it. Think.

Your friend in WW,

-:|:-

Don't Panic Just Read

> >

> > I'm not a big Soda drinker but when I do... I drink diet soda.....

> well I think I'm going to re think it and skip the diet drink period

> > >In October of 2001, my sister started getting very sick, she had

> stomach spasms, she was having a hard time getting around, to walk was a

> major chore. It took everything she had just to get out of bed, she was in

> so much pain. By March 2002, she had undergone biopsies, and was on 24

> various prescription medications. The doctors could not figure out what was

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

> dying.

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

> daughters name, and made sure her younger children were to be with her

> oldest daughter. She wanted her last hooray, so she planned a trip to FL

> (basically in a wheelchair) for March 22nd. On March 19th I called her to

> ask her how one of her tests went, and she said they didn't find anything

> on the test, but they believe she had MS. I thought, oh, my....then I

> recalled an article a friend of mine emailed to me...and I asked her....Do

> you drink Diet pop? She told me yes, as a matter of fact she was getting

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

> drinking the diet pop....and I emailed her the following article. She

> called me within 32 hours after our phone conversation and told me she

> stopped drinking the diet pop, and she can walk...she went up the stairs,

> and the muscle spasms went away. She said she didn't feel 100% but sure

> felt a lot better. She told me she was going to her doctors with this

> article and would call me back when she got home.

> >

> She called me, and her doctor was amazed, he is going to call all of his

> MS patients to find out if they consumed artificial sweetener....In a

> nutshell, she was being poisoned by the aspartame in the diet soda, dying a

> slow death.

> > >

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

> was a pill for poisoning....she is well on her way to recovery.....and she

> is walking!!!!! No wheelchair!!!! This article saved her life!!!! The life

> saving article: 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, that it was hard to understand 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.

> People were being diagnosed with having multiple sclerosis in error. The

> multiple sclerosis is not a death sentence, where 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 the

> aspartame is the culprit. He or she continues its use, aggravating the

> lupus to such a degree that it may become life-threatening. We have seen

> patients with systemic lupus become a symptomatic once taken off diet

> sodas. In the case 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 returned and hearing improved markedly.

> 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 some of these symptoms:

> Is it reversible? " Yes! Not drinking diet sodas and keeping an eye out

> foraspartame on food labels, yes!

> > >

> We have a very serious problem. A stranger came up to Dr. Espisto (one of

> my speakers) and me 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! Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi etc. IS NOT A

> DIET

> PRODUCT! The Congressional Record states that it makes you crave

> carbohydrates and will make you FAT. The formaldehyde stores in the fat

> cells, particularly in the hips and thighs. Once off these products with no

> significant increase in exercise, etc., Dr. in his lecture stated

> that he had patient who lost an average of 19 pounds over a trial period.

> > >

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

> would believe that they have a patient with retinopathy, when in fact the

> symptoms are 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 neurotoxin without the other amino

> acids found in protein. Thus it passes the blood brain barrier and

> deteriorates the neurons of the brain, causing in diabetics (as well as in

> patients not suffering from diabetes) various kinds of brain damage,

> seizures,

> depression, manic depression, panic attacks, rage, violence. (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 early pregnancy. Children are

> especially at risk for neurological disorders and should NOT be given

> NutraSweet. I can relate different case histories of children having mal

> seizures and other disturbances being on NutraSweet. Unfortunately it is

> not always easy to convince a mother that aspartame is to blame for her

> child's illness. Only by trial and success will she be able to warn other

> mothers to take their children's health in their own hands.

> > >

> Stevia, a sweet herb, NOT A MANUFACTURED 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. Books on this

> subject are available: EXCITOTOXINS: THE TASTE THAT KILLS - written by

> Dr. Blayblock (Health Press 1-) and DEFENSE AGAINST

> ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE - written by DR H. J. , also a diabetic

> specialist. These two doctors will be posting a position paper with some

> 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 caused by this deadly

> poison. " 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!!!!! I assure you, MONSANTO, the creator of Aspartame knows how

> deadly it is. They fund among others, the American Diabetes Association,

> the American Dietetic Association, the Conference of the American College

> of Physicians. This has been exposed in the New York Times - to no avail.

> These Associations cannot criticize any additives or convey their link to

> MONSANTO because they take money from the food industry and have to endorse

> their products.

> > >

> Senator 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

> 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.

> > >

> Please print this out or e-mail to family and friends. Here are some more

> links to websites.

> << http://www.ethicalinvesting.com/monsanto/markle.shtml

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

<<<Note: there is a 100% chance that being very overweight is bad for your

health;

there MAY be a tiny chance that aspartame might hurt your health.

Think about it. Think.>>>

I agree that the risk to being overweight is worse, BUT Aspartame isn't required

to lose weight.

Cecelia

[Guest guest]

--- " Cecelia Medbery " wrote:

> I agree that the risk to being overweight

> is worse, BUT Aspartame isn't required to

> lose weight.

> Cecelia

--

I agree that aspartame is REQUIRED to lose weight. On the other

hand, neither is Weight Watchers or other support groups such as

this one REQUIRED to lose weight. The Point system isn't required,

books with programs and information aren't required, exercise isn't

required, heck -- even vegetables aren't REQUIRED.

My point is that being willing to use something that may, at the

very worst, be just a tiny bit bad for you to support you in

overcoming something that is definitely very bad for you is probably

a reasonable choice to make. After all, I almost got hit by a car

yesterday when I was taking my walk. And sometimes, participating in

this support group uses up so much time in my day that I don't get

my second daily walk done. :-)

-:|:-

[Guest guest]

Oops, that should say " I agree that aspartame in NOT required to lose weight " !!!

:-) -:|:-

----- Original Message -----

From: " karenelder "

I agree that aspartame is REQUIRED to lose weight. On the other

hand, ...

[Guest guest]

RoswellFan13@... wrote:Someone on another group posted this....please,

please read!

*If I accidentally re-sent it to a group where it has appeared, please

forgive me - -

but, I sent it because I really care.

According to the article in Woman's Day (Sept. 1st issue, pg. 34) and Snopes,

the claims in the e-mail aren't ture. The FDA says there haven't been enough

cases with symptoms to link it to aspartame and that it's safe to use. Also,

according to Snopes, it's not true and the woman the e-mail refers to has

another agenda. Like everything, they might come out next week and say, there

is a link. But as of now, there's no cause for concern. Just my take on it

)!!!!!

Gymmie in Cali )!!!!!!

241.6/170/150 (personal and then we'll see)/140(WW)

BOP 8/11/2K2 )!!!!

" The task ahead of us is never as great as the power behind us. "

" Faith is the daring of the soul to go farther than it can see. "

" Act as if it were impossible to fail. "

" There are no shortcuts to anyplace worth going. "

---------------------------------

[Guest guest]

It sounded like an advertisement for Stevia to me.

Honestly, we need to make sure that we research these things before

passing them on. www.snopes.com is the best place for checking things

before passing them on.

Like all health issues, choosing to use artificial sweetners is a

personal decision. I choose to because my personal tastes run to sweet

things. I prefer Splenda if it's available, but it isn't always. I'm not

mainlining the stuff, but I am intelligent enough to make the decision

to use it with moderation.

I know that we all mean well when passing this stuff on, but it's just

like all spam. We need to use our resources, and they are vast with

access to the Internet, to make sure we know that what we are passing on

is true. Thanks, though, for your concern. We all need to care about

each other in this journey.

> Re: article on aspartame

> that I really wish you would read!

>

>

>

> RoswellFan13@... wrote:Someone on another group posted

> this....please, please read! *If I accidentally re-sent it to

> a group where it has appeared, please

> forgive me - -

> but, I sent it because I really care.

>

> According to the article in Woman's Day (Sept. 1st issue, pg.

> 34) and Snopes, the claims in the e-mail aren't ture. The

> FDA says there haven't been enough cases with symptoms to

> link it to aspartame and that it's safe to use. Also,

> according to Snopes, it's not true and the woman the e-mail

> refers to has another agenda. Like everything, they might

> come out next week and say, there is a link. But as of now,

> there's no cause for concern. Just my take on it )!!!!!

>

> Gymmie in Cali )!!!!!!

> 241.6/170/150 (personal and then we'll see)/140(WW)

> BOP 8/11/2K2 )!!!!

> " The task ahead of us is never as great as the power behind

> us. " " Faith is the daring of the soul to go farther than it

> can see. " " Act as if it were impossible to fail. " " There are

> no shortcuts to anyplace worth going. "

>

>

> ---------------------------------

>

[Guest guest]

Well, although I do drink diet soda, and think it has to be healthier

than all the sugar in regular, I can't believe anyone really thinks it is

particularly healthy! Stevia is well and good, but packs quite the

aftertaste, and does not have a wide range of uses. I have been picking

up Diet Rite soda, with splenda, as a change of pace... I don't want to

drink exclusively water, I guess I need to be more creative with my 0

point beverages! Any ideas?

On Sun, 18 Aug 2002 14:42:58 EDT RoswellFan13@... writes:

> Someone on another group posted this....please, please read!

> *If I accidentally re-sent it to a group where it has appeared,

> please

> forgive me - -

> but, I sent it because I really care.

>

>

> > > Subject: Don't Panic Just Read

> > >

> > > I'm not a big Soda drinker but when I do... I drink diet

> soda.....

> > well I think I'm going to re think it and skip the diet drink

> period

> > > >In October of 2001, my sister started getting very sick, she

> had

> > stomach spasms, she was having a hard time getting around, to walk

> was a

> > major chore. It took everything she had just to get out of bed,

> she was in

> > so much pain. By March 2002, she had undergone biopsies, and was

> on 24

> > various prescription medications. The doctors could not figure out

> what was

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

> was

> > dying.

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

> oldest

> > daughters name, and made sure her younger children were to be with

> her

> > oldest daughter. She wanted her last hooray, so she planned a trip

> to FL

> > (basically in a wheelchair) for March 22nd. On March 19th I called

> her to

> > ask her how one of her tests went, and she said they didn't find

> anything

> > on the test, but they believe she had MS. I thought, oh,

> my....then I

> > recalled an article a friend of mine emailed to me...and I asked

> her....Do

> > you drink Diet pop? She told me yes, as a matter of fact she was

> getting

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

> and stop

> > drinking the diet pop....and I emailed her the following article.

> She

> > called me within 32 hours after our phone conversation and told me

> she

> > stopped drinking the diet pop, and she can walk...she went up the

> stairs,

> > and the muscle spasms went away. She said she didn't feel 100% but

> sure

> > felt a lot better. She told me she was going to her doctors with

> this

> > article and would call me back when she got home.

> > >

> > She called me, and her doctor was amazed, he is going to call

> all of his

> > MS patients to find out if they consumed artificial

> sweetener....In a

> > nutshell, she was being poisoned by the aspartame in the diet

> soda, dying a

> > slow death.

> > > >

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

> and that

> > was a pill for poisoning....she is well on her way to

> recovery.....and she

> > is walking!!!!! No wheelchair!!!! This article saved her life!!!!

> The life

> > saving article: 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, that it was hard to understand 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.

> > People were being diagnosed with having multiple sclerosis in

> error. The

> > multiple sclerosis is not a death sentence, where 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 the

> > aspartame is the culprit. He or she continues its use,

> aggravating the

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

> have seen

> > patients with systemic lupus become a symptomatic once taken off

> diet

> > sodas. In the case 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 returned and hearing improved

> markedly.

> > 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 some of these

> symptoms:

> > Is it reversible? " Yes! Not drinking diet sodas and keeping an

> eye out

> > foraspartame on food labels, yes!

> > > >

> > We have a very serious problem. A stranger came up to Dr.

> Espisto (one of

> > my speakers) and me 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! Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi etc.

> IS NOT A

> > DIET

> > PRODUCT! The Congressional Record states that it makes you crave

>

> > carbohydrates and will make you FAT. The formaldehyde stores in

> the fat

> > cells, particularly in the hips and thighs. Once off these

> products with no

> > significant increase in exercise, etc., Dr. in his lecture

> stated

> > that he had patient who lost an average of 19 pounds over a trial

> period.

> > > >

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

> physicians

> > would believe that they have a patient with retinopathy, when in

> fact the

> > symptoms are 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 neurotoxin without the

> other amino

> > acids found in protein. Thus it passes the blood brain barrier and

>

> > deteriorates the neurons of the brain, causing in diabetics (as

> well as in

> > patients not suffering from diabetes) various kinds of brain

> damage,

> > seizures,

> > depression, manic depression, panic attacks, rage, violence.

> (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 early pregnancy. Children

> are

> > especially at risk for neurological disorders and should NOT be

> given

> > NutraSweet. I can relate different case histories of children

> having mal

> > seizures and other disturbances being on NutraSweet. Unfortunately

> it is

> > not always easy to convince a mother that aspartame is to blame

> for her

> > child's illness. Only by trial and success will she be able to

> warn other

> > mothers to take their children's health in their own hands.

> > > >

> > Stevia, a sweet herb, NOT A MANUFACTURED 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. Books on

> this

> > subject are available: EXCITOTOXINS: THE TASTE THAT KILLS -

> written by

> > Dr. Blayblock (Health Press 1-) and DEFENSE

> AGAINST

> > ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE - written by DR H. J. , also a diabetic

>

> > specialist. These two doctors will be posting a position paper

> with some

> > 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 caused by this

> deadly

> > poison. " 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!!!!! I assure you, MONSANTO, the creator of Aspartame

> knows how

> > deadly it is. They fund among others, the American Diabetes

> Association,

> > the American Dietetic Association, the Conference of the American

> College

> > of Physicians. This has been exposed in the New York Times - to no

> avail.

> > These Associations cannot criticize any additives or convey their

> link to

> > MONSANTO because they take money from the food industry and have

> to endorse

> > their products.

> > > >

> > Senator 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

> > 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.

> > > >

> > Please print this out or e-mail to family and friends. Here are

> some more

> > links to websites.

> > << http://www.ethicalinvesting.com/monsanto/markle.shtml

> >

> >

> >

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I like iced tea. I do a lot of iced tea...herbals and regular. I just

put ice, water, and a tea bag into my water bottle and it's awesome.

Very refreshing when I work out.

> Don't Panic Just Read

> > > >

> > > > I'm not a big Soda drinker but when I do... I drink diet

> > soda.....

> > > well I think I'm going to re think it and skip the diet drink

> > period

> > > > >In October of 2001, my sister started getting very sick, she

> > had

> > > stomach spasms, she was having a hard time getting

> around, to walk

> > was a

> > > major chore. It took everything she had just to get out of bed,

> > she was in

> > > so much pain. By March 2002, she had undergone biopsies, and was

> > on 24

> > > various prescription medications. The doctors could not

> figure out

> > what was

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

> knew she

> > was

> > > dying.

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

> > oldest

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

> to be with

> > her

> > > oldest daughter. She wanted her last hooray, so she

> planned a trip

> > to FL

> > > (basically in a wheelchair) for March 22nd. On March 19th

> I called

> > her to

> > > ask her how one of her tests went, and she said they didn't find

> > anything

> > > on the test, but they believe she had MS. I thought, oh,

> > my....then I

> > > recalled an article a friend of mine emailed to me...and I asked

> > her....Do

> > > you drink Diet pop? She told me yes, as a matter of fact she was

> > getting

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

> > and stop

> > > drinking the diet pop....and I emailed her the following article.

> > She

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

> and told me

> > she

> > > stopped drinking the diet pop, and she can walk...she went up the

> > stairs,

> > > and the muscle spasms went away. She said she didn't feel

> 100% but

> > sure

> > > felt a lot better. She told me she was going to her doctors with

> > this

> > > article and would call me back when she got home.

> > > >

> > > She called me, and her doctor was amazed, he is going to call

> > all of his

> > > MS patients to find out if they consumed artificial

> > sweetener....In a

> > > nutshell, she was being poisoned by the aspartame in the diet

> > soda, dying a

> > > slow death.

> > > > >

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

> one pill,

> > and that

> > > was a pill for poisoning....she is well on her way to

> > recovery.....and she

> > > is walking!!!!! No wheelchair!!!! This article saved her life!!!!

> > The life

> > > saving article: 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, that it was hard to understand 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.

> > > People were being diagnosed with having multiple sclerosis in

> > error. The

> > > multiple sclerosis is not a death sentence, where 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 the

> > > aspartame is the culprit. He or she continues its use,

> > aggravating the

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

> > have seen

> > > patients with systemic lupus become a symptomatic once taken off

> > diet

> > > sodas. In the case 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 returned and hearing improved

> > markedly.

> > > 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 some of these

> > symptoms:

> > > Is it reversible? " Yes! Not drinking diet sodas and keeping an

> > eye out

> > > foraspartame on food labels, yes!

> > > > >

> > > We have a very serious problem. A stranger came up to Dr.

> > Espisto (one of

> > > my speakers) and me 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! Diet Coke and Diet

> Pepsi etc.

> > IS NOT A

> > > DIET

> > > PRODUCT! The Congressional Record states that it makes

> you crave

> >

> > > carbohydrates and will make you FAT. The formaldehyde stores in

> > the fat

> > > cells, particularly in the hips and thighs. Once off these

> > products with no

> > > significant increase in exercise, etc., Dr. in

> his lecture

> > stated

> > > that he had patient who lost an average of 19 pounds over a trial

> > period.

> > > > >

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

> > physicians

> > > would believe that they have a patient with retinopathy, when in

> > fact the

> > > symptoms are 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 neurotoxin without the

> > other amino

> > > acids found in protein. Thus it passes the blood brain

> barrier and

> >

> > > deteriorates the neurons of the brain, causing in diabetics (as

> > well as in

> > > patients not suffering from diabetes) various kinds of brain

> > damage,

> > > seizures,

> > > depression, manic depression, panic attacks, rage, violence.

> > (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 early pregnancy. Children

> > are

> > > especially at risk for neurological disorders and should NOT be

> > given

> > > NutraSweet. I can relate different case histories of children

> > having mal

> > > seizures and other disturbances being on NutraSweet.

> Unfortunately

> > it is

> > > not always easy to convince a mother that aspartame is to blame

> > for her

> > > child's illness. Only by trial and success will she be able to

> > warn other

> > > mothers to take their children's health in their own hands.

> > > > >

> > > Stevia, a sweet herb, NOT A MANUFACTURED 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. Books on

> > this

> > > subject are available: EXCITOTOXINS: THE TASTE THAT KILLS -

> > written by

> > > Dr. Blayblock (Health Press 1-) and DEFENSE

> > AGAINST

> > > ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE - written by DR H. J. , also a

> diabetic

> >

> > > specialist. These two doctors will be posting a position paper

> > with some

> > > 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 caused by this

> > deadly

> > > poison. " 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!!!!! I assure you, MONSANTO, the creator of Aspartame

> > knows how

> > > deadly it is. They fund among others, the American Diabetes

> > Association,

> > > the American Dietetic Association, the Conference of the American

> > College

> > > of Physicians. This has been exposed in the New York

> Times - to no

> > avail.

> > > These Associations cannot criticize any additives or convey their

> > link to

> > > MONSANTO because they take money from the food industry and have

> > to endorse

> > > their products.

> > > > >

> > > Senator 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

> > > 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.

> > > > >

> > > Please print this out or e-mail to family and friends. Here are

> > some more

> > > links to websites.

> > > << http://www.ethicalinvesting.com/monsanto/markle.shtml

> > >

> > >

> > >

> >

> >

> >

> >

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<<<I don't want to drink exclusively water, I guess I need to be more creative

with my 0 point beverages! Any ideas? >>>

Propel! Yeah, it's water, but it is really good and only 10 calories for 8 oz.

I love it and it makes me feel good that I'm getting extra vitamins.

Cecelia