Re: aspertame - Message Donna Wanted Us To Have But Couldn't Get to the List

[Guest guest]

Alice

Thanks for this article. It is very interesting, especially in light of the

article sent about brain tumors. Dr. Cohen might like to see this,

since he also works with children who have brain tumors.

laurie

>

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> Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2004 08:17:42 -0600

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> Subject: aspertame - Message Donna Wanted Us To Have But Couldn't

> Get to the List

>

> Aspertame - Printable

>

>

>

>

>

> Aspartame... the BAD news!

> Article courtesy of: Mark Gold mgold@...

> (researcher for twenty years on such subjects)

> Aspartame was not approved until 1981, in dry foods. For over eight years the

> FDA refused to approve it because of the seizures and brain tumors this drug

> produced in lab animals. The FDA continued to refuse to approve it until

> President Reagan took office (a friend of Searle) and fired the FDA

> Commissioner who wouldn't approve it. Dr. Arthur Hull was appointed as

> commissioner. Even then there was so much opposition to approval that a Board

> of Inquiry was set up. The Board said: " Do not approve aspartame " . Dr.

> OVERRULED his own Board of Inquiry.

>

> Shortly after Commissioner Arthur Hull , Jr., approved the use of

> aspartame in carbonated beverages, he left for a position with G.D. Searle's

> Public Relations firm.

>

> Long-Term Damage. It appears to cause slow, silent damage in those unfortunate

> enough to not have immediate reactions and a reason to avoid it. It may take

> one year, five years, 10 years, or 40 years, but it seems to cause some

> reversible and some irreversible changes in health over long-term use.

>

> METHANOL (AKA WOOD ALCOHOL/POISON) (10% OF ASPARTAME) Methanol/wood alcohol is

> a deadly poison. People may recall that methanol was the poison that has

> caused some " skid row " alcoholics to end up blind or dead. Methanol is

> gradually released in the small intestine when the methyl group of aspartame

> encounter the enzyme chymotrypsin.

>

> The absorption of methanol into the body is sped up considerably when free

> methanol is ingested. Free methanol is created from aspartame when it is

> heated to above 86 Fahrenheit (30 Centigrade). This would occur when

> aspartame-containing product is improperly stored or when it is heated (e.g.,

> as part of a " food " product such as Jello).

>

> Methanol breaks down into formic acid and formaldehyde in the body.

> Formaldehyde is a deadly neurotoxin. An EPA assessment of methanol states that

> methanol " is considered a cumulative poison due to the low rate of excretion

> once it is absorbed. In the body, methanol is oxidized to formaldehyde and

> formic acid; both of these metabolites are toxic. " The recommend a limit of

> consumption of 7.8 mg/day. A one-liter (approx. 1 quart) aspartame-sweetened

> beverage contains about 56 mg of methanol. Heavy users of aspartame-containing

> products consume as much as 250 mg of methanol daily or 32 times the EPA

> limit.

>

> The most well known problems from methanol poisoning are vision problems.

> Formaldehyde is a known carcinogen, causes retinal damage, interferes with DNA

> replication, and causes birth defects. Due to the lack of a couple of key

> enzymes, humans are many times more sensitive to the toxic effects of methanol

> than animals. Therefore, tests of aspartame or methanol on animals do not

> accurately reflect the danger for humans. As pointed out by Dr Woodrow C.

> Monte, Director of the Food Science and Nutrition Laboratory at Arizona State

> University, " There are no human or mammalian studies to evaluate the possible

> mutagenic, teratogenic, or carcinogenic effects of chronic administration of

> methyl alcohol. "

>

> It has been pointed out that fruit juices and alcoholic beverages contain

> small amounts of methanol. It is important to remember, that the methanol in

> natural products never appears alone. In every case, ethanol is present,

> usually in much higher amounts. Ethanol is an antidote for methanol toxicity

> in humans. The troops of Desert Storm were " treated " to large amounts of

> aspartame-sweetened beverages which had been heated to over 86 degrees F. in

> the Saudi Arabian sun. Many of them returned home with numerous disorders

> similar to what has been seen in persons who have been chemically poisoned by

> formaldehyde. The free methanol in the beverages may have been a contributing

> factor in these illnesses. Other breakdown products of aspartame such as DKP,

> may also have been a factor.

>

> In a 1993 act that can only be described as " unconscionable " , the FDA approved

> aspartame as an ingredient in numerous food items that would always be heated

> to above 86°degrees F (30°Degrees C).

>

> Much worse, on 27 June 1996, without public notice, the FDA removed all

> restrictions from aspartame allowing it to be used in everything, including

> all heated and baked goods.

>

> The truth about aspartame's toxicity is far different than what the NutraSweet

> Company would have you readers believe. In February of 1994, the U.S.

> Department of Health and Human Services released the listing of adverse

> reactions reported to the FDA (DHHS 1994). Aspartame accounted for more than

> 75% of all adverse reactions reported to the FDA's Adverse Reaction Monitoring

> System (ARMS). By the FDA's own admission fewer then ONE PERCENT of those who

> have problems with something they consume ever report it to the FDA. This

> balloons the almost 10,000 complaints they once had to around a million.

> However, the FDA has a record keeping problem (they never did respond to the

> certified letter from the WEBMASTER of this site... a

> major victim!) and they tend to discourage or even misdirect complaints, at

> least on aspartame. The fact remains, though, that MOST victims don't have a

> clue that aspartame may be the cause of their many problems! Many reactions to

> aspartame were very serious including seizures and death. Those reactions

> included:

>

> DORway documents now linked to SYMPTOM!

>

> Abdominal Pain

> Anxiety attacks

> arthritis

> asthma

> Asthmatic Reactions

> Bloating, Edema (Fluid Retention)

> Blood Sugar Control Problems (Hypoglycemia or Hyperglycemia)

> Brain Cancer (Pre-approval studies in animals)

> Breathing difficulties

> burning eyes or throat

> Burning Urination

> can't think straight

> Chest Pains

> chronic cough

> Chronic Fatigue

> Confusion

> Death

> Depression

> Diarrhea

> Dizziness

> Excessive Thirst or Hunger

> fatigue

> feel unreal

> flushing of face

> Hair Loss (Baldness) or Thinning of Hair

> Headaches/Migraines dizziness

> Hearing Loss

> Heart palpitations

> Hives (Urticaria)

> Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)

> Impotency and Sexual Problems

> inability to concentrate

> Infection Susceptibility

> Insomnia

> Irritability

> Itching

> Joint Pains

> laryngitis

> " like thinking in a fog "

> Marked Personality Changes

> Memory loss

> Menstrual Problems or Changes

> Migraines and Severe Headaches (Trigger or Cause From Chronic Intake)

> Muscle spasms

> Nausea or Vomiting

> Numbness or Tingling of Extremities

> Other Allergic-Like Reactions

> Panic Attacks

> Phobias

> poor memory

> Rapid Heart Beat

> Rashes

> Seizures and Convulsions

> Slurring of Speech

> Swallowing Pain

> Tachycardia

> Tremors

> Tinnitus

> Vertigo

> Vision Loss

> Weight gain

>

> Aspartame Disease Mimics Symptoms or Worsens the Following Diseases

>

> Fibromyalgia

> Arthritis

> Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

> Parkinson's Disease

> Lupus

> Multiple Chemical Sensitivities (MCS)

> Diabetes and Diabetic Complications

> Epilepsy

> Alzheimer's Disease

> Birth Defects

> Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

> Lymphoma

> Lyme Disease

> Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)

> Panic Disorder

> Depression and other Psychological Disorders

>

> How it happens:

>

> Methanol, from aspartame, is released in the small intestine when the methyl

> group of aspartame encounters the enzyme chymotrypsin (Stegink 1984, page

> 143). Free methanol begins to form in liquid aspartame-containing products at

> temperatures above 86 degrees F.. also within the human body.

>

> The methanol is then converted to formaldehyde. The formaldehyde converts to

> formic acid, ant sting poison. Toxic formic acid is used as an activator to

> strip epoxy and urethane coatings. Imagine what it does to your tissues!

>

> Phenylalanine and aspartic acid, 90% of aspartame, are amino acids normally

> used in synthesis of protoplasm when supplied by the foods we eat. But when

> unaccompanied by other amino acids we use [there are 20], they are neurotoxic.

>

> That is why a warning for Phenylketonurics is found on EQUAL and other

> aspartame products. Phenylketenurics are 2% of the population with extreme

> sensitivity to this chemical unless it's present in food. It gets you too,

> causing brain disorders and birth defects! Finally, the phenyalanine breaks

> down into DKP, a brain tumor agent.

>

> In other words: Aspartame converts to dangerous byproducts that have no

> natural countermeasures. A dieter's empty stomach accelerates these

> conversions and amplifies the damage. Components of aspartame go straight to

> the brain, damage that causes headaches, mental confusion, seizures and faulty

> balance. Lab rats and other test animals died of brain tumors.

>

> Despite the claims of Monsanto and bedfellows:

>

> 1. Methanol from alcohol and juices does not get converted to formaldehyde to

> any significant extent. There is very strong evidence to confirm this fact for

> alcoholic beverages and fairly strong evidence for juices.

>

> 2. Formaldehyde obtained from methanol is very toxic in " very small " doses as

> seen by recent research.

>

> 3. Aspartame causes chronic toxicity reactions/damage due to the methanol to

> formaldehyde and other break down products despite what is claimed otherwise

> by the very short, industry-funded experiments using a test substance that is

> chemically different and absorbed differently than what is available to the

> general public. " Strangely enough " , almost all independent studies show that

> aspartame can cause health problems.

>

> 4. A common ploy from Monsanto is to claim that aspartame is " safe " yet a few

> select people may have " allergic " reactions to it. This is typical Monsanto

> nonsense, of course. Their own research shows that it does not cause

> " allergic " reactions. It is there way of trying to minimize and hide the huge

> numbers of toxicity reactions and damage that people are experiencing from the

> long-term use of aspartame.

>

> Summary

>

> Given the following points, it is definitely premature for researchers to

> discount the role of methanol in aspartame side effects:

>

> 1. The amount of methanol ingested from aspartame is unprecedented in human

> history. Methanol from fruit juice ingestion does not even approach the

> quantity of methanol ingested from aspartame, especially in persons who ingest

> one to three liters (or more) of diet beverages every day. Unlike methanol

> from aspartame, methanol from natural products is probably not absorbed or

> converted to its toxic metabolites in significant amounts as discussed

> earlier.

>

> 2. Lack of laboratory-detectable changes in plasma formic acid and

> formaldehyde levels do not preclude damage being caused by these toxic

> metabolites. Laboratory-detectable changes in format levels are often not

> found in short exposures to methanol.

>

> 3. Aspartame-containing products often provide little or no nutrients which

> may protect against chronic methanol poisoning and are often consumed in

> between meals. Persons who ingest aspartame-containing products are often

> dieting and more likely to have nutritional deficiencies than persons who take

> the time to make fresh juices.

>

> 4. Persons with certain health conditions or on certain drugs may be much more

> susceptible to chronic methanol poisoning.

>

> 5. Chronic diseases and side effects from slow poisons often build silently

> over a long period of time. Many chronic diseases which seem to appear

> suddenly have actually been building in the body over many years.

>

> 6. An increasing body of research is showing that many people are highly

> sensitive to low doses of formaldehyde in the environment. Environmental

> exposure to formaldehyde and ingestion of methanol (which converts to

> formaldehyde) from aspartame likely has a cumulative deleterious effect.

>

> 7. Formic acid has been shown to slowly accumulate in various parts of the

> body. Formic acid has been shown to inhibit oxygen metabolism.

>

> 8. There is a very large and growing number of people that are experiencing

> chronic health problems similar to the side effects of chronic methanol

> poisoning when ingesting aspartame-containing products for a significant

> length of time. This includes many cases of eye damage similar to the type of

> eye damage seen in methanol poisoning cases.

>

> Toxicity Effects of Aspartame Use Selection of Health Effects from Short-term

> and/or Long-Term Use Note: It often takes at least sixty days without any

> aspartame NutraSweet to see a significant improvement. Check all labels very

> carefully (including vitamins and pharmaceuticals). Look for the word

> " aspartame " on the label and avoid it. (Also, it is a good idea to avoid

> " acesulfame-k " or " sunette. " ) Finally, avoid getting nutrition information

> from junk food industry PR organizations such as IFIC or organizations that

> accept large sums of money from the junk and chemical food industry such as

> the American Dietetic Association.

>

> If you are a user of any products with aspartame, and you have physical,

> visual, mental problems... take the 60-day no aspartame test. If, after two

> months with no aspartame your symptoms are either gone, or are much less

> severe, please get involved to get this neurotoxin off the market. Write a

> letter to the FDA, with a copy to Betty i (for proof of how the FDA

> doesn't keep proper records). Write your congressmen. Return products

> containing aspartame to the point of purchase... for a FULL refund. Make a big

> stink if they WON'T give you a full refund! Tell all your friends and

> family... and if they stop using aspartame and also " wake up well " ... get them

> involved

> in the same way.

>

> Aspartame is an " approved sweetener " because of a few greedy and dishonest

> people who place profits above human life and well-being. With the FDA and our

> Congress culpable, only an INFORMED and ACTIVE public will affects its

> reclassification from " food additive " to TOXIC DRUG, and removed from the

> human food chain.

>

> Need to view some of the FDA original documentation? View it at:

> http://www.presidiotex.com/aspartame/Facts/92_Symptoms/92_symptoms.gif

>

> Addresses:

>

> Commissioner

> Food and Drug Administration

> 5600 Fishers Lane

> Rockville, land 20857

>

> Mrs. Betty i

> Mission Possible International

> 9270 River Club Parkway

> Duluth, Georgia 30097

> Internet E-mail: bettym19@...

>

> Links for additional information:

>

> http://www.dorway.com Front door to everything!

> http://www.dorway.com/possible.html Mission Possible Files

> http://www.dorway.com/asprlink.html Links to more sites/source information

> http://www.holisticmed.com/aspartame More in-depth Information

> http://www.trufax.org/menu/chem.html#aspartame More good articles

>

> Links for books:

>

> http://www.dorway.com/books.html

> http://www.dorway.com/amazon.html DORway Amazon Bookshelf

>

> NOW... that you are aware of the 92 FDA recognized symptoms (that required a

> Freedom Of Information Act request to pry from their reluctant hands) and HOW

> aspartame does its dirty work, change to the Official Dogma page. On this page

> Mark Gold has taken the IFIC " Official " aspartame safety myth and shot it full

> of holes using all of the smoking guns that were used

> by the FDA to approve this poison as a food additive, along with information

> they either ignored or discounted. This excellent debunking of the official

> FDA/Monsanto/Searle/Nutrasweet/Nutrasweet Kelco/AMA/ADA/IFIC/??? chain of lies

> and half truths includes a long history of this " product's " sordid trail to

> the marketplace and the sweet tooth.

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks for this artcle again Donna. I have seen it before but it is worth

looking at again.

For those who drink diet soda: If it gets hot like in your car in hot

weather, you should not drink it as it turns to that menthly. Also if it is

like more than a couple weeks older than the date on the can it does that

also.

I am trying to get away from drinking it but still drink a couple of cans a

day at work.

Janet Sample

aspertame - Message Donna Wanted Us To Have But Couldn't

Get to the List

Aspertame - Printable

Aspartame... the BAD news!

Article courtesy of: Mark Gold mgold@...

(researcher for twenty years on such subjects)

Aspartame was not approved until 1981, in dry foods. For

over eight years the FDA refused to approve it because of the seizures and

brain tumors this drug produced in lab animals. The FDA continued to refuse

to approve it until President Reagan took office (a friend of Searle) and

fired the FDA Commissioner who wouldn't approve it. Dr. Arthur Hull

was appointed as commissioner. Even then there was so much opposition to

approval that a Board of Inquiry was set up. The Board said: " Do not approve

aspartame " . Dr. OVERRULED his own Board of Inquiry.

Shortly after Commissioner Arthur Hull , Jr.,

approved the use of

aspartame in carbonated beverages, he left for a position

with G.D. Searle's Public Relations firm.

Long-Term Damage. It appears to cause slow, silent damage

in those unfortunate enough to not have immediate reactions and a reason to

avoid it. It may take one year, five years, 10 years, or 40 years, but it

seems to cause some reversible and some irreversible changes in health over

long-term use.

METHANOL (AKA WOOD ALCOHOL/POISON) (10% OF ASPARTAME)

Methanol/wood alcohol is a deadly poison. People may recall that methanol

was the poison that has caused some " skid row " alcoholics to end up blind or

dead. Methanol is gradually released in the small intestine when the methyl

group of aspartame encounter the enzyme chymotrypsin.

The absorption of methanol into the body is sped up

considerably when free methanol is ingested. Free methanol is created from

aspartame when it is heated to above 86 Fahrenheit (30 Centigrade). This

would occur when aspartame-containing product is improperly stored or when

it is heated (e.g., as part of a " food " product such as Jello).

Methanol breaks down into formic acid and formaldehyde in

the body. Formaldehyde is a deadly neurotoxin. An EPA assessment of methanol

states that methanol " is considered a cumulative poison due to the low rate

of excretion once it is absorbed. In the body, methanol is oxidized to

formaldehyde and formic acid; both of these metabolites are toxic. " The

recommend a limit of consumption of 7.8 mg/day. A one-liter (approx. 1

quart) aspartame-sweetened beverage contains about 56 mg of methanol. Heavy

users of aspartame-containing products consume as much as 250 mg of methanol

daily or 32 times the EPA limit.

The most well known problems from methanol poisoning are

vision problems. Formaldehyde is a known carcinogen, causes retinal damage,

interferes with DNA replication, and causes birth defects. Due to the lack

of a couple of key enzymes, humans are many times more sensitive to the

toxic effects of methanol than animals. Therefore, tests of aspartame or

methanol on animals do not accurately reflect the danger for humans. As

pointed out by Dr Woodrow C. Monte, Director of the Food Science and

Nutrition Laboratory at Arizona State University, " There are no human or

mammalian studies to evaluate the possible mutagenic, teratogenic, or

carcinogenic effects of chronic administration of methyl alcohol. "

It has been pointed out that fruit juices and alcoholic

beverages contain small amounts of methanol. It is important to remember,

that the methanol in natural products never appears alone. In every case,

ethanol is present, usually in much higher amounts. Ethanol is an antidote

for methanol toxicity in humans. The troops of Desert Storm were " treated "

to large amounts of aspartame-sweetened beverages which had been heated to

over 86 degrees F. in the Saudi Arabian sun. Many of them returned home with

numerous disorders similar to what has been seen in persons who have been

chemically poisoned by formaldehyde. The free methanol in the beverages may

have been a contributing factor in these illnesses. Other breakdown products

of aspartame such as DKP, may also have been a factor.

In a 1993 act that can only be described as

" unconscionable " , the FDA approved aspartame as an ingredient in numerous

food items that would always be heated to above 86°degrees F (30°Degrees C).

Much worse, on 27 June 1996, without public notice, the

FDA removed all restrictions from aspartame allowing it to be used in

everything, including all heated and baked goods.

The truth about aspartame's toxicity is far different than

what the NutraSweet Company would have you readers believe. In February of

1994, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released the listing

of adverse reactions reported to the FDA (DHHS 1994). Aspartame accounted

for more than 75% of all adverse reactions reported to the FDA's Adverse

Reaction Monitoring System (ARMS). By the FDA's own admission fewer then ONE

PERCENT of those who have problems with something they consume ever report

it to the FDA. This balloons the almost 10,000 complaints they once had to

around a million. However, the FDA has a record keeping problem (they never

did respond to the certified letter from the WEBMASTER of this site... a

major victim!) and they tend to discourage or even

misdirect complaints, at least on aspartame. The fact remains, though, that

MOST victims don't have a clue that aspartame may be the cause of their many

problems! Many reactions to aspartame were very serious including seizures

and death. Those reactions included:

DORway documents now linked to SYMPTOM!

Abdominal Pain

Anxiety attacks

arthritis

asthma

Asthmatic Reactions

Bloating, Edema (Fluid Retention)

Blood Sugar Control Problems (Hypoglycemia or

Hyperglycemia)

Brain Cancer (Pre-approval studies in animals)

Breathing difficulties

burning eyes or throat

Burning Urination

can't think straight

Chest Pains

chronic cough

Chronic Fatigue

Confusion

Death

Depression

Diarrhea

Dizziness

Excessive Thirst or Hunger

fatigue

feel unreal

flushing of face

Hair Loss (Baldness) or Thinning of Hair

Headaches/Migraines dizziness

Hearing Loss

Heart palpitations

Hives (Urticaria)

Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)

Impotency and Sexual Problems

inability to concentrate

Infection Susceptibility

Insomnia

Irritability

Itching

Joint Pains

laryngitis

" like thinking in a fog "

Marked Personality Changes

Memory loss

Menstrual Problems or Changes

Migraines and Severe Headaches (Trigger or Cause From

Chronic Intake)

Muscle spasms

Nausea or Vomiting

Numbness or Tingling of Extremities

Other Allergic-Like Reactions

Panic Attacks

Phobias

poor memory

Rapid Heart Beat

Rashes

Seizures and Convulsions

Slurring of Speech

Swallowing Pain

Tachycardia

Tremors

Tinnitus

Vertigo

Vision Loss

Weight gain

Aspartame Disease Mimics Symptoms or Worsens the Following

Diseases

Fibromyalgia

Arthritis

Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

Parkinson's Disease

Lupus

Multiple Chemical Sensitivities (MCS)

Diabetes and Diabetic Complications

Epilepsy

Alzheimer's Disease

Birth Defects

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Lymphoma

Lyme Disease

Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)

Panic Disorder

Depression and other Psychological Disorders

How it happens:

Methanol, from aspartame, is released in the small

intestine when the methyl group of aspartame encounters the enzyme

chymotrypsin (Stegink 1984, page 143). Free methanol begins to form in

liquid aspartame-containing products at temperatures above 86 degrees F..

also within the human body.

The methanol is then converted to formaldehyde. The

formaldehyde converts to formic acid, ant sting poison. Toxic formic acid is

used as an activator to strip epoxy and urethane coatings. Imagine what it

does to your tissues!

Phenylalanine and aspartic acid, 90% of aspartame, are

amino acids normally used in synthesis of protoplasm when supplied by the

foods we eat. But when unaccompanied by other amino acids we use [there are

20], they are neurotoxic.

That is why a warning for Phenylketonurics is found on

EQUAL and other aspartame products. Phenylketenurics are 2% of the

population with extreme sensitivity to this chemical unless it's present in

food. It gets you too, causing brain disorders and birth defects! Finally,

the phenyalanine breaks down into DKP, a brain tumor agent.

In other words: Aspartame converts to dangerous byproducts

that have no natural countermeasures. A dieter's empty stomach accelerates

these conversions and amplifies the damage. Components of aspartame go

straight to the brain, damage that causes headaches, mental confusion,

seizures and faulty balance. Lab rats and other test animals died of brain

tumors.

Despite the claims of Monsanto and bedfellows:

1. Methanol from alcohol and juices does not get converted

to formaldehyde to any significant extent. There is very strong evidence to

confirm this fact for alcoholic beverages and fairly strong evidence for

juices.

2. Formaldehyde obtained from methanol is very toxic in

" very small " doses as seen by recent research.

3. Aspartame causes chronic toxicity reactions/damage due

to the methanol to formaldehyde and other break down products despite what

is claimed otherwise by the very short, industry-funded experiments using a

test substance that is chemically different and absorbed differently than

what is available to the general public. " Strangely enough " , almost all

independent studies show that aspartame can cause health problems.

4. A common ploy from Monsanto is to claim that aspartame

is " safe " yet a few select people may have " allergic " reactions to it. This

is typical Monsanto nonsense, of course. Their own research shows that it

does not cause " allergic " reactions. It is there way of trying to minimize

and hide the huge numbers of toxicity reactions and damage that people are

experiencing from the long-term use of aspartame.

Summary

Given the following points, it is definitely premature for

researchers to discount the role of methanol in aspartame side effects:

1. The amount of methanol ingested from aspartame is

unprecedented in human history. Methanol from fruit juice ingestion does not

even approach the quantity of methanol ingested from aspartame, especially

in persons who ingest one to three liters (or more) of diet beverages every

day. Unlike methanol from aspartame, methanol from natural products is

probably not absorbed or converted to its toxic metabolites in significant

amounts as discussed earlier.

2. Lack of laboratory-detectable changes in plasma formic

acid and formaldehyde levels do not preclude damage being caused by these

toxic metabolites. Laboratory-detectable changes in format levels are often

not found in short exposures to methanol.

3. Aspartame-containing products often provide little or

no nutrients which may protect against chronic methanol poisoning and are

often consumed in between meals. Persons who ingest aspartame-containing

products are often dieting and more likely to have nutritional deficiencies

than persons who take the time to make fresh juices.

4. Persons with certain health conditions or on certain

drugs may be much more susceptible to chronic methanol poisoning.

5. Chronic diseases and side effects from slow poisons

often build silently over a long period of time. Many chronic diseases which

seem to appear suddenly have actually been building in the body over many

years.

6. An increasing body of research is showing that many

people are highly sensitive to low doses of formaldehyde in the environment.

Environmental exposure to formaldehyde and ingestion of methanol (which

converts to formaldehyde) from aspartame likely has a cumulative deleterious

effect.

7. Formic acid has been shown to slowly accumulate in

various parts of the body. Formic acid has been shown to inhibit oxygen

metabolism.

8. There is a very large and growing number of people that

are experiencing chronic health problems similar to the side effects of

chronic methanol poisoning when ingesting aspartame-containing products for

a significant length of time. This includes many cases of eye damage similar

to the type of eye damage seen in methanol poisoning cases.

Toxicity Effects of Aspartame Use Selection of Health

Effects from Short-term and/or Long-Term Use Note: It often takes at least

sixty days without any aspartame NutraSweet to see a significant

improvement. Check all labels very carefully (including vitamins and

pharmaceuticals). Look for the word " aspartame " on the label and avoid it.

(Also, it is a good idea to avoid " acesulfame-k " or " sunette. " ) Finally,

avoid getting nutrition information from junk food industry PR organizations

such as IFIC or organizations that accept large sums of money from the junk

and chemical food industry such as the American Dietetic Association.

If you are a user of any products with aspartame, and you

have physical, visual, mental problems... take the 60-day no aspartame test.

If, after two months with no aspartame your symptoms are either gone, or are

much less severe, please get involved to get this neurotoxin off the market.

Write a letter to the FDA, with a copy to Betty i (for proof of how

the FDA doesn't keep proper records). Write your congressmen. Return

products containing aspartame to the point of purchase... for a FULL refund.

Make a big stink if they WON'T give you a full refund! Tell all your friends

and family... and if they stop using aspartame and also " wake up well " ...

get them involved

in the same way.

Aspartame is an " approved sweetener " because of a few

greedy and dishonest people who place profits above human life and

well-being. With the FDA and our Congress culpable, only an INFORMED and

ACTIVE public will affects its reclassification from " food additive " to

TOXIC DRUG, and removed from the human food chain.

Need to view some of the FDA original documentation? View

it at:

http://www.presidiotex.com/aspartame/Facts/92_Symptoms/92_symptoms.gif

Addresses:

Commissioner

Food and Drug Administration

5600 Fishers Lane

Rockville, land 20857

Mrs. Betty i

Mission Possible International

9270 River Club Parkway

Duluth, Georgia 30097

Internet E-mail: bettym19@...

Links for additional information:

http://www.dorway.com Front door to everything!

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NOW... that you are aware of the 92 FDA recognized

symptoms (that required a Freedom Of Information Act request to pry from

their reluctant hands) and HOW aspartame does its dirty work, change to the

Official Dogma page. On this page Mark Gold has taken the IFIC " Official "

aspartame safety myth and shot it full of holes using all of the smoking

guns that were used

by the FDA to approve this poison as a food additive,

along with information they either ignored or discounted. This excellent

debunking of the official FDA/Monsanto/Searle/Nutrasweet/Nutrasweet

Kelco/AMA/ADA/IFIC/??? chain of lies and half truths includes a long history

of this " product's " sordid trail to the marketplace and the sweet tooth.

[Guest guest]

You can have neuro problems from drinking more than one soda a day that

contains it too. My friend had real problems in that area and the doc

told her they were really lucky to have figured out what it was before

it was too late. In her case the symptoms went away after a few weeks

of not drinking it. Some aren't so lucky and the damage is permanent.

JANET SAMPLE wrote:

>Thanks for this article again Donna. I have seen it before but it is worth

>looking at again.

>

>For those who drink diet soda: If it gets hot like in your car in hot

>weather, you should not drink it as it turns to that menthly. Also if it is

>like more than a couple weeks older than the date on the can it does that

>also.

>

>I am trying to get away from drinking it but still drink a couple of cans a

>day at work.

>

>Janet Sample

> aspertame - Message Donna Wanted Us To Have But Couldn't

>Get to the List

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>Aspertame - Printable

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>

> Aspartame... the BAD news!

> Article courtesy of: Mark Gold mgold@...

> (researcher for twenty years on such subjects)

> Aspartame was not approved until 1981, in dry foods. For

>over eight years the FDA refused to approve it because of the seizures and

>brain tumors this drug produced in lab animals. The FDA continued to refuse

>to approve it until President Reagan took office (a friend of Searle) and

>fired the FDA Commissioner who wouldn't approve it. Dr. Arthur Hull

>was appointed as commissioner. Even then there was so much opposition to

>approval that a Board of Inquiry was set up. The Board said: " Do not approve

>aspartame " . Dr. OVERRULED his own Board of Inquiry.

>

> Shortly after Commissioner Arthur Hull , Jr.,

>approved the use of

> aspartame in carbonated beverages, he left for a position

>with G.D. Searle's Public Relations firm.

>

> Long-Term Damage. It appears to cause slow, silent damage

>in those unfortunate enough to not have immediate reactions and a reason to

>avoid it. It may take one year, five years, 10 years, or 40 years, but it

>seems to cause some reversible and some irreversible changes in health over

>long-term use.

>

> METHANOL (AKA WOOD ALCOHOL/POISON) (10% OF ASPARTAME)

>Methanol/wood alcohol is a deadly poison. People may recall that methanol

>was the poison that has caused some " skid row " alcoholics to end up blind or

>dead. Methanol is gradually released in the small intestine when the methyl

>group of aspartame encounter the enzyme chymotrypsin.

>

> The absorption of methanol into the body is sped up

>considerably when free methanol is ingested. Free methanol is created from

>aspartame when it is heated to above 86 Fahrenheit (30 Centigrade). This

>would occur when aspartame-containing product is improperly stored or when

>it is heated (e.g., as part of a " food " product such as Jello).

>

> Methanol breaks down into formic acid and formaldehyde in

>the body. Formaldehyde is a deadly neurotoxin. An EPA assessment of methanol

>states that methanol " is considered a cumulative poison due to the low rate

>of excretion once it is absorbed. In the body, methanol is oxidized to

>formaldehyde and formic acid; both of these metabolites are toxic. " The

>recommend a limit of consumption of 7.8 mg/day. A one-liter (approx. 1

>quart) aspartame-sweetened beverage contains about 56 mg of methanol. Heavy

>users of aspartame-containing products consume as much as 250 mg of methanol

>daily or 32 times the EPA limit.

>

> The most well known problems from methanol poisoning are

>vision problems. Formaldehyde is a known carcinogen, causes retinal damage,

>interferes with DNA replication, and causes birth defects. Due to the lack

>of a couple of key enzymes, humans are many times more sensitive to the

>toxic effects of methanol than animals. Therefore, tests of aspartame or

>methanol on animals do not accurately reflect the danger for humans. As

>pointed out by Dr Woodrow C. Monte, Director of the Food Science and

>Nutrition Laboratory at Arizona State University, " There are no human or

>mammalian studies to evaluate the possible mutagenic, teratogenic, or

>carcinogenic effects of chronic administration of methyl alcohol. "

>

> It has been pointed out that fruit juices and alcoholic

>beverages contain small amounts of methanol. It is important to remember,

>that the methanol in natural products never appears alone. In every case,

>ethanol is present, usually in much higher amounts. Ethanol is an antidote

>for methanol toxicity in humans. The troops of Desert Storm were " treated "

>to large amounts of aspartame-sweetened beverages which had been heated to

>over 86 degrees F. in the Saudi Arabian sun. Many of them returned home with

>numerous disorders similar to what has been seen in persons who have been

>chemically poisoned by formaldehyde. The free methanol in the beverages may

>have been a contributing factor in these illnesses. Other breakdown products

>of aspartame such as DKP, may also have been a factor.

>

> In a 1993 act that can only be described as

> " unconscionable " , the FDA approved aspartame as an ingredient in numerous

>food items that would always be heated to above 86°degrees F (30°Degrees C).

>

> Much worse, on 27 June 1996, without public notice, the

>FDA removed all restrictions from aspartame allowing it to be used in

>everything, including all heated and baked goods.

>

> The truth about aspartame's toxicity is far different than

>what the NutraSweet Company would have you readers believe. In February of

>1994, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released the listing

>of adverse reactions reported to the FDA (DHHS 1994). Aspartame accounted

>for more than 75% of all adverse reactions reported to the FDA's Adverse

>Reaction Monitoring System (ARMS). By the FDA's own admission fewer then ONE

>PERCENT of those who have problems with something they consume ever report

>it to the FDA. This balloons the almost 10,000 complaints they once had to

>around a million. However, the FDA has a record keeping problem (they never

>did respond to the certified letter from the WEBMASTER of this site... a

> major victim!) and they tend to discourage or even

>misdirect complaints, at least on aspartame. The fact remains, though, that

>MOST victims don't have a clue that aspartame may be the cause of their many

>problems! Many reactions to aspartame were very serious including seizures

>and death. Those reactions included:

>

> DORway documents now linked to SYMPTOM!

>

> Abdominal Pain

> Anxiety attacks

> arthritis

> asthma

> Asthmatic Reactions

> Bloating, Edema (Fluid Retention)

> Blood Sugar Control Problems (Hypoglycemia or

>Hyperglycemia)

> Brain Cancer (Pre-approval studies in animals)

> Breathing difficulties

> burning eyes or throat

> Burning Urination

> can't think straight

> Chest Pains

> chronic cough

> Chronic Fatigue

> Confusion

> Death

> Depression

> Diarrhea

> Dizziness

> Excessive Thirst or Hunger

> fatigue

> feel unreal

> flushing of face

> Hair Loss (Baldness) or Thinning of Hair

> Headaches/Migraines dizziness

> Hearing Loss

> Heart palpitations

> Hives (Urticaria)

> Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)

> Impotency and Sexual Problems

> inability to concentrate

> Infection Susceptibility

> Insomnia

> Irritability

> Itching

> Joint Pains

> laryngitis

> " like thinking in a fog "

> Marked Personality Changes

> Memory loss

> Menstrual Problems or Changes

> Migraines and Severe Headaches (Trigger or Cause From

>Chronic Intake)

> Muscle spasms

> Nausea or Vomiting

> Numbness or Tingling of Extremities

> Other Allergic-Like Reactions

> Panic Attacks

> Phobias

> poor memory

> Rapid Heart Beat

> Rashes

> Seizures and Convulsions

> Slurring of Speech

> Swallowing Pain

> Tachycardia

> Tremors

> Tinnitus

> Vertigo

> Vision Loss

> Weight gain

>

> Aspartame Disease Mimics Symptoms or Worsens the Following

>Diseases

>

> Fibromyalgia

> Arthritis

> Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

> Parkinson's Disease

> Lupus

> Multiple Chemical Sensitivities (MCS)

> Diabetes and Diabetic Complications

> Epilepsy

> Alzheimer's Disease

> Birth Defects

> Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

> Lymphoma

> Lyme Disease

> Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)

> Panic Disorder

> Depression and other Psychological Disorders

>

> How it happens:

>

> Methanol, from aspartame, is released in the small

>intestine when the methyl group of aspartame encounters the enzyme

>chymotrypsin (Stegink 1984, page 143). Free methanol begins to form in

>liquid aspartame-containing products at temperatures above 86 degrees F..

>also within the human body.

>

> The methanol is then converted to formaldehyde. The

>formaldehyde converts to formic acid, ant sting poison. Toxic formic acid is

>used as an activator to strip epoxy and urethane coatings. Imagine what it

>does to your tissues!

>

> Phenylalanine and aspartic acid, 90% of aspartame, are

>amino acids normally used in synthesis of protoplasm when supplied by the

>foods we eat. But when unaccompanied by other amino acids we use [there are

>20], they are neurotoxic.

>

> That is why a warning for Phenylketonurics is found on

>EQUAL and other aspartame products. Phenylketenurics are 2% of the

>population with extreme sensitivity to this chemical unless it's present in

>food. It gets you too, causing brain disorders and birth defects! Finally,

>the phenyalanine breaks down into DKP, a brain tumor agent.

>

> In other words: Aspartame converts to dangerous byproducts

>that have no natural countermeasures. A dieter's empty stomach accelerates

>these conversions and amplifies the damage. Components of aspartame go

>straight to the brain, damage that causes headaches, mental confusion,

>seizures and faulty balance. Lab rats and other test animals died of brain

>tumors.

>

> Despite the claims of Monsanto and bedfellows:

>

> 1. Methanol from alcohol and juices does not get converted

>to formaldehyde to any significant extent. There is very strong evidence to

>confirm this fact for alcoholic beverages and fairly strong evidence for

>juices.

>

> 2. Formaldehyde obtained from methanol is very toxic in

> " very small " doses as seen by recent research.

>

> 3. Aspartame causes chronic toxicity reactions/damage due

>to the methanol to formaldehyde and other break down products despite what

>is claimed otherwise by the very short, industry-funded experiments using a

>test substance that is chemically different and absorbed differently than

>what is available to the general public. " Strangely enough " , almost all

>independent studies show that aspartame can cause health problems.

>

> 4. A common ploy from Monsanto is to claim that aspartame

>is " safe " yet a few select people may have " allergic " reactions to it. This

>is typical Monsanto nonsense, of course. Their own research shows that it

>does not cause " allergic " reactions. It is there way of trying to minimize

>and hide the huge numbers of toxicity reactions and damage that people are

>experiencing from the long-term use of aspartame.

>

> Summary

>

> Given the following points, it is definitely premature for

>researchers to discount the role of methanol in aspartame side effects:

>

> 1. The amount of methanol ingested from aspartame is

>unprecedented in human history. Methanol from fruit juice ingestion does not

>even approach the quantity of methanol ingested from aspartame, especially

>in persons who ingest one to three liters (or more) of diet beverages every

>day. Unlike methanol from aspartame, methanol from natural products is

>probably not absorbed or converted to its toxic metabolites in significant

>amounts as discussed earlier.

>

> 2. Lack of laboratory-detectable changes in plasma formic

>acid and formaldehyde levels do not preclude damage being caused by these

>toxic metabolites. Laboratory-detectable changes in format levels are often

>not found in short exposures to methanol.

>

> 3. Aspartame-containing products often provide little or

>no nutrients which may protect against chronic methanol poisoning and are

>often consumed in between meals. Persons who ingest aspartame-containing

>products are often dieting and more likely to have nutritional deficiencies

>than persons who take the time to make fresh juices.

>

> 4. Persons with certain health conditions or on certain

>drugs may be much more susceptible to chronic methanol poisoning.

>

> 5. Chronic diseases and side effects from slow poisons

>often build silently over a long period of time. Many chronic diseases which

>seem to appear suddenly have actually been building in the body over many

>years.

>

> 6. An increasing body of research is showing that many

>people are highly sensitive to low doses of formaldehyde in the environment.

>Environmental exposure to formaldehyde and ingestion of methanol (which

>converts to formaldehyde) from aspartame likely has a cumulative deleterious

>effect.

>

> 7. Formic acid has been shown to slowly accumulate in

>various parts of the body. Formic acid has been shown to inhibit oxygen

>metabolism.

>

> 8. There is a very large and growing number of people that

>are experiencing chronic health problems similar to the side effects of

>chronic methanol poisoning when ingesting aspartame-containing products for

>a significant length of time. This includes many cases of eye damage similar

>to the type of eye damage seen in methanol poisoning cases.

>

> Toxicity Effects of Aspartame Use Selection of Health

>Effects from Short-term and/or Long-Term Use Note: It often takes at least

>sixty days without any aspartame NutraSweet to see a significant

>improvement. Check all labels very carefully (including vitamins and

>pharmaceuticals). Look for the word " aspartame " on the label and avoid it.

>(Also, it is a good idea to avoid " acesulfame-k " or " sunette. " ) Finally,

>avoid getting nutrition information from junk food industry PR organizations

>such as IFIC or organizations that accept large sums of money from the junk

>and chemical food industry such as the American Dietetic Association.

>

> If you are a user of any products with aspartame, and you

>have physical, visual, mental problems... take the 60-day no aspartame test.

>If, after two months with no aspartame your symptoms are either gone, or are

>much less severe, please get involved to get this neurotoxin off the market.

>Write a letter to the FDA, with a copy to Betty i (for proof of how

>the FDA doesn't keep proper records). Write your congressmen. Return

>products containing aspartame to the point of purchase... for a FULL refund.

>Make a big stink if they WON'T give you a full refund! Tell all your friends

>and family... and if they stop using aspartame and also " wake up well " ...

>get them involved

> in the same way.

>

> Aspartame is an " approved sweetener " because of a few

>greedy and dishonest people who place profits above human life and

>well-being. With the FDA and our Congress culpable, only an INFORMED and

>ACTIVE public will affects its reclassification from " food additive " to

>TOXIC DRUG, and removed from the human food chain.

>

> Need to view some of the FDA original documentation? View

>it at:

>

>http://www.presidiotex.com/aspartame/Facts/92_Symptoms/92_symptoms.gif

>

> Addresses:

>

> Commissioner

> Food and Drug Administration

> 5600 Fishers Lane

> Rockville, land 20857

>

> Mrs. Betty i

> Mission Possible International

> 9270 River Club Parkway

> Duluth, Georgia 30097

> Internet E-mail: bettym19@...

>

> Links for additional information:

>

> http://www.dorway.com Front door to everything!

> http://www.dorway.com/possible.html Mission Possible Files

> http://www.dorway.com/asprlink.html Links to more

>sites/source information

> http://www.holisticmed.com/aspartame More in-depth

>Information

> http://www.trufax.org/menu/chem.html#aspartame More good

>articles

>

> Links for books:

>

> http://www.dorway.com/books.html

> http://www.dorway.com/amazon.html DORway Amazon Bookshelf

>

> NOW... that you are aware of the 92 FDA recognized

>symptoms (that required a Freedom Of Information Act request to pry from

>their reluctant hands) and HOW aspartame does its dirty work, change to the

>Official Dogma page. On this page Mark Gold has taken the IFIC " Official "

>aspartame safety myth and shot it full of holes using all of the smoking

>guns that were used

> by the FDA to approve this poison as a food additive,

>along with information they either ignored or discounted. This excellent

>debunking of the official FDA/Monsanto/Searle/Nutrasweet/Nutrasweet

>Kelco/AMA/ADA/IFIC/??? chain of lies and half truths includes a long history

>of this " product's " sordid trail to the marketplace and the sweet tooth.

>

>

>

>

>

>