Re: aspertame - aspertame, con't

August 1, 2004

Yes, thanks for the article on aspertame. Another consideration about

it getting hot - do we know how hot the pop got in trucks and storage?

We used to keep our diet pop in the garage, even in the summer. Then

we started storing it all in the house. Now we drink plain old Club

Soda. After a period of adjustment, we find we like it better than

diet pop.

One more thought about all diet foods and sugarless gum as well. It is

claimed that the artificial sweeterners by themselves can stimulate the

pancreas to release insulin. Too much insulin can cause the blood sugar

to go down too far, resulting in fatigue.

Since fatigue is such a huge problem for me, I try to watch all

possible sources, and just have cut out all sources of artificial

sweeteners that I can. I also trying to keep my carb consumption low,

restricting myself to the healthy fruits and veggies as much as I can.

I have posted before that I think I feel better on a higher protein,

lower carb diet.. Still, I can't be sure, because sometimes I still get

those awful and sudden bouts of fatigue without any other explanation

other than mito.

Has anyone else tested positve for hypoglycemia?

Even though I don't post too much, I come daily to read, and appreciate

all who share their experience and knowledge. It has been a huge help.

I am not sure about Pittsburg yet, but am hoping I can make it, and

look forward to meeting you.

Thank You

Sunny

> 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!

> 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.

>

August 1, 2004

Sunny

I use to have hypoglycemia, but now have diabetes which is easily controlled

with diet. My son was thought to have hypoglycemia, but he has a sugar

intolerance. He can handle an unlimited amount of complex carbs, but not

sugar.

I, too, try to stay away from all artificial sweetener. I also have to get

pleanty of protein, but also need some fats and carbs, which basically means

eating well balanced meals (when I can).

laurie

> From: z39z@...

> Reply-To:

> Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2004 12:46:16 -0400

> To:

> Subject: Re: aspertame - aspertame, con't

>

> Yes, thanks for the article on aspertame. Another consideration about

> it getting hot - do we know how hot the pop got in trucks and storage?

> We used to keep our diet pop in the garage, even in the summer. Then

> we started storing it all in the house. Now we drink plain old Club

> Soda. After a period of adjustment, we find we like it better than

> diet pop.

>

> One more thought about all diet foods and sugarless gum as well. It is

> claimed that the artificial sweeterners by themselves can stimulate the

> pancreas to release insulin. Too much insulin can cause the blood sugar

> to go down too far, resulting in fatigue.

>

> Since fatigue is such a huge problem for me, I try to watch all

> possible sources, and just have cut out all sources of artificial

> sweeteners that I can. I also trying to keep my carb consumption low,

> restricting myself to the healthy fruits and veggies as much as I can.

> I have posted before that I think I feel better on a higher protein,

> lower carb diet.. Still, I can't be sure, because sometimes I still get

> those awful and sudden bouts of fatigue without any other explanation

> other than mito.

>

> Has anyone else tested positve for hypoglycemia?

>

> Even though I don't post too much, I come daily to read, and appreciate

> all who share their experience and knowledge. It has been a huge help.

>

> I am not sure about Pittsburg yet, but am hoping I can make it, and

> look forward to meeting you.

>

> Thank You

>

> Sunny

>

>> 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!

>> 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.

>>

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