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Warning on
Artificial Sweeteners
Extract from: The WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE and the MULTIPLE
SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION,
FDA in COLLUSION WITH MONSANTO
Article written by Nancy Markle (1120197)
I have spent several days lecturing at the WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE
on "ASPARTAME marketed as 'NutraSweet', 'Equal', and 'Spoonful"'. In the keynote
address by the EPA, they announced that there was an epidemic of multiple sclerosis and
systemic lupus, and they did not understand what toxin was causing this to be rampant
across the United States. I explained that I was there to lecture on exactly that subject.
When the temperature of ASPARTAME exceeds 86 degrees F, the wood alcohol
in ASPARTAME coverts to formaldehyde and then to formic acid, which in turn causes
metabolic acidosis. (Formic acid is the poison found in the sting of fire ants). The
methanol toxicity mimics multiple sclerosis; thus people were being diagnosed with having
multiple sclerosis in error. The multiple sclerosis is not a death sentence, where
methanol toxicity is. In the case of systemic lupus, we are finding it has become almost
as rampant as multiple sclerosis, especially with Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi drinkers. Also,
with methanol toxicity, the victims usually drink three to four 12 oz. Cans of them per
day, some even more.
In the cases of systemic lupus, which is triggered by ASPARTAME, the
victim usually does not know that the ASPARTAME is the culprit. The victim continues its
use aggravating the lupus to such a degree, that sometimes it becomes life threatening.
When we get people off the ASPARTAME, those with systemic lupus usually become
asymptomatic. Unfortunately, we can not reverse this disease.
On the other hand, in the case of those diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis,
(when in reality, the disease is methanol toxicity), most of the symptoms disappear. We
have seen cases where their vision has returned and even their hearing has returned. This
also applies to cases of tinnitus. During a lecture I said "If you are using
ASPARTAME (NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, etc.) and you suffer from fibromyalgia symptoms,
spasms, shooting pains, numbness in your legs, cramps, vertigo, dizziness, headaches,
tinnitus, joint pain, depression, anxiety attacks, slurred speech, blurred vision, or
memory loss-you probably have ASPARTAME DISEASE!" People were jumping up during the
lecture saying, "I've got this, is it reversible?" It is rampant. Some of the
speakers at my lecture even were suffering from these symptoms. In one lecture attended by
the Ambassador of Uganda, he told us that their sugar industry is adding ASPARTAME! He
continued by saying that one of the industry leader's son could no longer walk - due in
part to by product usage!
We have a very serious problem. Even a stranger came up to Dr. Espisto
(one of my speakers) and myself and said, "Could you tell me why so many people seem
to be coming down with MS?" During a visit to a hospice, a nurse said that six of her
friends, who were heavy Diet Coke addicts, had all been diagnosed with MS. This is beyond
coincidence.
Here is the problem. There were Congressional Hearings when ASPARTAME was
included in 100 different products. Since this initial hearing, there have been two
subsequent hearings, but to no avail. Nothing has been done. The drug and chemical lobbies
have very deep pockets. Now there are over 5,000 products containing this chemical, and
the PATENT HAS EXPIRED!!!!! At the time of this first hearing, people were going blind.
The methanol in the ASPARTAME converts to formaldehyde in the retina of the eye.
Formaldehyde is grouped in the same class of drugs as cyanide and arsenic - DEADLY
POISONS!!! Unfortunately, it just takes longer to quietly kill, but it is killing people
and causing all kinds of neurological problems.
ASPARTAME changes the brain's chemistry. It is the reason for severe
seizures. This drug changes the dopamine level in the brain. Imagine what this drug does
to patients suffering from Parkinson's Disease. This drug also causes Birth Defects. There
is absolutely no reason to take this product. It is NOT A DIET PRODUCT!!! The
Congressional record said, "It makes you crave carbohydrates and will make you
FAT". Dr. Roberts stated that when he got patients off ASPARTAME, their average
weight loss was 19 pounds per person. The formaldehyde stores in the fat cells,
particularly in the hips and thighs.
ASPARTAME is especially deadly for diabetics. All physicians know what
wood alcohol will do to a diabetic. We find that physicians believe that they have
patients with retinopathy, when in fact, it is caused by the ASPARTAME. The ASPARTAME
keeps the blood sugar level out of control, causing many patients to go into a coma.
Unfortunately, many have died. People were telling us at the Conference of the American
College of Physicians, that they had relatives that switched from saccharin to an
ASPARTAME product and how that relative had eventually gone into a coma. Their physicians
could not get the blood sugar levels under control. Thus, the patients suffered acute
memory loss and eventually coma and death. Memory loss is due to the fact that aspartic
acid and phenylalanine are neurotoxic without the other amino acids found in protein. Thus
it goes past the blood brain barrier and deteriorates the neurons of the brain.
Dr. Russell Blaylock, neurosurgeon, said, "The ingredients stimulates
the neurons of the brain to death, causing brain damage of varying degrees. Dr. Blaylock
has written a book entitled "EXCITOTOXINS: THE TASTE THAT KILLS" Health Press
1-800-643-2665). Dr. H.J. Roberts, diabetic specialist and world expert on ASPARTAME
poisoning, has also written a book entitled "DEFENSE AGAINST ALZHEIMER'S
DISEASE" (1-800-814-9800). Dr. Roberts tells how ASPARTAME poisoning is escalating
Alzheimer's Disease, and indeed it is. As the hospice nurse told me, women are being
admitted at 30 years of age with Alzheimer's Disease. Dr. Blaylock and Dr. Roberts will be
writing a position paper with some case histories and will post it on the Internet.
According to the Conference of the American College of Physicians, 'We are
talking about a plague of neurological diseases caused by this deadly poison". Dr.
Roberts realized what was happening when ASPARTAME was first marketed. He said "his
diabetic patients presented memory loss, confusion, and severe vision loss". At the
Conference of the American College of Physicians, doctors admitted that they did not know.
They had wondered why seizures were rampant (the phenylalanine in ASPARTAME breaks down
the seizure threshold and depletes serotonin, which causes manic depression, panic
attacks, rage and violence).
Just before the Conference, I received a FAX from Norway, asking for a
possible antidote for this poison because they are experiencing so many problems in their
country. This poison is now available in 90 PLUS countries worldwide. Fortunately, we had
speakers and ambassadors at the Conference from different nations who have pledged their
help. We ask that you help too. Print this article out and warn everyone you know. Take
anything that contains ASPARTAME black to the store. Take the "NO ASPARTAME
TEST" and send us your case history.
I assure you that MONSANTO, the creator of ASPARTAME, knows how deadly it
is. They fund the American Diabetes Association, American Dietetic Association, Congress,
and the Conference of the American College of Physicians. The New York Times, on November
15, 1996, ran an article on how the American Dietetic Association takes money from the
food industry to endorse their products. Therefore, they can not criticize any additives
or tell about their link to MONSANTO.
How bad is this? We told a mother who had a child on NutraSweet to get off
the product. The child was having grand mal seizures every day. The mother called her
physician, who called the ADA, who told the doctor not to take the child off the
NutraSweet. We are still trying to convince the mother that the ASPARTAME is causing the
seizures. Every time we get someone off of ASPARTAME, the seizures stop. If the baby dies,
you know whose fault it is, and what we are up against.
There are 92 documented symptoms of ASPARTAME, from coma to death. The
majority of them are all neurological, because the ASPARTAME destroys the nervous system.
ASPARTAME Disease is partially the cause to what is behind some of the mystery of the
Dessert Storm health problems. The burning tongue and other problems discussed in over 60
cases can be directly related to the consumption of an ASPARTAME product. Several thousand
pallets of diet drinks were shipped to the Dessert Storm troops. (Remember heat can
liberate the methanol from the ASPARTAME at 86 degrees F). Diet drinks sat in the 120
degree F. Arabian sun for weeks at a time on pallets. The service men and women drank them
all day long. All of their symptoms are identical to ASPARTAME poisoning.
Dr. Roberts says "consuming ASPARTAME at the time of conception can
cause birth defects". The phenylalanine concentrates in the placenta, causing mental
retardation, according to Dr. Louis Elsas, Pediatrician Professor of Genetics, at Emory
University in his testimony before Congress. In the original lab tests, animals developed
brain tumors (phenylalanine breaks down into DXP, a brain tumor agent). When Dr. Espisto
was lecturing on ASPARTAME one physician in the audience, a neurosurgeon, said, "When
they remove brain tumors, they have found high levels of ASPARTAME in them".
Stevia, a sweet food, NOT AN ADDITIVE, which helps in the metabolism of
sugar, which would be ideal for diabetics, has now been approved as a dietary supplement
by the FDA For years, the FDA has outlawed this sweet food because of their loyalty to
MONSANTO. If it says "SUGAR FREE" on the label-DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT !!!
Senator Howard Hetzenbaum wrote a bill that would have warned all infants,
pregnant mothers and children of the dangers of ASPARTAME. The bill would have also
instituted independent studies on the problems existing in the population (seizures,
changes in brain chemistry, changes in neurological and behavioural symptoms). It was
killed by the powerful drug and chemical lobbies, letting loose the hounds of disease and
death on an unsuspecting public. Since the Conference of the American College of
Physicians, we hope to have the help of some world leaders. Again, please help us too.
There are a lot of people out there who must be warned, please let them know about this
information.
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