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Aspartame

i dont know how many people on these forums drink diet pop, but my mom found this article on aspartame that shows the effects of it. i thought i would share it with everyone on cd because not many people know this stuff about aspartame and it is kind of scary when you think about it because aspartame is in a lot of everyday things. the article is pasted below:

In October of 2001, my sister started getting very sick, she had stomach spasms, she was having a hard time getting around, to walk was a major chore. It took everything she had just to get out of bed, she was in so much pain. By March 2002, she had undergone biopsies, and was on 24 various prescription medications. The doctors could not figure out what was wrong with her. She was in so much pain, and so sick, she knew she was dying.


She put her house, bank accounts, life insurance, etc., in her oldest daughters name, and made sure her younger children were to be with her oldest daughter. She wanted her last hooray, so she planned a trip to Florida (basically in a wheelchair) for March 22nd. On March 19th I called her to ask her how one of her tests went, and she said they didn't find anything on the test, but they believe she had MS. I thought, oh, my....then I recalled an article a friend of mine emailed to me...and I asked her....Do you drink Diet pop? She told me yes, as a matter of fact she was getting ready to crack one open that moment, I told her not to open it, and stop drinking the diet pop....and I emailed her the following article. She called me within 32 hours after our phone conversation and told me she stopped drinking the diet pop, and she can walk...she went up the stairs, and the muscle spasms went away. She said she didn't feel 100% but sure felt a lot better. She told me she was going to her doctors with this article and would call me back when she got home.


She called me, and her doctor was amazed, he is going to call all of his MS patients to find out if they consumed artificial sweetener. In a nutshell, she was being poisoned by the aspartame in the diet soda, dying a slow death.


When she got to FL March 22nd, all she had to take was one pill, and that was a pill for poisoning....she is well on her way to recovery.....and she is walking!!!!! No wheelchair!!!! This article saved her life!!!! The life saving article:


If it says "SUGAR FREE," on the label, DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT! I have spent several days lecturing at the WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE on "ASPARTAME" marketed as 'NutraSweet,' 'Equal,' and 'Spoonful.' In the keynote address by the EPA, it was announced that in the United States in 2001 there is an epidemic of multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus, that it was hard to understand what toxin was causing this to be rampant. I stood up and said that I was there to lecture on exactly that subject.


I will explain why Aspartame is so dangerous: When the temperature of this sweetener exceeds 86 degrees F, the wood alcohol in ASPARTAME converts to Eformaldehyde and then to formic acid, which in turn causes metabolic acidosis. (Formic acid is the poison found in the sting of fire ants.) The methanol toxicity mimics among other conditions multiple sclerosis. People were being diagnosed with having multiple sclerosis in error. The multiple sclerosis is not a death sentence, where methanol toxicity is!


Systemic lupus has become almost as rampant as multiple sclerosis, especially with Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi drinkers. The victim usually does not know that the aspartame is the culprit. He or she continues its use, irritating the lupus to such a degree that it may become life-threatening. We have seen patients with systemic lupus become asymptomatic once taken off diet sodas. In the case of those diagnosed
with Multiple Sclerosis, (when in reality, the disease is methanol
toxicity), most of the symptoms disappear. We've seen many cases where
vision returned and hearing improved markedly. This also applies to
cases of tinnitus.


During a lecture I said "If you are using ASPARTAME (NutraSweet, Equal,
Spoonful, etc.) and you suffer from fibromyalgia symptoms, spasms, shooting pains,
numbness in your legs, cramps, vertigo, dizziness, headaches, tinnitus,
joint pain, depression, anxiety attacks, slurred speech, blurred vision,
or memory loss-you probably have ASPARTAME DISEASE!" People were jumping
up during the lecture saying, I've got some of these symptoms: Is it
reversible?" Yes, Not drinking diet sodas and keeping an eye out for
aspartame on food labels, yes!


We have a very serious problem. A stranger came up to Dr. Espisto (one
of my speakers) and me and said: "Could you tell me why so many people
seem to be coming down with MS?" During a visit to a hospice, a nurse
said that six of her friends, who were heavy Diet Coke addicts, had all
been diagnosed with MS. This is beyond coincidence! Diet Coke and Diet
Pepsi etc. IS NOT A DIET PRODUCT! The Congressional Record states that
it makes you crave carbohydrates and will make you FAT. The formaldehyde
stores in the fat cells, particularly in the hips and thighs. Once off
these products with no significant increase in exercise, etc., Dr.
Roberts in his lecture stated that he had patient who lost an average of
19 pounds over a trial period


Aspartame is especially dangerous for diabetics. We found that
physicians would believe that they have a patient with retinopathy, when in
fact the symptoms are caused by aspartame.
The aspartame drives the blood sugar out of control. Thus diabetics may
suffer acute memory loss due to the fact that aspartic acid and
phenylalanine are neurotoxic without the other amino acids found in
protein. Thus it passes the blood brain barrier and deteriorates the
neurons of the brain, causing in diabetics (as well as in patients not
suffering from diabetes) various kinds of brain damage, seizures,
depression, manic depression, panic attacks, rage, violence. (The
Aspartame in thousands of pallets of diet Coke and diet Pepsi consumed by
men and women fighting in the Gulf War, may be partially to blame for the
well-known Gulf War Syndrome.)


Dr. Roberts warns that it can cause birth defects i.e. mental
retardation if taken at the time of conception and early pregnancy.
Children are especially at risk for neurological disorders and should NOT
be given NutraSweet. I can relate different case histories of children
having mal seizures and other disturbances being on NutraSweet.
Unfortunately it is not always easy to convince a mother that aspartame
is to blame for her child's illness. Only by trial and success will she
be able to warn other mothers to take their children's health in their
own hands.


Stevia, a sweet herb, NOT A MANUFACTURED ADDITIVE, which helps in the
metabolism of sugar (which would be ideal for diabetics) has now been
approved as a dietary supplement by the FDA. For years the FDA has
outlawed this sweet food because of their loyalty to MONSANTO. Books on
this subject are available: EXCITOTOXINS: THE TASTE THAT KILLS - written
by Dr. Russell Blayblock (Health Press 1-800-643-2665) and DEFENSE
AGAINST ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE - written by DR H. J. Roberts, also a
diabetic specialist. These two doctors will be posting a position paper with
some case histories on the deadly effects of Aspartame on the Internet.


According to the Conference of the American College of Physicians "we are
talking about a plague of neurological diseases caused by this deadly
poison." Here is the problem:

There were Congressional Hearings when aspartame was included in 100
different products. Since this initial hearing, there have been two
subsequent hearings, but to no avail. Nothing has been done. The drug
and chemical lobbies have very deep pockets. Now there are over 5,000
products containing this chemical, and the PATENT HAS EXPIRED!!!!!


I assure you, MONSANTO, the creator of Aspartame knows how deadly it is.
They fund among others, the American Diabetes Association, the American
Dietetic Association, the Conference of the American College of
Physicians. This has been exposed in the New York Times - to no avail.
These Associations cannot criticize any additives or convey their link to
MONSANTO because they take money from the food industry and have to
endorse their products. Senator 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 neurological and behavioral; symptoms). It was
killed by the powerful drug and chemical lobbies, letting loose the hounds
of disease and death on an unsuspecting public.
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