question: I don't know if you can tell, but are the ants actually eating it, or just walking across it's path? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ode Coyote" <coy...@alltel.net> To: <silver-list@eskimo.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 8:40 AM Subject: RE: CS>Aspartame: Is there Reliable Research that Supports the Conclusions Below?
> Probably works by starving the ants who think they're getting something > to eat and prefer sugar over other foods. > Do they die in their tracks? > ken > > At 04:20 PM 4/10/01 -0600, you wrote: > >It is a great ant poison; just sprinkle a bit about. > > > >I think Betty Martini's information is based on sound research; search for > >"missionpossible" or similar. > > > >JOH > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Ode Coyote [mailto:coy...@alltel.net] > >Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 6:47 PM > >To: silver-list@eskimo.com > >Subject: Re: CS>Aspartame: Is there Reliable Research that Supports the > >Conclusions Below? > > > > > > > > I showed this article [privately] to a close Chemistry PHD friend a > >couple of years ago who runs a new drug research department for a major > >pharmaceutical company [name and company withheld but I can pick up the > >phone and call him or e-mail him any time] > > I don't remember much of the specific the gobbledegook but he was very > >familiar with aspartame and what it did in the body. He didn't seem too > >alarmed and pointed out several untruths, half truths, distortions and > >misconceptions in the article. > > A couple of items gave him some pause to think. > > > >All in all, most of the article seems to be hogwash with a possible kernel > >of truth. > > > >Personally, I don't like the stuff because it tastes like s**t. > > Ken > > > > > >At 08:06 AM 4/10/01 EDT, you wrote: > >>List: This article should be read in its entirety. Roger > >> > >>Subject: Aspartame > >> > >> > >>> > > > > > >>WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE and the MULTIPLE > >>SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION & FDA IS SUING FOR COLLUSION WITH MONSANTO. > >>> > > > > > > >>> > > > > > Article written by Betty Martini > >>> > > > > > > >>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 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 in 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 asymptotic. Unfortunately, we > >cannot > >>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 were even 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 > >product > >>usage! We have a very a 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 drinkers, had all been diagnosed with MS. This is beyond > >>coincidence. Here is the problem. There were Congressional Hearings when > >>Aspartame was originally included as a sweetener 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 the fact that aspartic acid > >and > >>phenylalanine are neurotoxic without the other amino acids found 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. > >>> > > > > > > >>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 Association, American Dietetic Association Congress, > >>and the Conference of the American College of Physicians. The New York > >Times, > >>November 15, 1996, ran an article on how the American Dietetic Association > >> > >>> > takes money from the food industry to endorse their products. > >Therefore, > >>they > >>cannot 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 Desert Storm health problems. The burning tongue and other > >>problems discussed in over 60 cases can be directly related to the > >>consumption of Aspartame product. Several thousand pallets of diet drinks > >>were shipped to the Desert 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 servicemen 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." > >>> > > > > > > >>According to Dr. Louis Elsas, Pediatrician and Professor of Genetics,at > >Emory > >>University, In his testimony before Congress. The phenylalanine > >concentrates > >>in the lacenta, causing mental retardation. In the original lab tests, > >>animals eveloped 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 > >behavioral > >>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 > >>several world leaders. > >>> > > > > > > >> > >> > >>-- > >>The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > >> > >>To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > >>silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com > >>with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > >> > >>To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > >>Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > >>List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> > >> > >> > > > > > > >