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This was sent to me and I wanted to pass it on.
Subject: Nutra-sweet/Subject: Nutra-sweet/
>
>
> Hi folks, this article is worth reading, especially if you use
artificial
> sweeteners.
> Subject: Aspartame
>
>
>
> Just thought that maybe this would be of interest.
> A friend sent this to me.
>
> In October of 2001, my sister started getting very sick. She had
stomach
> spasms and she was having a hard time getting around. Walking 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 several tissue and muscle
biopsies and
was
> on 24 various prescription medications. The doctors could not
determine
what
> was wrong with her. She was in so much pain, and so sick...she
just knew
she was
> dying.
>
>
>
>
>
> She put her house, bank accounts, life insurance, etc., in her
oldest
> daughters name, and made sure that her younger children were to be
taken
care of. She
> also wanted her last hooray, so she planned a trip to FL
(basically in a
> wheelchair) for March 22nd.
>
>
>
>
>
> On March 19th I called her to ask how her most recent tests went,
and she
> said they didn't find anything on the test, but they believe she
had MS.
>
>
>
> I recalled an article a friend of mine E-mailed to me and I asked
my
sister
> if she drank diet soda? She told me that she did. As a matter of
fact, she
was
> getting ready to crack one open that moment... I told her not to
open it,
and
> to stop drinking the diet soda !!! I E-mailed her the article my
friend, a
> lawyer, had
>
> sent.
>
>
>
>
>
> My sister called me within 32 hours after our phone conversation
and told
me
> she had stopped drinking the diet soda AND she could walk!!!! The
muscle
> spasms went away. She said she didn't feel 100% but she sure felt
a lot
better. She
> told me she was going to her doctor with this article and would
call me
when
> she got
>
> home.
>
>
>
>
>
> Well, she called me, and said her doctor was amazed! He is going
to call
all
> of his MS patients to find out if they consumed artificial
sweeteners of
any
> kind...
>
>
>
> In a nutshell, she was being poisoned by the Aspartame in the diet
soda...
> and literally dying a slow and miserable death.
>
>
>
>
>
> When she got to FL March 22nd, all she had to take was one pill,
and that
was
> a pill for the Aspartame poisoning! She is well on her way to a
complete
> recovery ... and she is walking!!! No wheelchair!!
>
>
>
>
>
> This article saved her life 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, "ASPARTAME," marketed as
>
>
>
>
>
> 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. It
was
> difficult to determine exactly 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 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, among other conditions,
multiple
> sclerosis and systemic lupus.
>
>
>
> Many people were being diagnosed in error. Although multiple
sclerosis is
not
> a death sentence.. 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 a life-threatening
condition. We
have
> seen patients with systemic lupus become asymptotic, once taken
off diet
sodas.
>
>
>
> In cases 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 loss returned and
>
> hearing loss improved markedly.
>
>
>
>
>
> This also applies to cases of tinnitus and fibromyalgia.
>
>
>
>
>
> 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, unexplainable depression,
>
> anxiety attacks, slurred speech, blurred vision, or memory
loss...you
> probably have ASPARTAME poisoning!"
>
>
>
>
>
> People were jumping up during the lecture saying, "I have some of
these
> symptoms.
>
>
>
> Is it reversible?" Yes! Yes! Yes! STOP drinking diet sodas and be
alert
for
> Aspartame on food labels!
>
>
>
> Many products are fortified with it!!!
>
> This is a serious problem. Dr. Espart(one of my speakers) remarked
that so
> many people seem to be symptomatic for MS and during his recent
visit to a
> hospice; a nurse stated that six of her friends, who were heavy
Diet Coke
addicts,
> had all been diagnosed with MS. This is beyond coincidence!
>
>
>
> Diet soda is NOT a diet product! It is a chemically altered,
multiple
SODIUM
> (salt) and ASPARTAME containing product that actually makes you
crave
> carbohydrates. It is far more likely to make you GAIN weight!
>
>
>
> These products also contain formaldehyde, which stores in the fat
cells,
> particularly in the hips and thighs. Formaldehyde is an absolute
toxin and
is used
> primarily to preserve "tissue specimens."
>
>
>
>
>
> Many products we use every day contain this chemical but we SHOULD
NOT
store
> it IN our body!!!
>
>
>
>
>
> Dr. H. J. Roberts stated in his lectures that once free of
the "diet
> products" and with no significant increase in exercise; his
patients lost
an average
> of 19 pounds over a trial period.
>
>
>
>
>
> Aspartame is especially dangerous for diabetics. We found that some
> physicians, who believed that they had a patient with retinopathy,
in
fact, had
> symptoms 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 when taken without the other
amino acids
> necessary for a good balance. Treating diabetes is all about
BALANCE.
Especially
> with diabetics, the Aspartame passes the blood/brain barrier and
it then
> deteriorates the neurons of the brain; causing various levels of
brain
damage,
> seizures, depression, manic depression, panic attacks,
uncontrollable
anger and rage.
>
>
>
>
>
> Consumption of Aspartame causes these same symptoms in non-
diabetics, as
well.
>
>
>
> Documentation and observation also reveal that thousands of
children
> diagnosed with ADD and AHD have had complete turnarounds in their
behavior
when these
> chemicals have been removed from their diet. So called "behavior
modification
> prescription drugs" (Ritalin and others) are no longer needed.
Truth be
told,
> they were never NEEDED in the first place!
>
>
>
> Most of these children were being "poisoned" on a daily basis with
the
very
> foods that were "better for them than sugar."
>
>
>
> It is also suspected that 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 during early pregnancy.
Children
are
> especially at risk for neurological disorders and should NEVER be
given
> artificial sweeteners. There are many different case histories to
relate
of children
> suffering grand mal seizures and other neurological disturbances
due to
the use
> of NutraSweet.
>
>
>
>
>
> Unfortunately, it is not always easy to convince people that
Aspartame is
to
> blame for their child's illness. Stevia, which, which is a sweet
herb, NOT
A
> MANUFACTURED ADDITIVE, helps in the metabolism of sugar, which
would be
ideal
> for diabetics. It has now been approved as a dietary supplement by
the
FDA. It
> is known that for many years the FDA outlawed this true sweet
food," due
to
> their loyalty to MONSANTO Chemical Company.
>
>
>
>
>
> 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 soon be posting a position paper with 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 directly
caused by
the
> use of this deadly poison."
>
>
>
> Herein lies the problem: There were Congressional Hearings when
Aspartame
was
> included 100 different products and strong objection was made
concerning
it's
> use.. Since this initial hearing, there have been two subsequent
hearings
and
> still, nothing has been done. The drug and chemical lobbies have
very deep
> pockets. Sadly, MONSANTO'S patent on Aspartame has EXPIRED!!
>
>
>
> There are now over 5,000 products on the market that contain
>
> this deadly chemical and there will be thousands more introduced.
>
>
>
>
>
> Everybody wants a "piece of the Aspartame pie." I assure you that
MONSANTO,
> the creator of Aspartame, knows how deadly it is. And isn't it
ironic that
> MONSANTO funds, among others, the American Diabetes Association,
the
American
> Dietetic Association and the Conference of the American College of
Physicians?
> This has been recently exposed in the New York Times. These cannot
criticize any
> additives or convey their link to MONSANTO because they take money
from
the
> food industry and are required to endorse their products.
>
>
>
>
>
> Senator Howard Metzenbaum wrote and presented a bill that would
require
label
> warnings on products containing Aspartame, especially regarding
pregnant
> women, children and infants. The bill
>
> would also institute independent studies on the known dangers and
the
> problems existing in the general population regarding seizures,
changes in
brain
> chemistry, neurological changes and behavioral symptoms. The bill
was
killed.
>
>
>
> It is known that the powerful drug and chemical lobbies are
responsible
for
> this, letting loose the hounds of disease and death on an
unsuspecting
> anduninformed public.
>
>
>
> Well, you're informed now!!!! YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW!!!!
>
>
>
>
>
> Please print this out and/or e-mail to your family and friends.
They have
a
> right to know, too
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