Multiple Sclerosis Forum - Could This Be Ms

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,' '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. 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.
> [removed]
>
> 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 and uninformed public.