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.
|
Quincybug09
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 13 Aug 2007 Posts: 41 Location: Birmingham, AL United States
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.
Hi Dale123. I did not read your entire
post since it was so long. But I do know
that there has been no verifiable link
between the consumption of artificial
sweeteners and MS. Just like many things,
it is fine when consumed in moderation.
The only exception would be certain
individuals with a genetic disease called
PKU (phenylketonuria). They test infants
for this at birth.
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.
Hi Dale123. I did not read your entire
post since it was so long. But I do know
that there has been no verifiable link
between the consumption of artificial
sweeteners and MS. Just like many things,
it is fine when consumed in moderation.
The only exception would be certain
individuals with a genetic disease called
PKU (phenylketonuria). They test infants
for this at birth.
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.
Hi Dale123. I did not read your entire
post since it was so long. But I do know
that there has been no verifiable link
between the consumption of artificial
sweeteners and MS. Just like many things,
it is fine when consumed in moderation.
The only exception would be certain
individuals with a genetic disease called
PKU (phenylketonuria). They test infants
for this at birth.
Per haps you missed what I was saying.. it
gives the affects same as MS and some
people 'feel like they have MS' thats why
MS is usually
misdiagnosed
Yes, perhaps you are right, I did miss
that part. My apologies. Like I said, I
did not read the entire post since it was
very long and I had heard of this
previously. But, on the other hand, there
is still no documentation that supports
that theory either.
There are established guidelines that
doctors use to confirm a diagnosis of
multiple sclerosis. This includes tests
that accurately measure effects of the
disease on the brain and spinal cord.
Also, a pattern of specific neurological
"episodes" has to be established for a
diagnosis of MS to be confirmed. Some
doctors may just freely through the
diagnosis out there as a possibility.
Even though my neurologist knew that I had
MS, he never mentioned it until he had all
of the facts that he needed. And it
didn't take him long to gather the correct
information to support his diagnosis.
Don't get me wrong, I am not completely
disabled; nor is it "obvious" that I have
MS.
I just want people to get accurate,
medically confirmed information when it
comes to MS. I have MS and I drink diet
sodas everyday. But only 1 or 2. I did
not drink them before I began having
neurological symptoms. I discovered that
I have an undesirable reaction to sugar
(and simple carbohydrates in general) and
that is why I began drinking diet sodas in
place of the regular sugared ones. That
is something that I learned in the midst
of all of my mysterious symptoms.
Everyone is different. Especially when it
comes to MS. A change in diet definitely
helped my symptoms overall. But that
included omitting sugar, which made me
turn to the sugar substitutes aspartame
and diet sodas. I am not endorsing the
use of sugar substitutes since (refer to
my post above) there are people who are
unable to consume them. The definite
positive long term effect for me has been
due to a change in lifestyle which
includes and change in my diet; and since
my diagnosis ,FDA approved
disease-modifying therapies for multiple
sclerosis.
I hope your sister continues to get
better, and stays well. Sincerely, I do.
I am a nurse with MS. I truly feel it is
meant for me to care for people. I just
tend to get a little guarded when it comes
to information dealing with MS and some of
the myths and opinions behind its cause.
I really wish it were as simple as some
people want to believe, because we would
have a cure by now.
If your sister continues to have the
problems you described, I ask you to
please encourage her to continue seeing a
neurologist and find out what is the
medical cause. If it is not MS, then it
may be another neurological or autoimmune
disease that needs to be treated. These
diseases can be very devastating, as your
sister has already had a taste of this.
Take care and thanks for sharing your
sister's experience with us. - T
