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> Subject: FW: "ASPARTAME marketed as 'NutraSweet', 'Equal', and
> 'Spoonful"'
>
>
> In a message dated 98-12-14 14:12:21 EST, you write:
>
> WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE and the MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION
> F.D.A.
> ISSUING FOR COLLUSION WITH MONSANTO
> Article written by Nancy Markle (1120197)
>
> 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 that 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 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 asymptomatic. Unfortunately, we can not 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 even were
> 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 by product usage!
>
> We have a very 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 addicts, had all been
> diagnosed with MS. This is beyond coincidence.
>
> 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 as 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 dmgs 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 to the fact that aspartic acid and phenylalanine are
> neurotoxic without the other amino acids found in 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.
> We ask that you help too.
>
> Print this article out and warn everyone you know. Take anything that
> contains aspartame black to the store. 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 Diabetes Association, American Dietetic
> Association, Congress, and the Conference of the American College of
> Physicians. The New York Times, on November 15, 1996, ran an article on
> how
> the American Dietetic Association takes money from the food industry to
> endorse their products. Therefore, they can not 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 Dessert Storm health problems. The burning tongue and other
> problems discussed in over 60 cases can be directly related to the
> consumption of an aspartame product. Several thousand pallets of diet
> drinks
> were shipped to the Dessert 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 service men 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". The phenylalanine concentrates in the
> placenta, causing mental retardation, according to Dr. Louis Elsas,
> Pediatrician Professor - Genetics, at Emory University in his testimony
> before Congress.
>
> In the original lab tests, animals developed brain tumors (phenylalanine
> breaks down into DXP, a brain tumor agent). When Dr. Espisto was lecturing
> on aspartame me, 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 F.D.A. For years, the F.D.A. 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!!!!!l!
> Senator Howard Hetzenbaum wrote a bill that would have wamed 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 some world leaders. Again, please help us too. There
> are a lot of people out there who must be warned, *please* let them know
> this information.