Aspartame a poison?

[Daemia]

I'm not sure if its all true since it was a random email but interesting none the less. (I've always stayed away from Aspartame and now Im glad I did! I mean...  if they continuously tell you NOT TO DRINK IT WHEN YOUR PREGNANT........why would it be safe for you when your not?  :O(



 Subject:Sweet Poison - Please read!

 

I hope this message sinks in!!
 
SWEET POISON - A MUST READ


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 daughter's 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 Florida (basically in a wheelchair)
for March 22nd .


On March 19 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 Florida March 22, 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, 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 ADHD 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 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 its 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 [organizations] 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. Well, you're
Informed now! YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW!

[Whirlingdervish]

http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/n/nutrasweet.htm

 

[Daemia]

   haha cool site!  i get these kinds of emails all the time about products and im always finding myself believing them and now im super paranoid about my shopping. So this site should help ease my anxiety BUT ...

How do we know this site's facts are for real ?!   

[Whirlingdervish]

Well, we can hope.

[[BTF] Reflex]

Brought to you by the sugar/corn syrup council

[DWxchzrles]

Aspartame has a terrible taste, can't stand it in any product

[The Happy Friar]

anything can kill you.  Remember the woman who got killed by drinking to much water? 

I'm sure drinking enough diet pop could give you aspartame poisoning.  I'd vomit long before that as it takes like crap anyway. 

[peewee_RotA]

Didn't read this but Snopes and a hoast of other urban legend sites debunked aspertame years and years and years ago.

[Daemia]

i also got one like this about Margarine vs butter. It said things like margarine is almost a liquid plastic and went on about chemical balances etc...
Im the kind of person who hates man made 'chemical foods' and preservatives so i pick butter/sugar over margarine/aspartame anyways...  but yeah I'll try to be less gullible

[[BTF]Sigma]

I used to drink Crystal Light when I was trying to limit my carb intake and that stuff just irritated the crap out of the back of my throat. Started off as a tickle that developed into a cough. Really hate the stuff.

[ReCycled]

Most of these studies on artificial additives occasionally find some negative effect, but only at massive doses which don't exist in normal day-to-day life. Otherwise they're pretty benign. Also the assumption that anything "natural" is ok for you simply because they are produced in nature. This conveniently ignores things like toxic mushrooms, poisonous frogs, arsenic and other heavy elements and many other "natural" compounds.

The one thing I've always wondered about is any radio waves, electro-magnetic transmissions, wireless devices and all the similar stuff that transmits through the air. The planet is absolutely saturated with it. These have never existed in the planet's history until the last 80 years or so. Can all this really be completley harmless as we are bombarded with it every day and night? Seems very unusual compared to the last billion years or so.
 

[The Happy Friar]

Im the kind of person who hates man made 'chemical foods' and preservatives so i pick butter/sugar over margarine/aspartame anyways...  but yeah I'll try to be less gullible

pretty much anything you buy is treated with some kind of chemical or another.  white sugar/flower are normally bleached in some way, for example.   It's hard to get non-treated food.  Most of the time it's illegal to sell it.  But if you find someone with a goat who gives milk, become their friend.  It's awesome. 

Most of these studies on artificial additives occasionally find some negative effect, but only at massive doses which don't exist in normal day-to-day life. Otherwise they're pretty benign. Also the assumption that anything "natural" is ok for you simply because they are produced in nature. This conveniently ignores things like toxic mushrooms, poisonous frogs, arsenic and other heavy elements and many other "natural" compounds.

the big issues I've read about non-natural chem's in food is normally the body's ability to absorb/dispose of them.  Just like the radio waves, up until ~80 years ago we didn't have plastic butter (margarine is just vegie oil most of the time), sterilized milk, genetically altered veggies that can survive vicious poisons, etc.  People survived.  Now we're told unless we eat man-made food we'll all die.   

The one thing I've always wondered about is any radio waves, electro-magnetic transmissions, wireless devices and all the similar stuff that transmits through the air. The planet is absolutely saturated with it. These have never existed in the planet's history until the last 80 years or so. Can all this really be completely harmless as we are bombarded with it every day and night? Seems very unusual compared to the last billion years or so.

GLOBAL WARMING IS CAUSED BY RADIO WAVES!  OMG!  WE'RE ALL GOING TO IMPLODE!

   

technically, we've always been bombarded by EM radiation of all sorts, just not that powerful right next to us.

[Punk_FAS]

How about a nice tall glass of water?  That's pretty much all I ever drink these days, and I don't miss or desire sugary/flavored drinks anymore either.  I used to drink soda a lot, mountain dew, dr. pepper, coke, pepsi, you name it, etc.  I do drink white grape juice or orange juice occasionally, but not that often.  I just keep a Brita water filter pitcher in my fridge and fill that thing up and when I'm thirsty I pour myself a full glass of water, and I always drink a full glass of water when I eat as well.

[The Happy Friar]

my water comes from the ground.  Unfiltered, untreated.  Best damn water I've ever had.    I'm betting no drugs like other water supplies eigther: my water come from high-ground with noone above it.  Only possible issue is nuclear waste. 

[jägermonsta]

everything can kill you, live fast and die young