ANST - health-related .... definitely OT: [Fwd) Artificial Sweeteners

j'lynn yeates jyeates at realtime.net
Wed Jan 6 08:11:11 PST 1999


while i always try to adhere to "topicality" the following is a health related 
public-service information that i felt was of a serious enough matter to pass 
along in this channel .... 

i received the the following is from one of my long time SCAdian breathren, 
Sir Balthazar Lord  Endor (early Ansteorrans will remember him ....).  and 
knowing how many SCA types were heavy diet drink consumers, and 
knowing how high is the level of odd health problems that pervades the 
general SCA population (with a disturbing overlap of those two poulations), i 
thought that the following was topical and might be of interest to many out 
there  ...
 
i don't drink artificial sweetened drinks and watch my diet closely ... but if 
any of the following proves true, it's frightening in the extreme.  judge the 
validity of the information for yourself and if it troubles you, i suggest 
seeking out the origional data sources and/or doing addition research. 

'wolf



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From:           	"Weaver, Ellsworth III" <JEW1 at pge.com>
Subject:        	Artificial Sweeteners
Date sent:      	Tue, 5 Jan 1999 12:07:45 -0800 

Folks,

I have quaffed many a Diet Coke. I have stopped. My sources are heavily
indicating artificial sweeteners are not safe. Here is the latest article
I have. What you do with this information is, of course, your business.

--Ellsworth

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, '1Could you tell me why so 
many
people seem to be coming down with MS?11 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. 

-- "When spiders unite, they can tie down a lion."
--Ethiopian Proverb



... When we hunt, we all function with one mind
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