Aspartame

upnover

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Since my heart attack I have tried to watch what I eat. Sugar being one of the things my doctors were concerned about, so I started drinking diet drinks, equal in my coffee and so on. Then, I start hearing things, and get this Email. Has anyone here heard of this?




This is quite long but worth the read! Very Interesting!!!!




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 docto rs 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 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 amaze d! 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 'Nutra Sweet,' '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 syst emic 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 (Nutra Sweet, 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 i s al l 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 chi ldr en 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 'poison ed' 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 pallet s ofdiet Coke and diet Pepsiconsumed 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 in 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 con tain 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 mo ney 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 As partame, 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 lobbie s are responsib le 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!
 
I am not DR. but I will say this..

I DO NOT eat or Drink anything with Aspartame in it. ( well if I know it is in it )
For me I hate the taste and the horrible after taste of things with it..

After reading Snopes I will also state: that if you believe that the FDA is looking out for you .. then you are terribly mistaken.. they get paid off by drug companies all the time.. why do you think we have drugs on the market to help "one" thing but have 100 side affects..and Why do you think DR. go on all these wonderful expensive trips for FREE.. cause they drug companies pay them off also..

for me, I 99% of the time never take drugs from a Dr, I never get flu shots, I try to never eat all those sweetners, etc..
Do i get Sick:very, very rarely..do I feel healthy: YES, am I over wieght: YES (I liked Beer for a few to many years, without working out), but when I go to the Dr and they run there healthy examines I always passs with flying colors..

and since you have had health issues.. I would seriously suggest.. going to more healthy style stores like: the fresh market, farmers markets, etc.. just try to drink water.. even if you buy water in a bottle.. it is 100% better then any flavored drink you can buy..

just think of your long term future.
 
Chip..... Drink WATER !!!! If you can't handle the 'tasteless' flavor, use a bit of fruit juice for flavor.. Now I find I 'like' plain water.. even what other people say is bad tasting water doesn't taste bad to me...

Anyway... Regardless what all that junk says.... I get a headache if i eat/drink pretty much anything that has that junk in it.. Put that in your snopes pipe and smoke it.. :D
 
diet

yeah I would almost rather die of dehydration than drink a diet coke. Well maybe not that extreme, I just hate the taste/after tasted and it gives me a headache. I don't drink very many soft drinks at all, I normally drink water or orange juice, but when I do I would rather just have the sugar.
 
Diet Dew = my crack ......lost over 30lbs since Sept. no side effects yet. 1, 12 oz. can a day, 2-3 a day on wheeling weekends. Crystal light (or the cheapo wally world brand) is always in my fridge in a gallon jug. we refer to it as "Red" around our house ie; "bring me a cup of Red whilst you're in there woman". When I drink a "leaded" Dew or cola it taste like drinking syrup to me now.
 
I do drink water, mostly when working. A soft drink maybe at lunch or dinner. Coffee most all of the time, just like now. A lot of Milk(2%) and tea at restaurants.

Fact is, I do like flavored drinks. The ones with aspartame seem to taste best, without the aftertaste. Diet Sun Drop, Diet SunKist being my fav's

I am at the point where I don't know what to believe. Snopes??? what are their credentials?
Dr's? I agree, they push what the drug salesman push on them.
The INTERNET? not much of that is believable. Seems if someone writes it, then it's gospel( to some anyway)

Too many opinions(we know what opinions are like)
 
OK I'm stupid, what's a "MI" ?
you not stoopid cause you want to know...

A heart attack or acute myocardial infarction (MI) occurs when one of the arteries that supplies the heart muscle becomes blocked
I refer to mine as a heart fart.
 
Water doesn't mix well with Bacardi or Crown Royal.
 
Glad you came out of it doing great.

By the way is that stuff in Miller Lite or Land Shark. If it is I will have to take my chances, Water and Beer...thats all
 
All I drink is diet sodas(and beer)...way too many.
I probably drink 2-3 2liters per day of diet dew....
Have for, well years. No horrible effects. I am overweight, mainly do to 0 exercise, but feel great have low blood pressure a great ticker and no major health problems....I guess its all in the genes?

My Italian grandmother is 89, 300+ pounds and after a recent series of dizzy spells the doc did and EKG (I think thats the right test, anyway they looked at her heart) and he said she had the heart of a 30 year old....
 
I never drink diet, tastes too nasty for me.

Ive found at restaurants though, that if I drink soda I generally dont eat all my food. For some reason Im just not all that hungry when the food gets there, then as soon as Im home, im hungry again...

If I drink water, the problem goes away...go figure.
 
damn that sux... how old are you? so what's it like trying to live in a weak feeling naushious haze with a elephant sitting on your chest for 2 weeks. I only lasted 4 hours before stint surgery...

Well, I turned 46 this past May.

Ya see, that's the weird part. It truly wasn't all that bad. I had the HA on Wednesday morning around 3 am. felt like someone standing on a pogo stick was balanced on my chest. Felt like major gas and I needed to burp. Felt really bad, all day Wednesday, but I was at the Dixie Run, and I wheeled all day. While waiting on my group to navigate here and there, I would get out of my Jeep sometimes and lay on the ground. When we got back to camp, I went straight to bed. I slept from around 6 till 10pm. When I woke up, I didn't feel a bit better. All my friends badgered me into going to the Hospital. At the Hospital, they did an EKG,...clear! However some of the other tests said it might have been a heart attack. They also said it might be my blood pressure, or it could be my Hiedle Hernia(forgive the spelling). So since they couldn't tell me exactly what it was, I was in denial. So they give me some meds, and prescriptions, and I went back to camp. Next morning, felt a little rough, but no where near as bad as the day before. BY lunch time on Thursday, I couldn't think of much other than I should be out on the trails.
Friday, I wheeled again. Even broke an axle, changed it. Broke my anti wrap bar on my rear axle, and welded it.
Saturday not wanting to get into the congestion on the trails, we just went up to lower 2 and watched. did the meeting and raffle Saturday night.
Sunday morning I competed in the Slow Crawl, and the RTI ramp, and won first place in both. Packed up camp and drove four and a half hours home.
Went to work Monday night and Tuesday night, 12 hours each.
Followed up with my doctor Wednesday. He calls me Friday morning and lets me know I DID have a HA and he wanted me at the Hospital ASAP. He only wanted to know which Hospital.
So, within 10 mins of arriving at Mission in Asheville, I was laying in a bed. All weekend, feeling fine, just laying around till Monday.
Monday comes and they do a Heart Catherization, no deal. Stints won't work. Surgeon comes to see me and has a picture of my heart, and it's blockages. I have to have 5 by-passes! So they rob arteries from both arms, and my leg on Wednesday, and rebuild me. No perminate damage. I came home four days later, and was back out on the trail the end of November, again in December, and back to work December 31st, with no restrictions
 
5 bypasses!!! damn so they cut you open huh?

you're taking yours a lot better than I have been. I had only one stent. I feel kinda lucky, but I have perminment heart damage. and a bunch of psyco hangups now.... it sucks.

I'm glad to hear you didn't have any perm damage and are doing well. you want to go get a cheese burger some time LOL
 
It's hard to believe the FDA would even allow aspartame in food/drinks these days. I have switched to eating more organic food for the last few months. I feel much better but it is very expensive. With gas prices going up, I have gone back to eating regular food again but still try and eat organic fruit and meat.

Glad you are okay now upnover. 5 by-passes is no joke man! You are pretty lucky and must have had one hell of a doctor!
 
Dr Harold Burton, Mission Hospital, Asheville, 6' 5" redneck! LOL Wears a sport coat over his scrubs. We heard from hospital staff that we were lucky to get him, he is 2nd in his field in the nation and possibly the world. I guess we didn't pick him, he picked us!
 
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