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Aspartame Hoax
March 2001
If you search the web for "aspartame" (also called NutraSweet) you will
find dozens of websites devoted to the perceived horrors of this sugar
substitute (Actually, you have to search for the misspelling,
"asparatame" to find most of them). All of this seems to go back to a
study done in 1996 where the increase in brain tumors was found to
correlate with the increase in aspartame use. That study did not show
any causal link, only that both brain tumors and aspartame use seemed to
both be increasing at the same time. That correlation has since been
broken as brain tumor rates have leveled off and aspartame use has
continued to increase.
Around December of 1999, a letter started making the rounds of the
Internet that claims that almost every ailment known to man is caused by
aspartame. It was supposedly written by a Betty Martini who was
supposedly lecturing at the World Environmental Conference. A second
version of the letter is identical to the first but the author has been
changed to a Nancy Markle. In this letter, aspartame is blamed for
hundreds of aliment including multiple sclerosis. The title of the
article claims that the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation and others are
suing the makers of aspartame. However, the Multiple Sclerosis
Foundation has disavowed any knowledge of a problem with aspartame and
any relationship with the author. The letter also claims that it causes
"memory loss, confusion, and severe vision loss" among diabetics but
that has been debunked by the American Diabetes Association.
The FDA has attested to the safety of the chemical and if you check the
scholarly studies listed at the following site http://www.aspartame.org/
you will not find any showing significant problems with its use. The
worst that has been found are occasional headaches. The "research" on
the Aspartame Horror sites is, for the most part, anecdotal. The
UrbanLegends.com website does a really good job debunking this warning
and the supposed facts it contains. It is also debunked at the Junk
Science website.
Following is the Betty Martini version of the warning. The Nancy Markle
version is identical but with Nancy Markle inserted as the author and
the contact information is missing from the end. It is LONG but well
worth the reading!
WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE and the MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION &
FDA IS SUING FOR COLLUSION WITH MONSANTO. Article written by Betty
Martini
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 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 asymptotic. Unfortunately, we cannot 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 were even
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 to 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 drinkers, had all been
diagnosed with MS. This is beyond coincidence. Here is the problem.
There were Congressional Hearings when Aspartame was originally included
as a sweetener in 100 different products. Since this initial hearing,
there have been two subsequent hearings, but to no avail.
Nothing has 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 drugs 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 the fact that aspartic
acid and phenylalanine are neurotoxic without the other amino acids
found 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 back 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 Association, American Dietetic Association Congress, and
the Conference of the American College of Physicians. The New York
Times, November 15, 1996, ran an article on how the American Dietetic
Association takes money from the food industry to endorse their
products. Therefore, they cannot 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 Desert Storm health problems. The burning tongue and
other problems discussed in over 60 cases can be directly related to the
consumption of Aspartame product. Several thousand pallets of diet
drinks were shipped to the Desert 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
servicemen 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."
According to Dr. Louis Elsas, Pediatrician and Professor of Genetics, at
Emory University, In his testimony before Congress. The phenylalanine
concentrates in the placenta, causing mental retardation. 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, 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 FDA for years, the FDA 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.
Senator Howard Hetzenbaum wrote a bill that would have warned 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 several
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. The author, Betty
Martini, can be reached at 770-242-2599.
Copyright 2004 by Jay Jennings
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