[Mb-civic] Aspartame/Nutra Sweet Scare - This could save your life etc

[Alexander Harper]

I have just been sent the following by my sister. Can it be for real - do any of you have an informed opinion about this stuff or should I assume that it is a sbtle plug for the sugar industry?

Al Baraka


>Subject: FW: Please Read Its Important Could Save Your Life
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> 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
>daughters 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 FL
>(basically in a wheelchair) for March 22nd.
>
>On March 19th 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 FL March 22nd, 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, (when in reality, 
>the
>disease is methanol toxicity), 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 AHD 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
>due to the use of NutraSweet.
>
>Unfortunately, it is not always easy to convince people that
>Aspartame 
>is to
>blame for their child's illness. Stevia, which, which is a sweet herb, 
>NOT A
>MANUFACTURED ADDITIVE, helps in the metabolism of sugar, which
>would be
>ideal for diabetics. It has now been approved as a dietary supplement
>by 
>the
>FDA. It is known that for many years the FDA outlawed this true
>sweet 
>food,"
>due to their loyalty to MONSANTO Chemical Company.
>
>Books on this subject are available:
>
>EXCITOTOXINS: THE TASTE THAT KILLS written by Dr. Russell
>Blayblock 
>(Health
>Press 1-800-643-2665) AND: DEFENSE AGAINST ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
>written 
>by DR
>H. J. Roberts, also a diabetic specialist.
>
>These two doctors will soon be posting a position paper with case 
>histories
>on the deadly effects of Aspartame on the
>
>Internet. According to the Conference of the American College of 
>Physicians,
>"We are 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
>it's 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
>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
>anduninformed public.
>
>Well, you're informed now!!!! YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW!!!!
>
>
>Please print this out and/or e-mail to your family and friends. They 
>have a
>right to know, too!
>

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