Re: [Mb-civic] Aspartame/Nutra Sweet Scare - This could save yourlife etc

[Alexander Harper]

Thanks, Richard. I knew I was doing the right thing by sticking to cognac.
Have a good w/e.
AlBaraka
----- Original Message -----
From: "richard haase" <hotprojects at nyc.rr.com>
To: mb-civic at islandlists.com
Subject: Re: [Mb-civic] Aspartame/Nutra Sweet Scare - This could save yourlife	etc
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 17:01:37 -0400

> 
> Informed artificial sweetener is not food and throws the body into a variety
> of forms of shock
> you are so much better off eating white sugar ( even though its not a great
> thing to eat ) than any artificial sweetener.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alexander Harper" <harperalexander at mail.com>
> To: <MB-Civic at islandlists.com>
> Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 2:55 PM
> Subject: [Mb-civic] Aspartame/Nutra Sweet Scare - This could save your life
> etc
> 
> 
> 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 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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