Aspartame

Below is the address given by Betty Martini regarding this dangerous drug. A famous email of this address was circulated giving credit for the article to a Nancy Markle. The fact that no one has ever stepped forward to claim the email does in no way invalidate the information. In fact, this awakened thousands to seek answers and a multitude of doctors and health care professionals have confirmed the effects of aspartame on patients.

"FDA IS SUING FOR COLLUSION WITH MONSANTO
Article written by Nancy Markle

"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 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 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 with Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi
drinkers. Also, with methanol toxicity, the victims usually drink three to four
12oz. 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
symptomatic.  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 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 20
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
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 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 the 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 stimulate 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 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 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 (Gulf War Syndrome). 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 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 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, 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 herb, 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!!!!!!

"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 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. You might want to print it out and hand it out or fax it
to people who are not online.

"Young people drink a lot of diet coke."

There is a host of information regarding aspartame and how it is broken down and utilized in the brain and other tissues of the body. As to the symptoms, our family has experienced first hand the symptoms of joint pain, mental fuzziness and memory loss, tinnitis, dehydration, fatigue, blurred vision, chest pain, difficulty in breathing, asthmatic-type symptoms, inability to build muscle, throat pain and thirst and diarrhea. ALL these symptoms disappeared with discontinuation of drinking Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi!

For more information visit this site. You can see the list of doctors confirming conditions here. You can also see the symptoms and link to the information provided by doctors here

Investigate for yourself. Take the "No Aspartame Test" and see how you respond by cutting it out of your life. You'll feel much better, have more peace of mind and, as an added benefit, you'll have more money in your pocket! Our family could have purchased Coca Cola with all the money we spent over the years!

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