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Posted by Phillipa on July 21, 2007, at 14:40:45
Funny I wondered why I really felt wierd as I don't do diet anything but this was sent to me any feedback? Love Phillipa
To all of you who, like me, have MS or know someone who has MS or lupus, please read the following.
> > SWEET, BUT POISON -
> > > A MUST READ
> > >
> > > 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 h ouse, 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 the article my friend,
& gt;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
> >artificialsweeteners 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
> >iswalking!
> >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
> >metabolicacidosis.
> >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
> >sclerosisis 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
> >systemiclupus
> >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
> >vi sion, or memory loss, you probably have ASPARTAME poisoning!"
>People were
> >jumping up during the lecture saying, "I have some of these
>symptoms. Isit
> >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
>fatcells,
> >particularly in the hips and thighs. Formaldehyde is an
>absolute toxin and
> >is
> >used primarily to preserve "tissue specimens." Many products we
>use
> >everyday
> >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, infact,
> >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 ADHD have had complete turnarounds in their
>behavior when
> >these
> >chemicals have been removed from their diet. So called
>"behavior
> >modification
> >prescription drugs" ( Rita lin 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 t aken 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
>disturbancesn
> >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 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< BR>> >their loyalty to MONSANTO Chemical Company."
> > >
> > > Books on this subject are available:
> > >
> > > EXCITOTOXINS: THE TASTE THAT KILLS written by Dr. Russell
>Blaylock
> >(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 page on
>the Internet
> >with
> >case histories on the deadly effects of Aspartame. According
>to the
> >Conference
> >of the American College of Physicians, "We are talking about a
>plague of
> >neurological diseases directly caused by the us of this deadly
>poison."
> > >
> > > Herein lies the problem: There were Congressional Hearings
>when
> >Aspartame was
& gt; >included 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 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 Ph ysicians? 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 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 and uninformed public. Well, you're
>informed now!
Posted by Girlnterrupted78 on July 21, 2007, at 14:40:45
In reply to Dangers of Diet Supplement. Aspertane and nurta sw, posted by Phillipa on July 19, 2007, at 19:41:13
SWEET, BUT POISON - A MUST READIn 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 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 the article my friend, & gt;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 artificialsweeteners 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 '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 metabolicacidosis.
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 sclerosisis 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 systemiclupus 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 fatcells, particularly in the hips and thighs. Formaldehyde is an absolute toxin and is used primarily to preserve "tissue specimens." Many products we use everyday 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, infact, 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 ADHD have had complete turnarounds in their
behavior when these chemicals have been removed from their diet. So called "behavior modification
prescription drugs" ( Rita lin 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 theGulf 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 t aken 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 disturbancesn
due to the use of NutraSweetUnfortunately, it is not always easy to convince people that Aspartame is to blame for their child's illness. Stevia, 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 BR their loyalty to MONSANTO Chemical Company."Books on this subject are available:
EXCITOTOXINS: THE TASTE THAT KILLS written by Dr. Russell Blaylock (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 page on the Internet with case histories on the deadly effects of Aspartame. According to the Conference of the American College of Physicians, "We are talking about plague of neurological diseases directly caused by the us of this deadly poison."
Herein lies the problem: There were Congressional Hearings when Aspartame was
& gt; included 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 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 [organizations] 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 and uninformed public. Well, you're informed now!
Posted by tensor on July 21, 2007, at 14:40:45
In reply to Great Article -- but hard format-- read here, posted by Girlnterrupted78 on July 20, 2007, at 3:58:00
Posted by SheilaC on July 21, 2007, at 14:40:45
In reply to Dangers of Diet Supplement. Aspertane and nurta sw, posted by Phillipa on July 19, 2007, at 19:41:13
Any of the artifial sweetners hurt my bladder and give me terrible, painful spasms. Also - Splenda is the worst! I don't use anything that has artifial sweetners in it anymore. Plain old sugar for me.
> Funny I wondered why I really felt wierd as I don't do diet anything but this was sent to me any feedback? Love Phillipa
>
>
> To all of you who, like me, have MS or know someone who has MS or lupus, please read the following.
>
> > > SWEET, BUT POISON -
> > > > A MUST READ
> > > >
> > > > 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 h ouse, 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 the article my friend,
> & gt;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
> > >artificialsweeteners 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
> > >iswalking!
> > >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
> > >metabolicacidosis.
> > >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
> > >sclerosisis 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
> > >systemiclupus
> > >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
> > >vi sion, or memory loss, you probably have ASPARTAME poisoning!"
> >People were
> > >jumping up during the lecture saying, "I have some of these
> >symptoms. Isit
> > >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
> >fatcells,
> > >particularly in the hips and thighs. Formaldehyde is an
> >absolute toxin and
> > >is
> > >used primarily to preserve "tissue specimens." Many products we
> >use
> > >everyday
> > >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, infact,
> > >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 ADHD have had complete turnarounds in their
> >behavior when
> > >these
> > >chemicals have been removed from their diet. So called
> >"behavior
> > >modification
> > >prescription drugs" ( Rita lin 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 t aken 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
> >disturbancesn
> > >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 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< BR>> >their loyalty to MONSANTO Chemical Company."
> > > >
> > > > Books on this subject are available:
> > > >
> > > > EXCITOTOXINS: THE TASTE THAT KILLS written by Dr. Russell
> >Blaylock
> > >(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 page on
> >the Internet
> > >with
> > >case histories on the deadly effects of Aspartame. According
> >to the
> > >Conference
> > >of the American College of Physicians, "We are talking about a
> >plague of
> > >neurological diseases directly caused by the us of this deadly
> >poison."
> > > >
> > > > Herein lies the problem: There were Congressional Hearings
> >when
> > >Aspartame was
> & gt; >included 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 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 Ph ysicians? 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 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 and uninformed public. Well, you're
> >informed now!
>
Posted by girlnterrupted78 on July 21, 2007, at 14:40:45
In reply to How about some common sense? (nm) » Girlnterrupted78, posted by tensor on July 20, 2007, at 4:22:04
I don't understand what you mean by that.
So I don't have "common sense" -- that's clear.
Could you explain what you mean by that please?
Posted by tensor on July 21, 2007, at 14:40:46
In reply to Re: How about some common sense? » tensor, posted by girlnterrupted78 on July 20, 2007, at 7:13:52
> I don't understand what you mean by that.
>
> So I don't have "common sense" -- that's clear.
>
> Could you explain what you mean by that please?You don't understand, then it's clear. Finally you want me to explain?
First of all, are you related to the woman in the article?
Posted by girlnterrupted78 on July 21, 2007, at 14:40:46
In reply to Re: Dangers of Diet Supplement. Aspertane and nurta sw, posted by SheilaC on July 20, 2007, at 6:46:23
Are you serious about Splenda? I use it all the time, thinking it's "safe"!! I haven't used aspartame in years because I did read about it being dangerous.
But Splenda too? Geez. According to the commercials, Splenda is made of "real sugar" -- is that total bs?
I guess I'll have to switch to brown sugar or Stevia (But Stevia is so expensive.) Thanx for passing the tip.
Posted by girlnterrupted78 on July 21, 2007, at 14:40:46
In reply to Re: How about some common sense? » girlnterrupted78, posted by tensor on July 20, 2007, at 7:21:43
No, it is NOT clear. And I asked whether you could explain.
What does it matter whether I'm related to the woman? You're extremely rude, by the way.
Posted by Larry Hoover on July 21, 2007, at 14:40:46
In reply to How about some common sense? (nm) » Girlnterrupted78, posted by tensor on July 20, 2007, at 4:22:04
How about this?
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20070426/msgs/754357.html
Lar
Posted by Meri-Tuuli on July 21, 2007, at 14:40:46
In reply to Re: How about some common sense? » tensor, posted by Larry Hoover on July 20, 2007, at 10:20:05
Also, wasn't there an Italian study which linked the sweetners to brain tumours (albeit in rats)?
I'm too lazy to look up the paper, but it was in the news a couple of years ago. I wonder if those researchers were forced into early retirement?
Wasn't the whole sweetner thing something to do with Ronald Regan? I can't remember, and it might be an urban myth.
I think there was something in the movie 'The Corporation' about Monsatamo covering up growth hormones in cattle.
Shudder.
Posted by confuzyq on July 21, 2007, at 14:40:46
In reply to Great Article -- but hard format-- read here, posted by Girlnterrupted78 on July 20, 2007, at 3:58:00
In my own case, I never even stopped to wonder if it was true that something unhealthy was up with Aspartame, once I started hearing that: From the time it came out, I had consumed many products containing it per day. And long before I heard anything bad about it, I had noticed a clear connection between headaches (which I do not typically suffer often at all) and how much Aspartame I had consumed.
Often, if I had the evening munchies but wanted to keep my sugar and calorie consumption lower than otherwise, I would consume several Aspartame products in a row, like hot chocolate, pudding, candies, etc. And I would wake up with a severe headache that felt distinctly different than any other. It seemed that over time the threshhold became lower on how much it would take to give me that headache.
So whether what's going on is actually dangerous or not, I won't come near it anymore. I also have been under the impression that as far as anyone knows yet, Splenda is safe. But I admit I have not researched that at all. I also have gone back to consuming regular old sugar more often than I allowed myself in my "hung up" days.
Posted by Phillipa on July 21, 2007, at 14:40:46
In reply to Re: Great Article -- but hard format-- read here, posted by confuzyq on July 20, 2007, at 11:23:29
Here's a follow-up article. Love Phillipa
Aspartame What You Don't Know Can Hurt You
Natural Ingredients Imply "Not Harmful""The building blocks of protein" and "your body cannot distinguish between the amino acids in aspartame and milk" (Deskins G1) are common phrases used to describe the ingredients in aspartame. These analogies are used to convince the public that aspartame is as safe as milk, or other protein foods. According to Dr. H. J. Roberts, who was listed in "The Best Doctors in the U.S.," it is true that aspartame is composed of the same amino acids that can be found in protein foods. However, there are only two amino acids, phenylalanine and aspartic acid, that are in aspartame while protein foods contain many different amino acids. When aspartame is ingested, it floods the bloodstream with these two amino acids while protein foods, on the other hand, have other amino acids which "neutralize" and eliminate this sudden flooding (30). Like taking words out of context, taking amino acids out of their natural form might cause problems. A closer look at aspartame's ingredients and the adverse reactions reported by thousands of people reveal the dangers of this artificial sweetener.
Dr. Roberts states in his book, Aspartame Is it Safe?, that aspartame's three components are phenylalanine (50 percent), aspartic acid (40 percent), and methanol (10 percent). When aspartame is exposed to heat or prolonged storage, it breaks down into metabolites. One of these breakdown products is Diketopiperazine, a toxic metabolite that is not usually found in our diet. The effects of these different metabolites are unknown (27, 38-40).
According to an article in Consumer Reports, food and beverages containing phenylalanine, the major ingredient in aspartame, must be labeled due to the genetic disorder, phenylketonuria (PKU). The U.S. carries a warning on all aspartame products to alert people with PKU (58). People with this genetic disorder lack the enzyme needed to metabolize phenylalanine and therefore it "accumulates" in the body and can "cause severe mental retardation" (Roberts 33). According to Steven Farber, Ph.D. candidate in brain and cognitive sciences at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, there are an "estimated 10 million people who are carriers and may not know it." He states that these PKU carriers are also at risk because "they cannot degrade phenylalanine as effectively as normal individuals and may be sensitive to increased levels in their diets" (48).
Phenylketonurics and PKU carriers are not the only people that should avoid phenylalanine. Dr. Louis J. Elsas, II, Director of Medical Genetics at Emory University School of Medicine, "recommends that pregnant women avoid aspartame sweeteners" because it is unknown what quantity is considered safe (qtd. In Assc. Of Birth Defect Children 2). Dr. Roberts also suggests to avoid aspartame products during pregnancy due to increased levels of phenylalanine on the "fetal side of the placenta." Increases levels of phenylalanine may "interfere with the growth of the fetus brain" (181).
In an article published in the Association of Birth Defect Children, Karen Mills argues that aspartame may be responsible for her son's health problems. Unaware of the dangers of aspartame, she consumed four to six diet sodas a day and also took phenylalanine capsules to relieve fatigue during her pregnancy. She was in good health and did not smoke or drink during this time. Her pregnancy was considered normal and prenatal testing ruled out any genetic birth defects. Her delivery was also normal. When her son Brandon was born, he was severely retarded with serious neurological problems. All of his x-rays, genetic studies, and blood tests came back normal. Karen states, "I am suspicious that NutraSweet™ could be a contributing factor in Brandon's situation since there are no physical or genetic causes revealed for his neurological problems" (2).
Aspartic acid (aspartame) and glutamate (ingredient in monosodium glutamate) have been labeled as excitotoxins, which Dr. Russell Blaylock, author of Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills, defines as "a group of excitatory amino acids that can cause sensitive neurons to die" (226). An article in the Orlando Sentinel Tribune states, "according to Blaylock, a single meal may contain several of these additives . . . given a high enough dose can include brain lesions." Blaylock is concerned that "hundreds of millions of infants and young children are at great risk and their parents are not even aware of it" (qtd. In Bonvie and Bonvie G1).
The last component of aspartame is methanol, better known as wood alcohol, a "deadly poison," claims Dr. Roberts. The Environmental Protection Agency recommends less than eight milligrams per day of methanol. A typical liter of an aspartame diet soda contains approximately 55 milligrams. Complications of methanol poisoning include blindness, brain swelling, pancreatitis, numbness, shooting pains, cardiac changes, and death (28, 42-45). According to Aspartame Consumer Safety Network, when ingested, methanol breaks down into formaldehyde, "known to cause cancer, accumulating slowly without detection in the body" (The Deadly Deception 2).
Eric Soto was a victim of methanol poisoning. In 1989, when Eric was diagnosed with diabetes, he started consuming aspartame products to avoid sugar. Soon after, Eric complained of numbness in his fingers. After seeing a doctor for this problem, it was suggested that he have surgery to correct a wrist nerve. Before he went in for surgery, a black spot appeared over his left eye. After being examined by an opthamologist, Eric was admitted to the hospital for possible methanol poisoning. He decided to stop using aspartame products after hearing about the dangers from a friend. The damage to Eric's eyes was permanent, but the numbness in his fingers stopped even though doctors said it could only be corrected by surgery (The Deadly Deception B4).
Eric Soto is not the only person to suffer from aspartame related health problems. Mary Stoddard, president of Aspartame Consumer Safety Network, claims that nearly 10,000 complaints have been reported to this non-profit organization.
Posted by SheilaC on July 21, 2007, at 14:40:46
In reply to Dangers of Diet Supplement. Aspertane and nurta sw, posted by Phillipa on July 19, 2007, at 19:41:13
I think the Splenda bothers my bladder and give my bladder spasms because it is made with some sort of chlorination process. There is some speculation that Splenda may leave some chlorine in your body - it may not all get flushed out at once. Don't know how much sticks around in the body or for how long.
Anyway, I know that I am very sensitive to chlorine. If the city where I live ups the chlorine in our water, I can smell it and taste it. Plus I'm very sensitive to chlorine pools.
Posted by Zyprexa on July 21, 2007, at 14:40:46
In reply to Dangers of Diet Supplement. Aspertane and nurta sw, posted by Phillipa on July 19, 2007, at 19:41:13
My co workers have been telling me about how bad aspertame is, but never had any reasons. Now I finaly belive it and understand. As I have also gained diabeties sine my consumption of diet drinks has gone up. Guess I will have to return to coffee, with glycine??? Don't tell me glycine is bad too, is it?????????? Not to mention that my memory is getting bad.
Posted by Sigismund on July 21, 2007, at 14:40:47
In reply to Re: How about some common sense? » Larry Hoover, posted by Meri-Tuuli on July 20, 2007, at 11:18:59
It beats me why anyone would want to buy (let alone eat) these tedious and uninteresting corporate products, but they do.
Whole aisles of the supermarket are full of this stuff.There are about 20 types of fake milk there.
I bought some the other day (low fat, omega3 enriched) because I didn't read the label.I am so unimpressed and hope this has some relevance to the thread.
Posted by Phillipa on July 21, 2007, at 14:40:47
In reply to Re: How about some interesting products?, posted by Sigismund on July 20, 2007, at 19:55:27
Does anyone on the thread think that the internet could be giving false information? Love Phillipa
Posted by leslieg on July 21, 2007, at 14:40:47
In reply to Great Article -- but hard format-- read here, posted by Girlnterrupted78 on July 20, 2007, at 3:58:00
It has always bothered me that Aspartame is pronounced as "Safe" simply because it has not been shown to cause cancer. Like there are no other diseases or disorders it may cause.
I went through a very bad series of migraines last year. When I searched for what I could have been doing differently to cause them I discovered that the gum I had started chewing -- two pieces a day -- had aspertame. I stopped immediately and the headaches were gone within two days. They put aspertame into nearly all gum, even the "normal sugar" kind. They put it into low-carb bread products. It is in Benefiber chewables. It is in children's re-hydrating drinks. I try so hard to keep artificial sweeteners out of my house. Some always seems to slip through. (The latest? Thomas' Whole Wheat English Muffins. WHY??!!)
Leslie
Posted by Girlnterrupted78 on July 21, 2007, at 14:40:47
In reply to Dangers of Diet Supplement. Aspertane and nurta sw, posted by Phillipa on July 19, 2007, at 19:41:13
Before you tear open that little yellow packet of sweetener and stir it into your coffee, please read this.
Do you want to:
* Avoid certain diseases and maintain health and vitality well into your later years?
* Save your children from a slow poisoning from hidden toxins in their food?
* Discover scientific data about overlooked poisons in your everyday life?
* Avoid those vague health symptoms of illness that puzzle your doctor?
* Be informed with inside information mainstream media won't tell you?
* Have control over your health through knowledge?
* Desire to enjoy your grandchildren (and great-grandchildren)?
* Not allow advertisers to "teach" you what's good for you?Interested? Then we need to talk about a sweetener war sweeping across America. Perhaps you can sip on that cup of coffee black until we straighten out the confusing selection of artificial sweeteners out there. This information is a tool to protect your health – and your children's health – from a hidden danger that marketing experts have packaged attractively and seductively. You'll be shocked at what the "quiet side" of scientific research reveals.
It's time to admit that there is no free ticket to eating all the sugar-free products you desire without paying the high price of harming your body in the long run. The "technology of foods" (artificial sweeteners and manmade foods) has gone too far, and will not secure eternal health, beauty, slimness, or youth. Laboratory sugar-free chemicals are not your answer.
This information will "wake you up" more than that mug of java you’re holding. But don’t despair – there are plenty of safe alternatives to keep life "sweet."
ASPARTAME VERSUS SPLENDA (SUCRALOSE)
The dangers of aspartame are now widely known, but the risks of using Splenda are not documented – until now. Splenda may not penetrate the blood brain barrier as aspartame does, hence entering the brain and creating neurotoxin havoc at the brain center, but Splenda CAN adversely affect the body in several ways because it IS a chemical substance and not natural sugar.
December newsletter Equal Sues Splenda
The same patterns with aspartame (NutraSweet/Equal) are repeating with sucralose (Splenda). Their claims of product safety and research results are identical to those used by The NutraSweet Company. Note the comparisons and repetitions between the products, the corporations, and marketing. Maybe now, consumers can prevent damage to human health sooner than with NutraSweet, which has damaged the health and lives of millions of innocent consumers since it was placed in the public food supply in 1982.
Has the FDA repeated the aspartame approval process for sucralose, allowing a product with proven carcinogens to flood our food supply? Only time will tell, as it has with aspartame. Yet at the cost of human lives.
Knowledge is power. As an educated consumer, you have the awareness to choose what you and your family will ingest. Unnatural artificial sweeteners may affect your health. Why take the chance? With this book, you woke up and smelled the coffee just in time. Now you can drink it safely.
SPLENDA® Is It Safe or Not?
After twenty years of NutraSweet® (aspartame) dominating the sweetener market, people are realizing for themselves that aspartame really is a foul food chemical tragically harmful to their health. Now, people think Johnson & Johnson's Splenda, made from sucralose, has come to the rescue as the newest chemical sugar replacement "made from real sugar." People don't want to hear that it may be just as dangerous as aspartame, and this white knight of sweeteners is no better improvement.
New chemical sweeteners (like Splenda) and the sweetener blends (aspartame, sucralose and acesulfame K blended together in one product) may be causing users to show signs of weight gain, disruption of sleep patterns, sexual dysfunction, increases in cancer, MS, Lupus, diabetes, and a list of epidemic degenerative diseases. The corporations continue to stand tough in their denial of any connection to chemical sweetener additives.
This website takes you into the world of Splenda; ready or not, here we go again.
The Chlorine In SplendaChlorine is commonly found in nature, but almost always in combination with other building block elements. Chlorine's structure makes it very reactive and because it is so reactive, it is very useful to chemists, engineers and others involved in making things humans use every day.
The inventors of Splenda admit around fifteen percent (15%) of sucralose is absorbed by the body, but they cannot guarantee us (out of this fifteen percent) what amount of chlorine stays in the body and what percent flushes out.
So, do you feel lucky today as you sprinkle that yellow packet of powder in your tea? You will be alarmed once you realize how chlorine, this common chemical we've trusted as a "purifier", is actually affecting our health in more ways than you know. Hopefully, this chapter will make you hesitate before you let your toddler take another sip of your diet cola.
What Are Sweetener Blends?
I've written about how artificial sweeteners like sucralose (found in Splenda) and aspartame (found in NutraSweet) can have a negative impact on your health. Now the sweetener industry has gone a step further in their quest to copy real sugar's sweet flavor. They are mixing Splenda and NutraSweet and other artificial sweeteners together! Mixtures of any artificial sweeteners are called "sweetener blends."
Instead of one harmful chemical coursing through your body, you now have two or three (or more) interacting with each other, and in ways we may not know yet. If one substance is hazardous, do you think adding toxins to it will make it better? It is just one more potent "alien" mixture with unknown interactions that your poor body will try to use, excrete, or store. Its mix n’ match chemistry at the expense of your health.
The Unsafe Sweeteners Out There
Artificial sweeteners: This category of non-nutritive, high-intensity sugar substitutes includes ASPARTAME, ACESULFAME-K, NEOTAME, SUCRALOSE, and ALITAME. The two sweeteners that have recently undergone current and pending FDA approval are SUCRALOSE and ALITAME, respectively. Cyclamate lost its FDA approval in 1970, but is currently up for re-approval. Numerous new sweeteners are currently in various stages of development and approval.
Saccharin, Stevia and Other Safe Alternative Sweeteners
Sugar and the quest for weight loss represent an enormous growth opportunity for the food and beverage manufacturers worldwide. And as everyone in the industry knows, the average human prefers taste to nutrition. Let's see how we can reverse this trend.
The two safest choices of sweeteners to date are saccharin and stevia. Yes, saccharin! Saccharin is actually similar to stevia in its origin. It originally came from a plant imported from China, and in its original form, is a complex sugar extract from the plant itself. Stevia is extracted from a plant grown in South America, and is also a complex sugar extract.
According to FDA documents, saccharin has never caused cancer. Years ago, saccharin was sold in tiny pin-sized pellets, and merely two or three were enough to add sweetness to coffee or iced tea. This is what I consider a natural sucrose (sugar) substitute!
The Real Scoop On Sugar
Everyone needs to know that there is a difference between sugars - natural sugar, refined sugar, and corn syrup. Sugar is like a two-sided coin: heads – if natural, it can be useful to the body, and tails – if altered by man, it can be harmful to the body. How do you know the difference, and where can you buy the right kind of sugar products? Here’s the scoop...artificial sweeteners are not the solution.
Dying To Be Thin: Weight Loss and Weight Gain
Do diet sweeteners really help you lose weight, or do you eat more and gain weight in the long run? Do diet sweeteners make you fat? Yes, because they trick your body and don’t feed it what it needs
According to researchers, there is no clear-cut evidence that sugar substitutes help people lose weight. These days, more and more data suggests that these chemical sweeteners may actually stimulate appetite. Aspartame has been on the market for over twenty years, so most of the information in this chapter refers to weight gain in relation to products made with aspartame. It is too early to know how these patterns will repeat with sucralose (Splenda).
Are Your Kids Depressed and Aggressive?
If you have kids, you'll be the first one to notice health and behavioral changes in your children. Children are reacting to artificial sweeteners in harmful ways, but this aspect of the sweetener wars has gone unnoticed in the mainstream health community. The sweetener corporations market to children by placing soft drink machines in public elementary schools, and by influencing doctors that diet sweeteners don't cause abnormal behavior and emotional stress in children. When you have exhausted all the other reasons for your child's poor health or mental/emotional problems, then diet chemicals could be the culprit.
The rising numbers of mental disorders have gone unexplained until now. A diet of chemical foods means a diet of malnutrition, and when the body is starved of nutrients, it becomes mentally and physically stressed. Don't raise your children on diet chemicals – search for healthy alternatives.
Sugar-Free With Diabetes
Diabetes may be a common disease these days, but it is still misunderstood. Most people think diabetes is simply a disease that means you just can’t eat sugar. The artificial sugar industry markets fake sugars as totally harmless to the diabetic, and tempts them into believing they can eat and drink all they want by "tricking" their bodies. But what works for one person may not work for another. What makes this matter even more difficult to understand: diabetes is just a little bit different for every diabetic. This is why no one artificial sweetener company can truly make a blanket statement that their product is "safe for diabetics."
As delicate as diabetes is, how then, can diet chemical sweeteners be safe when a person with diabetes requires such precise chemical management?
Who Will Win The Sweetener Wars?The immediate dramatic success of Splenda has shaken things up in the artificial-sweetener business, dominated for decades by the rivalry between the blue and pink - Equal and Sweet'N Low®. Each of these brands has come up with a new marketing approach to deal with the ravenous dynamics of the 'diet' marketplace. Are they playing fair or playing on consumer trust?
In the midst of the continued controversy over aspartame, many pharmaceutical and health food manufacturers - Pro Lab, Twin Lab and Ross Products, makers of Pedialyte®, for example - have switched to using sucralose in their manufactured products. But who are these major big corporations 'fighting' in the artificial sweetener wars, and what do these mega corporations really stand for? This is an important question to answer before buying their products.
Rising From The Grave's Disease
Justin Dumais is a 2004 Athens' Olympic Silver Medalist, a Grave's Disease survivor, and aspartame victim. Merely months before the Olympic trials, Justin contacted me for nutritional help in recovering from a diagnosis of Grave's Disease caused by diet colas with aspartame. He read my first book Sweet Poison, followed my recovery experience from my own case of Grave's caused by aspartame, and cured his disease in six weeks (just like I did) by simply removing aspartame from his diet, cleansing, and restoring his depleted nutrients. His recovery from a "false" diagnosis of Grave's Disease came merely months before the 2004 Athen's Olympic Trials. But, like me, did Justin really have Grave's or merely aspartame disease?
Nutritional Alternatives To Stay Healthy
Nutritional diets are critical to long-term health, but when you are polluted with chemical toxins from your foods, such as chlorine in sucralose and methanol in aspartame, it is important to remove these toxins as quickly and as safely as possible. Removing chemicals from the human body is a two part process – eating right and cleansing from the chemicals permeating your tissues.
Go here for the nutritional protocol for restoring good health I used to recovery from my own near-fatal disease. I pass on to you the best of my nutritional programs and recommendations for removing harmful food chemicals from your body in the 10 Steps to Detoxification and The Richardson Cancer Diet, most importantly – how to cleanse from artificial sweetener chemicals.
Splenda Product ListAs of May 2004, the list of over 3,000 products containing Splenda was thirty-four pages in length. Note: some of the products are not labeled sugar-free, and some products also contain aspartame. The best advise is to read ALL the labels on anything you buy for you or for your children's safety.
The list includes a variety of foods and food products, pharmaceuticals and children's medications, vitamin supplements, protein powders, protein bars and weight loss products, liquid and powdered drinks, popcorn, gums and mints, toothpaste, and water.
Aspartame Case Histories
Case histories are an excellent way to share the experiences of those who have faced one of life's hardest challenges – nutritionally turning disease into health. Most of these case histories have happy endings, and after considering the evidence, especially after their long and arduous struggles for health, what these people have learned serves as a beacon of hope for others.
Aspartame has been on the market since 1981, so over twenty years of aspartame use has passed. Let's hope our new awareness of the influences of sucralose and the other chemical sweeteners comes much sooner to prevent any more human suffering.
NutraSweet Product List
The original product list containing NutraSweet's twenty-year product monopoly is impossible to find these days. Taken from my book on aspartame, Sweet Poison, the original list of NutraSweet's novel 5,000 products from the 1980s was sent to me directly from the NutraSweet Company.
Splenda Research Studies
Bottom line – whats the research say about sucralose? Well, the studies proving the safety concerns are out there, but they are hard to find and technical. Nonetheless, they prove the claims of concern are valid and I have spent the past 10 months uncovering the research thanks to my contacts around the world.
With this website, you woke up and smelled the coffee just in time. Now you can drink it safely.
Posted by Larry Hoover on July 21, 2007, at 14:40:47
In reply to Re: SPLENDA - EXPOSED, posted by Girlnterrupted78 on July 21, 2007, at 9:41:08
> The Chlorine In Splenda
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> Chlorine is commonly found in nature, but almost always in combination with other building block elements. Chlorine's structure makes it very reactive and because it is so reactive, it is very useful to chemists, engineers and others involved in making things humans use every day.
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> The inventors of Splenda admit around fifteen percent (15%) of sucralose is absorbed by the body, but they cannot guarantee us (out of this fifteen percent) what amount of chlorine stays in the body and what percent flushes out.This is pure poppycock. The chlorine atoms involved here are not in the elemental state. Nor are they highly oxidized, as seen in disinfectants. Instead, they are in the fully stabilized electron configuration of fully reacted chlorine. There is no evidence that the chlorine atoms are removed from the sucralose molecule, but if they were, they would dissociate as the chloride structure......the very same chloride ion that is found in table salt. Your body is perfectly set up to handle chloride.
With reference to bladder irritation, I saw some references that absorbed sucralose is excreted in urine. That would indicate that human enzymes are incapable of metabolizing the molecule for its energy content. However, bacterial enzymes are capable of doing so (apparently), so having sugar in the urine may well promote a bacterial bloom in the bladder, leading to urinary tract inflammation.
Unless someone can show that there are organochlorine metabolites of sucralose in the human body, or that the altered sucrose molecule interacts with e.g. receptors or enzymes, then I can't support the arguments raised in this particular article. I'm not supporting the use of sucralose. I avoid all artificial food additives to the extent that I can. I'm just trying to keep pseudo-science to a minimum.
Lar
Posted by Phillipa on July 21, 2007, at 14:40:47
In reply to Re: SPLENDA - EXPOSED » Girlnterrupted78, posted by Larry Hoover on July 21, 2007, at 10:26:10
Lar what do you think of snoops.come. It says this is all untrue?????Love Phillipa
Posted by Phillipa on July 21, 2007, at 14:40:47
In reply to Re: SPLENDA - EXPOSED » Larry Hoover, posted by Phillipa on July 21, 2007, at 12:18:31
Here's that link Love Phillipa just want to get to the bottom of this.
www.snopes.com
Posted by Dr. Bob on July 21, 2007, at 14:53:53
In reply to Re: How about some common sense? » tensor, posted by girlnterrupted78 on July 21, 2007, at 14:40:46
> How about some common sense?
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> tensor> You're extremely rude
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> girlnterrupted78Please don't post anything that could lead others to feel accused or put down.
But please don't take this personally, either, this doesn't mean I don't like you or think you're bad people.
If you or others have questions about this or about posting policies in general, or are interested in alternative ways of expressing yourself, please first see the FAQ:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/faq.html#civil
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/faq.html#enforceFollow-ups regarding these issues should be redirected to Psycho-Babble Administration. They, as well as replies to the above posts, should of course themselves be civil.
Thanks,
Bob
Posted by leslieg on July 21, 2007, at 16:36:42
In reply to Re: SPLENDA - EXPOSED, posted by Phillipa on July 21, 2007, at 14:40:47
I don't think it is possible to get to the bottom of this. There needs to be a lot more research, and, apparently, the funding for such research simply isn't there.
I know aspartame is a poison in my body. I've known it for many years. My reaction (migraine headaches) is too strong, immediate, and consistant for it not to be the aspartame. No matter how many press releases I read saying that aspartame is harmless, I will not believe them.
But you don't need to get to the bottom of the issue to know what to do. No one ever needs to consume aspartame (or soda, for that matter).
My .02,
Leslie> Here's that link Love Phillipa just want to get to the bottom of this.
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> www.snopes.com
Posted by Larry Hoover on July 21, 2007, at 18:17:21
In reply to Re: SPLENDA - EXPOSED » Larry Hoover, posted by Phillipa on July 21, 2007, at 14:40:47
> Lar what do you think of snoops.come. It says this is all untrue?????Love Phillipa
Snopes has reasonable analyses of the issues which I reviewed. I posted an abstract of mood effect, and I stand by that concern. But, I cannot find any evidence implicating aspartame in e.g. lupus or MS.
I disagree with the contention that aspartame is fully hydrolyzed in the gut, however. (See snopes link to http://www.aspartame.net/rumors/Aspartame_and_the_Internet.asp) The dipeptide could easily be absorbed intact, and it could very well influence receptors. Four and five amino acid chains are highly active at opioid receptors, so I wouldn't arbitrarily deny the possibility that a dipeptide could agonize, antagonize, or inhibit a receptor site.
If a person discovers a consistent effect (e.g. the migraine trigger), then I believe it, notwithstanding anything in the medical literature.
When I contacted the Nutrasweet Company about the mood issue, they sent me an entire volume of the journal Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology (35(2)), entitled 'Aspartame: Review of Safety'. In it, they dismissed the Walton et al mood study *because* it had been prematurely terminated due to the adverse effects, claiming that it was impossible to derive any meaning from the study. In contrast, the authors dismiss as irrelevant the finding that a significant change in plasma concentration and exposure to beta-endorphin occurs after aspartame exposure.
I have never taken the time to fully analyze this volume of research, but it is telling that the lead authors are scientists under the direct employ of Nutrasweet, and all main research was funded by them (or the parent, Monsanto). Without even knowing that, the bias is evident.
Lar
This is the end of the thread.
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