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I used aspartame sweetener in my coffee and I had an allergic reaction to it but not when I drank diet soda. I found out the reason why it has to be a certain temprature to be bad it is basically a slow poison.
Sherri,
I thought you might be interested in this. Tina.
Diet Drink Anyone?
> (Article written by Nancy Markle, Lecturer
> World Environmental Health Conference)
>
> 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
> cidosis. (Formic acid is the poison found in the sting of fire ants) The
> methanol toxicity mimics multiple sclerosis thus peoples 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 12 oz. cans of them per
> day, some even more. In the cases of systemic lupus, which is triggered
by
> Aspartame, the victim usually does not know that the aspartame is the
> culprit. The victim continues its use irritating 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 sons could no longer walk -- due in
part
> by product usage.
>
> We have a very serious problem. Even a stranger came up to Dr.Espisto
(one
> of my speakers) and myself and said, "Could you tell me why so many
people
> seem to be coming down with MS?" During a visit to a hospice, a nurse
said
> that six of her friends, who were heavy diet drink 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 is the same class of drugs as cyanide and
arsenic -
> DEADLY POISONS. Unfortunately, it just takes longer to quietly kill, but
it
> is Killing people and causing all kinds of neurological problems.
Aspartame
> changes the brain's chemistry. It is the reason for severe seizures.
>
> This drug changes the dopamine level in the brain. Imagine what this drug
> does to patients suffering from Parkinson's Disease. This drug also
causes
> Birth Defects.
>
> There is absolutely no reason to take this product. It is NOT A DIET
> PRODUCT. The Congressional record said, "It makes you crave carbohydrates
> and will make you FAT". Dr. Roberts stated that when he got patients off
> aspartame, their average weight loss was 19 pounds per person. The
> formaldehyde stores in the fat cells, particularly in the hips and
thighs.
>
> Aspartame is especially deadly for diabetics. All physicians know what
wood
> alcohol will do to a diabetic. We find that physicians believe that they
> have patients with retinopathy, when in fact, it is caused by the
aspartame.
>
>
> The aspartame keeps the blood sugar level out of control, causing many
> patients to go into a coma. Unfortunately, many have died. People were
> telling us at the Conference of the American college of Physicians, that
> they had relatives that switched from saccharin to an aspartame product
and
> how that relative had eventually gone into a coma. Their physicians could
> not get the blood sugar levels under control. Thus, the patients suffered
> acute memory loss and eventually coma and death. Memory loss is due 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
> EXVIROTOXINS: The Taste That Kills" Press 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" (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
> phenylaline in aspartame breaks down the seizures 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. Do 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. 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. 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 (phenylaline
> breaks down into DXP, a brain tumor agent). When Dr. Espisto was
lecturing
> on aspartame, one physician in the audience, a neurosurgeon, said, "When
> they remove brain tumors, they have found high levels of Aspartame in
them.
> "Stevia, a sweet food, NOT AN ADDITIVE, which helps in the metabolism of
> sugar, which would be ideal for diabetics, has now been approved as a
> dietary supplement by the FDA.
>
> For years, the FDA has outlawed this sweet food because of their loyalty
to
> MONSANTO. If it says, SUGAR FREE on the label, DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT
IT.
> Senator Howard Metzenbaum 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 American College of Physicians, we hope
to
> have the help of some world leaders.
>
> Again, please help us. 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.
Sherri,
I thought you might be interested in this. Tina.
Diet Drink Anyone?
> (Article written by Nancy Markle, Lecturer
> World Environmental Health Conference)
>
> 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
> cidosis. (Formic acid is the poison found in the sting of fire ants) The
> methanol toxicity mimics multiple sclerosis thus peoples 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 12 oz. cans of them per
> day, some even more. In the cases of systemic lupus, which is triggered
by
> Aspartame, the victim usually does not know that the aspartame is the
> culprit. The victim continues its use irritating 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 sons could no longer walk -- due in
part
> by product usage.
>
> We have a very serious problem. Even a stranger came up to Dr.Espisto
(one
> of my speakers) and myself and said, "Could you tell me why so many
people
> seem to be coming down with MS?" During a visit to a hospice, a nurse
said
> that six of her friends, who were heavy diet drink 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 is the same class of drugs as cyanide and
arsenic -
> DEADLY POISONS. Unfortunately, it just takes longer to quietly kill, but
it
> is Killing people and causing all kinds of neurological problems.
Aspartame
> changes the brain's chemistry. It is the reason for severe seizures.
>
> This drug changes the dopamine level in the brain. Imagine what this drug
> does to patients suffering from Parkinson's Disease. This drug also
causes
> Birth Defects.
>
> There is absolutely no reason to take this product. It is NOT A DIET
> PRODUCT. The Congressional record said, "It makes you crave carbohydrates
> and will make you FAT". Dr. Roberts stated that when he got patients off
> aspartame, their average weight loss was 19 pounds per person. The
> formaldehyde stores in the fat cells, particularly in the hips and
thighs.
>
> Aspartame is especially deadly for diabetics. All physicians know what
wood
> alcohol will do to a diabetic. We find that physicians believe that they
> have patients with retinopathy, when in fact, it is caused by the
aspartame.
>
>
> The aspartame keeps the blood sugar level out of control, causing many
> patients to go into a coma. Unfortunately, many have died. People were
> telling us at the Conference of the American college of Physicians, that
> they had relatives that switched from saccharin to an aspartame product
and
> how that relative had eventually gone into a coma. Their physicians could
> not get the blood sugar levels under control. Thus, the patients suffered
> acute memory loss and eventually coma and death. Memory loss is due 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
> EXVIROTOXINS: The Taste That Kills" Press 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" (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
> phenylaline in aspartame breaks down the seizures 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. Do 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. 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. 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 (phenylaline
> breaks down into DXP, a brain tumor agent). When Dr. Espisto was
lecturing
> on aspartame, one physician in the audience, a neurosurgeon, said, "When
> they remove brain tumors, they have found high levels of Aspartame in
them.
> "Stevia, a sweet food, NOT AN ADDITIVE, which helps in the metabolism of
> sugar, which would be ideal for diabetics, has now been approved as a
> dietary supplement by the FDA.
>
> For years, the FDA has outlawed this sweet food because of their loyalty
to
> MONSANTO. If it says, SUGAR FREE on the label, DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT
IT.
> Senator Howard Metzenbaum 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 American College of Physicians, we hope
to
> have the help of some world leaders.
>
> Again, please help us. 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.
