Aspartame Disease
Article written by Nancy Markle (11/20/97)
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 
coverts 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 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 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 
asymptomatic. Unfortunately, we can not 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 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 (ed. note: 
which means anyone can produce the stuff) !! 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 a 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 stimulates 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 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 can not 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 Dessert 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 Dessert 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 of 
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 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 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 Hertzenbaum 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. This could be considered life saving information for some of 
you and your friends and relatives. I've forwarded it to everyone I can 
contact. If you know people who drink diet sodas on a regular basis, get 
this message to them!!  Make sure and lay off the Diet Soda and other stuff 
with Nutra-Sweet. People's lives are at stake! What you now know can make an 
important difference.

Rayilyn Brown
Director AZNPF
Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation
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