A while back, Cathy Ryan had a question about NutraSweet (AKA
 Aspartame). I gleaned this from the net, and thought it might
 be interesting for those curious about the chemical. I have a
 very strong reaction to the drug myself (unable to breathe, very
 scary) and my neighbor has seizures when it is ingested. BTW, both
 of us react to minute quantities (like less than a sip!) So...here's
 the post:
 
 Subject: Aspartame  - What it is and YES IT IS DANGEROUS!
 
This flyer is from a group of people called "Mission Impossible". They are tired
 of seeing friends,
family, and loved ones sick or dead from this drug. (Yes, drug! Aspartame was an
 ulcer drug.
The scientist creating it just happened to taste it one day and found that it
 was sweet.)
 
                WARNING!!!  NutraSweet is a Neurotoxin!!
 
The thalidomide of the 90's is ASPARTAME, otherwise known as EQUAL. NUTRASWEET
 or
SPOONFUL. Flying Safety Magazine explains the dangers:
 
In pregnancy the effects of Aspartame can be passed directly on to the fetus,
 even in very small
doses.  Some people have suffered disorders with doses as small as those carried
 in a single
stick of chewing gum. This could mean a pilot who drinks diet soda is more
 susceptible to flicker
vertigo, or to flicker induced epileptic activity.  It also means that all
 pilots are potential victims of
sudden memory loss, dizziness during instrument flight and gradually loss of
 vision. (May 1992
issue)
 
A pilot's hot line was set up and over 500 pilots responded, some speaking of
 grand mal seizures
in the cockpit of commercial airline flights.  Many pilots lost their medical
 certifications to fly, and
careers. 80% of the complaints to the FDA on food or additives are about this
 murderous
chemical, but comatose, they've done nothing to alert or protect you. The FDA
 regularly
approves killer drugs as OMNI Magazine reported in February 1994: "51% of the
 FDA approved
drugs have serious risks that could cause adverse reactions or death!"
 
The CDC and the New Jersey School of Medicine estimate that 80-120,000 Americans
 are killed
by prescription drugs every year, more than all the Americans killed in all the
 wars of this
nation's history. This atrocious holocaust has everything to do with money and
 nothing to do with
public health.  Monsanto reaps $1 billion/year from the Aspartame bonanza. This
 can buy a lot of
bureaucrats!  Does FDA mean Fatal Drugs Allowed?  By the way, your life doesn't
 really count!
 
Aspartame is a molecule composed of 3 components: aspartic acid, phenylalanine
 and
methanol. Once ingested, the methanol (wood alcohol that has killed or blinded
 thousands of
skid row drunks) converts into formaldehyde and formic acid. (Ant sting poison!)
 Formaldehyde,
a deadly neurotoxin, is common embalming fluid, a Class A CARCINOGEN! There are
 90
documented symptoms, including:
 
Headaches               Muscle spasms
Loss of taste           Dizziness
Breathing Problems      Tinnitus
Insomnia                Anxiety Attacks
Depression              Blindness
Numbness                Fatigue
Irritability            Heart Palpitations
Weight Gain             Tachycardia
Seizures                Rashes
Vertigo                 Nausea
Slurred Speech          Memory Loss
Hearing Loss            Blurred Vision
 
The NutraSweet company and sister Searle are owned by Monsanto which discover
 Aspartame
while testing an ulcer drug. If you're taking other medicine consider the
 possible reactions you
may have. In 1969 Searle approached Dr. Harry Waisman to study the effects of
 Aspartame on
primates. Seven infant monkeys were fed the chemical in milk. One died after 300
 days, 5 others
had grand mal seizures. Searle deleted these findings when they substituted his
 study to the
FDA! The best way to understand NutraSweet is to think of it as a minute dose of
 nerve gas that
eradicates brain and  nerve functions.
 
SOME DISEASES TRIGGERED BY ASPARTAME:
Brain tumors and other cancers
multiple sclerosis
epilepsy
chronic fatigue syndrome
Parkinson's
Alzheimer's
mental retardation
lymphoma
birth defects
fibromyalgia
diabetes
DEATH
 
Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology surveyed 80 people who
 suffered brain
seizures after eating or drinking products with Aspartame. Said the Community
 Nutrition
Institution: "These 80 cases meet the FDA's own definitions of an imminent
 hazard to the public
health, which requires the FDA to expeditiously remove a product from the
 market".
 
 
American is seeing a tremendous increase in seizures.  Phenylalanine in
 Aspartame lowers the
seizure threshold in the brain and blocks seratonin production.  Today our
 nation is swept by a
rage of violence.  Researcher attribute this  in part to low brain seratonin
 levels inducing
depression, rage and paranoia. So President Clinton, Diet Coke in hand, programs
 billions to
buy penitentiaries for the paranoid.  Isn't that a dainty dish to set before the
 king?
 
Fetal tissue cannot tolerate methanol and Dr. James Bowen calls NutraSweet
 instant birth
control.  Aspartame tests on animals produced brain tumors and benign mammary
 tumors.  No
known substance produces only benign tumors! No wonder breast cancer is
 exponentiating!  Is
Desert Storm Syndrome NutraSweet poisoning?  Shiploads of diet drinks cooked in
 the Arabian
sun.  At 80 degrees Aspartame liberates methanol in the can!  So the troops can
 home with
chronic fatigue syndrome and dozens of weird toxicological symptoms!
 
On July 28, 1983 the National Soft Drink Association drafted a 30 page protest
 questioning the
safety of Aspartame in soft drinks.  Then they found weight conscious Americans
 would sip soda
all day if it was sugarless, so they forgot their objections; nor did they tell
 us that Aspartame
makes you crave carbohydrates, and so you gain weight.  The formaldehyde stores
 in fat cells,
particularly on the hips and thighs.  Drink diet soda, get fat now, and develop
 seizures, diabetes,
blindness, Epstein Barr, MS, depression and death.
 
Similarly, the American Diabetic Association, which receives megafunds from
 NutraSweet
ignored a 1987 abstract submitted by Dr. H. J. Roberts (world expert on
 Aspartame and diabetic
specialist) summarizing 58 diabetic Aspartame reactors.  He says: "I now advise
 ALL patients
with diabetes and hypoglycemia to avoid Aspartame products".  Russell Blalock,
 MD,
Neurosurgeon, in his book: Excitoxins: The Taste That Kills, says Aspartame may
 trigger clinical
diabetes! (Health Press 1-800-643-2665)
 
NutraSweet/Equal/Spoonful are the deadliest toxins in our society because of
 their ubiquitous
presence in thousands of foods, even children's vitamins, medicines, Kool-Aid
 and Jell-O and on
every restaurant table. We're dosed with millions of pounds every year! This
 warning should be
on every Aspartame product: CHEMICAL POISON:  KEEP OUT OF REACH OF HUMANS!
GENOCIDAL!
 
Authorities:
H J Roberts, MD, FACP, FCCP
(407) 832-2408
 
Mary Nash Stoddard
Aspartame Consumer Safety Network
(214) 352-4268
 
Spread the warning! Copy this for your friend, school, workplace, lawmakers,
 merchants and
physicians!
 
 
 Sorry about the formatting...let me know if you'd like me to try again!
 
 Sharon