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Nancy thanks for the info. I'm diabetic (& PD) and have been using alot of aspartame over the years and am now wondering if I should stop Kelly in Calgary ----- Original Message ----- From: Nancy Burnham <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 10:18 AM Subject: Re: aspartame and dopamine > Here is some information that is in a book "Surviving the Toxic Crisis" > written by Dr. Wm Kellas. Dr Kellas has a PhD in Nutritional Biochemistry. > > Aspartame, a relatively recently introduced artificial sweeterner, is made > up of the amino acids phenylalanine and aspartic acid. It tastes more like > sugar than either cyclamate or saccharin, and does not have the bitter or > salty aftertaste associated with saccharin. It is the most prevalent > artificial sweeterner in uses today, and is used in a wide variety of diet > products, esspecially diet sodeas. It cannot be ued to cooked or baked > goods since it will decompose with heat. > > The manufacturers tout the fact that their product is made of these natural > ingredients, the two amino acids. However, when chemically combined they > are not the same as they would be individually, and their breakdown > products, such as methanol and its metabolic byproduct formaldehyde, can be > toxic. > > There have been a number of health problems associated with aspartame use. > About 6000 consumers have called the FDA and volunteered information on side > effects, including hundreds of cases of convulsions. Other side effects > reported include: > > Headaches, depression, hyperactivity, nausea, confusion, disiness, rashes, > insomnia, impaired bision, miuscle weakness, memory loss and diarrhea. > > Asparatame can ironically, cause weight gain, the opposite of the reason > most people use the additive. The sweet taste, althought not due to sugar, > can stimulate the relase of insulin, which increassed the appetite and leads > to more food consumption. The insulin reaction can also cause control > problems for diabetics and hypoglycemics. > > Aspartame caused severe joint pain in 58 of 551 (10.5%) aspartame reactor. > This pain is sometimes mistaken for arthritis, but goes away when aspartame > use is discountinued. Headaches and particular sensitivity to aspartame > among those with mood disorders were also linked to aspartame use under > placebo-controlled clinical conditions. > > BELIEVE IT OR NOT!! I believe it. > > Nancy B cg for Don 66/17 >