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Ervin.....Many Thanks!! Kelly in Calgary ----- Original Message ----- From: Ervin McCarthy <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 7:02 PM Subject: Re: aspartame and dopamine > Kelly, try STEVIA as sweetner from health food stores > ----------------------------------------------------- > Click here for Free Video!! > http://www.gohip.com/freevideo/ > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Kelly Grant <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 5:01 PM > Subject: Re: aspartame and dopamine > > > > 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 > > > >