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Thanks Wayne! Regards, Nic 56/14 On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 5:14 PM, Wayne Sparks <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > It would be informative if a search of the PARKINSN archives were made. > Note the date on the "Nancy Markle" article is in 1987. I researched this > years ago and found that Nancy Markle is a fictional person and that the > article is apparently an attempt to control the early marketing of Aspartame > (produced from Sugar Beets) by a Michigan company. There are many internet > scams/hoaxes circulating at any one time and that this "ancient" one > continues to get around certainly proves the point. > The medical community still acknowledges that Parkinson's Disease has an > unknown cause(s). > To consider the millions of dollars spent in research to have been wasted > over these past 21-years when all we had to do was to stop using Aspartame > is ludicrous. > I sent the following command to [log in to unmask] "search > parkinsn aspartame" and quickly received the following:. > Please note that I could not include all of the information sent in > response to this search as postings are limited to no more than 500 lines, > so have only included 3 of the 210 digests since 1994-11-11. I don't recall > when the PARKINSN list began so there may not be articles prior to the #1133 > digest referencing Aspartame. > Wayne Sparks > [log in to unmask] > > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: SEARCH PARKINSN > Date: September 9, 2008 9:55:23 AM EDT > To: [log in to unmask] > > > search parkinsn aspartame >> >> -> 210 matches (only the first 100 will be shown). > > Item # Date Time Lines Subject > ------ ---- ---- ----- ------- > 001133 1994-11-11 10:19 36 =?iso-8859-1?Q?=E5spartame?= and Levodopa > 002573 1995-04-09 19:13 83 Holistic e-mail discussions > 006305 1995-10-24 14:50 59 DRUG INTERACTION: Nutrasweet & l-dopa - > Request for Info > > To order a copy of these postings, send the following command: > > GETPOST PARKINSN 1133 2573 6305 > > Item #1133 (11 Nov 1994 10:19) - =?iso-8859-1?Q?=E5spartame?= and Levodopa >>>> >>>> Has anyone considered the possibility that the artificial sweetener > Aspartame (marketed under the brand name Nutrasweet) may interfere with the > ^^^^^^^^^ > absorption of levodopa. Chemically they are closely related both containing > *************** > > I have not seen any reference to aspartame/nutrasweet with regard to > ^^^^^^^^^ > levodopa in any of the literature. > > > Item #2573 (9 Apr 1995 19:13) - Holistic e-mail discussions >>>> >>>> ingredients containing "hidden" MSG, i.e., those benign-seeming > ingredients > in processed food such as "spices," "flavoring," etc.; as well as Aspartame > ^^^^^^^^^ > (NutraSweet). Does anyone have a complete list of such ingredients? Here > are > > Item #6305 (24 Oct 1995 14:50) - DRUG INTERACTION: Nutrasweet & l-dopa - >>>> Request for Info >>>> >>>> 1987 issue of "On Call" magazine titled "A Clinitian's > Adventures in Medicine: is Aspartame (Nutrasweet) > ^^^^^^^^^ > Safe?" [Admittedly a little dated]. The basic thrust of > *************** > "On the basis of mounting clinical and investigational > observations, I also am concerned that aspartame > ^^^^^^^^^ > might cause, accelerate, or aggravate Alzheimer's > *************** > > [Of course, Nutrasweet and Equal are aspartame, and > ^^^^^^^^^ > they are found in more and more foods these days.] > > > Summary of resource utilization > ------------------------------- > CPU time: 0.766 sec Device I/O: 0 > Overhead CPU: 0.419 sec Paging I/O: 0 > CPU model: 2-CPU 3.2GHz Xeon (1M) > Job origin: [log in to unmask] > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto: > [log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn