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
