The NutraSweet company and sister Searle are owned by Monsanto which discovered aspartame while testing an ulcer drug. If you are taking other medicines, consider possible reactions you may have. In 1969 Searle approached Dr. Harry Waisman to study the affects of aspartame on primates. Seven infant monkeys were fed the chemical in milk. One died after 300 days, five others had Grand Mal Seizures. Searle deleted these findings when they submitted 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 certain brain and nerve functions.

Some diseases triggered by aspartame:

Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology surveyed 80 people who suffered brain seizures after eating or drinking products with aspartame. Said the Community Nutrition Institute: "These 80 cases meets the FDA’s own definition of an imminent hazard to the public health, which requires the FDA to expeditiously remove a product from the market."

America 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. Researchers attribute this in part to low brain serotonin levels inducing depression, rage and paranoia. So President Clinton, Diet Coke in hand, programs billions of dollars to buy penitentiaries for the paranoid.

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 rising by exponential multiplication. Is Desert Storm Syndrome partially NutraSweet poisoning? Shiploads of diet drinks cooked in the Arabian sun. At 86 degrees, aspartame liberates methanol in the can. So the troops came home with chronic fatigue syndrome and dozens of weird toxicologic 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 so you gain weight. The formaldehyde stores in fat cells, particularly on the hips and thighs.

Similarly, the American Diabetic Association which receives mega funds from NutraSweet ignored a 1987 abstract submitted by Dr. H.J. Roberts (world expert on aspartame and diabetes) summarizing 58 diabetic aspartame reactors. He says: "I now advise ALL patients with diabetes and hypoglycemia to avoid aspartame products." Russel Blalock, M.D. Neurosurgeon in his book: Excitotoxins; 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 Jello and on every restaurant table. We are dosed with millions of pounds every year. This warning should be on every Aspartame/NutraSweet/Equal and Spoonful product: CHEMICAL POISON: KEEP OUT OF REACH OF HUMANS! H.J. Roberts, M.D.; F.A.C.P., F.C.C.P. Mary Nash Stoddard 300 27th St. Aspartame Consumer Safety Network West Palm Beach, FL 33407 P.O. Box 780634 (407) 832-2408 Dallas, TX 75378 (214) 352-4268

Barbara Alexander Mullarkey (708) 848-0116 C/O NutriVoice P.O. Box 946 Oak Part, IL 60303

(Information provided by Donald W. Yates, Certified Reflexologist, 607-785-7817)

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As a young woman "always on a diet", I began drinking diet sodas containing aspartame when they came out in the 80's, and only quit drinking them in May 2000. By that time, I was easily consuming 4 - 6 cans of Diet Sprite daily. I was very use to always having a diet soda or cup of coffee within an arm's reach. I rarely drank water. This obviously presented a real problem for me once I realized that I had to give up all products containing aspartame, including my "Beloved" Diet Sprite.

I decided to quit the Diet Sprite "cold turkey", which was the best way for me to do it since I, too, craved the stuff. The slightest little taste of it would make me want more and make it even harder for me to give it up. Aspartame truly is addictive, so I treated the problem as an addiction, not unlike any other chemical dependency. The one thing that really helped me a lot was to start drinking LOTS of water (8 glasses a day). This was a rather foreign concept to me ... to drink WATER ... but it really did help a lot with the cravings. In a surprisingly short period of time, I found myself not even missing the sodas. The water worked wonders for me. The other thing I did was to really spend time reading the posts here, as you have already mentioned that you plan to do. If you go back and read previous posts, you'll find a wealth of information. Be sure you visit the www.dorway.com website, too. Many of your questions will be answered there. Once you really begin to learn the truth about aspartame, you too may find yourself "scared straight" into quitting the sodas, like I was.

Very Best Wishes,

Deborah F.

P.S.  One more suggestion:  Once you decide to quit (and for your sake, I truly hope you will), be sure to get rid of all the diet sodas at your house. (It helps - "Out of sight, out of mind.")

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In October of 2001, my sister started getting very sick, she had stomach spasms, she was having a hard time getting around, to walk was a major chore. It took everything she had just to get out of bed, she was in so much pain. By March 2002, she had undergone biopsies, and was on 24 various prescription medications. The doctors could not figure out what was wrong with her. She was in so much pain, and so sick, she knew she was dying. She put her house, bank accounts, life insurance etc. in her oldest daughters name, and made sure her younger children were to be with her oldest daughter. She wanted her last hooray, so she planned a trip to FL (basically in a wheelchair) for March 22nd.

On March 19th I called her to ask her how one of her tests went, and she said they didn't find anything on the test, but they believed she had MS. I thought, oh, my then I recalled an article a friend of mine emailed to me... and I asked her...Do you drink Diet pop?

She told me yes, as a matter of fact she was getting ready to crack one open that moment, I told her not to open it, and stop drinking the diet pop...and I emailed her the following article. She called me within 32 hours after our phone conversation and told me she stopped drinking the diet pop, and she can walk...she went up the stairs, and the muscle spasms went away.

She said she didn't feel 100% but sure felt a lot better. She told me she was going to her doctors with this article and would call me back when she got home. She called me, and her doctor was amazed, he is going to call all of his MS patients to find out if they consumed artificial sweetener. In a nutshell, she was being poisoned by the aspartame in the diet soda, dying a slow death.

When she got to FL March 22nd, all she had to take was one pill, and that was a pill for poisoning...she is well on her way to recovery...and she is walking!!! No wheelchair!!

This article saved her life!!!

WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE and the MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION

F.D.A. ISSUING FOR COLLUSION WITH MONSANTO Article written by Nancy Markle

(11/20/97)

I have spent several days lecturing at the WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE on "ASPARTAME" marketed as ‘NutraSweet’, ‘Equal’, and ‘Spoonful’". In the keynote address by the EPA, they announced that there was an epidemic of Multiple Sclerosis and systemic lupus, and they did not understand what toxin was causing this to be rampant across the United States. I explained that I was there to lecture on exactly that subject.

When the temperature of ASPARTAME exceeds 86 degrees F, the wood alcohol in ASPARTAME coverts to formaldehyde and then to formic acid, which in turn causes metabolic acidosis. (Formic acid is the poison found in the sting of fire ants). The methanol toxicity mimics Multiple Sclerosis; thus people were being diagnosed with having Multiple Sclerosis in error. The Multiple Sclerosis is not a death sentence, where methanol toxicity is.

In the case of systemic lupus, we are finding it has become almost as rampant as Multiple Sclerosis with especially Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi drinkers.

Also, with methanol toxicity, the victims usually drink three to four 12 oz. Cans of them per day, some even more. In the cases of systemic lupus, which is triggered by ASPARTAME, the victim usually does not know that the ASPARTAME is the culprit. The victim continues its use, aggravating the lupus to such a degree, that sometimes it becomes life threatening. When we get people off the ASPARTAME, those with systemic lupus usually become asymptomatic. Unfortunately, we cannot reverse this disease.

On the other hand, in the case of those diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, (when in reality, the disease is methanol toxicity), most of the symptoms disappear. We have seen cases where their vision has returned and even their hearing has returned. This also applies to cases of tinnitus.

During a lecture I said "If you are using ASPARTAME (NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, etc.) and you suffer from fibromyalgia symptoms, spasms, shooting pains, numbness in your legs, cramps, vertigo, dizziness, headaches, tinnitus, joint pain, depression, anxiety attacks, slurred speech, blurred vision, or memory loss-you probably have ASPARTAME DISEASE!" People were jumping up during the lecture saying, "I’ve got this, is it reversible?"

It is rampant. Some of the speakers at my lecture even were suffering from these symptoms. In one lecture attended by the Ambassador of Uganda, he told us that their sugar industry is adding ASPARTAME! He continued by saying that one of the industry leader’s sons could no longer walk-due in part by product usage!

We have a very serious problem. Even a stranger came up to Dr. Espisto (one of my speakers) and myself and said, "Could you tell me why so many people seem to be coming down with MS? During a visit to a hospice, a nurse said that six of her friends, who were heavy Diet Coke addicts, had all been diagnosed with MS. This is beyond coincidence."

Here is the problem: There were Congressional Hearings when ASPARTAME was included in 100 different products. Since this initial hearing, there have been two subsequent hearings, but to no avail. Nothing has been done. The drug and chemical lobbies have very deep pockets. Now there are over 5,000 products containing this chemical, and the PATENT HAS EXPIRED!!! At the time of this first hearing, people were going blind. The methanol in the ASPARTAME converts to formaldehyde in the retina of the eye. Formaldehyde is grouped in the same class of drugs as cyanide and arsenic-DEADLY POISONS!!!

Unfortunately, it just takes longer to quietly kill, but it is killing people and causing all kinds of neurological problems. ASPARTAME changes the brain’s chemistry. It is the reason for severe seizures. This drug changes the dopamine level in the brain. Imagine what this drug does to patients suffering from Parkinson’s Disease. This drug also causes Birth Defects.

There is absolutely no reason to take this product. It is NOT A DIET PRODUCT!!! The Congressional record said, "It makes you crave carbohydrates and will make you FAT". Dr. Roberts stated that when he got patients off ASPARTAME, their average weight loss was 19 pounds per person. The formaldehyde stores in the fat cells, particularly in the hips and thighs. ASPARTAME is especially deadly for diabetics. All physicians know what wood alcohol will do to a diabetic. We find that physicians believe that they have patients with retinopathy, when in fact, it is caused by the ASPARTAME. The ASPARTAME keeps the blood sugar level out of control, causing many patients to go into a coma. Unfortunately, many have died. People were telling us at the Conference of the American College of Physicians, that they had relatives that switched from saccharin to an ASPARTAME product and how that relative had eventually gone into a coma. Their physicians could not get the blood sugar levels under control. Thus, the patients suffered acute memory loss and eventually coma and death. Memory loss is due to the fact that aspartic acid and phenylalanine are neurotoxic without the other amino acids found in protein. Thus it goes past the blood brain barrier and deteriorates the neurons of the brain. Dr. Russell Blaylock, neurosurgeon, said, "The ingredients stimulate the neurons of the brain to death, causing brain damage of varying degrees.

Dr. Blaylock has written a book entitled "EXCITOTOXINS: THE TASTE THAT KILLS" (Health Press 1-800-643-2665).

Dr. H.J. Roberts, diabetic specialist and world expert on ASPARTAME poisoning, has also written a book entitled "DEFENSE AGAINST ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE" (1-800-814-9800). Dr. Roberts tells how ASPARTAME poisoning is escalating Alzheimer’s Disease, and indeed it is. As the hospice nurse told me, women are being admitted at 30 years of age with Alzheimer’s Disease. Dr Blaylock and Dr. Roberts will be writing a position paper with some case histories and will post it on the Internet. According to the Conference of the American College of Physicians, "We are talking about a plague of neurological diseases caused by this deadly poison".

Dr. Roberts realized what was happening when ASPARTAME was first marketed. He said "his diabetic patients presented memory loss, confusion, and severe vision loss". At the Conference of the American College of Physicians, doctors admitted that they did not know. They had wondered why seizures were rampant (the phenylalanine in ASPARTAME breaks down the seizure threshold and depletes serotonin, which causes manic depression, panic attacks, rage and violence).

Just before the Conference, I received a FAX from Norway, asking for a possible antidote for this poison because they are experiencing so many problems in their country. This poison is now available in 90 PLUS countries worldwide. Fortunately, we had speakers and ambassadors at the Conference from different nations who have pledged their help. We ask that you help too. Print this article out and warn everyone you know. Take anything that contains ASPARTAME back to the store. Take the "NO ASPARTAME TEST" and send us your case history. I assure you that MONSANTO, the creator of ASPARTAME, knows how deadly it is. They fund the American Diabetes Association, American Dietetic Association, Congress, and the Conference of the American College of Physicians. The New York Times, on November 15, 1996, ran an article on how the American Dietetic Association takes money from the food industry to endorse their products. Therefore, they cannot criticize any additives or tell about their link to MONSANTO. How bad is this? We told a mother who had a child on NutraSweet to get off the product. The child was having grand mal seizures every day. The mother called her physician, who called the ADA, who told the doctor not to take the child off the NutraSweet. We are still trying to convince the mother that the ASPARTAME is causing the seizures. Every time we get someone off of ASPARTAME, the seizures stop. If the baby dies, you know whose fault it is, and what we are up against. There are 92 documented symptoms of ASPARTAME, from coma to death. The majority of them are all neurological, because the ASPARTAME destroys the nervous system.

ASPARTAME Disease is partially the cause to what is behind some of the mystery of the Desert Storm health problems. The burning tongue and other problems discussed in over 60 cases can be directly related to the consumption of an ASPARTAME product. Several thousand pallets of diet drinks were shipped to the Desert Storm troops. (Remember heat can liberate the methanol from the ASPARTAME at 86 degrees F). Diet drinks sat in the 120 degree F Arabian sun for weeks at a time on pallets. The servicemen and women drank them all day long. All of their symptoms are identical to ASPARTAME poisoning. Dr. Roberts says "consuming ASPARTAME at the time of conception can cause birth defects". The phenylalanine concentrates in the placenta, causing mental retardation, according to Dr. Louis Elsas, Pediatrician Professor - Genetics, at Emory University in his testimony before Congress. In the original lab tests, animals developed brain tumors (phenylalanine breaks down into DXP, a brain tumor agent). When Dr. Espisto was lecturing on ASPARTAME, one physician in the audience, a neurosurgeon, said, "When they remove brain tumors, they have found high levels of ASPARTAME in them". Stevia, a sweet food, NOT AN ADDITIVE, which helps in the metabolism of sugar, which would be ideal for diabetics, had now been approved as a dietary supplement by the F.D.A. For years, the F.D.A. has outlawed this sweet food because of their loyalty to MONSANTO.

If it says "SUGAR FREE" on the label - DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!!!! Senator Howard Metzenbaum wrote a bill that would have warned all infants, pregnant mothers and children of the dangers of ASPARTAME. The bill would have also instituted independent studies on the problems existing in the population (seizures, changes in brain chemistry, changes in neurological and behavioral symptoms). It was killed by the powerful drug and chemical lobbies, letting loose the hounds of disease and death on an unsuspecting public. Since the Conference of the American College of Physicians, we hope to have the help of some world leaders. Again, please help us too. There are a lot of people out there who must be warned. Please let them know this information. 

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A significant note from yours truly, Don Yates, relative to these articles concerning the absolute dangers of aspartame. I stopped in to talk with one of the coaches (site managers) named Frank at Sam's Club in Vestal, NY. I asked him what Sam's Club and Wal-Mart had against children and their unsuspecting parents by adding aspartame to their own brand of children's chewable vitamins. I also called the 1-800 number for Flintstone's, children's chewable vitamins, marketed in Wal-Mart. Their operator said, "If we didn't use aspartame in these tablets, they'd be the size of cookies!" The FDA, instead of being called "Food and Drug Administration" ought to be renamed, "Fraudulent Destroyers of America", for their stamp of approval on aspartame, monosodium glutamate, canola oil and now, RU-486. It's not too late for Christians to follow the admonition of Almighty God in 2 Chronicles 7:14.

Information provided by Donald W. Yates, Certified Reflexologist; Vitatherapist

Phone 607-785-7817

October 2nd, 2000

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