THE DANGERS OF ASPARTAME

Christians Against Zionism - February 2005
 
 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, 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 can not 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 son 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 as
 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 stimulates
 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 can not 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 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 poisoning.  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 Fahrenheit Arabian sun
 for weeks at a time on pallets.  The service men 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,
 a  Pediatrics Professor specializing in 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, has 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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 Marianne K. Henderson
 Scientific Program Specialist
 OD, Division of Basic Sciences
 31/3A11,