Artificial Sweetners

[Guest Guest]

Here is something I was sent in my email and felt it should be passed along. I do know personally that there is some truth to what is being said because I have a very close friend who can never have any forms of artificial sweetners.

I also came across this site strictly by accident. It has lots of information on it that all should know, especally diabetics.

http://cat007.com/coke.htm

 

Hill

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Scary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Diet Pop/soda warning

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 believe 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!!!! The life saving article:

If it says "SUGAR FREE," on the label, DO NOT EVEN

THINK ABOUT IT!!! I have spent several days lecturing at t

he WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE on

"ASPARTAME" marketed as 'NutraSweet', 'Equal', and

'Spoonful'. In the keynote address by the EPA, it was

announced that in the United States in 2001 there is an

epidemic of multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus, that it

was hard to understand what toxin was causing this

to be rampant. I stood up and said that I was there to

lecture on exactly that subject.

I will explain why Aspartame is so dangerous: When

the temperature of this sweetener exceeds 86 degrees F,

the wood alcohol in ASPARTAME converts to Êformaldehyde

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 among other conditions

multiple sclerosis. People were being diagnosed with

having multiple sclerosis in error. The multiple

sclerosis is not a death sentence, where methanol

toxicity is! Systemic lupus has become almost as rampant

as multiple sclerosis,especially with Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi

drinkers. The victim usually does not know that

the aspartame is the culprit. He or she continues its use,

aggravating the lupus to such a degree that it may become

life-threatening. We have seen patients with systemic lupus

become asymptomatic once taken off diet sodas.

In the case of those diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis,

(when in reality, the disease is methanol toxicity), most of the

symptoms disappear. We've

seen many cases where vision returned and hearing

improved markedly. 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

some of these symptoms: Is

it reversible?" Yes! Not drinking diet sodas and

keeping an eye out for

aspartame on food labels, yes!

We have a very serious problem. A stranger came up

to Dr. Espisto (one of

my speakers) and me 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! Diet Coke and

Diet Pepsi etc. IS NOT A

DIET PRODUCT! The Congressional Record states that

it makes you crave

carbohydrates and will make you FAT. The

formaldehyde stores in the fat

cells, particularly in the hips and thighs. Once

off these products with no

significant increase in exercise, etc., Dr.

Roberts in his lecture stated

that he had patient who lost an average of 19

pounds over a trial period.

Aspartame is especially dangerous for diabetics.

We found that physicians

would believe that they have a patient with

retinopathy, when in fact the

symptoms are caused by aspartame. The aspartame

drives the blood sugar out

of control. Thus diabetics may suffer acute memory

loss due to the fact

that aspartic acid and phenylalanine are

neurotoxic without the other amino

acids found in protein. Thus it passes the blood

brain barrier and

deteriorates

the neurons of the brain, causing in diabetics (as

well as in patients not

suffering from diabetes) various kinds of brain

damage, seizures,

depression, manic depression, panic attacks, rage,

violence. (The Aspartame

in thousands of pallets of diet Coke and diet

Pepsi consumed by men and

women fighting in the Gulf War, may be partially

to blame for the

well-known Gulf War Syndrome.)

Dr. Roberts warns that it can cause birth defects

i.e. mental retardation

if taken at the time of conception and early

pregnancy. Children are

especially at risk for neurological disorders and

should NOT be given

NutraSweet. I can

relate different case histories of children having

mal seizures and other

disturbances being on NutraSweet. Unfortunately it

is not always easy to

convince a mother that aspartame is to blame for

her child's illness. Only

by trial and success will she be able to warn

other mothers to take their

children's health in their own hands.

Stevia, a sweet herb, NOT A MANUFACTURED ADDITIVE,

which helps in the metabolism of sugar (which would

be ideal for diabetics) has now been approved as a dietary

supplement by the FDA. For years the FDA has outlawed this

sweet food because of their loyalty to MONSANTO.

Books on this subject are available:

EXCITOTOXINS: THE TASTE THAT KILLS

written by Dr. Russell

Blayblock (Health Press 1-800-643-2665) and

DEFENSE AGAINST ALZHEIMER'S

DISEASE - written by DR H. J. Roberts, also a

diabetic specialist. These two doctors will be posting

a position paper with some case histories on the deadly effects

of Aspartame 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." Here is the problem:

There were Congressional Hearings when aspartame was

included in 100 different products. Since this initial hearing,

here 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!!!!!

I assure you, MONSANTO, the creator of Aspartame knows how

deadly it is. They fund among others, the American

Diabetes Association, the American Dietetic Association,

the Conference of the American College of Physicians.

This has been exposed in the New York Times - to no avail.

These Associations cannot criticize any additives

or convey their link to MONSANTO because they take money

from the food industry and have to endorse their products.

Senator Howard Hetzenbaum 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

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.

Please print this out or e-mail to family and friends.

[This message has been edited by Hillbillee (edited October 24, 2002).]

[logcabinmama]

Thank you so very much for posting this Hill. I haven't gone to the site you posted yet, but will later today.

I know that one friend of my mothers, and this was years ago, (Mom has been gone for over 18 years now), was told by her dr. that she ended up with diabeties because of drinking diet soda.

In the first place soda is NOT good for anyone, but when we do drink it we should drink only small amounts of it. I know that some people drink it all the time and don't drink much if any water. Those people are going to be in trouble in time. Kids who drink soda all the time will end up with weak bones and have bones break on them easier. At least that is what I have heard. They say it eats the calcium in the body. At least some kinds of the soda will do that.

PLEASE drink more water instead of soda.

 

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[Deblyn]

It has been suspected here in the UK for some time that aspartame is suspected of being carcinogenic. My children do not drink lemonade or carbonated drinks as a rule. They do have them occasionaly, and there are now several organic ones available. They have never had the "sugar free" varieties of anything because of what is in them. I would rather they had a small amount of sugar than the chemicals. They both drink lots of water, milk and fruit juice. I am aware that fruit juice contains sugar in another form, so they get less of that. Another good thing is that neither of them have ever had to go too see the dentist - they are 11 and 8 now. I don't drink coke, etc at all, but hubby does. He is the only ones with holes in his teeth, but at least he avoids the diet ones because of the dangerous chemicals in there.

[twilap]

We use the "Stevia" for sweetening things now. It is an herb! It is very sweet, so you don't have to use very much at all. I will squeeze lemons and put a little Stevia in it and water and there I have my lemonade! Japan uses this as one of their main "artificial" sweeteners, but it doesn't have any chemicals in it. There are NO side effects. My husband and I have been using it since January and have had absolutely no problems with it at all. We purchase ours at our Health food store. It is expensive, but in almost a year we have only used about 1/2 of a bottle.

Just wanted to share with you if you want to find a natural source of sweetening!

[Guest Guest]

Wow! I'm going to have to show this to my DH! He gets really bad headaches from

aspartame, and always tought that it was because he had some kind of allergy to it...Thanks for posting this! We do have pop at home, but try to drink as much water as possible. My inlaws will finish the last drop of one pop while opening the next! I was always shocked to see how much pop they go through! Specially my MIL. She'd much rather get a Pepsi in bed than breakfast! Sad but true. She now has to drink caffeine free (sp?) free since she has vertigo and the caffeine makes her dizzy. I still think she would be better off just drinking water. I'm blessed to actually like water. Only while I was in the first months of my pregnancy did I not like it (I had to drink it ice cold!), but other than that I love water! I know a lot of people can't stand it, so I'm grateful to like it!

Anyway, thanks for posting this! I'll show it to my DH and maybe he can show his dad, who is a diabetic and drinks diet pop for that reason.

Have a great day!

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Give thanks to the Lord for He is good, and His love endures forever!

[Dee]

I'm a Sweet and Low user and have been for years, but am gradually trying to use honey as a natural sweetner for everything. Thanks so much for posting that info Hilly. Its very informative and I printed out a couple of copies.

[Guest Guest]

Make your own choices by reading this:

http://www.snopes.com/toxins/aspartam.htm

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[Guest Guest]

While i am not saying aspertame is good for you...I don't know....this particular article is one version of a e-mail campaign started by a lady, whose name I can't remember, but who is on a campaign against aspertame and she made most of this up. It is, in fact, an urban legend.

I looked into this because she claims it causes lupus and M.S. and I have lupus. I very rarely use aspertame anyway and had lupus before it ever became available, butm any people in our local and internet lupus support groups were freaked out by this email and I have, over the last 3 years or so, received various versions of it from just about everyone I know who knows I have lupus. Both the Lupus Foundation of America and the M.S. people have issued strong statements regarding its inaccuracy. They do not say that aspertame is good for you..they do not know whether it is or not...but just say that these particular claims are untrue.

Again,I am not saying aspertame is good, I don't know. But I wouldn't take this lady's word for it. If you decide not to use it, decide on basis of the facts, not on the basis of her lies and exaggerations.

Aspertame, btw, is actually an amino acid, and amino acids are what make up protein. Hence, you have often ingested this chemical, albeit usually with other amino acids.

[Snowmom]

Aspartame is a neuro-toxin---per my eye doctor.

It is absolutely toxic to the nervous system. My "lazy eye" condition was considerably worse after a year of drinking Diet Coke.

The doc helped me recover some of my lost vision afterwards.

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