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> > FDA ISSUING FOR COLLUSION WITH MONSANTO
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> > Article written by Nancy Markle (1120197)
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> > I have spent several days lecturing at the WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL
>CONFERENCE on "ASPARTAME marketed as 'NutraSweet', 'Equal', and
>'Spoonful"'.
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> > 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 converts 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.
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> > In the case of systemic lupus, we are finding it has become almost as
>rampant as multiple sclerosis, especially with Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi
>drinkers. Also, with methanol toxicity, the victims usually drink three to
>four 12oz. 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 symptomatic.
> >
> > 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 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 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 *beep* -
>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 (Gulf War Syndrome). 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 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, 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 herb, 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 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 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.