[wordup] Nancy Markle: Aspartame Poisoning

[Adam Shand]

So I hadn't seen this one before.  I have to admit that for a second there
I sucked in, thinking fuck me I'm glad I don't drink diet soda.  But then
the bullshit meter started ding'ing (DING DING DING).  A little poking
around on Google and the requisit trip to Snopes and ...

If you haven't seen this before, and want to believe it I think Snopes
does a  pretty good job of summarizing:

From: http://www.snopes2.com/toxins/aspartam.htm

 "Once again, if you can't trust an anonymous e-mail  message filled with
  words rendered in all CAPITAL LETTERS and containing liberal doses of
  exclamation points, warning you about some widespread and imminent
  danger, what can you trust?"

And of course there is Nutra Sweet's rebuttal (not that it's nesessarily
worth anything either):

  http://www.nutrasweet.com/infocenter/consumer/otherssay/fibronewsletter.asp

Enjoy.
Adam.

Via: Guilty Party Sanitized :-)
From: http://nancymarkle.com/

Diet Drink Anyone?
Article written by Nancy Markle

I have spent several days lecturing at the World Environment 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 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 peoples 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 with 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 case 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 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 M.S.?" 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 M.S. 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 phenylanine are
neurotoxic without the other amino acids found in protein. Thus it goes
past the 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, "EXVIROTOXINS: The Taste That
Kills" Health Press 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" (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 American College of Physicians, doctors admitted that
they did not know. They had wondered why seizures were rampant (the
phenylaline in Aspartame breaks down the seizures threshold and depletes
serotonin, which causes manic depression, panic attacks, range 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 you to help too.

Print this article out and warn everyone you know. Take anything that
contains Aspartame back to the store. The "No Aspartame Test" and send us
your case history. I assure you that Monsanto, the creator of Aspartmae,
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 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 Aspartame product and several
thousand pallets of diet drinks were shipped to the Desert Storm troops.
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 that
consuming Aspartame at the time of conception can cause birth defects. The
phenylanine 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 (phenylaline 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 FDA. For
years, the FDA 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). The bill 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 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. You might want to print it out to
hand out or fax it to people who are not online.