very interesting article
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mlsdesignsmummy just received this from a group she's in, it makes for a very interesting read.
it suggests that artificial sweeteners have a considerable risk to your health, causing such things as spasms, shooting pains, numbness in your legs, cramps, vertigo, dizziness, headaches, tinnitus, joint pain, unexplainable depression, anxiety attacks, slurred speech, blurred vision, or memory loss, also, artificial sweeteners commonly found in diet drinks make you gain weight!
i don't know if it's clinically proven fact, but it's worth trying, if not drinking diet coke and things might help with health problems it's a small price to pay.
I received this from one of my wife's medical colleagues. I don't know the
ins and outs, but it makes interesting reading.
Derek
SWEET POISON
A MUST READ
In October of 2001, my sister started getting
very sick. She had stomach spasms and she was having
a hard time getting around. Walking 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 several tissue
and muscle biopsies and was on 24 various
prescription medications. The doctors could not
determine what was wrong with her. She was in so
much pain, and so sick, she just knew she was dying
She put her house, bank accounts, life insurance,
etc, in her oldest daughter's name, and made sure
that her younger children were to be taken care of.
She also wanted her last hooray, so she planned a trip to Florida (basically in a wheelchair) for March 22nd .
On March 19 I called her to ask how her most
recent tests went, and she said they didn't find
anything on the test, but they believe she had MS.
I recalled an article a friend of mine e-mailed
to me and I asked my sister if she drank diet soda?
She told me that she did... As a matter of fact,
she was getting ready to crack one open that moment.
I told her not to open it, and to stop drinking
the diet soda!
I e-mailed her the article my friend, a lawyer,
had sent.
My sister called me within 32 hours after our
phone conversation and told me she had stopped
drinking the diet soda AND she could walk! The
muscle spasms went away. She said she didn't feel
100% but she sure felt a lot better. She told me she
was going to her doctor with this article and would
call me when she got home.
Well, she called me, and said her doctor was
amazed! He is going to call all of his MS patients
to find out if they consumed artificial sweeteners
of any kind.
In a nutshell, she was being poisoned by the
Aspartame in the diet soda...and literally dying a
slow death.
When she got to Florida March 22, all she had to
take was one pill, and that was a pill for the
Aspartame poisoning! She is well on her way to a
complete recovery.
And she is walking! No wheelchair! This article
saved her life.
If it says 'SUGAR FREE' on the label; DO NOT
EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!
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, it was
announced that in the United States in 2001 there is
an epidemic of multiple sclerosis and systemic
lupus. It was difficult to determine exactly 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
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, among other conditions, multiple
sclerosis and systemic lupus. Many people were being
diagnosed in error. Although multiple sclerosis is
not a death sentence, 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; irritating the lupus to such a
degree that it may become a life-threatening
condition.
We have seen patients with systemic lupus become
asymptotic, once taken off diet sodas.
In cases of those diagnosed with Multiple
Sclerosis, most of the symptoms disappear. We've
seen many cases where vision loss returned and
hearing loss improved markedly.
This also applies to cases of tinnitus and
fibromyalgia.
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,
unexplainable depression, anxiety attacks, slurred
speech, blurred vision, or memory loss you probably
have ASPARTAME poisoning!'
People were jumping up during the lecture
saying, 'I have some of these symptoms. Is it
reversible?'
Yes! Yes! Yes! STOP drinking diet sodas and be
alert for Aspartame on food labels! Many products
are fortified with it! This is a serious problem.
Dr Espart (one of my speakers) remarked that so
many people seem to be symptomatic for MS and during
his recent visit to a hospice, a nurse stated that
six of her friends, who were heavy Diet Coke
addicts, had all been diagnosed with MS. This is
beyond coincidence!
Diet soda is NOT a diet product! It is a
chemically altered, multiple SODIUM (salt) and
ASPARTAME containing product that actually makes you
crave carbohydrates. It is far more likely to make
you GAIN weight!
These products also contain formaldehyde, which
stores in the fat cells, particularly in the hips
used primarily to preserve 'tissue specimens.' Many
products we use every day contain this chemical but
products we use every day contain this chemical but
we SHOULD NOT store it IN our body!
Dr. H. J. Roberts stated in his lectures that
once free of the 'diet products' and with no
significant increase in exercise; his patients lost
an average of 19 pounds over a trial period.
Aspartame is especially dangerous for diabetics.
We found that some physicians, who believed that
they had a patient with retinopathy, in fact, had
symptoms caused by Aspartame.
The Aspartame drives the bloodsugar out of
control. Thus diabetics may suffer acute memory loss
due to the fact that aspartic acid and phenylalanine
are NEUROTOXIC when taken without the other amino
acids necessary for a good balance.
Treating diabetes is all about BALANCE.
Especially with diabetics, the Aspartame passes the
blood/brain barrierand it then deteriorates the
neurons of the brain; causing various levels of
brain damage, seizures, depression, manic
depression, panic attacks, uncontrollable anger and
rage.
Consumption of Aspartame causes these same
symptoms in non-diabetics as well.
Documentation and observation also reveal that
thousands of children diagnosed with ADD and ADHD
have had complete turnarounds in their behavior when
these chemicals have been removed from their diet.
So called 'behavior modification prescription drugs'
(Ritalin and others) are no longer needed. Truth be
told, they were never NEEDED in the first place!
Most of these children were being 'poisoned' on a
daily basis with the very foods that were 'better
for them than sugar.'
It is also suspected that 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 during early pregnancy.
Children are especially at risk for neurological
disorders and should NEVER be given artificial
sweeteners. There are many different case histories
to relate of children suffering grand mal seizures
and other neurological disturbances talking about a
plague of neurological diseases directly caused by
the use of this deadly poison.'
Herein lies the problem:
There were Congressional Hearings when Aspartame
was included 100 different products and strong
objection was made concerning its use. Since this
initial hearing, there have been two subsequent
hearings, and still nothing has been done. The drug
and chemical lobbies have very deep pockets.
Sadly, MONSANTO'S patent on Aspartame has
EXPIRED!
There are now over 5,000 products on the market
that contain this deadly chemical and there will be
thousands more introduced. Everybody wants a 'piece
of the Aspartame pie.' I assure you that MONSANTO,
the creator of Aspartame, knows how deadly it is.
And isn't it ironic that MONSANTO funds, among
others, the American Diabetes Association, the
American Dietetic Association and the Conference of
the American College of Physicians?
This has been recently exposed in the New York
Times.
These [organizations] cannot criticize any
additives or convey their link to MONSANTO because
they take money from the food industry and are
required to endorse their products.
Senator Howard Metzenbaum wrote and presented a
bill that would require label warnings on products
containing Aspartame, especially regarding pregnant
women, children and infants. The bill would also
institute independent studies on the known dangers
and the problems existing in the general population
regarding seizures, changes in brain chemistry,
neurological changes and behavioral symptoms.
The bill was killed.
It is known that the powerful drug and chemical
lobbies are responsible for this, letting loose the
hounds of disease and death on an unsuspecting and
uninformed public. Well, you're Informed now! YOU
HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW!
. ETA: even if this an urban myth, i still think substances not found in nature can't be good for us, so, i will keep an open mind, and i for one still won't drink diet coke, because i don't like the taste of the artificial sweeteners! if it's better for my health too, so much the better :)
it suggests that artificial sweeteners have a considerable risk to your health, causing such things as spasms, shooting pains, numbness in your legs, cramps, vertigo, dizziness, headaches, tinnitus, joint pain, unexplainable depression, anxiety attacks, slurred speech, blurred vision, or memory loss, also, artificial sweeteners commonly found in diet drinks make you gain weight!
i don't know if it's clinically proven fact, but it's worth trying, if not drinking diet coke and things might help with health problems it's a small price to pay.
I received this from one of my wife's medical colleagues. I don't know the
ins and outs, but it makes interesting reading.
Derek
SWEET POISON
A MUST READ
In October of 2001, my sister started getting
very sick. She had stomach spasms and she was having
a hard time getting around. Walking 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 several tissue
and muscle biopsies and was on 24 various
prescription medications. The doctors could not
determine what was wrong with her. She was in so
much pain, and so sick, she just knew she was dying
She put her house, bank accounts, life insurance,
etc, in her oldest daughter's name, and made sure
that her younger children were to be taken care of.
She also wanted her last hooray, so she planned a trip to Florida (basically in a wheelchair) for March 22nd .
On March 19 I called her to ask how her most
recent tests went, and she said they didn't find
anything on the test, but they believe she had MS.
I recalled an article a friend of mine e-mailed
to me and I asked my sister if she drank diet soda?
She told me that she did... As a matter of fact,
she was getting ready to crack one open that moment.
I told her not to open it, and to stop drinking
the diet soda!
I e-mailed her the article my friend, a lawyer,
had sent.
My sister called me within 32 hours after our
phone conversation and told me she had stopped
drinking the diet soda AND she could walk! The
muscle spasms went away. She said she didn't feel
100% but she sure felt a lot better. She told me she
was going to her doctor with this article and would
call me when she got home.
Well, she called me, and said her doctor was
amazed! He is going to call all of his MS patients
to find out if they consumed artificial sweeteners
of any kind.
In a nutshell, she was being poisoned by the
Aspartame in the diet soda...and literally dying a
slow death.
When she got to Florida March 22, all she had to
take was one pill, and that was a pill for the
Aspartame poisoning! She is well on her way to a
complete recovery.
And she is walking! No wheelchair! This article
saved her life.
If it says 'SUGAR FREE' on the label; DO NOT
EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!
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, it was
announced that in the United States in 2001 there is
an epidemic of multiple sclerosis and systemic
lupus. It was difficult to determine exactly 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
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, among other conditions, multiple
sclerosis and systemic lupus. Many people were being
diagnosed in error. Although multiple sclerosis is
not a death sentence, 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; irritating the lupus to such a
degree that it may become a life-threatening
condition.
We have seen patients with systemic lupus become
asymptotic, once taken off diet sodas.
In cases of those diagnosed with Multiple
Sclerosis, most of the symptoms disappear. We've
seen many cases where vision loss returned and
hearing loss improved markedly.
This also applies to cases of tinnitus and
fibromyalgia.
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,
unexplainable depression, anxiety attacks, slurred
speech, blurred vision, or memory loss you probably
have ASPARTAME poisoning!'
People were jumping up during the lecture
saying, 'I have some of these symptoms. Is it
reversible?'
Yes! Yes! Yes! STOP drinking diet sodas and be
alert for Aspartame on food labels! Many products
are fortified with it! This is a serious problem.
Dr Espart (one of my speakers) remarked that so
many people seem to be symptomatic for MS and during
his recent visit to a hospice, a nurse stated that
six of her friends, who were heavy Diet Coke
addicts, had all been diagnosed with MS. This is
beyond coincidence!
Diet soda is NOT a diet product! It is a
chemically altered, multiple SODIUM (salt) and
ASPARTAME containing product that actually makes you
crave carbohydrates. It is far more likely to make
you GAIN weight!
These products also contain formaldehyde, which
stores in the fat cells, particularly in the hips
used primarily to preserve 'tissue specimens.' Many
products we use every day contain this chemical but
products we use every day contain this chemical but
we SHOULD NOT store it IN our body!
Dr. H. J. Roberts stated in his lectures that
once free of the 'diet products' and with no
significant increase in exercise; his patients lost
an average of 19 pounds over a trial period.
Aspartame is especially dangerous for diabetics.
We found that some physicians, who believed that
they had a patient with retinopathy, in fact, had
symptoms caused by Aspartame.
The Aspartame drives the bloodsugar out of
control. Thus diabetics may suffer acute memory loss
due to the fact that aspartic acid and phenylalanine
are NEUROTOXIC when taken without the other amino
acids necessary for a good balance.
Treating diabetes is all about BALANCE.
Especially with diabetics, the Aspartame passes the
blood/brain barrierand it then deteriorates the
neurons of the brain; causing various levels of
brain damage, seizures, depression, manic
depression, panic attacks, uncontrollable anger and
rage.
Consumption of Aspartame causes these same
symptoms in non-diabetics as well.
Documentation and observation also reveal that
thousands of children diagnosed with ADD and ADHD
have had complete turnarounds in their behavior when
these chemicals have been removed from their diet.
So called 'behavior modification prescription drugs'
(Ritalin and others) are no longer needed. Truth be
told, they were never NEEDED in the first place!
Most of these children were being 'poisoned' on a
daily basis with the very foods that were 'better
for them than sugar.'
It is also suspected that 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 during early pregnancy.
Children are especially at risk for neurological
disorders and should NEVER be given artificial
sweeteners. There are many different case histories
to relate of children suffering grand mal seizures
and other neurological disturbances talking about a
plague of neurological diseases directly caused by
the use of this deadly poison.'
Herein lies the problem:
There were Congressional Hearings when Aspartame
was included 100 different products and strong
objection was made concerning its use. Since this
initial hearing, there have been two subsequent
hearings, and still nothing has been done. The drug
and chemical lobbies have very deep pockets.
Sadly, MONSANTO'S patent on Aspartame has
EXPIRED!
There are now over 5,000 products on the market
that contain this deadly chemical and there will be
thousands more introduced. Everybody wants a 'piece
of the Aspartame pie.' I assure you that MONSANTO,
the creator of Aspartame, knows how deadly it is.
And isn't it ironic that MONSANTO funds, among
others, the American Diabetes Association, the
American Dietetic Association and the Conference of
the American College of Physicians?
This has been recently exposed in the New York
Times.
These [organizations] cannot criticize any
additives or convey their link to MONSANTO because
they take money from the food industry and are
required to endorse their products.
Senator Howard Metzenbaum wrote and presented a
bill that would require label warnings on products
containing Aspartame, especially regarding pregnant
women, children and infants. The bill would also
institute independent studies on the known dangers
and the problems existing in the general population
regarding seizures, changes in brain chemistry,
neurological changes and behavioral symptoms.
The bill was killed.
It is known that the powerful drug and chemical
lobbies are responsible for this, letting loose the
hounds of disease and death on an unsuspecting and
uninformed public. Well, you're Informed now! YOU
HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW!
. ETA: even if this an urban myth, i still think substances not found in nature can't be good for us, so, i will keep an open mind, and i for one still won't drink diet coke, because i don't like the taste of the artificial sweeteners! if it's better for my health too, so much the better :)
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Date: 2008-04-28 08:17 pm (UTC)http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/aspartame.asp
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Date: 2008-04-28 08:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-04-28 08:36 pm (UTC)In my case, if I chew a piece of trident gum (a very small piece of gum containing aspartame for those unaware), I will have a severe migrane headache. If I try to drink a diet coke, I will be violently ill at about the halfway mark. In fact, when diet coke first came out and I had my first one, I thought I had gotten food poisoning. I was so sick that I had to go to the emergency room. It wasn't until I noticed that I got sick EVERY time I ingested NutraSweet that I figured it out.
And, in case you think it is all in my head, I once went to an Easter party at a friend's house. We had a lovely dinner and then had dessert. Her Aunt made a yummy strawberry pie and I happily had a slice. Not long after, I was violently ill. Everyone at the party tried to figure out what I ate that no one else did... thinking it was food poisoning. It wasn't until the Aunt said that she had used Nutrasweet instead of sugar to make the pie that it all made sense. I had no way of knowing that.
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Date: 2008-04-28 10:54 pm (UTC)I don't believe everything I read on the internet and visit Snopes often to check things out. I firmly believe that Aspartame is linked to certain health issues. They just haven't looked at the right data yet.
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Date: 2008-05-10 11:50 am (UTC)I was just ranting on at my friend yesterday about the evils of sugar replacements, such as saccarin.
Sugar can actually be good for you (and if too much is bad, then leave it to rest in coffee, tea and cake and chocolate alone :P). White Sugar can be pretty evil stuff too, dependant on if it's been tampered with! I usually stick to organic Demerara sugar. tastes great too.
but yes, these symptons can manifest themselves and a lot (if not all) of these sugar replacements are quite poisonous to your system. Honey is a good alternative....
anyways, thats my two cents!
love,
maxiie