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  • dEHmom
    Advanced Daycare.com Member
    • Dec 2010
    • 2355

    Aspartame

    this is an email I got this morning.

    eta: as mentioned in follow up post, I realize this is an email and will be mixed with both fact and lies. But aspartame is dangerous, especially for children. I want to mention though, there is a lot of truth in the email, and you may have to decipher through the fact/fiction by researching it for yourself. I did not read the whole email, I just skimmed it.
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    A MUST READ TO THE END!

    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 an 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 and miserable 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'Nutra Sweet,' '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 re- turned and hearing loss improved markedly.

    This also applies to cases of tinnitus and fibromyalgia. During a lecture, I said, 'If you are using ASPARTAME (Nutra Sweet, 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 and thighs. Formaldehyde is an absolute toxin and is used primarily to preserve 'tissue specimens.'

    Many 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 blood sugar 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 barrier and 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 in 100 different products and strong ob-jection 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!
  • momofsix
    Advanced Daycare.com Member
    • Oct 2009
    • 1846

    #2
    A link to snope.com's response to this exact letter.

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    • Meyou
      Advanced Daycare.com Member
      • Feb 2011
      • 2734

      #3
      Originally posted by momofsix
      A link to snope.com's response to this exact letter.

      http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/aspartame.asp
      I was just going to post this...

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      • marniewon
        Daycare.com Member
        • Aug 2010
        • 897

        #4
        I've read all of the above and then some years ago.

        I've been "preaching" the harmful effects of aspartame for years. My family and friends think I'm some radical doomsayer and won't listen. So I've taken to saying that "my body cannot handle aspartame". And it can't. In the very tiniest portions every great once in a while I can handle it, but nowhere near like drinking a diet soda daily. It's poison. This email is correct. Monsanto KNOWS it's poison, but it's making them way too much money to let anyone regulate it. Same with HFCS. Whereas it's not poison so much as it's really not good for your body, the makers know this and promote it as "a healthy form of sugar" anyway. (<quotes are mine, I do not have a quote from anyone that states this, but if you google it, you will find plenty).

        dEHmom, not sure if, by posting this, you are for or against it, but thought I would jump in with my 2 cents anyway!

        Guess I need to edit my post since snopes says this email is bogus. The email may be bogus, but the claims in it are not. I've researched aspartame for years now, and what the email says has been found to be true. If you don't think so, google it. You will find 1000's of claims of problems people have had when ingesting aspartame.

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        • laundrymom
          Advanced Daycare.com Member
          • Nov 2010
          • 4177

          #5
          Not a scientific study but when I stopped diet coke,.... No more migraines. :-)

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          • dEHmom
            Advanced Daycare.com Member
            • Dec 2010
            • 2355

            #6
            while I completely realize the email will not be 100% fact/truthful, I, along with marnie, have commented on aspartame in other threads before.

            Someone always tries to make their case by exagerating. I do believe aspartame can cause many health issues, as it does trigger responses in the human body including the brain.

            Aspartame is by no means natural, or safe for ingestion by anyone. But the effects of it, I linked in some other thread, on children is extremely dangerous.

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            • jen
              Advanced Daycare.com Member
              • Sep 2009
              • 1832

              #7
              Originally posted by Meyou
              I was just going to post this...
              LOL...me too!

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              • Meyou
                Advanced Daycare.com Member
                • Feb 2011
                • 2734

                #8
                I have no doubt aspartame is harmful...most things chemically made instead of occuring naturally are harmful in some degree to our bodies. My dad for one gets terrible migraines when he drinks any artificial sweetener other than sucralose (which is the one derived from real sugar I think).

                However there is a huge difference between headaches or feeling tired and MS and lupus. I would like some proof before I start turning away artificial sweeteners at the door and panicing about it. I get headaches when I eat too much processed food not to mention the long, intimate sessions with the potty that follow but I haven't banned chips and dip yet.

                I'm also quite interested to know what levels of aspartame we're talking about. I have an uncle that drinks 2L + of diet pop everyday and loves artificially sweetened treats because he is diabetic. Obviously he would be at more risk (if this info is accurate in anyway) than someone who has an occasional diet pop.

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                • thecrazyisout
                  Daycare.com Member
                  • Mar 2011
                  • 166

                  #9
                  I too have been advised to not consume aspartame because of my ADD, once I was able to take it out of my diet and use sugar instead, I did feel a huge difference in my thought process and what not. Not saying this is any study either, but FYI.....

                  I never read my junk mail or forwards because I would rather research items myself instead of having the information handed to me.....


                  But, I could have a lot of friends that forward me CR#* instead of useful information....::

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                  • dEHmom
                    Advanced Daycare.com Member
                    • Dec 2010
                    • 2355

                    #10
                    Originally posted by marniewon
                    I've read all of the above and then some years ago.

                    I've been "preaching" the harmful effects of aspartame for years. My family and friends think I'm some radical doomsayer and won't listen. So I've taken to saying that "my body cannot handle aspartame". And it can't. In the very tiniest portions every great once in a while I can handle it, but nowhere near like drinking a diet soda daily. It's poison. This email is correct. Monsanto KNOWS it's poison, but it's making them way too much money to let anyone regulate it. Same with HFCS. Whereas it's not poison so much as it's really not good for your body, the makers know this and promote it as "a healthy form of sugar" anyway. (<quotes are mine, I do not have a quote from anyone that states this, but if you google it, you will find plenty).

                    dEHmom, not sure if, by posting this, you are for or against it, but thought I would jump in with my 2 cents anyway!

                    Guess I need to edit my post since snopes says this email is bogus. The email may be bogus, but the claims in it are not. I've researched aspartame for years now, and what the email says has been found to be true. If you don't think so, google it. You will find 1000's of claims of problems people have had when ingesting aspartame.

                    snopes says it's false because of the claims of brains tumors, cancers and MS. So you and me marnie are right


                    problems is this, stated right in your last sentence.....they have not "scientifically proven" this. doesn't mean that it's not true!

                    There is lots of counts of people stating the effects aspartame has had on them. Basically it's 1000's of people saying that is a truth, their own scientific basis for no longer using aspartame because it caused this effect on them....but because a scientist hasn't done the study in a lab, or simply has not submitted to the public reports of it they are saying it's false because there is no scientific fact.

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                    • dEHmom
                      Advanced Daycare.com Member
                      • Dec 2010
                      • 2355

                      #11
                      oh and I just wanted to throw this in there...



                      they have done a study, and proved it, that more then 2 Cups of pop a week increases your chances of pancreatic cancer by like 80 or 85% (it's been a few months so I don't remember exactly the number). There is not the greatest survival rate of pancreatic cancer either....

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                      • safechner
                        Daycare.com Member
                        • Jan 2010
                        • 753

                        #12
                        Yea, I know about this. My husband is not allowed for me and the kids to eat kind of that stuff or drinks that has Aspartame for a LONG, LONG time...

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                        • Blackcat31
                          • Oct 2010
                          • 36124

                          #13
                          10 worst foods

                          I'm beginning to think that there is really nothing "safe" to eat anymore unless we grew it ourselves......

                          10. Ice Cream—Sorry, I know just about everyone loves ice cream, but today’s ice cream is not only full of sugar, most of it is also loaded with trans fats, artificial colors and flavors, many of which are known neurotoxins (brain-and nervous-system damaging chemicals). Of course, there are healthier varieties, but most ice cream is hazardous to your health.

                          9. Corn and Tortilla Chips—Since the advent of genetically-modified foods, most corn we eat is a health-damaging frankenfood. Corn causes rapid blood sugar fluctuations, which you may notice as mood-swings, weight gain, or irritability, among other symptoms. Most are fried in oils that have turned rancid and are linked to inflammation.

                          8. Pizza—While not all pizza is bad, most of the commercially available and frozen pizza on the market is full of artificial dough conditioners and preservatives. It is made from white flour that has been bleached and reacts in your body just like sugar, causing weight gain and blood sugar imbalances.

                          7. French Fries—Not only do French fries typically contain trans fats that have been linked to a long list of diseases, they contain one of the most potent carcinogenic substances in food—acrylamide. Acrylamide is formed when white potatoes are heated at high temperatures. Additionally, most of the oils used for frying turn rancid in the presence of oxygen or at high temperatures, resulting in foods that cause inflammation in the body. And, researchers are discovering that inflammation is a factor in many serious health conditions, including: heart disease, cancer, and arthritis.

                          6. Potato Chips—Potato chips offer all the health benefits (none) of French fries, but according to Health Canada, potato chips typically contain the highest levels of acrylamide, which is a carcinogen.

                          5. Bacon—Yes, bacon! Sorry bacon lovers. According to research in the journal, Circulation, daily consumption of processed meats like bacon can increase the risk of heart disease by 42 percent and diabetes by 19 percent. A study at the University of Columbia found that eating bacon 14 times a month was linked to damaged lung function and an increased risk of lung disease.

                          4. Hot Dogs—A study at the University of Hawaii found that consumption of hot dogs and other processed meats increased risk of pancreatic cancer by 67 percent. One of the ingredients found in both bacon and hot dogs is sodium nitrite. This carcinogen has been linked to leukemia in children and brain tumors in infants. Other studies show that sodium nitrate also promotes colorectal cancer.


                          3. Doughnuts—Most doughnuts are 35 to 40 percent trans fats—the worst kind of fat you can eat. Trans fats are linked to heart- and brain-diseases as well as cancer. That’s before you consider the sugar and artificial dough conditioners and food additives many doughnuts contain. The average doughnut also contains about 300 calories.

                          2. Soda—According to research reported by Dr. Joseph Mercola, “one can of soda has about 10 teaspoons of sugar, 150 calories, 30 to 55 mg of caffeine, and is loaded with artificial food colors and sulphites.” That alone should make you rethink your soda habit. But, soda is also extremely acidic. It takes over 30 cups of pH-balanced water to neutralize the acidity of one cola. This acid residue can be extremely hard on the kidneys since they have to filter it. Additionally, the bones act as mineral reservoirs. Alkaline minerals like calcium are dumped into the blood to help neutralize acidity, which can weaken the bones over time. In studies, soda is also linked to osteoporosis, obesity, tooth decay, and heart disease.


                          1. Diet Soda—Not only does diet soda contain most of the problems of regular soda, it contains aspartame, now called AminoSweet. According to research by Lynne Melcombe, author of Health Hazards of White Sugar, aspartame is linked to the following health conditions: anxiety attacks; binge-eating and sugar cravings; birth defects; blindness; brain tumors; chest pain; depression; dizziness; epilepsy; fatigue; headaches and migraines; hearing loss; heart palpitations; hyperactivity; insomnia; joint pain; learning disabilities; PMS; muscle cramps; reproductive problems; and even death. Aspartame’s effects can be mistaken for Alzheimer’s disease, chronic fatigue syndrome, epilepsy, Epstein-Barr virus, Huntington’s chorea, hypothyroidism, Lou Gehrig’s disease; Lyme disease, Ménière’s disease


                          Just reading this list makes me not want to eat.

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                          • dEHmom
                            Advanced Daycare.com Member
                            • Dec 2010
                            • 2355

                            #14
                            Thank you Blackcat... that was full of info!


                            I just thought of something...

                            my MIL constantly eats fat free, low fat, diet stuff. She does not workout or anything but does walk alot. in the years that I've known her, she has always been really shakey (EXTREMELY SHAKEY, you would think she was a vibrator!), it's only gotten worse over the years. And she has GAINED a lot of weight, ALOT of weight. (chuckles).

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                            • SandeeAR
                              Advanced Daycare.com Member
                              • Sep 2010
                              • 1192

                              #15
                              Originally posted by Blackcat31
                              I'm beginning to think that there is really nothing "safe" to eat anymore unless we grew it ourselves......

                              10. Ice Cream—Sorry, I know just about everyone loves ice cream, but today’s ice cream is not only full of sugar, most of it is also loaded with trans fats, artificial colors and flavors, many of which are known neurotoxins (brain-and nervous-system damaging chemicals). Of course, there are healthier varieties, but most ice cream is hazardous to your health.

                              9. Corn and Tortilla Chips—Since the advent of genetically-modified foods, most corn we eat is a health-damaging frankenfood. Corn causes rapid blood sugar fluctuations, which you may notice as mood-swings, weight gain, or irritability, among other symptoms. Most are fried in oils that have turned rancid and are linked to inflammation.

                              8. Pizza—While not all pizza is bad, most of the commercially available and frozen pizza on the market is full of artificial dough conditioners and preservatives. It is made from white flour that has been bleached and reacts in your body just like sugar, causing weight gain and blood sugar imbalances.

                              7. French Fries—Not only do French fries typically contain trans fats that have been linked to a long list of diseases, they contain one of the most potent carcinogenic substances in food—acrylamide. Acrylamide is formed when white potatoes are heated at high temperatures. Additionally, most of the oils used for frying turn rancid in the presence of oxygen or at high temperatures, resulting in foods that cause inflammation in the body. And, researchers are discovering that inflammation is a factor in many serious health conditions, including: heart disease, cancer, and arthritis.

                              6. Potato Chips—Potato chips offer all the health benefits (none) of French fries, but according to Health Canada, potato chips typically contain the highest levels of acrylamide, which is a carcinogen.

                              5. Bacon—Yes, bacon! Sorry bacon lovers. According to research in the journal, Circulation, daily consumption of processed meats like bacon can increase the risk of heart disease by 42 percent and diabetes by 19 percent. A study at the University of Columbia found that eating bacon 14 times a month was linked to damaged lung function and an increased risk of lung disease.

                              4. Hot Dogs—A study at the University of Hawaii found that consumption of hot dogs and other processed meats increased risk of pancreatic cancer by 67 percent. One of the ingredients found in both bacon and hot dogs is sodium nitrite. This carcinogen has been linked to leukemia in children and brain tumors in infants. Other studies show that sodium nitrate also promotes colorectal cancer.


                              3. Doughnuts—Most doughnuts are 35 to 40 percent trans fats—the worst kind of fat you can eat. Trans fats are linked to heart- and brain-diseases as well as cancer. That’s before you consider the sugar and artificial dough conditioners and food additives many doughnuts contain. The average doughnut also contains about 300 calories.

                              2. Soda—According to research reported by Dr. Joseph Mercola, “one can of soda has about 10 teaspoons of sugar, 150 calories, 30 to 55 mg of caffeine, and is loaded with artificial food colors and sulphites.” That alone should make you rethink your soda habit. But, soda is also extremely acidic. It takes over 30 cups of pH-balanced water to neutralize the acidity of one cola. This acid residue can be extremely hard on the kidneys since they have to filter it. Additionally, the bones act as mineral reservoirs. Alkaline minerals like calcium are dumped into the blood to help neutralize acidity, which can weaken the bones over time. In studies, soda is also linked to osteoporosis, obesity, tooth decay, and heart disease.


                              1. Diet Soda—Not only does diet soda contain most of the problems of regular soda, it contains aspartame, now called AminoSweet. According to research by Lynne Melcombe, author of Health Hazards of White Sugar, aspartame is linked to the following health conditions: anxiety attacks; binge-eating and sugar cravings; birth defects; blindness; brain tumors; chest pain; depression; dizziness; epilepsy; fatigue; headaches and migraines; hearing loss; heart palpitations; hyperactivity; insomnia; joint pain; learning disabilities; PMS; muscle cramps; reproductive problems; and even death. Aspartame’s effects can be mistaken for Alzheimer’s disease, chronic fatigue syndrome, epilepsy, Epstein-Barr virus, Huntington’s chorea, hypothyroidism, Lou Gehrig’s disease; Lyme disease, Ménière’s disease


                              Just reading this list makes me not want to eat.


                              But, But, But.......That is ALL my favorite foods!!!!!

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