Renee (in sunny San Diego where it is raining).
>WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE
>and the
>MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION
>F.D.A. ISSUING FOR COLLUSION WITH MONSANTO
>Article written by Nancy Markle (11/20/97)
>
>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, 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 coverts 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 toxicity is.
>
>In the case of systemic lupus, we are finding it has become almost as
>rampant as multiple sclerosis, especially 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
>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 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 as
>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 dmgs 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 drug. 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
>woodalcohol 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
>stimulates 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
>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
>can not 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 Dessert Storm health problems. The burning tongue and
>other symptoms related to the consumption of an aspartame product.
>Several thousand pallets of diet drinks were shipped to the Dessert
>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 me 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 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!!!!!l!
>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
>powerfuln 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. Again, please help us too. There are a lot of people out there
>who must be warned, *please* let them know about this information.