Sugar Substitutes, Are they safe?

[knghthorse]

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everything that is too much isnt safe. even a substitute teacher isnt safe..hehehe u can never learn too much

[rdyteves]

your coke zero and pepsi max's main active ingridient is aspartame... ayaw jud paminaw nko dad cge go on use ur sugar substitues kay ingun mn ka wa pa cla concrete findings na illness related to aspartame consumption cause you said they were "just related" not direct relation.


haaaay ako amahan di jud minaw nko kusog kau inum ug pepsi max ug coke zero

[BaNGis]

haaaay ako amahan di jud minaw nko kusog kau inum ug pepsi max ug coke zero

pareho kami sa imong dad mga badlongon hehehe .....

bro whenever he feels something even it is just s alight headache, suggest to him to avoid drinking softdrinks for the meantime and when he gets well he can resume drinking. Let him realize that moderation can be key to curing any ailment......

[rdyteves]

^^ mau jd freshly squeezed fruit juice jd

[buloi123]

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Aspartame Hoax
Status Hoax
Comments The FDA has attested to the safety of Aspartame and if you check the scholarly studies listed at the following site http://www.aspartame.org/ you will not find any information showing significant problems with its use.

Description: WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE and the MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION
& FDA IS SUING FOR COLLUSION WITH MONSANTO.
Article written by Betty Martini

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 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 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 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 become asymptotic. 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 were
even 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 to 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 drinkers, had
all been diagnosed with MS. This is beyond coincidence. Here is the
problem. There were Congressional Hearings when Aspartame was originally
included as a sweetener 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 the fact that aspartic acid and phenylalanine are neurotoxic
without the other amino acids found 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 Association, American Dietetic
Association Congress, and the Conference of the American College of
Physicians. The New York Times, 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. The burning tongue and
other problems discussed in over 60 cases can be directly related to
the consumption of 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 servicemen 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."

According to Dr. Louis Elsas, Pediatrician and Professor of Genetics,
at Emory University, In his testimony before Congress. The
phenylalanine concentrates in the placenta, causing mental
retardation. 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 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). 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 several 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. The author, Betty Martini,
can be reached at 770-242-2599.

[rdyteves]

taasa uy, hihihi