Aspartame Poison/Diet Soda-Diabetes Pandemic?

by **Starman** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 2:47 pm

Geez -- I'd seen this article listed on Rense.com for weeks if not months (and references elsewhere of Rumsfeld as a Searle official arm-twisting to get Aspartame approved), but as I don't use artificial sweeteners, having an inherant suspician of 'convenience' diet products, I didn't read the article -- Until today. Damn but it sure reinforces my intuition that there are a WHOLE lotta poisons and hazards in the American public 'approved' by the FDA and other regulatory organizations that seemingly defy every health and safety principle re: 'Do No Harm' and emphasizing prevention over cure. Just ANOTHER Gawd-Damned sign that things are FUBAR. The history of Rumsfeld forcing the FDA to approve Aspartame despite abundant evidence of its being a major health danger, and NOW the entrenched resistance to the Medical system to acknowledge there may be a serious problem, is yet another indication of special interests that are so powerful they are exempted from all accountability. Unfortunately, tragically, this has become almost passe today. The public's attention-deficit-disorder, its real-world disconnect, moral deficiency and undeveloped critical-thinking ability -- all intricately linked to the homogenization/dumbing-down project of American Education which the Gatto article on another RI thread discussed -- has greatly contributed to the present crisis of legitimacy and responsibility as reflected in policies that do NOT serve the general public's best interests. We're being scammed Big Time and for the most part, people don't even know it, or seemingly care enough to raise a stink and take a stand and demand change. The great disenfranchisement and sense of powerlessness many people feel is NOT just an accident of our social organization -- It's easy enough to see that the Corporatocracy and military/political NWO globalists are the only real beneficiaries to a system that increasingly marginalizes and discounts people's concerns, subject to the influence and agenda of powerful, well-organized monopolists. For the elites, public health issues are a hidden form of wealth-transfer via medical-care profits, and eugenics. Perhaps this information below on the health dangers of diet-sodas and artificial sweeteners might actually be of benefit to someone -- it sure needs to be more widely known and discussed so people can at least make an informed decision about whether they want to put this crap in their bodies. Imagine -- the FDA APPROVES a substance that has so many poisonous attributes. Like, WHATHEFU???? Business As Usual ... How typical, the rot and idiocy and corruption has become institutionalized as 'just the way it is', tending to make us ALL complicit either as perpetrators, apologists, accomodators, profiteers, unwitting dupes or ignorant stooges. How do we defend ourselves against such an insidious assault on everything we hold precious and dear and life-giving? Pondering ... I'm ordinarily reluctant to provoke sensationalistic bombast, but I think this information is serious enough to merit attention -- like too many other deadly-important issues that are kept out of the public forum by the information guardians. Rail against the Darkness! Let there be LIGHT. Starman <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/smokin.gif ALT=":smokin"> *** <a href="http://www.rense.com/general67/epid.htm">www.rense.com/general67/epid.htm</a> The Cause Of The Enormous Diabetes Epidemic From Dr. Betty Martini, D.Hum Bettym19@mindspring.com 7-27-5 Dear Dr. Fairchild: The article below quoting you was forwarded to me by Mission Possible UK. We're a global volunteer force warning all consumers off the deadly neurotoxin, aspartame, marketed as NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, E951,Canderel, etc. This is the answer to the epidemic of diabetes. First of all, aspartame is reportedly used by 70% of the US population and 40% of the children. It's not an additive but a deadly neurotoxin that can precipitate diabetes, simulates and aggravates diabetic retinopathy and neuropathy, keeps blood sugar out of control, destroys the optic nerve, causes diabetics to go into convulsions and even interacts with insulin. This is the recipe to kill a diabetic. A report recently spoke of 65% of diabetics already having Alzheimers. Diabetic specialist and world expert on aspartame, H. J. Roberts, M.D., says aspartame is escalating Alzheimers (Defense Against Alzheimers Disease, www.sunsentpress.com). Indeed memory loss is so prevalent that it is #9 on the FDA list of 92 symptoms you will find on www.dorway.com Aspartame is a molecule of three ingredients, aspartic acid, (40%), an excitotoxin, a methyl ester which immediately becomes methanol (10%), and phenylalanine (50%) which as an isolate is a neurotoxin, goes directly into the brain, lowering the seizure threshold and depleting serotonin. Lowered serotonin triggers manic depression or bipolar, suicidal tendencies, mood swings, insomnia, hallucinations, panic attacks, etc. The molecule breaks down to a witches brew of toxins including diketopiperazine, a brain tumor agent. An Italian Study (3 years) just recently released on aspartame proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that aspartame is a carcinogen. It caused malignant brain tumors, leukemia and lymphoma. You can read the entire study on <a href="http://www.wnho.net">www.wnho.net</a> click on aspartame. This product liberates free methyl alcohol which converts to formaldehyde and formic acid even in the retina of the eye and destroys the optic nerve. It triggers in victims everything from retinal detachments and optic neuritis to macular degeneration and blindness. The late Dr. Morgan Raiford who was the "the specialist in methanol toxicity" in this country tried desperately before his death to get aspartame removed from the market. He said if vision is in the "wet stage" it can return and, indeed, in many we have warned in time who were legally blind, we have seen their vision return. So when a diabetic goes blind, the physician may think, well he's a diabetic so he went blind. But the cause most of the time is aspartame in those who use it. It's a given. To make matters worse aspartame is very addicting. The methanol causes chronic methanol poisoning. This effects the dopamine system of the brain and causes the addiction. A report on addiction and aspartame can be read on www.dorway.com In l986 the Community Nutrition Institute in Washington, D.C. petitioned the FDA to ban aspartame because so many people were going blind and having seizures. The FDA refused. Neurosurgeon Russell Blaylock, M.D., author of Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills, www.russellblaylockmd.com wrote a paper on sudden cardiac death explaining that aspartame damages the cardiac conduction system and causes this. You can also read this on www.wnho.net Aspartame triggers an irregular heart rhythm and interacts with all cardiac medication. In fact, because it damages the mitochondria or life of the cell it also interacts with all drugs and vaccines. You can now understand why the athletes are dropping dead. One athlete and body builder who played basketball three or four times a week was addicted to aspartame laced diet drinks and other products. His autopsy showed methanol poisoning. Even though his wife took a lie detector test and the police admitted she was truthful and didn't kill her husband she was indicted and sentenced to 50 years in prison, 20 and 30 to be served concurrently. You can hear her story in the documentary on aspartame, Sweet Misery: A Poisoned World, www.docworkers.com In this movie you will also see Doctors H. J. Roberts and Russell Blaylock. Dr. Roberts realized aspartame was a poison when it was approved because his diabetic patients began going blind, being confused and their blood sugar could not be controlled. He testified before Congress and in his first press conference said if something was not done then in 5 or 10 years we would have a global plague on our hands. Indeed, it was Dr. Roberts who declared aspartame disease to be a global epidemic and published the 1038 page medical text on it. Aspartame Disease: An Ignored Epidemic, www.sunsentpress.com or 1 800 827 7991. In this masterpiece you can read exactly the mechanisms by which aspartame destroys the diabetic. The FDA never wanted to approve this poison and even attempted to have the original manufacturer indicted for fraud. Both U.S. Prosecutors hired on with the defense team and the statute of limitations expired. The FDA refused for 16 years to allow aspartame on the market but at the time Don Rumsfeld was CEO of Searle and said he would call in all his markers and get it approved anyway. See and hear the incredible story of how that was done in the movie, Sweet Misery, as told by James Turner, Washington Atty. Turner along with Dr. John Olney attempted to prevent the approval of aspartame. And as to obesity, we have a saying: "If you want to get fat NutraSweet is where its at." The Trocho study has proven that the formaldehyde converted from the methanol accumulates in the cells and damages DNA with most toxicity in the liver but substantial amounts in the adipose tissue (fat cells), kidneys, brain and retina. In the protest of the National Soft Drink Association you will read that aspartame is really a drug that makes you crave carbohydrates so you gain weight. It's on www.dorway.com This is an affidavit by Dr. Wurtman at MIT. Dr. Wurtman was threatened by the VP of Searle if he did studies on aspartame and seizures his research funds would be rejected, and they were. But today MIT gets research funds and Dr. Wurtman no longer speaks out against aspartame. He was, however, a tiger in Congress and left a paper trail he can't destroy. However, MIT has now withdrawn his book, and they are probably trying to get it off the market. Likewise, the manufacturers fund the professional organizations like the American Diabetes Assn and American Dietetics Assn and they push their propaganda with full knowledge of the toxicity of aspartame. Those responsible to solve the problem are the problem. We walk with the diabetics at the diabetic walk sponsored in part by Equal and give out material to save their lives. See Dr. Roberts position paper on aspartame and diabetes and hypoglycemia on www.dorway.com One year I met a young girl addicted to Diet Coke wearing an insulin pump. I finally told her I would give her a doctors packet on the toxin if she would agree to abide by what her physician told her. Most physicians have no knowledge because so many are funded by the manufacturer who could alert the medical community. Hospitals are full of this toxin. Instead the young girl gave the packet to the ADA. Dr. Roberts practiced medicine for 50 years graduating medical school when he was about 21. He's a brilliant physician who was selected at the Best Doctor in the US in the l980's. His first text on medical diagnosis was used by 60,000 doctors, especially to prepared for their Board examinations. You only have to take your Boards once and its a compliment to a physician if he does it again years ago to show he is current with medicine. Dr. Roberts is Board Certified and Recertified in Internal Medicine. The ADA saw that on his stationery and actually told the young girl I was trying to get off aspartame that it meant he had lost his license. That's how far these professional organizations will go to keep being funded by industry. They simply sacrifice the consumer. There are front groups all over the Internet that lie and deny. It's awfully hard to find a virgin in a domicile of illicit pleasures. The aspartame obesity issue has now been proven beyond a shadow of a doubt. Sharon Fowler's study (University of Texas) just recently released has proven diet drinks link to obesity using 8 years of data. The sweetener in those drinks all these years has been aspartame, Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi. In the Italian aspartame study release on www.wnho.net you can click on WebMD to read this. On Fox News Sunday, Dr. Isadore Rosenfeld, reported the Italian study on aspartame while Michael Jacobson of CSPI actually said there should be warnings on soda pop, one to drink diet soda. We've written him too for years. Makes no difference how much data you give him he still pushes diet soda. CSPI stands for Center for Science in the Public Interest. They ought to call it NSANPI, No Science And No Public Interest. It's absolutely sickening. And diabetics and the rest of the world needs to be warned about Splenda going into diet drinks because it is a chlorocarbon poison. See the report on www.wnho.net The Lethal Science of Splenda. Dr. Fairchild, everything is a matter of public record. We are now taking case histories for aspartame brain tumors in New York, New Jersey, Mississippi, and Madison County, Illinois. The diabetes and obesity epidemics are now explained. See if you can get the FDA to explain their loyalty to industry. I filed a Citizens Petition to the FDA over 3 years ago based on the fact I have their records showing aspartame to be a chemical poison and they continue to lie to the public. The law states they have to answer in 180 days. When asked why they hadn't answered they said they had more important things to do. And so diabetics as well as other consumers continue to be disabled by aspartame and I shudder to think of the amount of deaths from the symptoms and diseases it triggers. We are looking at what may be one of the largest plagues in world history! While Big Pharma now wants our supplements, the only thing we have to fight the diseases they cause. Respectfully, Dr. Betty Martini, Founder, Mission Possible International 9270 River Club Parkway, Duluth, Georgia 30097 770 242-2599 <a href="http://www.wnho.net">www.wnho.net</a> and <a href="http://www.dorway.com">www.dorway.com</a>

by **ZeroHaven** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 7:57 pm

Oh god, you didn't know?! look up "Desert Storm Nutrasweet" - and/or - "Formaldehyde Poisoning from Aspartame" and there's tens of thousands of pages on it. Aspartame breaks down into dangerous chemicals at 86 degrees F. Human stomach is around 98 degrees F. It's also very addictive. Lucky for me the first time I consumed it I got strep throat. Second time, strep throat. Then I looked it up. Yikes! <a href="http://www.sweetpoison.com/food-additives-to-avoid.html" target="top">Here's a quick list of toxins</a>, with Aspartame Detoxification Information link on right. I'm not about to give up my caffeine, but I know there's tons of other addictive food additives. For the first three months I couldn't figure out WHICH additives I was craving. I've still managed to lose 5kg in 6 months by eating all I want in a country that doesn't trash it's food. <img src="http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a239/ZeroHaven/tinhat.gif"/>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p097.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=zerohaven>ZeroHaven</A> at: 7/27/05 6:00 pm

by **Starman** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 8:52 pm

This ... What the fuck can I say? How many millions of people have had their health seriously messed-up with this GD poison, approved by the most obnoxious display of misfeasance and greed and special interest abuse and plain unadulterated criminal negligence -- This must be America's toned-down back-door version of Depleted Uranium ... I can imagine my step-mom (the latest, OK one) replying that there's nothing wrong with her using Sweet-n-low for the last umpteen years, or for SURE the 'Government' wouldn't allow it to be sold. And yet, we have 'the Government' busting people and imprisoning them for occasional recreational drug-use, we have young children getting innoculated with mercury-laden vaccines, we have suspected Mad Cow infections that the Gov. doesn't want to test for, we have people getting prison-sentences for being mentally-ill, and on and on and on -- Willful MADNESS and Idiocy and hypocrisy and sheer stoopidity ... Goddamned 'government' and the bureaucracy has become far worse than what they were supposed to protect us from. Starman *** www.lovethetruth.com/truth_about_aspartame.htm WARNING! NutraSweet Is A Neurotoxin Appeared in May, 1992 Flying Safety Magazine In pregnancy the effects of Aspartame can be passed directly on to the fetus even in very small doses. Some people have suffered Aspartame related disorders with doses as small as that carried in a single stick of chewing gum. This could mean a pilot who drinks diet sodas is more susceptible to flicker vertigo or to flicker-induced epileptic activity. It also means that all pilots are potential victims of sudden memory loss, dizziness during instrument flight and gradual loss of vision." A pilot's hot-line was set up and over 500 pilots responded, some speaking of grand mal seizures in the cockpit of commercial airline flights. Many pilots lost their medical certifications to fly and careers. Eighty percent of the complaints to the F & DA on food or additives are about this murderous chemical, but comatose they've done nothing to alert or protect you. Don't be surprised, the F & DA regularly approves killer drugs as OMNI MAGAZINE reported in February, 1994. "Fifty-one percent of F & DA approved drugs have serious post-approval risks and could cause adverse reactions that lead to severe or permanent disability or Death." The Center forDisease Control, John Hopkins University and the New Jersey School of Medicine estimate that 80 - 120,000 Americans are killed by prescription drugs every year. That's more than all the Americans killed in all the wars of this nation's history. That this atrocious holocaust persists has everthing to do with money and nothing to do with public health. Monsanto reaps $1 billion/year from the Aspartame toxic bonanza. This can buy a lot of bureaucrats! Does FDA mean Fatal Drugs Allowed? And by the way, your life doesn't really count! Aspartame is a molecule composed of three components: aspartic acid, phenylalanine and methanol (wood alcohol). Once ingested, the methanol that has killed or blinded thousands of skid row drunks, converts into formaldehyde and formic acid (ant sting poison). Formaldehyde, a deadly neurotoxin, is common embalming fluid, a class A Carcinogen! There are 90 documented symptoms including: Headaches, Muscle spasms, Irritability, Heart palpatations, Loss of taste, Joint pain, Dizziness, Weight gain, Tachycardia (heart racing), Breathing difficulty, Tinnitus (ringing in the ears), Blurred vision, Seizures, Rashes, Insomnia, Anxiety attacks, Vertigo, Hearing loss, Nausea, Depression, Blindness, Slurred speech, memory loss, Fatigue, Numbness. The NutraSweet Company and sister Searle are owned by Monsanto which discovered Aspartame while testing an ulcer drug. If your're taking other medicine consider possible reactions you may have. In 1969, Searle approached Dr. Harry Waisman to study the effects of Aspartame on primates. Seven infant monkeys were fed the chemical in milk. One died after 300 days, 5 others had Grand Mal seizures. Searle deleted these findings when they submitted his study to the F & DA! The best way to understand NutrSweet is to think of it as a minute dose of nerve gas that eradicates brain and nerve function. Some Diseases Triggered By Aspartame: Brain tumors and other cancers, Multiple sclerosis, Chronic fatigue syndrome (Epstein Barr), Parkinson's, Alzheimers, Mental retardation, Birth defects, Fibromyalgia, Diabetes, Epilepsy, Lymphoma and Death! Research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology surveyed 80 people who suffered brain seizures after eating or drinking products with Aspartame. Said the Community Nutrition Institute: "These 80 cases meet the F & DA's own definition of an imminent hazard to the public health, which requires the F & DA to expeditiously remove a product from the market." America is seeing a trmendous increase in seizures. Phenylalanine in Aspartame lowers the seizure threshold in the brain and blocks serotonin production. Today our nation is swept by a rage of violence. Researchers attribute this in part to low brain serotonin levels inducing depression, rage and paranoia. So President Clinton, Diet Coke in hand, programs billions of dollars to buy penitentiaries for the paronoid. Isn't that a dainty dish to set before the king? Fetal tissue cannot tolerate methanol and Dr. James Bowen calls NutraSweet instant birth control. Aspartame tests on animals produced brain tumors and benign mammary tumors. No known substance produces only benign tumors! No wonder breast cancer is exponentiating! Is Desert Storm syndrome NutraSweet poisoning? Shiploads of diet drinks cooked in the Arabian sun. At 86 degrees Aspartame liberates methanol in the can! So the troops came home with chronic fatigue syndrome and dozens of weird toxicologic symptoms! On July 28, 1983 the National Soft Drink Association drafted a 30 page protest questioning the safety of Aspartame in soft drinks. Then they found weight-conscious Americans would sip soda all day if it was sugarless, so they forgot their objections; nor did they tell us that Aspartame makes you crave carbohydrates and so you gain weight. The formaldehyde stores in the fat cells, particularly on the hips and thighs. Drink diet soda, get fat now , and later develop seizures, diabetes, blindness, Epstein Barr, MS, depression and death. Similarly, the American Diabetic Association, which receives megafunds from NutraSweet ignored a 1987 abstract submitted by Dr. H.J Roberts (world expert on Aspartame and diabetic specialist) summarizing 58 diabetic Aspartame reactors. He says: " I now advise ALL patients with diabetes and hypoglycemia to avoid Aspartame products." Russell Blalock, MD, neurosurgeon in his book: Excitotoxins; The Taste That Kills, says Aspartame may trigger clinical diabetes. (Health Press 1 800-643-2665) NutraSweet/Equal/Spoonful are the deadliest toxins in our society because of their ubiquitous presence in thousands of foods, even children's medicines, Kool Aid and Jello and on every restaurant table. We're dosed with millions of punds every year! This warning should be on every Aspartame/NutraSweet/EqualSpoonful product: Chemical Poision: Keep Out Of Reach of Humans! Genocidal! Authorities: H.J Roberts, MD, FACP, FCCP: 300 27th Street; West Palm Beach, FL 33407 (407) 832-2408. Publication: Aspartame, Is It Safe? The Charles Press Sweet'ner Dearest Is Aspartame Safe? A medical Public Health Legal Overview on Tape Mary Nash Stoddard: Aspartame Consumer Safety Network; P.O.Box 780634; Dallas TX 75378 Publication: The Deadly Deception: Book order (800) 969-6050. Barbara Alexander Mullarkey: c/o Nutri Voice; P.O.Box 946; Oak Park, IL 60303 Publication: Bittersweet Aspartame: A diet Delusion ***** <a href="http://www.curezone.com/foods/aspartame.asp">www.curezone.com/foods/aspartame.asp</a> --excerpt-- Aspartame is, by far, the most dangerous substance on the market that is added to foods. Aspartame accounts for over 75 percent of the adverse reactions to food additives reported to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Many of these reactions are very serious including seizures and death as recently disclosed in a February 1994 Department of Health and Human Services report.(1) A few of the 90 different documented symptoms listed in the report as being caused by aspartame include: Headaches/migraines, dizziness, seizures, nausea, numbness, muscle spasms, weight gain, rashes, depression, fatigue, irritability, tachycardia, insomnia, vision problems, hearing loss, heart palpitations, breathing difficulties, anxiety attacks, slurred speech, loss of taste, tinnitus, vertigo, memory loss, and joint pain. According to researchers and physicians studying the adverse effects of aspartame, the following chronic illnesses can be triggered or worsened by ingesting of aspartame<img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/frown.gif ALT=":("> 2) Brain tumors, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, chronic fatigue syndrome, parkinson's disease, alzheimer's, mental retardation, lymphoma, birth defects, fibromyalgia, and diabetes. Aspartame is made up of three chemicals: Aspartic acid, phenylalanine, and methanol. The book, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, by James and Phyllis Balch, lists aspartame under the category of "chemical poison." As you shall see, that is exactly what it is. *** Why don't we hear about these things? The reason many people do not hear about serious reactions to aspartame is twofold: 1) Lack of awareness by the general population. Aspartame-caused diseases are not reported in the newspapers like plane crashes. This is because these incidents occur one at a time in thousands of different locations across the US. 2) Most people do not associate their symptoms with the long-term use of aspartame. For the people who have killed a significant percentage of the brain cells and thereby caused a chronic illness, there is no way that they would normally associate such an illness with aspartame consumption. How aspartame was approved is a lesson in how chemical and pharmaceutical companies can manipulate government agencies such as the FDA, "bribe" organizations such as the American Dietetic Association, and flood the scientific community with flawed and fraudulent industry-sponsored studies funded by the makers of aspartame. Erik Millstone, a researcher at the Science Policy Research Unit of Sussex University has compiled thousands of pages of evidence, some of which have been obtained using the freedom of information act 23, showing: 1. Laboratory tests were faked and dangers were concealed. 2. Tumors were removed from animals and animals that had died were "restored to life" in laboratory records. 3. False and misleading statements were made to the FDA. 4. The two US Attorneys given the task of bringing fraud charges against the aspartame manufacturer took positions with the manufacturer's law firm, letting the statute of limitations run out. 5. The Commissioner of the FDA overruled the objections of the FDA's own scientific board of inquiry. Shortly after that decision, he took a position with Burson-Marsteller, the firm in charge of public relations for G.D. Searle. A Public Board of Inquiry (PBOI) was conducted in 1980. There were three scientists who reviewed the objections of Olney and Turner to the approval of aspartame. They voted unanimously against aspartame's approval. The FDA Commissioner, Dr Arthur Hull Hayes, Jr. then created a 5-person Scientific Commission to review the PBOI findings. After it became clear that the Commission would uphold the PBOI's decision by a vote of 3 to 2, another person was added to the Commission, creating a deadlocked vote. This allowed the FDA Commissioner to break the deadlock and approve aspartame for dry goods in 1981. Dr Jacqueline Verrett, the Senior Scientist in an FDA Bureau of Foods review team created in August 1977 to review the Bressler Report (a report that detailed G.D. Searle's abuses during the pre-approval testing) said: "It was pretty obvious that somewhere along the line, the bureau officials were working up to a whitewash." In 1987, Verrett testified before the US Senate stating that the experiments conducted by Searle were a "disaster." She stated that her team was instructed not to comment on or be concerned with the overall validity of the studies. She stated that questions about birth defects have not been answered. She continued her testimony by discussing the fact that DKP has been shown to increase uterine polyps and change blood cholesterol and that increasing the temperature of the product leads to an increase in production of DKP.(13) Revolving doors The FDA and the manufacturers of aspartame have had a rovolving door of employment for many years. In addition to the FDA Commissioner and two US Attorneys leaving to take positions with companies connected with G.D. Searle, four other FDA officials connected with the approval of aspartame took positions connected with the NutraSweet industry between 1979 and 1982 including the Deputy FDA Commissioner, the Special Assistant to the FDA Commissioner, the Associate Director of the Bureau of Foods and Toxicology and the Attorney involved with the Public Board of Inquiry.(24) It is important to realize that this type of revolving-door activity has been going on for decades. The Townsend Letter for Doctors (11/92) reported on a study revealing that 37 of 49 top FDA officials who left the FDA took positions with companies they had regulated. They also reported that over 150 FDA officials owned stock in drug companies they were assigned to manage. Many organizations and universities receive large sums of money from companies connected to the NutraSweet Association, a group of companies promoting the use of aspartame. In January 1993, the American Dietetic Association received a US$75,000 grant from the NutraSweet Company. The American Dietetic Association has stated that the NutraSweet Company writes their "Facts" sheets.(25) Many other "independent" organizations and researchers receive large sums of money from the manufacturers of aspartame. The American Diabetes Association has received a large amount of money from Nutrasweet, including money to run a cooking school in Chicago (presumably to teach diabetes how to use Nutrasweet in their cooking). A researcher in New England who has pointed out the dangers of aspartame in the past is now a Monsanto consultant. Another researcher in the Southeastern US had testified about the dangers of aspartame on fetuses. An investigative reporter has discovered that he was told to keep his mouth shut to avoid causing the loss of a large grant from a diet cola manufacturer in the NutraSweet Association. What is the FDA doing to protect the consumer from the dangers of aspartame? Less than nothing. In 1992, the FDA approved aspartame for use in malt beverages, breakfast cereals, and refrigerated puddings and fillings. In 1993 the FDA approved aspartame for use in hard and soft candies, non-alcoholic favored beverages, tea beverages, fruit juices and concentrates, baked goods and baking mixes, and frostings, toppings and fillings for baked goods. In 1991, the FDA banned the importation of stevia. The powder of the leaf has been used for hundreds of years as an alternative sweetner. It is used widely in Japan with no adverse effects. Scientists involved in reviewing stevia have declared it to be safe for human consumption - something which has been well known in many parts of the world where it is not banned. Everyone that I have spoken with in regards to this issue believes that stevia was banned to keep the product from taking hold in the US and cutting into sales of aspartame.(26) What is the US Congress doing to protect the consumer from the dangers of aspartame? Nothing. What is the US Administration (President) doing to protect the consumer from the dangers of aspartame? Nothing. Aspartame consumption is not only a problem in the US. It is being sold in over 70 countries throughout the world. ASPARTAME CAN BE FOUND IN: - instant breakfasts - breath mints - cereals - sugar-free chewing gum - cocoa mixes - coffee beverages - frozen desserts - gelatin desserts - juice beverages - laxatives - multivitamins - milk drinks - pharmaceuticals and supplements - shake mixes - soft drinks - tabletop sweeteners - tea beverages - instant teas and coffees - topping mixes - wine coolers - yogurt I have been told that aspartame has been found in products where it is not listed on the label. One must be particular careful of pharmaceuticals and supplements. I have been informed that even some supplements made by well-known supplement manufacturers such as Twinlabs contain aspartame. The information I have related above is just the tip of the iceberg as far as damaging information about aspartame. In order for the reader to find out more, I have included some resources below.

by **tal** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 11:20 pm

watch out for flavoured waters as well and be sure not to run from aspartame into the arms of Splendaâ„¢ which has its own set of toxic effects. guess which one is a chlorinated disaccharide: * glucose * fructose * sucrose * maltose * dextrose * sucralose * levulose

Aspartame Poison/Diet Soda-Diabetes Pandemic?

Aspartame Poison/Diet Soda-Diabetes Pandemic?

Re: Aspartame Poison/Diet Soda-Diabetes Pandemic?

I'm .... Outraged, speechless, amazed, sick, horrified ...

toxic foods

Who is online