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To be taken with a grain of sugar - 9/14/2009 7:02:47 AM   
Acer49


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While I can't vouch for this as I am not in this type of situation, for those who are, it maybe worth checking out. If it does not pan out, you have lost only alittle bit of time, but if it does, it could make a major difference in one's life. As the old saying goes... Where there is smoke, there is a good chance there is a fire






Just for interest sake. Most of you don't use sweetener but
you may know someone who does.

SWEET POISON!
MUST READ!



In October of 2001, my Friend's 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 her brother called her to ask how her most recent tests went, and she said they didn't find anything on the test, but they believed she had MS. He recalled an article a friend of his e-mailed to him and he asked his sister if she drank diet soda?



She told him that she did...As a matter of fact, she was getting ready to crack one open that moment.



He told her not to open it, and to stop drinking the diet soda! He then e-mailed her the article his friend had sent.



His sister called within 32 hours after their phone conversation and told him 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 him she was going to her doctor with this article and would call him when she got home.



Well, she called 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! He has 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 was an epidemic of multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus. It was difficult to determine exactly what toxin was causing this to be rampant. He stood up and said that he was there to lecture on exactly that subject.



To 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, he 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!



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 the 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.



They 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 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!


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RE: To be taken with a grain of sugar - 9/14/2009 7:09:24 AM   
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thank you for posting this. i have never believed any of the substitutes were good for you. there are other sweetener options including organic cane sugar and the blue agave syrup to name a few.

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RE: To be taken with a grain of sugar - 9/14/2009 8:39:47 AM   
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Thank you Acer. I know I feel better when I have only natural food.

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RE: To be taken with a grain of sugar - 9/14/2009 10:38:45 AM   
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Aspartame Poisoning.

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RE: To be taken with a grain of sugar - 9/14/2009 10:53:07 AM   
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What you mean it also didn't cause gulf war syndrome or the black death? This can’t be!

Think there would be some high profile lawsuits if this were substantiated we would be talking tobacco all over again but far greater.

Coke and Pepsi are the second leading cause of halitosis after coffee in my humble opinion.


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RE: To be taken with a grain of sugar - 9/14/2009 10:59:59 AM   
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Thats why I eat dark chocolate.

I have not bought soda is 5 years.

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RE: To be taken with a grain of sugar - 9/14/2009 11:06:25 AM   
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Only regular sugar goes in this bod. I've never done 'diet' foods or beverages. At least not knowingly.


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RE: To be taken with a grain of sugar - 9/14/2009 2:30:03 PM   
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In general processed foods are to be avoided.

I used to chug Diet Pepsi- 2 liters a day.   It wrecked my stomach.  Once I stopped it- tho- in time my stomach healed.

Honey- isnt too bad.

I am surprised they let the patent expire.   I am amazed that they keep soda so cheap- yet- being that I have not bought any in 5 years it has been a savings.  Once you get used to water- soda is not something you crave.

But- now chocolate- I wont give that up.  :-)

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RE: To be taken with a grain of sugar - 9/14/2009 4:01:01 PM   
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fast reply... it's an urban legend.

See http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/aspartame.asp

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RE: To be taken with a grain of sugar - 9/14/2009 5:29:37 PM   
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Snopes is WRONG.

Sorry.  But Aspartane causes cancer in rats at an unusually high rate.

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RE: To be taken with a grain of sugar - 9/14/2009 8:17:02 PM   
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Hunk, you've got naught in you nowadays but conspiracy theories.

Aspartame's famous for triggering migraines in susceptible people (not all, since I've got coworkers who can swig the stuff with glee; I can't touch the stuff.)  Not for cancer.

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RE: To be taken with a grain of sugar - 9/14/2009 10:54:56 PM   
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In order for someone to develop cancer from consuming aspartame, they'd have to take in a daily amount relative to what was given to rats in a study back in 2007 that was led by Dr. Morando Soffritti. It would come out to around 5 two litre bottles of diet soda a day. You take in that much of anything, you can expect to have some adverse effects. Hell, if the average person drinks that much WATER a day, they can expect, at the very least, to develop severe headaches and other complications.

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