Article for 03-2001
ASPARTAME WARNING!!!
If You Drink Diet Soda - Read This!
If you are Diabetic, You definitely need to read this
Your diet sodas and foods contain an artificial sweetener called
ASPARTAME. This ingredient has aliases: NutraSweet, Equal, and Spoonful.
Apparently over 51 million Americans are dieting on Aspartame
and have been doing so for over 10 years. The irony of it is that Aspartame
makes people crave fatty, sugary carbohydrates and promotes obesity. Diabetes
and obesity have a high correlation. In the US diabetes is up 7%; that’s 16
million Americans or one in every five people have diabetes. The CDC reports
that the sharpest rise was in people 30 to 39 years of age, and diabetes is
now considered an epidemic. Aspartame is dangerous for diabetics because it
keeps the blood sugar level out of control and can cause coma. Therefore, if
you are diabetic, stay away from anything with Aspartame in it. That includes
low fat foods – read the labels. Aspartame is in over 5000 foods and the list
grows daily.
Aspartame is in these types of foods:
You can get a significant amount of methanol if you readily
consume these products:
- Cereal
- Toothpaste
- Yogurts
- Puddings
- Sodas
- ice cream
- breakfast drinks
- snacks
- sugar free gum
- and most products that are sugar free, low fat etc.
Your Health Risks using Aspartame
There are over 90 documented health risks to using Aspartame.
Here is a brief list of the most severe:
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Alzheimer’s disease
- coma (with significant exposure, especially if diabetic)
- death (with less than 30 millimeters)
- tumors
- Other illnesses associated with Aspartame:
- Fibromyalgia
- Shooting pains, cramps
- Numbness in extremities
- Headaches
- Joint pain
- tinnitis
- anxiety
- heart attack symptoms
- blindness, blurred vision
- hearing loss
- seizures, spasms
- memory loss
- brain malfunction (slurred speech, bizarre behavior)
- insomnia
- fatigue, dizziness
- mood swings, depression
- skin lesions
- slurred speech
Who developed Aspartame?
Thirty years ago, Aspartame was a lab accident. A chemist for
Monsanto was trying to find a cure for stomach ulcers. So, Aspartame- your sweetener-
was intended to be a drug. It was also a chemical compound listed by the Pentagon
as having qualifications for bio-chemical warfare.
Why is Aspartame life-threatening?
To understand the serious health risks of Aspartame, you need
to know about its chemical compounds. Aspartame contains methanol (wood alcohol).
You may recognize this as a solvent and it is an ingredient that holds things
together. Methanol is known as a cumulative poison- a toxin that stays in the
body.
The methanol puts a huge burden on your liver to metabolize
it. The liver must produce an enzyme called P450. The drawback here is, when
the P450 metabolizes the methanol, it turns it into formaldehyde. The formaldehyde
is further metabolized into formic acid (a poison found in fire ants). The menthol
toxicity mimics Multiple Sclerosis but really isn’t MS. People are being diagnosis
and treated for MS in error. All they have to do is avoid Aspartame. According
to the World Environmental Conference and Multiple Sclerosis Foundation, Aspartame
is responsible for a variety of diseases including MS and Alzheimer’s. Also,
there seems to be a link between Aspartame and systemic lupus. A majority of
these patients drink several cans of diet sodas daily.
Scientific Studies on Aspartame Didn’t Test Its True
Use & How We Use It
All the scientific studies on Aspartame that were used to get
it passed by the FDA were done in Aspartame’s dry form. Aspartame in dry form
is stable. However, we don't use it in its dry form. We put it in beverages
and foods. When Aspartame is put into a liquid like soda, tea or coffee it is
broken down into methanol in the body within ten minutes. In food it takes a
few hours. Aspartame likes to store fat in the cells centered around the hips
and thighs. Aspartame is also dangerous for pregnant women. According to diabetic
specialist Dr. H.J. Roberts, the methanol produces birth defects. Pediatric
physician, Dr. Louis Elasas states that the Aspartame poison (phenylalanine)
concentrates in the placenta causing mental retardation.
The CDC (Center for Disease) is aware of the reports on Aspartame
and the National Soft drink Association has also received complaints. The FDA
is aware of the "possible" connection between Aspartame and the adverse
reactions. Medicine is not prepared to take an official stand to say Aspartame
is the culprit mainly because there haven't been any safety studies done on
Aspartame in liquid form to prove it hazardous. However, lab studies done on
rats and Aspartame did produce tumors with high levels of Aspartame in them,
but they were ruled non-cancerous. The FDA is concerned with only cancerous
tumors (the FDA Delaney Clause). In the 1980's, the FDA's advisory board (composed
of scientists) voted not to approve Aspartame, but they were overruled by their
Commissioner (an administrator - not a scientist).
Need help or more information?
For more information on Aspartame visit this web site:
www.dorway.com
Sources:
- McClam, E., CDC Says Diabetes, Obesity are Fast Becoming Epidemics, (Statesville
Record & Landmark) North Carolina: Media General, Jan. 26, 2001.
- Christopher, D., A Healthier You - Artificial Sweeteners, (A Healthier You)
Utah: School of Natural Healing, 1999.
- Carter, L., Aspartame: How Sweet It is, (Statesville Record & Landmark)
North Carolina, Media General, Jan. 7, 2001,4D.
- Martini, B., & Markle, N., World Environmental Conference & Multiple Sclerosis
Foundation FDA Issuing for Collusion with Monsanto (article 1120197). Jan.
23, 2001.
The information contained herein is not intended to diagnosis, treat, prevent or cure any disease. Please seek medical advice from a licensed medical physician before using any herbal products or natural therapies. The information contained herein is copyrighted by Apothecary Herbs, Inc.
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