From: Ron Hartwig [smi@uniserve.com] Sent: Saturday, January 02, 1999 9:18 PM To: Charles Hymes Subject: hoax?? about ASPARTAME???? Charles, I enjoy your web site about hoaxes. You have created an interesting and informative site. I received this email today and thought, "If this is true, how come I haven't heard it on Dateline or 20/20". I am looking on the internet to see if I can figure out if it is valid or not. Have you ever come across this one? Do you know if it is true? Thanks, Ron Hartwig >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > Originally From: RayGebauer@aol.com > Subject: Urgent information about artificial sweetners > > > WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE and the MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION > F.D.A. ISSUING FOR COLLUSION WITH MONSANTO > Article written by Nancy Markle (1120197) > > 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 > are 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 asymptomatic. Unfortunately, we can not 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 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 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 > Association, Congress, and the Conference of the 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 problems discussed in over 60 cases can be directly > 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 on aspartame me, 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 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 some 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. This could be considered life saving > information > for some of you and your friends and relatives. I've forwarded it to > everyone > I can contact. If you know people who drink diet sodas on a regular > basis, > get this message to them!!! Make sure and lay off the Diet Soda and other > > stuff with Nutra-Sweet. > > People's lives are at stake! What you now know can make an important > difference. > > Thank you for getting the message out-too much is at stake to be > silent. > Remember our mission is to help people (in any way we can) by helping > them discover or recover their freedom to have healthy and fulfilling > lives. I appreciate your contribution! > > Ray Gebauer > > ___________________________________________________________________ > You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. > Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html > or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]