Nutrasweet/ Asparatame

Know the Facts:

♦ Thirty years ago, a chemist searching for a medicine to relieve ulcers accidentally discovered the chemical combination we now know as Aspartame.  Sold under the names like NutraSweet and Equal, what was intended as a drug has become a food additive that is used in larger quantities by more people, from tiny babies to the elderly,  then any one person would ever use a prescription medicine.

♦ Once listed in the Pentagon's inventory of prospective biochemical-warfare weapons, aspartame is a volatile combination of chemicals, Aspartic Acid, Phenylanine, and methanol, the most lethal being methanol or wood alcohol.  The Random House Dictionary defines methanol, also known as methyl alcohol, as "a colorless, poisonous liquid used chiefly as a solvent, fuel, etc."

♦ Methanol is what is called a cumulative poison, in other words, a toxic substance that your body never eliminates.  Instead it builds up over time, wreaking havoc with your nervous system, and causing all kinds of potential other problems.  It could even lead to death.

♦ When we ingest Aspartame, the components are rapidly released (in less then one hour) into the blood stream into deadly poisons.  And if the item was heated (like coffee, tea or baked goods) one half of the aspartame breaks down into lethal methanol in only 10 minutes.  Methanol, a deadly metabolic poison, converts to formaldehyde and then to formic acid (the deadly .  One of the reasons methanol is so toxic is because the body lacks the necessary enzymes to detoxify it.  Furthermore, the body is unable to assimilate the large quantity of Phenylalanine and Aspartic Acid.  These amino acids can become neurotoxic (poisonous to nerves), deteriorating and killing brain cells!

♦ Every time you ingest something that is artificially sweetened, whether it's toothpaste, soft drink, or dessert, you are consuming poisonous wood alcohol.  A full 10% of each and every NutraSweet molecule is made up of Methanol, more then 1,000 times greater than most foods under FDA control.  When aspartame is consumed, especially in beverages, the body is suddenly deluged with large amounts of phenylalanine and aspartic acid, which can cross into the brain unopposed and cause significant disturbances of the brain neurotransmitter and endocrine functions.

Some of the Side Effects:

Loss of Taste                                                Hyperactivity

Gastrointestinal disorders                           Blindness

Ringing in the Ears                                       Numbness

Slurred Speech                                            Seizures (80% increase esp. in children)

Severe Depression                                     Dizziness

Insomnia                                                       PMS

Arrhythmias                                                  Tachycardia

Heart Attack Symptoms                              Muscle Spasms

Personality Changes                                   Mood Swings

Fatigue                                                          Death

Insomnia                                                        Weight Gain

Anxiety Attacks                                             Possible Birth Defects

Abnormal Brain Function                            Headaches

Migraines

These are the main symptoms reported to date as associated with Aspartame use.

♦ Only 50 studies on humans and 100 studies on animals were done to test the safeness of aspartame.

♦ Sold in over 5,000+ products internationally, including soft drinks, breath mints, gum, Jell-O, lemonade, milk drinks, children's vitamins, lollipops, yogurt, pudding, instant breakfast -------- anything that says Low Fat or Sugar - Free (unless it is using Splenda - read about that ).

The quickest way to get Aspartame to the brain is through chewing gum!

♦ The recommended limit of consumption is 7.8 mg/day.  Heavy users of aspartame containing products consume as much as 250 mg of methanol daily or 32 times the EPA limit.  That is 4.5 cokes a day.

♦ Scientists believe aspartame will "trigger" or "worsen" the symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis, Fibromyalgia, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Systemic Lupus, and Thyroid Disorders!

Dr. Woodrow Monte in the peer reviewed journal, Aspartame: Methanol and the Public Health, wrote: "When diet sodas and soft drinks, sweetened with aspartame, are used to replace fluid loss during exercise and physical exertion in hot climates, the intake of methanol can exceed 250 mg/day or 32 times the Environmental Protection Agency's recommended limit of consumption for this cumulative poison."

The effects of aspartame are documented by the FDA's own data. In 1995 the agency was forced, under the Freedom of Information Act, to release a list of ninety-two aspartame symptoms reported by thousands of victims. It appears this is only the tip of the iceberg. H. J. Roberts, MD, published the medical text "Aspartame Disease: An Ignored Epidemic" -- 1,000 pages of symptoms and diseases triggered by this neurotoxin including the sordid history of its approval.

These are the facts.

THINK BEFORE SWEETENING!

Source: Ronald L Myers, Certified Nutritional Consultant