FROM: Marianne K. Henderson
Women’s Resource Centre
Scientific Program Specialist OD
Durango, Colorado, U.S.A.
Division of Basic Sciences 31/3A11
Fax: 970-247-8722
women@rmi.net
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 U.S.A. I explained that I was there to lecture on exactly that
subject.
In the case of Systemic Lupus, we are finding it has become almost as
rampant as Multiple Sclerosis, especially
with Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi drinkers. Also, with methanol toxicity, the
victims usually drink three to four 12oz 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 cannot 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 and even their hearing has returned. This also applies to cases
of tinnitus. During a lecture, I said ‘’If you
are using ASPARTAME (NutraSweet, 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 in the
lecture saying, ‘’I’ve got this, is it reversible?’’ It is rampant.
Some of the speakers at my lecture 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 leaders’ son could no longer walk- due in part by product usage.
WE have a very serious problem. Even a stranger came up to
Dr. Episto, (one of my speakers), and myself and said, ‘’Could you tell me why
so many people seem to be coming down with Multiple Sclerosis?’’
During a visit to a hospice, a nurse said that six of her
friends, who were heavy Diet
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 stimulate
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 realised what was happening when
aspartame was first marketed. He said that 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 world-wide.
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 shop. 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 cannot criticise 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 A.D.A, 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. 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 Desert 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 Desert Storm troops. (Remember heat
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 tumours; (phenylalanine
breaks down into DXP, a brain tumour agent).
When Dr. Episto was lecturing on aspartame, one physician in the audience, a
neurosurgeon said that when they removed brain tumours, ’’they
found high levels of aspartame in them’’
The F.D.A have
now approved Stevia, a sweet food, NOT an additive, which helps in the
metabolism of sugar, and would be ideal for diabetics, as a dietary
supplement. 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!
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 behavioural symptoms).
This Bill was stopped by the powerful drug and chemical
lobbies, allowing this terrible disease to harm and even kill, an unsuspecting
public. Since the Conference of the American College of Physicians, we hope to
have the help of some world leaders.
Please help us by passing this on
to whomever you can think of.