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> WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE and the MULTIPLE
> SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION & FDA
> IS
> SUING FOR COLLUSION WITH MONSANTO.
>
> Article written by Betty Martini
>
> 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 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 were 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 asymptotic.
> 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 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 to 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
> drinkers, had all been
> diagnosed with MS. This is beyond coincidence. Here
> is the problem. There
> were Congressional Hearings when Aspartame was
> originally included as a
> sweetener in 100 different products. Since this
> initial hearing, there have
> been two subsequent hearings, but to no avail.
> Nothing has 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 the fact that aspartic acid and
> phenylalanine are
> neurotoxic without the other amino acids found
> 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 AcaO ASPARTAME TEST" and send us your
> case history. I assure
> you that MONSANTO, the creator of Aspart ame, knows
> how deadly it is. They
> fund the American Association, American Dietetic
> Association Congress, and
> the Conference of the American College of
> Physicians. The New York Times,
> 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 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
> Desert Storm health
> problems. The burning tongue and other problems
> discussed in over 60 cases
> can be directly related to the consumption of
> Aspartame product. Several
> thousand pallets of diet drinks were shipped to the
> Desert 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 servicemen 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." According to
> Dr. Louis Elsas, Pediatrician and Professor of
> Genetics, at Emory
> University, In his testimony before Congress. The
> phenylalanine
> concentrates in the lacenta, causing mental
> retardation. 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, 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 FDA for years, the FDA 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 inneurological 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
> several 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.
>

Note from Bill: I edited the rest of this post 9am EDT 8/14/01 at the request of the person who has been accidentally credited with writing it by thousands of callers.

The actual author is Betty Martini: