Info on toxicity of Aspartame has been suppressed
for 20-30 years. It was developed in a program during WWII to create
a neurotoxin to kill enemy soldiers. - AA

ASPARTAME CRISIS POSED TO WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE
By Betty Martini, 8/17/00
http://www.sightings.com/general3/en.htm 

I have spent several days lecturing at the WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE
on ASPARTAME, marketed as 'NutraSweet,' 'Equal,' and 'Spoonful.'

In the EPA's keynote address, 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 who switched from saccharin to an
aspartame product and how the 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 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 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 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 placenta, 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 Metzenbaum 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 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.

Internet websites offering further research and related links include:
http://www.dorway.com 
http://www.aspartamekills.com 
http://www.holisticmed.com/aspartame 

The author, Betty Martini, owned 5 medical clinics and had 200 doctors
working for her. She can be reached in Atlanta at 770-242-2599.

Arthur Atkinson, Atkinson Search & Placement, Inc.
508 N. Second St. Suite 107, Fairfield, Iowa 52556
515/472-3666 voice, 515/472-7270 fax
area codes changing to:
641/472-3666 voice, 641/472-7270 fax
EMAIL: asap@aAtkinson.com 
Web: http://www.aatkinson.com

home