THis is considered a hoax by some. But here is a write up the revelas the
original origin of that document and adds some more info on it.
http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Topic/Education/K-12/mdk-12/help/xhoax.html#
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Shawn Bowen" <Shawn@bowen.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 9:32 PM
Subject: DML: WOT - Please read
> Ok, this is way off topic and I don't normally send this kind of email out
> but it came from a very good friend of mine and I believe it is causing my
> wife some of the SAME problems.
>
> BELOW is some info I have received dealing with ASPARTAME and
> Fibro,Lupus,MS,etc.
> ==================================================
> This came to me from an informed doctor who is also a close friend. 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 alcoholin
ASPARTAME
> converts 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 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
continue
> 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 symptomatic.
> 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 fibromyalgiasymptoms, 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, 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 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 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 writtena 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. I ask that you help too. Print this article out and warn
> everyone you know. Take anything that contains aspartame back to the
store.
> 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 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
> healthproblems. 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 canliberate 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 (phenylalaninebreaks 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 dietarysupplement 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!!!!!! 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 ofPhysicians, we hope to have the help of some world
> leaders. There are a lot of people out there who must be warned, please
let
> them know this information. You might want to print it out and hand it out
> or fax to people who are not online.
>
>
>
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