DANGERS OF ASPARTAME & 2004 Racketeering Lawsuit Against Aspartame

[Guest guest]

I wonder how many of those whom thought they had Fibromyalgia (FM)

really have Aspartame or MSG poisoning? What about those with MS etc.? Or

Alzheimer's ? Or Parkinson's?

There are a list of symptoms below, as well as several names that MSG

goes by. Plus many of the kinds of products which contain MSG and/or Aspartame.

Think there will be a few surprises here.

I was quite surprised at several of the defendents in this law case

....... American Diabetes Association, Walmart, Bayer, etc.

blessings

Shan

DANGERS OF ASPARTAME

also

2004 Racketeering Lawsuit Against Aspartame

http://www.sdadefend.com/Aspartame-racket.htm

 

This report is based on a lecture by a nutritionist, Dr. Nancy Markle,

presented on November 20, 1997, to a joint meeting of the World Environmental

Conference and Multiple Sclerosis Foundation.

 

Aspartame (pronounced as-par-TAME) is an interesting chemical compound. When

it exceeds 86° E, the wood alcohol within it converts to formaldehyde and then

to formic acid. The formic acid causes metabolic acidosis.

 

Formic acid is the poison found in the sting of fire ants. If you think it is

safe for you, try sitting on a fire ant nest for awhile.

 

The metabolic acidosis produces a methanol toxicity which mimics multiple

sclerosis. People are being diagnosed as having multiple sclerosis, when they

really have aspartame poisoning. Methanol toxicity can also produce the symptoms

of systemic lupus.

 

Aspartame is a brand name, marked by that corporate giant, Monsanto, under

the names NutraSweet, Equal, and Spoonful.

 

People most likely to contract this strange condition, which appears like

systemic lupus, are those who drink three to four 12 oz. cans daily of Diet Coke

or Diet Pepsi.

 

Of course, people who are developing symptoms of systemic lupus do not

suspect that it is being caused by their soft drinks, so they continue drinking

them. But this continues to worsen their condition.

 

Occasionally, someone stops his diet of sugarless sweeteners; but it is too

late. The systemic lupus has become symptomatic; and it cannot be reversed.

 

However, those diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (which in reality is

methanol toxicity) fare better. if they stop ingesting artificial sweeteners,

most of

the symptoms will disappear. In some instances, their vision and even their

hearing-may return. Sometimes the tinnitus (ringing in the ears) also subsides.

 

 

Dr. Markle says, " If you are using aspartame 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! "

 

Something to think about.

 

She continues: " Some of the [health] speakers at my lecture were even

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 all know that too much sugar is not good for us. But we must also watch

out for the fake sugar as well. It is far more deadly.

 

At the time that aspartame came onto the market, enough danger was recognized

at the US. Congressional held hearings. But they petered out the drug and

chemical manufacturers have powerful lobbies in Washington, D.C. Whenever

needed,

they are able to buy votes.

 

Yet one of the reasons those congressional investigations began was due to

the fact that people were going blind from drinking aspartame products. The

methanol in the aspartame converts to formaldehyde in the retina of the eye. As

for formaldehyde, chemists place it in the same class of drugs with cyanide and

arsenic. All three are deadly poisons.

 

Once on the market, aspartame quickly appeared in over a hundred different

products. But today it is in over five hundred food products! It seems as if

every food manufacturer is putting it in their foods. The objective is to make

things taste sweeter, without spending money on real sugar, which is more

expensive.

 

People imagine that, by using it, they are reducing their caloric intake and

keeping their weight down. In reality, they are slowly ruining their brains

and nervous systems.

 

Markle comments: " 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 [multiple sclerosis]? Later,

during a visit to a hospice, a nurse said that six of her friends, who were all

heavy Diet Coke addicts, had all been diagnosed with MS. This is beyond

coincidence. "

 

Diabetics think aspartame is a wonderful solution to their sugar problems.

Instead of sugar, they think they can just eat " sugar-free " foods and drinks. Bu

t aspartame really hurts diabetics.

 

Markle again: " 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. "

 

While at a conference of the American College of Physicians, Markle learned

this: " People were telling us they had relatives that switched from saccharin

to an aspartame product and how these relatives had eventually gone into a

coma. Their physicians could not get the blood sugar levels under control. The

patients suffered acute memory loss and eventually coma and death. "

 

Doesn’t sound very pleasant, does it? All this misery, for the love of

unnatural sweets which have no sugar.

 

Aspartame changes the brains chemistry and can produce seizures. It also

changes the dopamine level in the brain. Commenting on those facts, Markle says:

" Imagine what this drug does to patients! It 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. "

 

Dr. Markle then provides us with more information on how aspartame destroys

the nerves. There is an excess of certain chemicals and not enough available

protein to bind them.

 

Memory loss is due to the fact that aspartic acid and phenylalanine are

neurotoxic without the other amino acids bound in protein. Thus it goes past the

blood brain barrier and deteriorates the neurons of the brain.

 

These chemicals are classified, with certain others, as " excitotoxins. " It is

like pushing the gas pedal to the floor and holding it there. In a car, a

cylinder might blow; in the body, nerves die from exhaustion.

 

Markle again: " 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. " [A phone number is included here: 800-643-2665.1

 

Commenting on Dr. H.J. Roberts' book, Defense against Alzheimer's Disease,

Markle says: " Dr. Roberts tells how aspartame poisoning is escalating

Alzheimer's disease, and indeed it is. As a hospice nurse told me, 'Women are

being

admitted at 30 years of age with Alzheimer's disease.' " [A phone number is given

in Roberts' book: 800-814-9800.1

 

It was stated at the Conference of The American College of Physicians, " We

are talking about a plague of neurological diseases caused by this deadly

poison. "

 

As soon as aspartame was initially put on the market, Dr. Roberts realized

what was happening. His diabetic patients were suddenly experiencing memory

loss, confusion, and severe vision loss. Because they did not want to use

regular

sugar, they were substituting aspartame products, which were destroying their

nerves.

 

Markle explains why seizures became rampant: " The phenylalanine in aspartame

breaks down the seizure threshold and depletes serotonin, which causes manic

depression, panic attacks, rage, and violence. "

 

Aspartame is now in food that is sold in over ninety nations throughout the

world. Speakers and ambassadors attending the conference from different nations

have pledged their help in warning people. Just before it began, Markle

received a fax from Norway, asking for a possible antidote for this poison-for

they

were experiencing so many problems in their country.

 

Markle appeals: " We ask that you help too. " " Warn everyone you know. Take

anything that contains aspartame back to the store. "

 

But she has more to say: " 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. "

 

The situation is not looking good. Only individuals and small groups dare

speak up against these giants which are destroying the citizens of our country.

It is a silent killer, sent to us by an alien army.

 

Here is a significant paragraph:

 

" 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 [American Dietetic Association], 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. "

 

What caused Desert Storm sickness? We are still trying to figure that one

out. Read what Markle has to say:

 

Aspartame disease is partially the cause of 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 that heat can liberate the methanol from the aspartame at 860 E

Diet drinks sat in the 1200 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. "

 

Aspartame goes to nerve cells like a bee to honey.

It destroys those nerve cells. Markle elaborates:

 

" Dr. Roberts says 'Consuming aspartame at the time of conception can cause

birth defects: The phenylalanine concentrates in the placenta, thus causing

mental retardation, according to Dr. Louis Elasas, pediatrician professor of

genetics at Emory University, in his testimony before Congress.

 

" In the original lab tests, animals developed brain tumors. [This is because]

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.' "

 

What a significant fact! Still interested in eating and drinking those

strange foods which have zero calories? Markle says: " If it says SUGAR FREE on

the

label, DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT! "

 

Because of their loyalty to Monsanto, for years, the Food and Drug

Administration refused to permit the sale of Stevia. " Stevia, a sweet food, not

an

additive, which helps in the metabolism of sugar, could be ideal for diabetics,

and

has now been approved as a dietary supplement by the FDA. "

 

Repeatedly, efforts to ban aspartame-or at least officially warn the public

about it have been lobbied to death on Capitol Hill. " 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

b

y the powerful drug and chemical lobbies, letting loose the hounds of disease

on an unsuspecting public. "

 

One again, she pleads that you warn others. " Since the Conference of the

American College of Physicians, we hope to have the help of some world leaders.

Again, please help us. There are a lot of people out there who must be warned.

Please let them know this information! "

 

That concludes Nancy Markle's report.

 

What is the answer? It is simple enough. Do not eat anything that contains

artificial, synthetic, chemical additives. That includes all liquids, all baked

goods, all processed food, all canned goods. Look on the label; what does it

say? Start thinking for a change.

What you put in your body today can destroy you later. Only eat

old-fashioned, good food. Go outside and dig up some soil; and plant a garden,

to help

supplement your larder. Buy a wheat grinder and a dough maker; and make your own

bread. Take vitamins and minerals to satiate your hidden hungers, so you do not

need so much food. Learn to eat less. Cut out all the grease and hydrogenated

oils. Stop eating meat; it is another killer.

 

Here is additional information about excitotoxins.

 

Several different chemical compounds are classed as excitotoxins. They all

damage the nerves. These include aspartame, monosodium glutamate, caffeine,

arachidonic acid, and certain others. Street drugs have this effect also.

 

Avoid aspartame in foods and drinks. Have nothing to do with MSG (monosodium

glutamate). Do not use caffeine in any form.

 

In order to avoid arachidonic acid, only use pure olive oil, wheat germ oil,

or flaxseed oil. Flaxseed oil is best; for it has the highest ratio of

linolenic acid to arachidonic acid.

 

Aspartame is marketed under several brand names, including: NutraSweet /

Equal / Spoonful.

 

Here are some of the various names for chemical food additives which contain

MSG:

 

Monosodium glutamate / Hydrolyzed vegetable protein / Hydrolyzed protein /

Hydrolyzed plant protein / Plant protein extract / Sodium caseinate / Calcium

caseinate /Yeast extract/ Textured protein / Autolyzed yeast / Hydrolyzed oat

flour / Accent.

 

Here are additives that frequently contain MSG (some containing 12% to 40%

MSG):

 

Malt extract / Malt flavoring / Bouillon / Broth / Stock / Flavoring /

Natural flavoring / Natural beef or chicken flavoring / Seasoning / Spices /

Carrageenan / Enzymes / Soy protein concentrate / Soy protein isolate / Whey

protein

concentrate / Some types of soy milk.

 

-Now for the.........

Racketeering Lawsuit Against Aspartame

September 2004

 

Aspartame is the brand name for a sugarless sweetener that is in NutraSweet,

Equal, and certain other artificial sweetener products, produced by G. D.

Searle Co. which owned the original patent on it.

 

For 16 years, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) denied approval of

aspartame because of compelling evidence that it contributed to brain tumors and

other serious disabilities.

 

In 1981, Donald Rumsfeld (at the present time Secretary of Defense in the

Bush administration) left President Ford's administration as Chief of Staff to

become the CEO of G. D. Searle Co. Shortly after he became CEO, and the day

after Reagan took office as president, aspartame was quickly approved by the

then

FDA Commissioner, Arthur Hayes, over the objections of the FDA’s Public Board

of Inquiry. Hayes had just been appointed head of the FDA.

 

Soon after aspartame was approved, Hayes resigned from the FDA and joined

NutraSweet’s public relations firm under a ten-year contract at $1,000 a day.

(Multiply $1,000 x 365 x 10 and see what you get.)

 

On September 15, 2004, a $350 million class action RICO (racketeering)

lawsuit was filed in United States District Court in San Francisco, against the

NutraSweet Corporation (current owner of aspartame products), American Diabetes

Association, Dr. Robert H. Mosey, and John Does 1-50 [50 other people not

immediately named in the suit]. It is Case No. C04 3872.

 

Plaintiffs maintain that this litigation will prove how deadly the chemical

sweetener aspartame is, when it consumed by humans.

 

According to the explosive charges in the press release issued along with

this RICO lawsuit, the Searle Company is accused of eliminating all the original

evidence showing aspartame to be dangerous:

 

" On or about September 8, 2004, an affidavit was signed describing the

Initial third world studies and the health hazards of aspartame. These studies

conducted in 1983/84 by the J.D. Searle Company were translated to English from

Spanish by a translator in 1984.

 

" The 'double blind' studies showed conclusive evidence that aspartame caused

severe health problems and even death to the exposed study group. According to

the affidavit, the doctor directing the studies has been missing since the

approval of aspartame in 1984.

 

" The affidavit also describes how the affiant was directed by J.D. Searle

officials to destroy all records of the studies--including filed notes and/or

translations possessed by the affiant. [An " affiant " is the person making an

affidavit.]

 

" The affiant describes in detail how the translations were forwarded upon

completion to J.D. Searle corporate offices in Illinois. "

 

Three other lawsuits were filed by the National Justice League on April 26,

2004, in three separate California courts.

 

There are 12 defendants in those suits, all of which produce or use the

artificial sweetener, aspartame, as a sugar substitute in their products. You

might

be interested in knowing who they are:

 

Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Bayer Corp., the Dannon Company, William Wrigley Jr.

Company, Walmart, ConAgra Foods, Wyeth, Inc., the NutraSweet Company, and Altria

Corp. (parent company of Kraft Foods and Philip Morris).

 

The above defendants are charged with engaging in unlawful acts of " knowingly

and intentionally using the neurotoxic aspartame as a sugar substitute in the

manufacture of Equal, while knowing that exposure to aspartame causes, among

other diseases/symptoms. .

 

" Abdominal pain, arthritis, asthma, brain cancer, breathing difficulties,

burning eyes or throat, burning urination, chest pains, chronic cough, chronic

fatigue, death, depression, diarrhea, headaches / migraines, hearing loss, heart

palpitations, hives (urticaria), hypertension, impotency and sexual problems,

memory loss, menstrual problems or changes, nausea or vomiting, slurring of

speech, tremors, tinnitus, vertigo and / or vision loss.

 

" Further, aspartame disease mimics symptoms or worsens the following

diseases: fibromyalgia, arthritis, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease,

lupus,

diabetes and diabetic complications, epilepsy, Alzheimer's disease, birth

defects, chronic fatigue syndrome, lymphoma, Lyme disease, attention deficit

disorder

(ADD), panic disorder, depression and other psychological disorders. "

 

The suit also charges that Searle included false research reports in its

aspartame submissions to the FDA.

 

Defendants in this lawsuit vigorously maintain that aspartame is safe for

consumption. At the present time, it is included in more than 5,000 food

products

and soft drinks sold in America.