Aspartame is a neuropoison!

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Aspartame - The World's Best Ant Poison

By Author Unknown; contributed by Jan Jensen of WELLthy Choices

[-- I tried it, and it works - JC.]

 

We live in the woods, and carpenter ants are a huge problem. We have

spent thousands of dollars with Orkin and on ant poisons trying to

keep them under control but nothing has helped.

 

So when I read somewhere that aspartame (Nutrasweet sweetener) was

actually developed as an ant poison, and only changed to being

considered non-poisonous after it was realized that a lot more money

could be made on it as a sweetener than as an ant poison, I decided to

give it a try.

 

I opened two packets of aspartame sweetener, and dumped one in a

corner of each of our bathrooms. That was about 2 years ago and I have

not seen any carpenter ants for about 9 to 12 months. It works better

than the most deadly poisons I have tried. Any time they show up

again, I simply dump another package of Nutrasweet in a corner, and

they will be gone for a year or so again.

 

Since posting this information I have had many people tell me of their

success solving ant problems with this substance, when nothing else

worked.

 

We found later that small black ants would not eat the aspartame. It

was determined that if you mixed it with apple juice, they would

quickly take it back to the nest, and all would be dead within 24

hours, usually. I have found that sometimes it will kill them, and

sometimes it does not. Not sure why, may be slightly different species

of ants or something.

 

Fire Ants

 

We got our first fire ant hill about 2 weeks ago. My son had tried

Terro Outdoor ant poison on some hills near his house some time ago

without success, so I figured I would give aspartame a try.

 

I opened 4 packets and scattered the aspartame over the mound. The

ants seemed to be ignoring it, but a storm came in in about an hour,

and washed it all away. So the following week I tried again. Once

again they ignored it for 24 hours although some very small black ants

found it and begun carrying it off. Then we got a light rain. It was

just a sprinkle, enough to moisten the Nutrasweet and ground, but not

enough to wash it away. They went crazy, hundreds of them grabbing it

and taking it back into the mound. When I checked the mound 2 days

later, there was no sign of the fire ants. I even dug the mound up

some, and still saw none of them.

 

How does it Work

 

Aspartame is neuropoison. It most likely kills the ants by interfering

with their nervous system. It could be direct, like stopping their

heart, or something more subtle like killing their sense of taste so

they can't figure out what is eatable, or smell, so they can't follow

their trails, or mis-identify their colonies members, so they start

fighting each other. Not sure what causes them to end up dieing, just

know that for many species of ants it will kill the quickly and

effectively.

 

As with any poison I recommend wearing gloves and washing any skin

areas that come in contact with this poison, and avoid getting in your

mouth, despite anything the labeling may indicate.

 

I suspect it will work for other insects such as yellow jackets as

well, but have not tested that yet.

 

More information on this fantastic poison can be found at:

http://www.dorway.com