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Message: [QUOTE="CNM, post: 426083, member: 16982"] Just thought I'd pass this along! I will not EVER drink another DIET COKE! Subject: FW: Don't drink or eat this poison > Diet drinks... > > In October of 2001, my sister started getting very sick, she had stomach > spasms, she was having a hard time getting around, and to walk was a major > chore. It took everything she had just to get out of bed; she was in so > much pain. By March 2002, she had undergone biopsies, and was on 24 > various prescription medications. The doctors could not figure out what > was wrong with her. She was in so much pain, and so sick, she knew she was > dying. > > She put her house, bank accounts, life insurance etc. in her oldest > daughters name, and made sure her younger children were to be with her > oldest daughter. She wanted her last hooray, so she planned a trip to FL > (basically in a wheelchair) for March 22nd. On March 19th I called her to > ask her how one of her tests went, and she said they didn't find anything > on the test, but they believe she had MS. I thought, oh, my.... then I > recalled an article a friend of mine emailed to me...and I asked her.... > Do you drink Diet pop? She told me yes, as a matter of fact she was > getting ready to crack one open that moment.... I told her not to open it, > and stop drinking the diet pop.... and I emailed her the following > article. She called me within 32 hours after our phone conversation and > told me she stopped drinking the diet pop, and she can walk...she went up > the stairs, and the muscle spasms went away. She said she didn't feel 100% > but sure felt a lot better. She told me she was going to her doctors with > this article and would call me back when she got home. > > > She called me, and her doctor was amazed, he is going to call all of his > MS patients to find out if they consumed artificial sweetener.... In a > nutshell, she was being poisoned by the aspartame in the diet soda, dying > a slow death. > > When she got to FL March 22nd, all she had to take was one pill, and that > was a pill for poisoning.... she is well on her way to recovery...and she > is walking!!!!! No wheelchair!!!! This article saved her life!!!! > > The life saving article: > > If it says "SUGAR FREE," on the label, DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!!! 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, it was announced that in the United > States in 2001 there is an epidemic of multiple sclerosis and systemic > lupus, that it was hard to understand what toxin was causing this to be > rampant. I stood up and said that I was there to lecture on exactly that > subject. > > > I will explain why Aspartame is so dangerous: When the temperature of this > sweetener exceeds 86 degrees F, the wood alcohol in ASPARTAME converts to > Eformaldehyde 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 among other conditions multiple sclerosis. People > were being diagnosed with having multiple sclerosis in error. The multiple > sclerosis is not a death sentence, where methanol toxicity is! Systemic > lupus has become almost as rampant as multiple sclerosis, especially with > Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi drinkers. The victim usually does not know that > the aspartame is the culprit. He or she continues its use, aggravating the > lupus to such a degree that it may become life threatening. We have seen > patients with systemic lupus become asymptomatic once taken off diet > sodas. In the case of those diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, (when in > reality, the disease is methanol toxicity), most of the symptoms > disappear. We've seen many cases where vision returned and hearing > improved markedly. 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 some > of these symptoms: Is it reversible?" Yes! Not drinking diet sodas and > keeping an eye out for aspartame on food labels, yes! > > We have a very serious problem. A stranger came up to Dr. Espisto (one of > my speakers) and me 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! Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi > etc. IS NOT A DIET PRODUCT! The Congressional Record states that it makes > you crave carbohydrates and will make you FAT. The formaldehyde stores in > the fat cells, particularly in the hips and thighs. Once off these > products with no significant increase in exercise, etc., Dr. Roberts in > his lecture stated that he had patient who lost an average of 19 pounds > over a trial period. > > Aspartame is especially dangerous for diabetics. We found that physicians > would believe that they have a patient with retinopathy, when in fact the > symptoms are caused by aspartame. The aspartame drives the blood sugar out > of control. Thus diabetics may suffer acute memory loss due to the fact > that aspartic acid and phenylalanine are neurotoxic without the other > amino acids found in protein. Thus it passes the blood brain barrier and > deteriorates the neurons of the brain, causing in diabetics (as well as in > patients not suffering from diabetes) various kinds of brain damage, > seizures, depression, manic depression, panic attacks, rage, and violence. > (The Aspartame in thousands of pallets of diet Coke and diet Pepsi > consumed by men and women fighting in the Gulf War, may be partially to > blame for the well-known Gulf War Syndrome.) > > Dr. Roberts warns that it can cause birth defects i.e. mental retardation > if taken at the time of conception and early pregnancy. Children are > especially at risk for neurological disorders and should NOT be given > NutraSweet. I can relate different case histories of children having mal > seizures and other disturbances being on NutraSweet. Unfortunately it is > not always easy to convince a mother that aspartame is to blame for her > child's illness. Only by trial and success will she be able to warn other > mothers to take their children's health in their own hands. > > Stevia, a sweet herb, NOT A MANUFACTURED 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. Books on > this subject are available: EXCITOTOXINS: THE TASTE THAT KILLS - written > by Dr. Russell Blayblock (Health Press 1-800-643-2665) and DEFENSE AGAINST > ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE - written by DR H. J. Roberts, also a diabetic > specialist. These two doctors will be posting a position paper with some > case histories on the deadly effects of Aspartame 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." 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!!!!! I assure you, MONSANTO, the creator of Aspartame knows how > deadly it is. They fund among others, the American Diabetes Association, > the American Dietetic Association, the Conference of the American College > of Physicians. This has been exposed in the New York Times - to no avail. > These Associations cannot criticize any additives or convey their link to > MONSANTO because they take money from the food industry and have to > endorse their products. 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 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. > > Please print this out or e-mail to family and friends. Here are some more > links to websites. > <[url]http://www.nancymarkle.com/[/url]> > <[url]http://www.ethicalinvesting.com/monsanto/markle.shtml[/url]> > <[url]http://www.aspartametruth.com/[/url]> > [/QUOTE]

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