Rich Murray: Aspartame Toxicity 7.8.1: Trocho 6.26.98 rmforall
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Rich Murray: Aspartame Toxicity 7.8.1: Trocho 6.26.98 rmforall 1943 Otowi Road, Santa Fe NM USA 87505 505-986-9103 M.I.T. (physics and history, BA, 1964), Boston U. Graduate School (psychology, MA, 1967): As a concerned layman, I want to clarify the aspartame toxicity debate. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/messages for 658 posts http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/657 45K post http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/658 20K post http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/652 Rich Murray: Smith: fibromyalgia & aspartame & MSG 6.27.1 rmforall Excellent 5-page review by H.J. Roberts in "Townsend Letter", Jan 2000, "Aspartame (NutraSweet) Addiction" http://www.dorway.com/tldaddic.html http://www.sunsentpress.com/ Sunshine Sentinel Press P.O.Box 17799 West Palm Beach, FL 33416 800-814-9800 561-588-7628 561-547-8008 fax 1038 page medical text "Aspartame Disease: An Ignored Epidemic" published May 30 2001 $ 85.00 postpaid data from 1200 cases http://www.aspartameispoison.com/contents.html 34 chapters http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/669 Rich Murray: Roberts: "Aspartame Disease" 1038 page expert magnum opus 7.5.1 rmforall http://www.mbschachter.com/aspartame.htm "How Safe is the Artificial Sweetener, Aspartame?" Michael B. Schachter, M.D., F.A.C.A.M. Schachter Center for Complementary Medicine Michael B. Schachter, M.D., F.A.C.A.M. 2 Executive Boulevard, Suite 202 Suffern, NY 10901. http://www.mbschachter.com/ Aspartame (NutraSweet, Equal, Canderel, Benevia) is reported by scientific studies and case histories to be toxic: headaches* many body and joint pains (or burning, tingling, tremors, twitching, spasms, cramps, or numbness)* "mind fog", "feel unreal", poor memory, confusion, anxiety, irritability, depression, mania, insomnia, dizziness, slurred speech, ringing in ears, sexual problems, nausea, seizures, poor vision, hearing, or taste* fever, fatigue* red face, itching, rashes, burning eyes or throat, dry mouth or eyes, mouth sores* hair loss* obesity, bloating, edema, poor or excessive hunger or thirst, anorexia* coldness* diarrhea or constipation* breathing problems* racing heart, high blood pressure, erratic blood sugar levels* sweating* birth defects* brain cancers* addiction* aggravates autism, ADHD, and interstitial cystitis (bladder pain). Almost all are typical of chronic methanol-formaldehyde toxicity: for detailed review http://www.dorway.com/barua.html Journal Of The Diabetic Association Of India 1995 Vol. 35, No. 4. Emerging Facts About Aspartame Dr. J. Barua (ophthalmic surgeon), Dr. Arun Bal (surgeon) "…the total amount of methanol absorbed will be approximately 10% of aspartame ingested. An EPA assessment of methanol states that methanol "is considered a cumulative poison due to the low rate of excretion once it is absorbed." The absorbed methanol is then slowly converted to formaldehyde…" "Reaction of formaldehyde with DNA has been observed, by spectrophotometry and electron microscopy, to result in irreversible denaturation." "DKP has been implicated in the occurence of brain tumors." . Two teams find hot aspartame releases DKP: Food Addit Contam 2000 Oct; 17(10): 821-7 Simultaneous formation and detection of the reaction product of solid-state aspartame sweetener by FT-IR/DSC microscopic system. Lin SY, Cheng YD Biopharmaceutics Laboratory, Department of Medical Research & Education Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, Shih-Pai, Taiwan, and J Pharm Sci 1998 Apr; 87(4): 508-13 Hydration and dehydration behavior of aspartame hemihydrate. Leung SS, Padden BE, Munson EJ, Grant DJ Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455-0343, USA. Sophie S. Leung, PhD A radioactive tracer study proves that the methanol from a low dose of of aspartame binds formaldehyde, a deadly cumulative poison, into tissues: Trocho C et al, June 26 1998, Life Sci, 63(5), 337-349. http://ww.presidiotex.com/barcelona/index.html (full abstract below) See also, re formaldehyde neurotoxicity: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/628 Rich Murray: Professional House Doctors: Singer: EPA: CPSC: formaldehyde toxicity 6.10.1 rmforall http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/645 Rich Murray: 18 recent formaldehyde toxicity [Comet assay] abstracts 6.25.1 rmforall "Excitotoxins, Neurodegeneration and Neurodevelopment" The Medical Sentinel Journal Fall, 1999 , (95 references) What many informed doctors are saying/have said about aspartame: http://www.dorway.com/doctors.txt Dr. Woodrow C. Monte, "Aspartame: Methanol, and the Public Health," Journal of Applied Nutrition, Volume 36, No. 1, pages 42-54, 1984. (62 references) Professsor of Food Science Director of the Food Science and Nutrition Laboratory Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287 6411 South River Drive #61 Tempe, Arizona 85283-3337 The methanol from 2 L of diet soda, 5.6 12-oz cans, 20 mg/can, is 112 mg, 10% of the aspartame. The EPA limit for water is 7.8 mg daily for methanol (wood alcohol), a deadly cumulative poison. Many users drink 1-2 L daily. The reported symptoms are entirely consistent with chronic methanol toxicity. (Fresh orange juice has 34 mg/L, but, like all juices, has 16 times more ethanol, which strongly protects against methanol.) http://www.dorway.com/wmonte.txt Lennart Hardell, M.D., PhD, in 1999 reported in Sweden that both cell phone use and heavy aspartame use correlate with increased brain cancers http://www.medscape.com/MedGenMed/braintumors UPI reporter Gregory Gordon: 96K 3-part expose Oct 1987: http://www.dorway.com/upipart1.txt Users who quit often experience much immediate healing, but some symptoms may last for weeks. Heavy users may suffer weeks of painful withdrawal symptoms. Also avoid all forms of MSG (glutamate), legally mislabeled as "hydrolyzed vegetable protein" or even "natural flavoring". Actually, all artificial sweeteners lack proof of safety– however, much safer are Splenda (sucralose) and saccharin. It’s fun to mix club soda with juices, poured over ice. A long-used herbal sweetener, stevia, is entirely safe and widely available. A corrupt FDA has refused to attest its safety: http://www.holisticmed.com/sweet/stv-alert.txt http://www.dorway.com/stevia.html stevia, splenda, others Read all labels!– aspartame is in almost all diet sodas, many drink mixes, instant breakfasts, cereals, cake mixes, cookies, yogurts, puddings, jellos, chewing gums, breath mints, candies, toothpastes, laxatives, even vitamins and medicines. Absorption through the skin in the mouth may be especially strong, close to the brain. In the USA alone, about 200 million use this ubiquitous product of a billion-dollar industry, first approved by a corrupt FDA in 1974 and 1981. In 1985, Monsanto purchased G.D. Searle, and made Searle Pharmaceuticals and The NutraSweet Company separate subsidiaries. In 2000 Monsanto sold off all its aspartame units. If 1% of users have a problem with aspartame, that is two million in the USA alone. Thousands of people complained to the FDA since 1981, and in recent years on the Internet. Ralph G. Walton, MD, Prof. of Clinical Psychology, Northeastern Ohio Universities, College of Medicine, Dept. of Psychiatry, Youngstown, OH 44501, Chairman, The Center for Behavioral Medicine, Northside Medical Center, 500 Gypsy Lane, P.O. Box 240 Youngstown, http://www.neoucom.edu/DEPTS/Psychiatry/walton.htm "Seizure and mania after high intake of aspartame," 1986, Psychosomatics, 27: 218-20: An age 54 woman with 20 years of depression had been stable for 11 years with medication. She had a grand mal seizure, followed by mania, insomnia, flight of ideas, and irritability. A brief hospitalization and CT scan found no apparent cause. After three weeks, this led to psychiatric hospitalization. Two days later, it was found that during the several weeks before the seizure and onset of mania, she had started using aspartame in place of sugar in her iced tea, a gallon daily. Four days later, the mania subsided, and 13 months later she continued to function well, and enjoying her large amounts of iced tea, with sugar, not aspartame. Three careful double-blind experimental studies prove aspartame causes headaches: Koehler SM et al, 1988, Headache, 28(1), 10-14. http://www.med.umich.edu/abcn/alpha/alpha-K.html#Koehler Walton RG et al, 1993, Biological Psychiatry, 34(1), 13-17. Van Den Eeden SK et al, 1994, Neurology, 44, 1787-93. http://www.dor.kaiser.org/dorhtml/investigators/Stephen_Van_Den_Eeden… Associate Professor, Clinical Neuro-Oncology 713/794-1286 1515 Holcombe Blvd Box 0100 Houston, TX 77030 http://www.psy.tcu.edu/psy/barth.htm Texas Christian University TCU Box 298920 Fort Worth, TX 76129 Chairman, Physiological Psychology 817-921-7410 David Edelberg, M.D Rush Medical College Chicago, Illinois 60612 http://www.rushu.ush.edu/medcol/ Dr. Edelberg has a long-standing interest in chronic illnesses that have eluded conventional treatment, especially those prevalent … read more »
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Given these numbers…it is my humble opinion that this is a rather mountainous mole hill. I mean, 7000 individuals in 20 years? "Aspartame is the most widely used artificial sweetener & has captured 50% of the world market since it was introduced in 1981. "The largest consumer is the United States of America ( 54% of adult Americans ). "Well over 7,000 citizens have submitted adverse reaction reports to the FDA since 1982 (DHHS 1993b, DHHS 1995). These reports detail well over 10,000 complaints of 92 different symptoms. " Good luck in your endeavors.
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Rich Murray: Aspartame Toxicity 7.8.1: Trocho 6.26.98 rmforall 1943 Otowi Road, Santa Fe NM USA 87505 505-986-9103 M.I.T. (physics and history, BA, 1964), Boston U. Graduate School (psychology, MA, 1967): As a concerned layman, I want to clarify the aspartame toxicity debate. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/messages for 658 posts http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/657 45K post http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/658 20K post http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/652 Rich Murray: Smith: fibromyalgia & aspartame & MSG 6.27.1 rmforall Excellent 5-page review by H.J. Roberts in "Townsend Letter", Jan 2000, "Aspartame (NutraSweet) Addiction" http://www.dorway.com/tldaddic.html http://www.sunsentpress.com/ Sunshine Sentinel Press P.O.Box 17799 West Palm Beach, FL 33416 800-814-9800 561-588-7628 561-547-8008 fax 1038 page medical text "Aspartame Disease: An Ignored Epidemic" published May 30 2001 $ 85.00 postpaid data from 1200 cases http://www.aspartameispoison.com/contents.html 34 chapters http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/669 Rich Murray: Roberts: "Aspartame Disease" 1038 page expert magnum opus 7.5.1 rmforall http://www.mbschachter.com/aspartame.htm "How Safe is the Artificial Sweetener, Aspartame?" Michael B. Schachter, M.D., F.A.C.A.M. Schachter Center for Complementary Medicine Michael B. Schachter, M.D., F.A.C.A.M. 2 Executive Boulevard, Suite 202 Suffern, NY 10901. http://www.mbschachter.com/ Aspartame (NutraSweet, Equal, Canderel, Benevia) is reported by scientific studies and case histories to be toxic: headaches* many body and joint pains (or burning, tingling, tremors, twitching, spasms, cramps, or numbness)* "mind fog", "feel unreal", poor memory, confusion, anxiety, irritability, depression, mania, insomnia, dizziness, slurred speech, ringing in ears, sexual problems, nausea, seizures, poor vision, hearing, or taste* fever, fatigue* red face, itching, rashes, burning eyes or throat, dry mouth or eyes, mouth sores* hair loss* obesity, bloating, edema, poor or excessive hunger or thirst, anorexia* coldness* diarrhea or constipation* breathing problems* racing heart, high blood pressure, erratic blood sugar levels* sweating* birth defects* brain cancers* addiction* aggravates autism, ADHD, and interstitial cystitis (bladder pain). Almost all are typical of chronic methanol-formaldehyde toxicity: for detailed review http://www.dorway.com/barua.html Journal Of The Diabetic Association Of India 1995 Vol. 35, No. 4. Emerging Facts About Aspartame Dr. J. Barua (ophthalmic surgeon), Dr. Arun Bal (surgeon) "…the total amount of methanol absorbed will be approximately 10% of aspartame ingested. An EPA assessment of methanol states that methanol "is considered a cumulative poison due to the low rate of excretion once it is absorbed." The absorbed methanol is then slowly converted to formaldehyde…" "Reaction of formaldehyde with DNA has been observed, by spectrophotometry and electron microscopy, to result in irreversible denaturation." "DKP has been implicated in the occurence of brain tumors." . Two teams find hot aspartame releases DKP: Food Addit Contam 2000 Oct; 17(10): 821-7 Simultaneous formation and detection of the reaction product of solid-state aspartame sweetener by FT-IR/DSC microscopic system. Lin SY, Cheng YD Biopharmaceutics Laboratory, Department of Medical Research & Education Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, Shih-Pai, Taiwan, and J Pharm Sci 1998 Apr; 87(4): 508-13 Hydration and dehydration behavior of aspartame hemihydrate. Leung SS, Padden BE, Munson EJ, Grant DJ Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455-0343, USA. Sophie S. Leung, PhD A radioactive tracer study proves that the methanol from a low dose of of aspartame binds formaldehyde, a deadly cumulative poison, into tissues: Trocho C et al, June 26 1998, Life Sci, 63(5), 337-349. http://ww.presidiotex.com/barcelona/index.html (full abstract below) See also, re formaldehyde neurotoxicity: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/628 Rich Murray: Professional House Doctors: Singer: EPA: CPSC: formaldehyde toxicity 6.10.1 rmforall http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/645 Rich Murray: 18 recent formaldehyde toxicity [Comet assay] abstracts 6.25.1 rmforall "Excitotoxins, Neurodegeneration and Neurodevelopment" The Medical Sentinel Journal Fall, 1999 , (95 references) What many informed doctors are saying/have said about aspartame: http://www.dorway.com/doctors.txt Dr. Woodrow C. Monte, "Aspartame: Methanol, and the Public Health," Journal of Applied Nutrition, Volume 36, No. 1, pages 42-54, 1984. (62 references) Professsor of Food Science Director of the Food Science and Nutrition Laboratory Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287 6411 South River Drive #61 Tempe, Arizona 85283-3337 The methanol from 2 L of diet soda, 5.6 12-oz cans, 20 mg/can, is 112 mg, 10% of the aspartame. The EPA limit for water is 7.8 mg daily for methanol (wood alcohol), a deadly cumulative poison. Many users drink 1-2 L daily. The reported symptoms are entirely consistent with chronic methanol toxicity. (Fresh orange juice has 34 mg/L, but, like all juices, has 16 times more ethanol, which strongly protects against methanol.) http://www.dorway.com/wmonte.txt Lennart Hardell, M.D., PhD, in 1999 reported in Sweden that both cell phone use and heavy aspartame use correlate with increased brain cancers http://www.medscape.com/MedGenMed/braintumors UPI reporter Gregory Gordon: 96K 3-part expose Oct 1987: http://www.dorway.com/upipart1.txt Users who quit often experience much immediate healing, but some symptoms may last for weeks. Heavy users may suffer weeks of painful withdrawal symptoms. Also avoid all forms of MSG (glutamate), legally mislabeled as "hydrolyzed vegetable protein" or even "natural flavoring". Actually, all artificial sweeteners lack proof of safety– however, much safer are Splenda (sucralose) and saccharin. It’s fun to mix club soda with juices, poured over ice. A long-used herbal sweetener, stevia, is entirely safe and widely available. A corrupt FDA has refused to attest its safety: http://www.holisticmed.com/sweet/stv-alert.txt http://www.dorway.com/stevia.html stevia, splenda, others Read all labels!– aspartame is in almost all diet sodas, many drink mixes, instant breakfasts, cereals, cake mixes, cookies, yogurts, puddings, jellos, chewing gums, breath mints, candies, toothpastes, laxatives, even vitamins and medicines. Absorption through the skin in the mouth may be especially strong, close to the brain. In the USA alone, about 200 million use this ubiquitous product of a billion-dollar industry, first approved by a corrupt FDA in 1974 and 1981. In 1985, Monsanto purchased G.D. Searle, and made Searle Pharmaceuticals and The NutraSweet Company separate subsidiaries. In 2000 Monsanto sold off all its aspartame units. If 1% of users have a problem with aspartame, that is two million in the USA alone. Thousands of people complained to the FDA since 1981, and in recent years on the Internet. Ralph G. Walton, MD, Prof. of Clinical Psychology, Northeastern Ohio Universities, College of Medicine, Dept. of Psychiatry, Youngstown, OH 44501, Chairman, The Center for Behavioral Medicine, Northside Medical Center, 500 Gypsy Lane, P.O. Box 240 Youngstown, http://www.neoucom.edu/DEPTS/Psychiatry/walton.htm "Seizure and mania after high intake of aspartame," 1986, Psychosomatics, 27: 218-20: An age 54 woman with 20 years of depression had been stable for 11 years with medication. She had a grand mal seizure, followed by mania, insomnia, flight of ideas, and irritability. A brief hospitalization and CT scan found no apparent cause. After three weeks, this led to psychiatric hospitalization. Two days later, it was found that during the several weeks before the seizure and onset of mania, she had started using aspartame in place of sugar in her iced tea, a gallon daily. Four days later, the mania subsided, and 13 months later she continued to function well, and enjoying her large amounts of iced tea, with sugar, not aspartame. Three careful double-blind experimental studies prove aspartame causes headaches: Koehler SM et al, 1988, Headache, 28(1), 10-14. Shirley M. Koehler, PhD 904-858-7651
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Sorry, but what on earth is the text below all about? – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Rich Murray: Aspartame Toxicity 7.8.1: Trocho 6.26.98 rmforall 1943 Otowi Road, Santa Fe NM USA 87505 505-986-9103 M.I.T. (physics and history, BA, 1964), Boston U. Graduate School (psychology, MA, 1967): As a concerned layman, I want to clarify the aspartame toxicity debate. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/messages for 658 posts http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/657 45K post http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/658 20K post http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/652 Rich Murray: Smith: fibromyalgia & aspartame & MSG 6.27.1 rmforall Excellent 5-page review by H.J. Roberts in "Townsend Letter", Jan 2000, "Aspartame (NutraSweet) Addiction" http://www.dorway.com/tldaddic.html http://www.sunsentpress.com/ Sunshine Sentinel Press P.O.Box 17799 West Palm Beach, FL 33416 800-814-9800 561-588-7628 561-547-8008 fax 1038 page medical text "Aspartame Disease: An Ignored Epidemic" published May 30 2001 $ 85.00 postpaid data from 1200 cases http://www.aspartameispoison.com/contents.html 34 chapters http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/669 Rich Murray: Roberts: "Aspartame Disease" 1038 page expert magnum opus 7.5.1 rmforall http://www.mbschachter.com/aspartame.htm "How Safe is the Artificial Sweetener, Aspartame?" Michael B. Schachter, M.D., F.A.C.A.M. Schachter Center for Complementary Medicine Michael B. Schachter, M.D., F.A.C.A.M. 2 Executive Boulevard, Suite 202 Suffern, NY 10901. http://www.mbschachter.com/ Aspartame (NutraSweet, Equal, Canderel, Benevia) is reported by scientific studies and case histories to be toxic: headaches* many body and joint pains (or burning, tingling, tremors, twitching, spasms, cramps, or numbness)* "mind fog", "feel unreal", poor memory, confusion, anxiety, irritability, depression, mania, insomnia, dizziness, slurred speech, ringing in ears, sexual problems, nausea, seizures, poor vision, hearing, or taste* fever, fatigue* red face, itching, rashes, burning eyes or throat, dry mouth or eyes, mouth sores* hair loss* obesity, bloating, edema, poor or excessive hunger or thirst, anorexia* coldness* diarrhea or constipation* breathing problems* racing heart, high blood pressure, erratic blood sugar levels* sweating* birth defects* brain cancers* addiction* aggravates autism, ADHD, and interstitial cystitis (bladder pain). Almost all are typical of chronic methanol-formaldehyde toxicity: for detailed review http://www.dorway.com/barua.html Journal Of The Diabetic Association Of India 1995 Vol. 35, No. 4. Emerging Facts About Aspartame Dr. J. Barua (ophthalmic surgeon), Dr. Arun Bal (surgeon) "…the total amount of methanol absorbed will be approximately 10% of aspartame ingested. An EPA assessment of methanol states that methanol "is considered a cumulative poison due to the low rate of excretion once it is absorbed." The absorbed methanol is then slowly converted to formaldehyde…" "Reaction of formaldehyde with DNA has been observed, by spectrophotometry and electron microscopy, to result in irreversible denaturation." "DKP has been implicated in the occurence of brain tumors."
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Basically, that Aspartame based products are poisonous. This basically includes nearly everything which is artificially sweetened (e.g. diet coke, diet pepsi, sugar free gum, nutrasweet, most meal replacement products, the list goes on) And just for the record, I have had my suspicions for a long time that this stuff is deadly
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Sorry, but what on earth is the text below all about? Rich Murray: Aspartame Toxicity 7.8.1: Trocho 6.26.98 rmforall 1943 Otowi Road, Santa Fe NM USA 87505 505-986-9103 M.I.T. (physics and history, BA, 1964), Boston U. Graduate School (psychology, MA, 1967): As a concerned layman, I want to clarify the aspartame toxicity debate. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/messages for 658 posts http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/657 45K post http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/658 20K post http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/652 Rich Murray: Smith: fibromyalgia & aspartame & MSG 6.27.1 rmforall Excellent 5-page review by H.J. Roberts in "Townsend Letter", Jan 2000, "Aspartame (NutraSweet) Addiction" http://www.dorway.com/tldaddic.html http://www.sunsentpress.com/ Sunshine Sentinel Press P.O.Box 17799 West Palm Beach, FL 33416 800-814-9800 561-588-7628 561-547-8008 fax 1038 page medical text "Aspartame Disease: An Ignored Epidemic" published May 30 2001 $ 85.00 postpaid data from 1200 cases http://www.aspartameispoison.com/contents.html 34 chapters http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/669 Rich Murray: Roberts: "Aspartame Disease" 1038 page expert magnum opus 7.5.1 rmforall http://www.mbschachter.com/aspartame.htm "How Safe is the Artificial Sweetener, Aspartame?" Michael B. Schachter, M.D., F.A.C.A.M. Schachter Center for Complementary Medicine Michael B. Schachter, M.D., F.A.C.A.M. 2 Executive Boulevard, Suite 202 Suffern, NY 10901. http://www.mbschachter.com/ Aspartame (NutraSweet, Equal, Canderel, Benevia) is reported by scientific studies and case histories to be toxic: headaches* many body and joint pains (or burning, tingling, tremors, twitching, spasms, cramps, or numbness)* "mind fog", "feel unreal", poor memory, confusion, anxiety, irritability, depression, mania, insomnia, dizziness, slurred speech, ringing in ears, sexual problems, nausea, seizures, poor vision, hearing, or taste* fever, fatigue* red face, itching, rashes, burning eyes or throat, dry mouth or eyes, mouth sores* hair loss* obesity, bloating, edema, poor or excessive hunger or thirst, anorexia* coldness* diarrhea or constipation* breathing problems* racing heart, high blood pressure, erratic blood sugar levels* sweating* birth defects* brain cancers* addiction* aggravates autism, ADHD, and interstitial cystitis (bladder pain). Almost all are typical of chronic methanol-formaldehyde toxicity: for detailed review http://www.dorway.com/barua.html Journal Of The Diabetic Association Of India 1995 Vol. 35, No. 4. Emerging Facts About Aspartame Dr. J. Barua (ophthalmic surgeon), Dr. Arun Bal (surgeon) "…the total amount of methanol absorbed will be approximately 10% of aspartame ingested. An EPA assessment of methanol states that methanol "is considered a cumulative poison due to the low rate of excretion once it is absorbed." The absorbed methanol is then slowly converted to formaldehyde…" "Reaction of formaldehyde with DNA has been observed, by spectrophotometry and electron microscopy, to result in irreversible denaturation." "DKP has been implicated in the occurence of brain tumors."
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In the USA alone, about 200 million use this ubiquitous product of a billion-dollar industry, first approved by a corrupt FDA in 1974 and 1981. In 1985, Monsanto purchased G.D. Searle, and made Searle Pharmaceuticals and The NutraSweet Company separate subsidiaries. In 2000 Monsanto sold off all its aspartame units. If 1% of users have a problem with aspartame, that is two million in the USA alone. Thousands of people complained to the FDA since 1981, and in recent years on the Internet.
Worldwide, between 400,000 and 1,000,000 people have reported being abducted by extraterrestrials. I suspect that there is a large, interlocking membership between these two groups. Some perfunctory research of the citations offered by Mr. Murray will demonstrate that most of the sources are other anti-aspartame lunatics who misinterpret and wildly extrapolate scientific studies, then cite each others’ ludicrous conclusions as authoritative. It would almost seem as though were part of a grand conspiracy, but I will defer to their obviously superior experience in the area of conspiracy fantasies. — —— Partnership for an Idiot-Free America ——-
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I think we have a Todd Gestaldo imitator. Larry : Sorry, but what on earth is the text below all about?
:Rich Murray: Aspartame Toxicity 7.8.1: Trocho 6.26.98 rmforall
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I think we have a Todd Gestaldo imitator.
Neah, there can only be one original!!! 
-j — Julii, Mum to Daniel (b. 2 Nov. 99) and EDD 1.10.01.
