Aspertame and seizures

How manydrinks containing asparteme do you ingest?

  • None

    Votes: 37 75.5%
  • 1-2 a day

    Votes: 9 18.4%
  • 3-4 a day

    Votes: 3 6.1%
  • 5-6 a day

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • 7 or more a day

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    49

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RanMan

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SWEET POISON!
A MUST READ!



In October of 2001, my sister started getting very sick.
She had stomach spasms and she was having a hard time getting around.
Walking 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 several tissue and muscle biopsies and was on 24 various prescription medications.
The doctors could not determine what was wrong with her.
She was in so much pain, and so sick she just knew she was dying.

She put her house, bank accounts, life insurance, etc., in her oldest daughter's name, and made sure that her younger children were to be taken care of.

She also wanted her last hooray, so she planned a trip to Florida (basically in a wheelchair) for March 22nd.

On March 19 I called her to ask how her most recent tests went, and she said they didn't find anything on the test, but they believe she had MS.
I recalled an article a friend of mine e-mailed to me and I asked my sister if she drank diet soda?
She told me that she did.
As a matter of fact, she was getting ready to crack one open that moment.

I told her not to open it, and to stop drinking the diet soda!
I e-mailed her article my friend, a lawyer, had sent.
My sister called me within 32 hours after our phone conversation and told me she had stopped drinking the diet soda AND she could walk!
The muscle spasms went away. She said she didn't feel 100% but, she sure felt a lot better.

She told me she was going to her doctor with this article and would call me when she got home..

Well, she called me, and said her doctor was amazed!
He is going to call all of his MS patients to find out if they consumed artificial sweeteners of any kind.
In a nutshell, she was being poisoned by the Aspartame in the diet soda...and literally dying a slow and miserable death.

When she got to Florida March 22, all she had to take was one pill, and that was a pill for the Aspartame poisoning!
She is well on her way to a complete recovery.
And she is walking!
No wheelchair!

This article saved her life.
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 'Nutra Sweet,' '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.
It was difficult to determine exactly 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 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, among other conditions, multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus.

Many people were being diagnosed in error.
Although multiple sclerosis is not a death sentence, 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; irritating the lupus to such a degree that it may become a life-threatening condition.
We have seen patients with systemic lupus become asymptotic, once taken off diet sodas.

In cases of those diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, most of the symptoms disappear. We've seen many cases where vision loss returned and hearing loss improved markedly.

This also applies to cases of tinnitus and fibromyalgia.
During a lecture, I said,
'If you are using ASPARTAME (Nutra Sweet, Equal, Spoonful, etc) and you suffer from fibromyalgia symptoms, spasms, shooting, pains, numbness in your legs,
Cramps,
Vertigo,
Dizziness,
Headaches,
Tinnitus,
Joint pain,
Unexplainable depression, anxiety attacks, slurred speech, blurred vision, or memory loss you probably have ASPARTAME poisoning!'
People were jumping up during the lecture saying,
'I have some of these symptoms..
Is it reversible?'

Yes!
Yes!
Yes!
STOP drinking diet sodas and be alert for Aspartame on food labels!
Many products are fortified with it!
This is a serious problem.
Dr. Espart (one of my speakers) remarked that so many people seem to be symptomatic for MS and during his recent visit to a hospice; a nurse stated that six of her friends, who were heavy Diet Coke addicts, had all been diagnosed with MS. This is beyond coincidence!

Diet soda is NOT a diet product! It is a chemically altered, multiple SODIUM (salt) and ASPARTAME containing product that actually makes you crave carbohydrates..

It is far more likely to make you GAIN weight!

These products also contain formaldehyde, which stores in the fat cells, particularly in the hips and thighs.
Formaldehyde is an absolute toxin and is used primarily to preserve 'tissue specimens.'

Many products we use every day contain this chemical but we SHOULD NOT store it IN our body!

Dr. H. J. Roberts stated in his lectures that once free of the 'diet products' and with no significant increase in exercise; his patients lost an average of 19 pounds over a trial period.

Aspartame is especially dangerous for diabetics.
We found that some physicians, who believed that they had a patient with retinopathy, in fact, had symptoms 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 when taken without the other amino acids necessary for a good balance.

Treating diabetes is all about BALANCE.
Especially with diabetics, the Aspartame passes the blood/brain barrier and it then deteriorates the neurons of the brain; causing various levels of brain damage,
Seizures,
Depression,
Manic depression,
Panic attacks,
Uncontrollable anger and rage.

Consumption of Aspartame causes these same symptoms in non-diabetics as well.
Documentation and observation also reveal that thousands of children diagnosed with ADD and ADHD have had complete turnarounds in their behavior when these chemicals have been removed from their diet.

So called 'behavior modification prescription drugs' (Ritalin and others) are no longer needed.
Truth be told, they were never NEEDED in the first place!

Most of these children were being 'poisoned' on a daily basis with the very foods that were 'better for them than sugar.'

It is also suspected that 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 during early pregnancy.
Children are especially at risk for neurological disorders and should NEVER be given artificial sweeteners.

There are many different case histories to relate of children suffering grand mal seizures and other neurological disturbances talking about a plague of neurological diseases directly caused by the use of this deadly poison.'

Herein lies the problem:
There were Congressional Hearings when Aspartame was included in 100 different products and strong objection was made co ncerning its use. Since this initial hearing, there have been two subsequent hearings, and still nothing has been done.
The drug and chemical lobbies have very deep pockets.

Sadly, MONSANTO'S patent on Aspartame has EXPIRED!
There are now over 5,000 products on the market that contain this deadly chemical and there will be thousands more introduced.
Everybody wants a 'piece of the Aspartame pie.'

I assure you that MONSANTO, the creator of Aspartame, knows how deadly it is.

And isn't it ironic that MONSANTO funds, among others, the American Diabetes Association, the American Dietetic Association and the Conference of the American College of Physicians?

This has been recently exposed in the New York Times.
These [organizations] cannot criticize any additives or convey their link to MONSANTO because they take money from the food industry and are required to endorse their products.

Senator Howard Metzenbaum wrote and presented a bill that would require label warnings on products containing Aspartame, especially regarding pregnant women, children and infants.

The bill would also institute independent studies on the known dangers and the problems existing in the general population regarding seizures, changes in brain chemistry, neurological changes and behavioral symptoms.

The bill was killed.

It is known that the powerful drug and chemical lobbies are responsible for this, letting loose the hounds of disease and death on an unsuspecting and uninformed public. Well, you're informed now!

YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW!



Please print this out and/or e-mail
To your family
And friends.

They have a right to know too!
 
Scary scary stuff. I'm glad that I've always been anti-artificial sweeteners. I'm always amazed at how many people I know who drink it like water.
 
Great work RanMan!

I'm going to spread the word. I've stayed away from the stuff but people I know consume it.

Thanks for all your effort on this! Together we can get the truth out to people.

Chris
 
Wow! that's is amazing. I am going to tell the two people I know with uncomfirmed MS about this. Strange thing with this is that I know both of them drink diet soda religously. and both we diagnosed with MS around the same time! in the same shop! how strange is that!
 
I'm pretty positive that aspartame played a role in my first seizures -- I was under a lot of stress, and so for a few days, I got little sleep and no food. The only things I consumed were diet sodas. I had a head injury when I was 5 which is no doubt a factor, but it was the stress plus aspartame that put me over the tipping point into my first seizures 30 years later.

Aspartame and glutamate are like two neurotransmitters that stimulate the brain, namely aspartic acid and glutamic acid. So it's not surprising that they play a role in seizures. Except my neurologist never once asked me what I was eating or drinking prior to my seizures, and I continued to drink the diet sodas afterwards until eventually I found out there was a connection.
 
I stopped eating and drinking ANYTHING with aspartame in about 18 months ago. WSithin 4 weeks I had noticed a 50% reduction in the amount and severity of my seizures. I have also removed all other artificial sweetgeners from mine and my families diet. The evils of aspartame, saccharine and the rest are BANNED from my house. Also gluten and monosodium glutemate. ASPARTAME IS EVIL!
 
This is so ironic

My Dad had MS & was told by his doctor to avoid sugar at all costs. He didn't want to use saccharine because it was unhealthy so my Mom & him smuggled aspartame up from the U.S. by the case (it hadn't been approved yet in Canada) .
 
I don't eat aspertame at all. I don't think it makes my seizures worse, I just try to stay away from chemicals as much as I can, whether it is preservatives, sweeteners, pesticides, or whatever.
 
It is hidden in many "diet" products without consumers knowing it.
A HUGE neurotoxin!
 
While I don't doubt that aspartame is unhealthy and can provoke seizures in some people, the info in this particular message is false.

Snopes has an article on Aspartame hoaxes. The give-away that this is a hoax is the claim that there's a pill for aspartame poisoning -- there's no such pill. Sorry guys.
 
I dont like diet things. I dont like aspertame. I cant stand artificial sweetner. I can taste it in everything. even splenda. I want something sweet just give me the real stuff damn it!
 
Every artificial sweetener on the market will trigger a migraine for me...usually within the first 15 minutes to half hour of ingesting it. I have to read lables religiously becuae not only do they sneak aspartame into things but spensa as well. I went to the store the other day to get some jusie and foudn only one that didn't have both sucrose (sugar) and sucrolose (splenda) in it.

I have not yet tried any thing with erythritol in it. This is a newer artificial sweetner tath is a sugar alcohol dirived from plants...they are starting to use it mixed with Stevia to counteract the bitterness (Truvia is the brand name). I have some, I keep it on hand for my mother, lol. I'm just to afraid to trie it, lol.
 
I always thought it was gross anyhow. If you want something sweet, just use sugar. Or eat fruits :)
 
I've been drinking diet drinks for decades. I have 2 Diet Dr Peppers 1st thing in the morning.

I don't believe they've played a part in my 2 seizures, but who knows.

The regular ones are too sweet for me and make me want to gag.

I should probably try and switch to coffee and use 1 sugar packet but I've never really liked coffee or what it does to my digestive system...no comment. :p
 
Everyone gets emails, with some very believable stories.

This thread is a prime example of that. The Aspartame horror has been running around for a while. Now you ask yourself, "How the hell can I find out if my email story is real or a hoax?"

Well, my children, there is a wonderful web site devoted to debunking claims such as these.

www.snopes.com

The original post is clearly found here
http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/aspartame.asp as a hoax.

Don't forget to bookmark...

www.snopes.com
 
Aspartame has not been proven to cause cancer, tumors or MS as far as I know, but many people have reported it as a potential seizure trigger. DogtorJ has posted quite a bit about the action of aspertame/aspertate in the system (it's the 'A' in GARD).
 
I was watching a story on news last night about the danger of Xylitol to dogs. However they also said that this fake sugar is helpful for osteoporosis. I don't have any problems with my diet drinks and think this might be helpful as I cannot tolerate side effects of osteoporisis drugs. Any word if this sweetner would be ok for people with E?
 
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