WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE and the MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION
    F.D.A. ISSUING FOR COLLUSION WITH MONSANTO

    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, they
    announced that there was an epidemic of multiple sclerosis and
    systemic lupus, and they did not understand what toxin was
    causing this to be rampant across the United States. I
    explained that I was there to lecture on exactly that subject.
    When the temperature of Aspartame 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 multiple sclerosis; thus people were
    being diagnosed with having multiple sclerosis in error.
 As I stated, this (in my personal opinion) contains some misinformation. Aspartame does not contain methanol (wood alcohol) as stated but can produce some methanol on decomposition.  I rather doubt the amounts of methanol produced could be high enough to produce any serious effects. 

       The multiple sclerosis is not a death sentence, where
    methanol toxicity is. In the case of systemic lupus, we are
    finding it has become almost as rampant as multiple sclerosis,
    especially Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi drinkers. Also, with
    methanol toxicity, the victims usually drink three to four 12
    oz. Cans of them per day, some even more. In the cases of
    systemic lupus, which is triggered by ASPARTAME, the victim
    usually does not know  that the aspartame is the culprit The
    victim continues its use aggravating the lupus to such a
    degree, that sometimes it becomes life threatening.     When
    we get people off the aspartame, those with systemic lupus
    usually become asymptomatic. Unfortunately, we can not reverse
    this disease. On the other hand, in the case of those
    diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, (when in reality, the
    disease is methanol toxicity), most of the symptoms disappear.
    We have seen cases where their vision has returned and even
    their hearing has returned. 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
    this, is it reversible?" It is rampant. Some of the speakers
    at my lecture even were 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 by product usage!

       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?  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.

       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 as been done. The drug and chemical
    lobbies have very deep pockets. Now there are over 5,000
    products containing this chemical, and the PATIENT HAS
    EXPIRED!!!!!

       At the time of this first hearing, people were going blind.
    The methanol in the aspartame converts to formaldehyde in the
    retina of the eye.Formaldehyde is grouped in the same class of
    drugs as cyanide and arsenic- DEADLY POISONS!!! Unfortunately,
    it just takes longer to quietly kill, but it is killing people
    and causing all kinds of neurological problems.

       Aspartame changes the brain's chemistry. It is the reason
    for severe seizures. This drug changes the dopamine level in
    the brain. Imagine what this drug does to patients suffering
    from Parkinson's Disease. This drug  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.

       Aspartame is especially deadly for diabetics. 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.  People were telling us at the Conference of the
    American College of Physicians, that they had relatives that
    switched from saccharine to an aspartame product and how that
    relative had eventually gone into a coma. Their physicians
    could not get the blood sugar levels under control. Thus, the
    patients suffered acute memory loss and eventually coma and
    death.     Memory loss is due to the fact that aspartic acid
    and phenylalanine are neurotoxic without the other amino acids
    found in protein. Thus it goes past the blood brain barrier
    and deteriorates the neurons of the brain. Dr. Russell
    Blaylock, neurosurgeon, said, "The ingredients stimulates 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"  (Health Press
    1-800-643-2665). Dr. H.J. Roberts, diabetic specialist and
    world expert on aspartame poisoning, has also written a book
    entitled "DEFENSE AGAINST ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE"
    (1-800-814-9800). Dr. Roberts tells how aspartame poisoning is
    escalating Alzheimer's Disease, and indeed it is. As the
    hospice nurse told me, women are being admitted at 30 years of
    age with Alzheimer's Disease. Dr. Blaylock and Dr. Roberts
    will be writing a position paper with some case histories and
    will post it 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".  Dr. Roberts realized
    what was happening when aspartame was first marketed. He said
    "his diabetic patients presented memory loss, confusion, and
    severe vision loss". At the Conference of the American College
    of Physicians, doctors admitted that they did not know. They
    had wondered why seizures were rampant (the phenylalanine in
    aspartame breaks down the seizure threshold and depletes
    serotonin, which causes manic depression, panic attacks, rage
    and violence).

       Just before the Conference, I received a FAX from Norway,
    asking for a possible antidote for this poison because they
    are experiencing so many problems in their country. This
    "poison" is now available in 90 PLUS countries worldwide.
    Fortunately, we had speakers and ambassadors at the
    Conference from different nations who have pledged their help.
    We ask that you help too. Print this article out and warn
    everyone you know. Take anything that contains aspartame back
    to the store. Take the "NO ASPARTAME TEST" and send us your
    case history.

       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 can not criticize any
    additives or tell about their link to MONSANTO. How bad is
    this?     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, 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.

       Aspartame Disease is partially the cause to what is behind
    some of the mystery of the Dessert 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 Dessert Storm troops. (Remember heat can liberate the
    methanol from the aspartame at 86 degrees F). Diet drinks sat
    in the 120 degree 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.
    Dr. Roberts says "consuming aspartame at the time of
    conception can cause birth defects". The phenylalanine
    concentrates in the placenta, causing mental retardation,
    according to Dr. Louis Elsas, Pediatrician Professor -
    Genetics, at Emory University in his testimony before
    Congress.

       In the original lab tests, animals developed brain tumors
    (phenylalanine breaks down into DXP, a brain tumor agent).
    When Dr. Espisto was lecturing on aspartame me, one physician
    in the audience, a neurosurgeon, said, "when they remove brain
    tumors, they have found high levels of aspartame in them".

       Stevia, a sweet food, NOT AN ADDITIVE, which helps in the
    metabolism of sugar, which would be ideal for diabetics, has
    now been approved as a dietary supplement by the F.D.A. For
    years, the F.D.A. has outlawed this sweet food because of
    their loyalty to MONSANTO.

       If it says "SUGAR FREE" on the label-- DO NOT EVEN THINK
    ABOUT IT!!!!!l!  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 in
    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. Since the
    Conference of the American College of Physicians, we hope to
    have the help of some world leaders. Again, please help us
    too.     There are a lot of people out there who must be
    warned, *please* let them know this information.
 Again, please do not forward warnings like the one you see above. 

If you are interested, I encourage you to search the web on "aspartame" and draw your own conclusions. This is not a clear black and white issue; there is a lot of evidence on both sides....