[Acb-diabetics] FW: Please read...

[Alice Ritchhart]

>The following is interesting.  My concern with it is the usual 
>internet problem of no author name.  It would be interesting to know 
>if the claims are true or not.
>Alice Ritchhart
>
>PLEASE READ!!!!!!!
>
>SWEET POISON!   A MUST READ!
>
>
>In October 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 was 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,
>Tinnitis,
>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
>concerning 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 too have a right to know!
>
>
>
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