[Acb-diabetics] ***SPAM*** Re: FW: Please read...

[Simms, Diane]

Word of advise to all.  CHECK IT BEFORE YOU SPREAD IT.

Ms. D.

Alice Ritchhart wrote:
> Thanks
> I put it out there so I could get a response. My brother sent it (trying 
> to scare me) I'm sure. See he thinks I drink too much diet soft drinks. 
> I have never been much of a water drinker, and now even the flavored 
> water I drink has it in it.
> So thanks
> Alice
> 
> At 10:29 PM 10/12/2009, you wrote:
>> Alice:
>>
>> As you suspect, the whole thing is a bunch of hoacum. Check out
>>
>> http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/aspartame.asp
>>
>> One of the links in that article is to a TIME magazine article which
>> shreds the article to which you refer. The direct link to it is:
>>
>> http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990167,00.html
>>
>> Note that in the article you quote below, we do not hear which
>> conferences in what cities in what year the lectures suposedly took
>> place nor do we truly know who the doctors are and what their
>> qualifications are.
>>
>> Moreover, as the TIME article says, just as there is no cure for
>> everything, so there is no one cause for every disease. AS you say,
>> there are a number of things that Red Flag this article as total
>> crapola.
>>
>> Best to check with Snopes *before* posting. (grin)
>>
>> Take care.
>>
>> Mike Freeman
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Alice Ritchhart" <alice.ritchhart at comcast.net>
>> To: <acb-diabetics at acb.org>
>> Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 6:34 PM
>> Subject: [Acb-diabetics] FW: Please read...
>>
>>
>>
>> >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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