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

Tue Oct 13 21:22:04 GMT 2009

I think Mike has an interesting observation.  As I think about diseases we
might contract from drinking the wrong stuff, I don't believe I can think of
even one Skid Row drunk who consume Kentucky bourgon and has M.S.    Bill
Lewis (grinning all the while)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "Discussion list for diabetics and/or ACB issues."
<acb-diabetics at acb.org>
Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 10:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Acb-diabetics] FW: Please read...

> NO problem.
>
> I also don't see why people drink soft drinks (diet or otherwise)
> although I will admit to having drunk a fair amount of Fresca in high
> school. Coffee is my poison of choice -- that and Maker's Mark bourbon!
> (har)
>
> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alice Ritchhart" <alice.ritchhart at comcast.net>
> To: "Discussion list for diabetics and/or ACB issues."
> <acb-diabetics at acb.org>
> Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 7:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [Acb-diabetics] FW: Please read...
>
>
> 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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