Aspartame -More Dangerous Than High Fructose Corn Syrup

It's really hard to believe that something could bedisorientation
worse thanand seizures. If you are flying commercial, hope that
the intense sugar loads from high fructose cornyour
syrup and sucrose. But, Aspartame ( Equal,pilot isn't drinking diet soda.Visual ImpairmentDuring
Nutrasweet, Equal Measure, Spoonful, Canderal) isthe years of prohibition there were many cases of
even more dangerous to your health.Aspartame, wasblindness due to consumption of methyl alcohol,
first discovered in 1965 when Searle chemist Jimsince ethanol
Schlatter, who was developing this drug for another(the typical alcohol of most drinks, beers etc) was
purpose,banned.
accidentally licked some from his finger and found itToday we have an ophthalmologist in West Palm
to be sweet tasting. The ingredients in aspartameBeach, Florida
areDr. H.J. Roberts, who has treated hundreds of
phenylalanine(50%), aspartic acid (40%) and methylaspartame victims.
alcohol(10%).Aspartame Approved by the FDA inOne quarter of his patients have experienced
January 1981Even after about eight years ofblindness.
steadfast refusal by the FDA toAccording to Dr. Roberts "optic nerve swelling, retinal
approve this dangerous drug for human
consumption, Searle trieddegeneration and visual impairment, that is
one more time, the day after the inauguration ofassociated with heavy aspartame use, is identical to
the Presidentthe pathology observed in recorded cases of
in 1981. The previous commissioner of the FDA hadmethanol toxicity from drinking wood alcohol
beenthroughout the days of prohibition." This gets
"removed" and a new one installed. Despite an FDAespecially problematic since the American Diabetic
agencyAssociation still recommends aspartame. What is
investigation into this "approval by political triage,"frequently misdiagnosed as diabetic retinopathy is
the drug has not been removed from the marketoften aspartame retinopathy.Below is a partial list of
andother diseases that aspartame
the investigation was, in essence, abandoned.Whytoxicity can mimic or worsen. The list currently totals
get embalmed before it is absolutely
necessary?Methyl alcohol, also known as "wood"about 92 symptoms and diseases.Multiple
alcohol breaks down in theSclerosisParkinson's DiseaseLou Gehrig's
body to formaldehyde and DKP(diketopiperazine).diseaseDiabetesHypertensionChronic Fatigue
Formaldehyde, as many of you probably alreadySyndromeObesity ... yes, aspartame can actually
know, is embalming solution andcause weight gain.Phenylketonuria
highly toxic to the central nervous system. Why get(PKU)Phenylketonuria is a rare inherited (genetically
embalmedrecessive)
before it is absolutely necessary? Methyl alcoholmetabolic disease that can result in mental
causesretardation and
blindness and if the dose is large enough, it canother neurological problems if treatment is not
cause liverstarted in
and kidney failure. DKP is a known carcinogen andthe first few weeks of life. The defect is either
causes braincomplete
tumors. According to the National Cancer Instituteor partial absence of the enzyme phenylalanine
there hashydroxylase
been a 10% increase in primary brain tumors sincethat metabolizes phenylalanine to tyrosine. In view
1985. Thereof the
has also been an increase in brain tumors in childrenfact that aspartame is 50% phenylalanine, it is an
whoseabsolute
mothers consumed aspartame throughoutcontra-indication for anyone with PKU. Carriers for
pregnancy.Phenylalanine and Aspartic AcidThese arethe
both amino acids that are normally supplied by thetrait are also at risk for problems with aspartame.
foods that we eat. However, when they are isolatedThere
and supplied in very high concentrations, they areare over 100 different genetic mutations with
toxic to the central nervous system causingenzyme
headache, mental confusion and memory loss,activities from zero to normal. For more information
balance problems and seizures. These ingredientson
have been classified as excitotoxins.Excitotoxinaspartame and phenylketonuria follow the link below:
DamageExcitotoxin damage usually takes weeks toJ. Fox, Aspartame and Parkinson's Disease (or)
months to years to"Diet Pepsi Rots Your Brain"Michael J. Fox developed
become clinically apparent. Excitotoxins are alsoParkinson's at age 30. He was at one
strongtime a spokesman for Diet Pepsi and was known to
generators of free radicals thus accelerating aging ofbe addicted
mostto Diet Pepsi. Follow the link below for more on this:
organ systems, significantly the vascular system,see a very interesting movie about "political triage"
immune systemand the eventual "approval" of aspartame by the
compromise inducing cancer and the musculo-skeletalFDA
systemfollow the link below: more on the dangers of
resulting in arthritis. Joint pain is one of the chiefaspartame follow the links below:
complaints of those with aspartame poisoning.TheHealth TipAvoid aspartame completely. If you must
Blood-Brain BarrierAspartame is especially dangerousdrink sodas, you are
to those who already havebetter off to drink the non-diet variety. It is much
disease, the unborn and those less than one yeareasier
old.to lose a few pounds of fat, than be treated for a
Diabetes, high blood pressure, smoking and agingbrain tumor,
compromiseParkinson's disease or blindness.Read labels very
the blood-brain barrier. This barrier in the fetus andcarefully. Aspartame is in, at
neonatelast count, over 7000 foods, beverages including
is not well developed. These groups are especiallybeer, sports
sensitive tonutrition drinks and bars and even vitamins.If you are
the damaging effects of aspartame since the barriergoing to drink diet sodas, make sure to keep them
that wouldcool, as the breakdown of aspartame (which
keep the excitotoxins out of the brain is eitherproceeds unchecked
compromised oreven still in the can) is temperature and age
not developed yet. No wonder birth defects are alsodependant.
associatedThe higher the ambient (storage) temperature, the
with Aspartame.Formaldehyde (besides embalming)Itmore methyl
is known that formaldehyde accumulates in the areasalcohol and formaldehyde will be present in your
of thesoda.
brain that correspond to the neurodegenerativeAlso, the older the can of aspartame laden diet
symptoms ofsoda, the more
Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and Amyotrophic Lateralmethyl alcohol and formaldehyde will be present in
Sclerosisthe can.Reference:Stryer Biochemistry Fourth
(ALS) or Lou Gehrig's disease. Aspartame has alsoEditionCould There Be Evils Lurking In Aspartame
been shownConsumption?
to cause seizures in susceptible people, even with noBy Christine Lydon, MD
priorMericleDiet makes it easy to get off of all
history.Aspartame and PilotsWhen I was a Flightsweeteners,
Surgeon in the Air Force we were alwayssodas, candy and sports nutrition. It also makes it
concerned about any alcohol ingestion 24 hourseasy
before flying.to get off of any packaged or processed foods
Now, pilots have to be concerned about aspartamethat may
ingestioncontain or hide aspartame.Thanks for your attention.
before flying, since it can induce vertigo /