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Aspartame or NutraSweetTM,
EqualTM and SpoonfullTM
can all be very dangerous -- these are just some of the names of the
sugar replacement known as aspartame.
According to my research, aspartame can be very dangerous. For example,
when it exceeds the temperature of 86 degrees F, the wood alcohol in it
coverts to formaldehyde and then to formic acid, which can cause metabolic acidosis. Formic acid is
the poison found in the sting of red fire ants. Formaldehyde is what
they used to use to embalm dead creatures so they could be dissected by
scientists and students, until they realized it's really unhealthy for
living creatures.
Aspartame has a tendency to break down and produce methanol (that wood
alcohol I mentioned earlier), which is toxic on its own. If you get
"methanol toxicity" from having way too much aspartame can
make it seem like you have multiple sclerosis -- this, one scientist
says, means that some people are dignosed with having multiple
sclerosis when they don't actually have it. Multiple sclerosis won't
kill you, but methanol toxicity can.
Methanol breaks down further, too, creating formic acid and
formaldehyde. Phenylalanine can be another product of aspartame -- it
is also very dangerous for people with phenyketonuria, what my sources
said is a very common enzyme deficiency. (See the bottom of my article
for links.)
Aspartame can also cause migranes (very bad headaches). Aspartame also
can break down to diketopiperazine, or DKP, which has been proven to
cause brain tumors! My sources say aspartame can cause blindness,
seizures, chronic fatigue, hypertension (high blood pressure) and loss
of memory... those few things don't even make a stab at how dangerous
aspartame is, they say. Aspartame can visit a plague of 92 symptoms
listed by the FDA on you -- but the FDA hasn't blocked aspartame from
use in the United States. Editor's Note: If the FDA hasn't stopped the use of this
stuff, can it be so bad? Or is the government making a mistake?
According to the International Center for Nutritional Research, in
1969, Dr. Harry Waismon conducted a experiment about aspartame. He took
seven newborn monkeys and put aspartame in the milk that these monkeys
drank. Within 300 days of recieving the milk, one monkey died while
five of them developed seizures.
There are over 5,000 products that contian aspartame.
It may take years to kill a person, but aspartame very much can do it.
It causes all types of neurological problems. It changes the chemistry
in your brain and that's the reason for the severe seizures some people
are believed to have developed because of aspartame. Imagine what
aspartame is doing to people who suffer from Parkinson's disease or
epilepsy. Aspartame can also cause birth defects. It can cause blood
pressure to go out of control and cause people to go into coma. This is
what my sources say, at least.
Aspartame is most commonly found in diet sodas, popsicles, and other
"sugar free" food.
This is ElmoGirl6, signing off! Bye-bye!
Sources:
http://www.spiritual-endeavors.org/health/aspartame.htm
http://www.lightparty.com/Health/DangersOfAspartame.html
http://www.stsci.edu/stsci/service/wsf/magazine/win_issue/win_nutrasweet.html
Editor's
Note: That last link looks like the best one -- like most
products, it says, folks should eat aspartame in moderation. That
means, don't chug the Diet Coke, but don't panic if you do drink it
every so often. If you're worried, ask your doctor... and in the
meantime, keep reading and writing to the Times about what you discover
about aspartame and everything else under the sun!
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