From Larry Frieders R. Ph.:


ASPARTAME (NutraSweet®) IS NOT YOUR FRIEND

It is a toxic chemical that can have serious effects on our nervous
system. I wrote about it on this page. There's a lot to the aspartame
story. It is a very profitable item for the drug company that makes
it. You can find it in just about every kind of food - even in some
so-called health foods. There are many studies that emphasize the
toxic nature of aspartame yet it is still on the market and remains
very popular.
It is sold as a no-calorie sweetener and most of us live with the
belief that using it instead of something like sugar (that contains
calories) will help up loose weight. That isn't true.

Recently I received an email from a friend with links to an
interesting article in The Idaho Observer. It is an interesting story
about how one person has used aspartame to get ride of - kill -
pests, like ants. Here's a quote from the article,

"How does it Work: Aspartame is a neuropoison. It most likely kills
the ants by interfering with their nervous system. It could be
direct, like stopping their heart, or something more subtle like
killing their sense of taste so they can't figure out what is
eatable, or smell, so they can't follow their trails, or mis-identify
their colonies members, so they start fighting each other. Not sure
what causes them to end up dying, just know that for many species of
ants it will kill them quickly and effectively."

Isn't that interesting? Here's a chemical that is in just about every
sweet food product and it is powerful enough to kill ants. Does
anyone really think that it would be ok for humans to ingest? I
don't. Do yourself a health-favor and get aspartame out of your diet.
Watch those labels. Our government insists that manufacturers put
them on all foods for a reason. When you know what you're eating you
will know what to avoid - or at least you'll know why you feel bad
when you've eaten something like aspartame.

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