4 more positive reviews for While Science Sleeps, Prof. Woodrow C.
Monte, on Amazon.com: Rich Murray 2012.02.26
http://rmforall.blogspot.com/2012/02/4-more-positive-reviews-for-while.html
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1641


http://www.amazon.com/While-Science-Sleeps-Woodrow-Monte/product-reviews/1452893\
675/ref=sr_1_1_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars My daughter died, January 10, 2012
By Wade (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: While Science Sleeps (Paperback)

This book helps me better understand some of the following.
My teenage daughter started drinking diet-colas with aspartame, and
soon after she started having seizures.
That lead to an eternal stream of medications and their side affects,
including blurred erratic speech when to many pills were prescribed.
She kept drinking that stuff.
I begged her to stop.
She moved on to bi-polar depressions and screaming rages.
When she was in her 30s, a Harvard professor, who created
Epilepsy.com, told me 'aspartame definitely lowers the threshold for
seizures'.
More begging.
I couldn't get her to quit.
Addiction, I guess, like cigarettes and alcohol.
She became evermore mentally unstable.
Simultaneous care from a neurologist, psychiatrist, and psychologist.
She received government financial assistance.
Finally I felt guilty at feeling relieved when she died in her late
30s, with no quality of life left.
20 years of suffering.
Two car crashes with my grandchildren in the car.
Tears.
Pain.
Death for my daughter.
At one time she was so lovely and happy.
She gave that drink to her grandson.
He started having rages in the classroom and at home.
The father, grandmother, and me, the grandfather, took control with
constant adult supervision.
My wonderful grandchild never had another rage after no more drinking
aspartame in the diet-cola.
No more car crashes with adult supervision and her not being alone
with the children.
I so wish as a young parent I had been able to understand what's in this book.
I'll never understand why the FDA allows aspartame to be placed in
1,000s of food and beverage products.
I could ramble on, like this, in tears, for such a long time... need
to go think about something else.


2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars "Governments and Health Autorities MUST wake up",
February 4, 2012
By Jimmac - See all my reviews
This review is from: While Science Sleeps (Paperback)

"While Science Sleeps"
Even with my own limited knowledge of biology and how the body handles
methanol and formaldehyde, I found this book totally believable and
exciting reading,
it provides a step by step scientific route for anyone serious about
tackling the DOC (Diseases of Civilisation).
The analogies used - Pulling the pin on the hand grenade, the Doves
the Sparrow hawk and the Crazy Hawk, the big friendly Macrophage,
these and the illustrations showing the relative size of molecules etc
brought the science alive and much easier to follow.
- If Prof. Monte's compelling suggestion that formaldehyde alone,
delivered into the body from a man made food additive, is to blame for
the development of - MS, Alzheimer's, Autism, Lupus, Brain Tumours,
cancers and others can be true, this book MUST be taken seriously.
- Both the UK Governments and the UK health authorities (excluding the
FSA, who cannot be trusted where methanol in our food is concerned)
have a DUTY of CARE to all existing and new sufferers of DOC, to
investigate all and any science which points to the possibility of a
cure.
The simple expedient of eliminating methanol from manufactured foods
in the human diet must be an attractive, no cost solution for
Governments to pursue, even as a precautionary step to a complete ban
on manmade sources of methanol in our diets.
- Irrespective of the Global scientific opinion, Science is but one
tool in the box and must not be allowed to exclude, Observation,
Intuition, and Common Sense.
- Individual DOC charities and trusts must lobby the government to get
Professor Monte's conclusions independently vindicated or refuted.
The book is written so that non-scientific readers can understand the
concept that a single deadly chemical could be the cause of all the
DOC's raging out if control today
- please now read the Mr. Wade's comment "My daughter died".


1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A truly important work!, February 16, 2012
By Ralph G. Walton - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: While Science Sleeps (Paperback)

Dr. Woodrow Monte has written what I consider one of the most
important contributions to the medical and popular literature in many
years!
This should be required reading for every physician, medical student
and indeed, anyone interested in their health.

[ Aspartame and Psychiatric Disorders, Ralph G. Walton, M.D.: Murray 2007.09.20
http://rmforall.blogspot.com/2007/09/aspartame-and-psychiatric-disorders.html
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1474

http://www.prlog.org/10050221-testimonial-ralph-walton-md-former-psychiatry-prof\
essor-to-hawaii-health-committee-re-aspartame.html

Ralph G. Walton, M.D.,
Medical Director, Safe Harbor Behavioral Health
500 Gypsy Lane, P.O. Box 240 Youngstown,
OH 44501             330-740-3621       rwalton193@...

http://www.neoucom.edu/DEPTS/Psychiatry/walton.htm
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry,
Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Adjunct Professor Of Psychiatry,
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine

1330 W 26th Street
Erie, PA 16508-1402
Phone: (814) 451-2345


Dr. Walton's research on Scientific Peer Reviewed Studies and Funding:
http://www.dorway.com/doctors.html#walton

"Survey of aspartame studies: correlation of outcome and funding
sources," 1998, unpublished: http://www.dorway.com/peerrev.html

Walton found 166 separate published studies in the peer reviewed medical
literature, which had relevance for questions of human safety.

The 74 studies funded by industry all (100%) attested to aspartame's
safety, whereas of the 92 non-industry funded studies, 84 (91%)
identified a problem.

Six of the seven non-industry funded studies that were favorable to
aspartame safety were from the FDA, which has a public record that shows
a strong pro-industry bias.


http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1077
Eight depressed people react strongly to aspartame, Prof. Ralph G.
Walton, MD, 1993 double-blind study, full text: Murray 2004.04.26

"Adverse reactions to aspartame: double-blind challenge in patients
from a vulnerable population," 1993,
Ralph G. Walton, Robert Hudak, Ruth J. Green-Waite,
Biological Psychiatry, 34 (1), 13-17.
http://www.mindfully.org/Health/Aspartame-Adverse-Reactions-1993.htm

Eight depressed patients, ages 24-60, and five non-depressed controls,
ages 24-56, employed at the hospital, were given for 7 days either
aspartame or a placebo, and then after a 3 day break, given the opposite.

Each got 2100 mg aspartame daily, 30 mg/kg body weight, equal to 10-12
cans of diet soda daily, about a gallon.

Despite the very small number of subjects, the results were dramatic and
statistically significant.

The eight depressed patients reported with aspartame, compared to
placebo, much higher levels of nervousness, trouble remembering, nausea,
depression, temper, and malaise. (For each symptom, p < 0.01)

The five normals did not report strong enough differences between
aspartame and placebo to be significant.

Initially, the study was to be on a group of 40, but was halted by the
Institutional Review Board because of severe reactions among 3 of the
depressed patients.

Again, statistical significance with only 8 depressed patients:

"In this study, patients most often began to report significant symptoms
after day 2 or 3."

The incidence rate is very high, indeed, about 1/3.

The most common symptoms are entirely typical of thousands of case
histories.

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/622
Gold: Koehler: Walton: Van Den Eeden: Leon:
Aspartame toxicity: Four double-blind studies  ]


5.0 out of 5 stars While Science Sleeps, February 23, 2012
By Kristin B. Ayer - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)
This review is from: While Science Sleeps (Paperback)

Dear Woody,

Many times I've come to a book filled with excitement and curiosity
and soon given up on it.
How could someone take such an exciting subject and make it so dry, so
lifeless, so cheerless, so boring, I wondered.
It takes a special, special gift.
Not so with your book.
You have taken an accumulation of 30 years of study, a complex,
difficult subject for many of us without an extensive chemical
background, and made it not only understandable, but interesting.
The language is clear and approachable, terms defined, not just once,
but several times, in case we forgot.
Illustrations help the reader imagine what was going on in the body.
Personal stories make it human and drive the points home.
Woody, I think your most remarkable achievement is that you have
written a book that should and can have wide appeal.
The structure makes it possible for people of differing educational
levels to access the information, take what they need or pursue all
the references.
I found it to be compelling, engrossing, informative, "entertaining,"
and devastating.
I have only one negative, and I may have missed something.
I was looking for the references in the book for my husband who was
and is also reading it, and didn't realize until I reached page 70, I
believe, that they were listed online on your site.
He would have liked to have known that sooner.
Maybe I skipped over a note you had at the beginning.
As shocking and horrifying as the science is, I believe I was even
more disheartened to learn of the attempts to conceal your findings as
well as those of other scientists.
I was left again with a feeling of distrust and almost hopelessness,
although there is much we can do to help ourselves.

Readers who would like to study in depth may access the bibliography
and references on Woody's web site <...>


long: Low doses of ethanol prevent harm from methanol from smoking and
aspartame, which otherwise the human body always quickly turns into
formaldehyde via the ADH enzyme inside the cells of blood vessels and
many tissues: Rich Murray 2010.02.26

This is inevitably a co-factor in many diseases of civilization since
1800, ranging from heart disease to Alzheimers to cancers to birth
defects like spina bifida and autism, which all have been increasing
rapidly since the approval of aspartame in 1981.

Prof. Woodrow C. Monte (Nutrition, Arizona State University, retired)
sent Chapter 12, Autism and Other Birth Defects, to EFSA in early
Novmber 2011, with a hundred mainstream scientific references,
available free as online full texts, in his comprehensive review
"While Science Sleeps: A Sweetener Kills", with 740 references
published January 1 2012.

His book is now available as an Kindle electronic book,
$ 9.80 download, readable on any computer via free software,
Amazon.com .

within mutual service,  Rich Murray

MA Boston University Graduate School 1967 psychology,
BS MIT 1964 history and physics


new book, concise opus "While Science Sleeps" life saving facts re
aspartame (methanol, formaldehyde) -- 740 full text references are
free online -- Woodrow "Woody" C. Monte, retired Prof. of Nutrition,
Arizona State University: Rich Murray 2012.01.03
http://rmforall.blogspot.com/2012/01/new-book-concise-opus-while-science.html
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1631

http://www.amazon.com/While-Science-Sleeps-Woodrow-Monte/dp/1452893675/ref=sr_1_\
2?ie=UTF8&qid=1325344126&sr=8-2

about 240 pages text, with 740 full text references free online
$ 37.98 paperback -- see:

www.WhileScienceSleeps.com

http://www.amazon.com/review/RNGG3O7U33VCV


Rich Murray,
MA Boston University Graduate School 1967 psychology,
BS MIT 1964 history and physics,
254-A Donax Avenue, Imperial Beach, CA 91932
rmforall@...
                                              505-819-7388
Skype audio, video rich.murray11

http://RMForAll.blogspot.com
new primary archive

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/messages
group with 117 members, 1,641 posts in a public archive

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartame/messages
group with 782 members, 24,473 posts in a public archive


While Science Sleeps, methanol from cigarettes and aspartame becomes
formaldehyde inside human cells -- Table of Contents,  WC  Monte bio,
Kindle electronic book version $ 9.80 Amazon.com: Rich Murray
2012.01.26
http://rmforall.blogspot.com/2012/01/while-science-sleeps-methanol-from.html
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1636

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1641


http://www.amazon.com/While-Science-Sleeps-Woodrow-Monte/product-reviews/1452893\
675/ref=sr_1_1_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars My daughter died, January 10, 2012
By Wade (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: While Science Sleeps (Paperback)

This book helps me better understand some of the following.
My teenage daughter started drinking diet-colas with aspartame, and
soon after she started having seizures.
That lead to an eternal stream of medications and their side affects,
including blurred erratic speech when to many pills were prescribed.
She kept drinking that stuff.
I begged her to stop.
She moved on to bi-polar depressions and screaming rages.
When she was in her 30s, a Harvard professor, who created
Epilepsy.com, told me 'aspartame definitely lowers the threshold for
seizures'.
More begging.
I couldn't get her to quit.
Addiction, I guess, like cigarettes and alcohol.
She became evermore mentally unstable.
Simultaneous care from a neurologist, psychiatrist, and psychologist.
She received government financial assistance.
Finally I felt guilty at feeling relieved when she died in her late
30s, with no quality of life left.
20 years of suffering.
Two car crashes with my grandchildren in the car.
Tears.
Pain.
Death for my daughter.
At one time she was so lovely and happy.
She gave that drink to her grandson.
He started having rages in the classroom and at home.
The father, grandmother, and me, the grandfather, took control with
constant adult supervision.
My wonderful grandchild never had another rage after no more drinking
aspartame in the diet-cola.
No more car crashes with adult supervision and her not being alone
with the children.
I so wish as a young parent I had been able to understand what's in this book.
I'll never understand why the FDA allows aspartame to be placed in
1,000s of food and beverage products.
I could ramble on, like this, in tears, for such a long time... need
to go think about something else.


2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars "Governments and Health Autorities MUST wake up",
February 4, 2012
By Jimmac - See all my reviews
This review is from: While Science Sleeps (Paperback)

"While Science Sleeps"
Even with my own limited knowledge of biology and how the body handles
methanol and formaldehyde, I found this book totally believable and
exciting reading,
it provides a step by step scientific route for anyone serious about
tackling the DOC (Diseases of Civilisation).
The analogies used - Pulling the pin on the hand grenade, the Doves
the Sparrow hawk and the Crazy Hawk, the big friendly Macrophage,
these and the illustrations showing the relative size of molecules etc
brought the science alive and much easier to follow.
- If Prof. Monte's compelling suggestion that formaldehyde alone,
delivered into the body from a man made food additive, is to blame for
the development of - MS, Alzheimer's, Autism, Lupus, Brain Tumours,
cancers and others can be true, this book MUST be taken seriously.
- Both the UK Governments and the UK health authorities (excluding the
FSA, who cannot be trusted where methanol in our food is concerned)
have a DUTY of CARE to all existing and new sufferers of DOC, to
investigate all and any science which points to the possibility of a
cure.
The simple expedient of eliminating methanol from manufactured foods
in the human diet must be an attractive, no cost solution for
Governments to pursue, even as a precautionary step to a complete ban
on manmade sources of methanol in our diets.
- Irrespective of the Global scientific opinion, Science is but one
tool in the box and must not be allowed to exclude, Observation,
Intuition, and Common Sense.
- Individual DOC charities and trusts must lobby the government to get
Professor Monte's conclusions independently vindicated or refuted.
The book is written so that non-scientific readers can understand the
concept that a single deadly chemical could be the cause of all the
DOC's raging out if control today
- please now read the Mr. Wade's comment "My daughter died".


1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A truly important work!, February 16, 2012
By Ralph G. Walton - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: While Science Sleeps (Paperback)

Dr. Woodrow Monte has written what I consider one of the most
important contributions to the medical and popular literature in many
years!
This should be required reading for every physician, medical student
and indeed, anyone interested in their health.

[ Aspartame and Psychiatric Disorders, Ralph G. Walton, M.D.: Murray 2007.09.20
http://rmforall.blogspot.com/2007/09/aspartame-and-psychiatric-disorders.html
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1474

http://www.prlog.org/10050221-testimonial-ralph-walton-md-former-psychiatry-prof\
essor-to-hawaii-health-committee-re-aspartame.html

Ralph G. Walton, M.D.,
Medical Director, Safe Harbor Behavioral Health
500 Gypsy Lane, P.O. Box 240 Youngstown,
OH 44501             330-740-3621       rwalton193@...

http://www.neoucom.edu/DEPTS/Psychiatry/walton.htm
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry,
Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Adjunct Professor Of Psychiatry,
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine

1330 W 26th Street
Erie, PA 16508-1402
Phone: (814) 451-2345


Dr. Walton's research on Scientific Peer Reviewed Studies and Funding:
http://www.dorway.com/doctors.html#walton

"Survey of aspartame studies: correlation of outcome and funding
sources," 1998, unpublished: http://www.dorway.com/peerrev.html

Walton found 166 separate published studies in the peer reviewed medical
literature, which had relevance for questions of human safety.

The 74 studies funded by industry all (100%) attested to aspartame's
safety, whereas of the 92 non-industry funded studies, 84 (91%)
identified a problem.

Six of the seven non-industry funded studies that were favorable to
aspartame safety were from the FDA, which has a public record that shows
a strong pro-industry bias.


http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1077
Eight depressed people react strongly to aspartame, Prof. Ralph G.
Walton, MD, 1993 double-blind study, full text: Murray 2004.04.26

"Adverse reactions to aspartame: double-blind challenge in patients
from a vulnerable population," 1993,
Ralph G. Walton, Robert Hudak, Ruth J. Green-Waite,
Biological Psychiatry, 34 (1), 13-17.
http://www.mindfully.org/Health/Aspartame-Adverse-Reactions-1993.htm

Eight depressed patients, ages 24-60, and five non-depressed controls,
ages 24-56, employed at the hospital, were given for 7 days either
aspartame or a placebo, and then after a 3 day break, given the opposite.

Each got 2100 mg aspartame daily, 30 mg/kg body weight, equal to 10-12
cans of diet soda daily, about a gallon.

Despite the very small number of subjects, the results were dramatic and
statistically significant.

The eight depressed patients reported with aspartame, compared to
placebo, much higher levels of nervousness, trouble remembering, nausea,
depression, temper, and malaise. (For each symptom, p < 0.01)

The five normals did not report strong enough differences between
aspartame and placebo to be significant.

Initially, the study was to be on a group of 40, but was halted by the
Institutional Review Board because of severe reactions among 3 of the
depressed patients.

Again, statistical significance with only 8 depressed patients:

"In this study, patients most often began to report significant symptoms
after day 2 or 3."

The incidence rate is very high, indeed, about 1/3.

The most common symptoms are entirely typical of thousands of case
histories.

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/622
Gold: Koehler: Walton: Van Den Eeden: Leon:
Aspartame toxicity: Four double-blind studies  ]


5.0 out of 5 stars While Science Sleeps, February 23, 2012
By Kristin B. Ayer - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)
This review is from: While Science Sleeps (Paperback)

Dear Woody,

Many times I've come to a book filled with excitement and curiosity
and soon given up on it.
How could someone take such an exciting subject and make it so dry, so
lifeless, so cheerless, so boring, I wondered.
It takes a special, special gift.
Not so with your book.
You have taken an accumulation of 30 years of study, a complex,
difficult subject for many of us without an extensive chemical
background, and made it not only understandable, but interesting.
The language is clear and approachable, terms defined, not just once,
but several times, in case we forgot.
Illustrations help the reader imagine what was going on in the body.
Personal stories make it human and drive the points home.
Woody, I think your most remarkable achievement is that you have
written a book that should and can have wide appeal.
The structure makes it possible for people of differing educational
levels to access the information, take what they need or pursue all
the references.
I found it to be compelling, engrossing, informative, "entertaining,"
and devastating.
I have only one negative, and I may have missed something.
I was looking for the references in the book for my husband who was
and is also reading it, and didn't realize until I reached page 70, I
believe, that they were listed online on your site.
He would have liked to have known that sooner.
Maybe I skipped over a note you had at the beginning.
As shocking and horrifying as the science is, I believe I was even
more disheartened to learn of the attempts to conceal your findings as
well as those of other scientists.
I was left again with a feeling of distrust and almost hopelessness,
although there is much we can do to help ourselves.

Readers who would like to study in depth may access the bibliography
and references on Woody's web site <...>


long: Low doses of ethanol prevent harm from methanol from smoking and
aspartame, which otherwise the human body always quickly turns into
formaldehyde via the ADH enzyme inside the cells of blood vessels and
many tissues: Rich Murray 2010.02.26

This is inevitably a co-factor in many diseases of civilization since
1800, ranging from heart disease to Alzheimers to cancers to birth
defects like spina bifida and autism, which all have been increasing
rapidly since the approval of aspartame in 1981.

Prof. Woodrow C. Monte (Nutrition, Arizona State University, retired)
sent Chapter 12, Autism and Other Birth Defects, to EFSA in early
Novmber 2011, with a hundred mainstream scientific references,
available free as online full texts, in his comprehensive review
"While Science Sleeps: A Sweetener Kills", with 740 references
published January 1 2012.

His book is now available as an Kindle electronic book,
$ 9.80 download, readable on any computer via free software,
Amazon.com .

within mutual service,  Rich Murray

MA Boston University Graduate School 1967 psychology,
BS MIT 1964 history and physics


new book, concise opus "While Science Sleeps" life saving facts re
aspartame (methanol, formaldehyde) -- 740 full text references are
free online -- Woodrow "Woody" C. Monte, retired Prof. of Nutrition,
Arizona State University: Rich Murray 2012.01.03
http://rmforall.blogspot.com/2012/01/new-book-concise-opus-while-science.html
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1631

http://www.amazon.com/While-Science-Sleeps-Woodrow-Monte/dp/1452893675/ref=sr_1_\
2?ie=UTF8&qid=1325344126&sr=8-2

about 240 pages text, with 740 full text references free online
$ 37.98 paperback -- see:

www.WhileScienceSleeps.com

http://www.amazon.com/review/RNGG3O7U33VCV


Rich Murray,
MA Boston University Graduate School 1967 psychology,
BS MIT 1964 history and physics,
254-A Donax Avenue, Imperial Beach, CA 91932
rmforall@...
                                              505-819-7388
Skype audio, video rich.murray11

http://RMForAll.blogspot.com
new primary archive

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/messages
group with 117 members, 1,641 posts in a public archive

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartame/messages
group with 782 members, 24,473 posts in a public archive


While Science Sleeps, methanol from cigarettes and aspartame becomes
formaldehyde inside human cells -- Table of Contents,  WC  Monte bio,
Kindle electronic book version $ 9.80 Amazon.com: Rich Murray
2012.01.26
http://rmforall.blogspot.com/2012/01/while-science-sleeps-methanol-from.html
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1636

Hi there aspartame@yahoogroups.com what's going on? start this and forget about
all your financial troubles i put all my effort into this
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methanol/formaldehyde paradigm for multiple sclerosis,  free full 56
page chapter 9 pdf, While Science Sleeps, 146 full text references
online, Prof. Woodrow C. Monte: Rich Murray 2012.03.20
http://rmforall.blogspot.com/2012/03/methanolformaldehyde-paradigm-for.html
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1642


http://www.whilesciencesleeps.com/multiple-sclerosis-the-solution/

Multiple Sclerosis: The Cause and the Solution Uncovered -- at Last!

An exhaustive analysis of the medical and scientific literature,
authored by a uniquely qualified food scientist, persuasively reveals
the cause of MS and describes a path to recovery and prevention.

The symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis are identical to those of an
uncommon form of poisoning -- methanol poisoning.
Individuals who have been exposed to this poison over a long period of
time, in fact, develop MS.
This poison -- methanol -- is a major component of cigarette smoke,
which, until now, has been the only known cause of Multiple Sclerosis.

Dr. Monte's compelling work reveals that this poison is also contained
in certain foods that are canned and smoked or have had the insidious
sweetener, aspartame, added to them.
Unfortunately, the truth has been obscured due to the fact that
methanol is a poison only to humans and not to (laboratory) animals.

If you have MS, or love someone who does, you and your physician
should read what Dr. Monte has to say about methanol and its link to
MS.
To expedite the free exchange of what might be lifesaving information
about this disease, there is a file attached below to his website that
contains a full copy of Chapter 9 of his book, While Science Sleeps.
This chapter examines the cause of MS and posits the simple dietary
changes that can save your life.

Download a free copy of Chapter 9 and have a read
[ 99 pages, including list of all 740 full text online references for
book -- Chapter 9 has 146 references ]:

http://www.whilesciencesleeps.com/files/While%20Science%20Sleeps%20-%20Chapter%2\
09%20(Prepublication%20copy)%20Website%203-15-2012.pdf

The references are located on his website:

http://www.whilesciencesleeps.com/references/ ,

as are the simple dietary changes that you must follow because your
life may depend on it:

http://www.whilesciencesleeps.com/monte-diet/ .

Everything you need to know about MS is in Chapter 9.
If you are interested in knowing more about methanol poisoning and its
link to other diseases of civilization, you will want to read the
entire book, While Science Sleeps, by Woodrow C. Monte PHD, Emeritus
Professor of Nutrition and Food Science, Arizona State University.

Chapter 9:
Multiple Sclerosis

The Conflagration that is Multiple Sclerosis;
Listening to Nature’s Whispers;
The Scene of the Crime;
Location, Location, Location;
Details of Plaque Formation;
The Look, Touch, Taste and Smell of Multiple Sclerosis;
The Kitchen Autopsy;
The Cause of MS is within the Thickening Blood Vessels;
Symptoms Mean Little Unless They Are Identical in All Ways…Then They
Mean Everything!;
Learn a Little About Arginine;
Myelin Basic Protein (MBP);
Looking for the Shadow of Formaldehyde;
“Woody… They Have Done Our Experiment for Us.… But They Just Don’t Get It!”;
Finding the Shadow of Formaldehyde in the MS Brain: The Smoking Gun (a
Triple Blind Study);
Evidence That Methanol Causes MS;
The Etiology of Multiple Sclerosis -- Follow the Methanol;
A Food Scientist’s Nightmare Called Aspartame;
MS: a Disease of Colder Climates and Flush Toilets -- Before Aspartame;
A World Awash in MS after Aspartame;
Change in Frequency of MS by Sex:
the Methanol Source -- Food or Smoke -- Makes All the Difference;
Can Methanol Really Cause MS?;
MS Can Be Found in Some Places, but Cannot be Found in Others;
Industrial Exposure to Methanol -- Jobs that Can Last for an Eternity;
Teachers’ Paradigm;
MS Treatment -- Pharmaceutical Placeboes or Perhaps Worse;
Conclusion and Review;

Conclusion and Review

You can see for yourself now that the daily administration of methanol
to the human organism does not go unnoticed by the immune system.
The evidence is simply far too overwhelming for the pharmaceutical
industries to credibly justify ignoring it any longer.
As a scientist I can do little more than present a coherent molecular
theory, and then prove the hypothesis using three paradigms with two
distinct methods of methanol administration.
Viewing methanol toxicity as the etiologic cause of MS answers all of
the nagging questions and unexplained anomalies that have stalled the
search for the cause of this disease.
I realize that absolutely nothing can convince the pharmaceutical
giants, who are now heavily invested in developing their own useless
palliatives for MS, to give them up and rally around the methanol
hypothesis.
In the end, however, I believe that the truth will win out.
Henry Miller prophesied over 50 years ago:
It is possible that the cause of multiple sclerosis lies buried
somewhere in these lengthy protocols waiting to be found by someone
ingenious enough to unearth it.[#306]

Review

1. MS is a disease that begins around brain blood vessels, adjacent to
the exact locations where methanol converts to formaldehyde, very much
like Alzheimer’s Disease.

2. MS was first discovered long before formaldehyde, making the
determination of its cause impossible.

3. The vast majority of early researchers believed that the cause of
MS was a “toxic substance” that forms in and is distributed via the
blood vessels of the brain. “Whatever is being produced within the
vessel walls is the cause of the disease.”

4. All symptoms of MS can be found during the course of methanol
poisoning if the patient lives long enough.

5. Myelin Basic Protein (MBP) is the protein of the myelin sheath that
is removed during MS plaque development.
MBP contains a high percentage of arginine, which acts as a trap for
formaldehyde.
The MBP of MS patients has been shown to have reacted with
formaldehyde and cause a marked increase of the methylation of its
arginine.

6. The MBP of MS brain tissue has been shown to be severely deficient
in phosphorylation, which we know can be caused by formaldehyde.

7. The Smoking Paradigm: Cigarette smoke is high in methanol and is
the only etiological cause of MS that is generally accepted by the
scientific community.

8. Consistent circumstantial evidence links increases in
methanol-containing food consumption and in industrial use of methanol
to corresponding increases in MS incidence during the transition from
the 19th century into the 20th century.

9. The advent of aspartame, a methanol carrier, has introduced an
opportunity to quantify additional methanol in the food supply since
1981.

10. The Aspartame Paradigm: statistics show convincingly that as more
and more aspartame is consumed by the US population the incidence of
-- and perhaps more importantly the death rate from -- MS has also
increased dramatically.

11. The higher incidence of MS in colder climates was due to the
higher consumption levels of canned fruits and vegetables in temperate
climates.
This began reversing shortly after methanol-containing diet sodas and
other thirst quenching products became popular and inexpensive in the
tropics.

12. MS was at one time a disease of men when it was caused by
industrial contact.
It is increasingly more of a women’s disease.
When methanol is inhaled as a gas during cigarette smoking or
industrial contamination the distribution tends to be equal between
the sexes.
The stomach of the man, however, has 4 or 5 times more ADH in its
lining than that of a woman.
When methanol is consumed via diet soda, the ADH removes methanol
before it can get to the brain, so less of it reaches men’s brains
than women’s brains.
As more and more methanol has become a dietary poison, the shift from
male to female disease has followed.

13. The Faroe Islands are surrounded by countries with very high
incidence of MS, yet the country traditionally did not have the
disease represented in its population until after the occupation of
large numbers of British Troops during the Second World War.
Faroes have no trees or peat deposits and, therefore, developed
methods to salt and air dry fish and other meats for preservation,
unlike its neighbors, who dine on smoked foods at each meal.
The indigenous diet of the Faroans contains no methanol.

14. The Village of Wellington, Ohio experienced an epidemic of MS that
should have been traced to the escape of methanol fumes from a
foundry, affecting the populace located downwind of it.

15. Professions such as shoe making and papermaking that have been
shown to have high incidence of MS can also be shown to have exposed
their workers to levels of methanol.

16. The Teaching Paradigm:
The US teaching profession might just be the best profession to use to
link methanol exposure to increased incidence of MS.
Secondary school teachers suffer an incidence of MS almost twice as
high as their professional counterparts.
They also can be shown to have had consistent workday exposure to
methanol fumes by the ubiquitous use of Ditto machines that use high
concentrations of methanol as a print transfer agent.

It has been over 30 years since I heard my first unsolicited plea for
help from an aspartame consumer who had linked consumption of the
product to her suffering. My first thought after an hour’s listening
was that this courageous young woman would soon be diagnosed with
Multiple Sclerosis.
It is in her honor and in the memory of my friend from Wellington,
Colorado that I seek to explain the compelling link between methanol
and MS.


[ http://www.whilesciencesleeps.com/pdf/224.pdf

224.  Kim J, Mastronardi F, Wood D, Lubman D, Zand R, Moscarello M.
Multiple Sclerosis: An important role for post-translational
modifications of myelin basic protein in pathogenesis.
Molecular & Cellular Proteomics 2003;2(7):453-62.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12832457  abstract

http://www.mcponline.org/content/2/7/453.full?sid=4999b20c-f767-4934-88e4-7a8cc4\
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The Monte methanol paradigm posits a simple, obvious major co-factor
for many novel diseases of civilization -- vastly increasing the
opportunity for extremely positive social service via avoiding all
methanol sources: Rich Murray 2012.02.06

Methanol from smoking and aspartame, in humans alone, is always made
into formaldehyde via the ADH enzyme inside the cells of blood vessels
and many tissues -- a little alcohol protects.

Many novel diseases of civilization result since 1800 -- heart,
stroke,  Alzheimers, cancers, MS, autism,  spina bifida -- increasing
rapidly with aspartame since 1981.


4 more positive reviews for While Science Sleeps, Prof. Woodrow C.
Monte, on Amazon.com: Rich Murray 2012.02.26
http://rmforall.blogspot.com/2012/02/4-more-positive-reviews-for-while.html
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1641


While Science Sleeps, methanol from cigarettes and aspartame becomes
formaldehyde inside human cells -- Table of Contents, WC  Monte bio,
Kindle electronic book version $ 9.80 Amazon.com: Rich Murray
2012.01.26
http://rmforall.blogspot.com/2012/01/while-science-sleeps-methanol-from.html
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1636


new book, concise opus "While Science Sleeps" life saving facts re
aspartame (methanol, formaldehyde) -- 740 full text references are
free online -- Woodrow "Woody" C. Monte, retired Prof. of Nutrition,
Arizona State University: Rich Murray 2012.01.03
http://rmforall.blogspot.com/2012/01/new-book-concise-opus-while-science.html
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1631

www.WhileScienceSleeps.com

$ 37.98 text 236 pages -- 740 full text references free online --
Kindle electronic book, $ 9.80

http://www.amazon.com/review/RNGG3O7U33VCV


Rich Murray,
MA Boston University Graduate School 1967 psychology,
BS MIT 1964 history and physics,
254-A Donax Avenue, Imperial Beach, CA 91932-1918
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Thanks Alex - I appreciate it.

I think the aspartame is making me say "baby baby baby" all night long!

--- In aspartame@yahoogroups.com, Alex <alexinscarborough@...> wrote:
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> Scott, 
> The 'withdrawal' symptoms you are experiencing are due to the aspartame. It
really is an addictive substance, your body is craving it. Hence the headaches.
> Best thing to do is go Cold Turkey. Drink water, flush your system out.
Aspartame contains methanol, that converts to formic acid and formaldehyde. It
is a culmitive toxin, it stores in your body.
> Ask yourself "What is a safe quantity of toxin to consume?" I'd say about
none!
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> Take care, Y'all !
> Alex
> ScarboroughUK.
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> --- On Tue, 17/5/11, SDC in NS <sdcampbell1@...> wrote:
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> From: SDC in NS <sdcampbell1@...>
> Subject: [Aspartame Support] Caffeine or Aspartame?
> To: aspartame@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tuesday, 17 May, 2011, 18:03
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Assistant Prof. R. Harikumaran Nair, Mahatma Gandhi U,  studies on
liver and lung harm re aspartame -- human harm re wood and paper
mills, home cooking fuels, car exhaust, organic solvents, diabetes, --
which all have methanol/formaldehyde, while MSG is also neurotoxic --
most modern "Diseases of Civilization" are involved via the Monte
methanol/formaldehyde paradigm: Rich Murray 2012.03.30
http://rmforall.blogspot.com/2012/03/assistant-prof-r-harikumaran-nair.html
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1644


"Histopathological examination revealed mild vascular congestion in the
1,000 mg/kg b.w. group of aspartame-treated rats."

Drug Chem Toxicol. 2012 Mar 2. [Epub ahead of print]
Long-term consumption of aspartame and brain antioxidant defense status.
Abhilash M,
Sauganth Paul MV,
Varghese MV,
Nair RH.  R. Harikumaran Nair <harinair@...>,
School of Biosciences, Mahatma Gandhi University , Kottayam , India.

Abstract

The present study investigated the effect of long-term intake of
aspartame, a widely used artificial sweetener, on antioxidant defense
status in the rat brain.

Male Wistar rats weighing 150-175 g were randomly divided into three
groups as follows:
The first group was given aspartame at a dose of 500 mg/kg body weight (b.w.);
the second group was given aspartame at dose of 1,000 mg/kg b.w., respectively,
in a total volume of 3 mL of water; and
the control rats received 3 mL of distilled water.
Oral intubations were done in the morning, daily for 180 days.

The concentration of reduced glutathione (GSH) and the activity of
glutathione reductase (GR) were significantly reduced in the brain of
rats that had received the dose of 1,000 mg/kg b.w. of aspartame,
whereas only a significant reduction in GSH concentration was observed
in the 500-mg/kg b.w. aspartame-treated group.

Histopathological examination revealed mild vascular congestion in the
1,000 mg/kg b.w. group of aspartame-treated rats.

The results of this experiment indicate that long-term consumption of
aspartame leads to an imbalance in the antioxidant/pro-oxidant status
in the brain, mainly through the mechanism involving the
glutathione-dependent system.
PMID: 22385158


Aspartame water in rats for 6 months causes liver harm, RH Nair et al,
Mahatma Gandhi U, Food Chem Toxicol 2011.03.02: Rich Murray 2011.03.12
http://rmforall.blogspot.com/2011/03/aspartame-water-in-rats-for-6-months.html
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1620

"Histopathological examination revealed leukocyte infiltration in
aspartame-treated rats (1000 mg/kg.b.wt)."

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21376768

Food Chem Toxicol. 2011 Mar 2. [Epub ahead of print]
Effect of long term intake of aspartame on antioxidant defense status in liver.
Abhilash M, Paul MV, Varghese MV, Nair RH.
School of Biosciences, Mahatma Gandhi University,
Kottayam, Kerala, India, 686560.
harikumarannair@..., harinair@...,

Abstract

The present study evaluates the effect of long term intake of
aspartame, the artificial sweetener, on liver antioxidant system and
hepatocellular injury in animal model.
Eighteen adult male Wistar rats, weighing 150 - 175 g, were randomly
divided into three groups as follows:
first group was given aspartame dissolved in water in a dose of 500 mg/kg.b.wt;
the second group was given a dose of 1000 mg/kg.b.wt;
and controls were given water freely.
Rats that had received aspartame (1000 mg/kg.b.wt) in the drinking
water for 180 days showed a significant increase in activities of
alanine aminotransferase (ALT),
aspartate aminotransferase (AST),
alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and
y-glutamyl transferase (GGT).
The concentration of reduced glutathione (GSH)
and the activity of glutathione peroxidase (GPx), and
glutathione reductase (GR)
were significantly reduced in the liver of rats that had received
aspartame (1000 mg/kg.b.wt).
Glutathione was significantly decreased in both the experimental groups.

Histopathological examination revealed leukocyte infiltration in
aspartame-treated rats (1000 mg/kg.b.wt).

It can be concluded from these observations that long term consumption
of aspartame leads to hepatocellular injury and alterations in liver
antioxidant status mainly through glutathione dependent system.
Copyright 2011. Published by Elsevier Ltd. PMID: 21376768

Souganth Paul, MV - Research Fellow

Abhilash, M - Research Fellow

Varghese, Mathews V - Research Fellow


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School of Bio-Sciences

Teacher Profiles

Name: Dr. R. Harikumaran Nair    [ R. Harikumaran Nair
<harinair@...>  ]
Designation: Assistant Professor
Address: Room No. 5
School of Biosciences,
Mahatma Gandhi University
Priyadarshini Hills. P O. , Kottayam-686 560
Kerala, India
Phone:             +91- 481- 2731035       Extension: 16
Mobile Phone:             +91-94472 60362
Email: harikumarannair@..., harinair@...,

Research Interest

In our laboratory, we study the effect of food additives such as
monosodium glutamate,
aspartame, drug component arsenic trioxide and other toxins like
organic solvents on different
physiological mechanisms in rats and tissue culture model systems.
Another area of interest
is environmental and occupational stress.

Academic Profile
Ph. D-Physiology (2001), School of Biosciences, Mahatma Gandhi
University, Kottayam,
Kerala, India
M. Sc- Zoology (1994) University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India,
B. Sc-Zoology (1992) University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India,

Professional Experience:

*Lecturer in Physiology (Permanent service) - School of Biosciences,
Mahatma Gandhi
University, Kerala, India. 22nd May 2006 to present
*Lecturer in Physiology (contract service) - School of Biosciences,
Mahatma Gandhi
University, Kerala, India. 20th November 2003 to 21st May 2006
*Postdoctoral Research fellow- Dept. of Physiology, St. John’s Medical College,
Bangalore, India. 01st March 2002 to 15th July 2002
*Research Fellow – School of Biosciences, Mahatma Gandhi University,
Kottayam, Kerala,
India. October 1995- April 2001

Group Members

Sagi, T.M - Research Fellow

Souganth Paul, M.V - Research Fellow

Abhilash, M .- Research Fellow

Varghese, Mathews V.  - Research Fellow

Manju Alex - Research Fellow

Publications:

Scientific Proceedings

1. Abhilash M, Shashidhar S, Harikumaran Nair R.
The role of electrolytes in cataractogenesis and modulation by silver
nitrate in albino rats.
22nd Kerala Science Congress. 28-31 January 2010. KFRI, Peechi,
Thrissur, Kerala, India

2. Sauganth Paul, Harikumaran Nair R, Shashidhar.S.
Lipid peroxidation and antioxidant activities in hypertensive subjects
of different age group,
Indian Science Congress, Medical Sciences section. 03.01.2010 to
07.01.2010, University of Kerala,
Kerala, India

Publications

1. Ajitha Kumari R, Shashidar S and Harikumaran Nair R.
Oxidative stress and lung functions in diabetic mellitus.
Biomedicine. 2010 (accepted)

*******2. Pankajam K, Harikumaran Nair R, Kesavachandran C, Rethamma
KV, and Shashidhar S.
Effects of Automobile exhaust pollution on the pulmonary functions in
shopkeepers.
Pollution Research. 2005; 24(1): 51-56.

3. Kesavachandran.C, Harikumaran Nair R. and Shashidhar.S.
Pulmonary function studies in Kalarypayathu Practitioners.
Ind. J. Physiol. Pharmacol., 2004, 48(2), 235-240.

4. Geetha. B., Harikumaran Nair R., Kesavachandran.C.,Susan Chandy and
Shashidhar. S.,
Pulmonary functions in workers of fertilizer and chemical Industry.
Ind.J.Physiol.Pharmacol.2001:45(2):215-221.

5. Geetha B., Harikumaran Nair R., Kesavachandran,C and Shashidhar, S.,
Respiratory Function Studies in Rare Earth Factory Workers.
Pollution Research 2001: 20(1):115-119.

6. Kesavachandran.C., Harikumaran Nair R.,and Shashidhar.S..
Lung Volumes in Swimmers performing different strokes.
Ind.J.Med.Sci.2001:55(12):669-676.

*******7. Reethamma K.V., Harikumaran Nair R., Kesavachandran C and
Shashidhar S.
Effect of Wood Dust on Lung Functions.
Pollution Research 2000:19(4):693-699.

8. Harikumaran Nair R., Kesavachandran C and Shashidhar S..
Spirometric Impairments in Undernourished Children.
Ind.J.Physiol.Pharmacol.1999, 43(4):467-473.

9. Harikumaran Nair R.,Kesavachandran C.,Sanil R.,Sreekumar R and Shashidhar S.
Prediction Equation for Lung Functions in South Indian Children.
Ind.J.Physiol.Pharmacol.1997, 41(4):390-396.

10. Kesavachandran C., Sanil R., Harikumaran Nair R.,Arun A.Rauf and
Shashidhar S..
Pulmonary Function Studies in Rowers.
Ind.J.Physiol.Pharmacol.1997,41(1):29 –34.

*******11. Bindu K.Pazhur,Susan Chandy, Harikumaran Nair R.,and Shadhidhar S.
Effect of Domestic Cooking Fuels on Lung Functions in Women.
Pollution Research 1997, 16(3):149-154.

Scientific Papers in International Conference:

*******1. Geetha B, Harikumaran Nair R, Kesavachandran C and Shashidhar S.
Respiratory Function Studies on Newsprint Factory workers.
International Conference on Health, Occupation and Environment in
Unorganized sector -- problems and Road maps (ICHOE 2004). November
1-3, 2004, Industrial
Toxicology Research Centre (ITRC, CSIR), Lucknow, INDIA.

*******2. Rethamma K V, Harikumaran Nair R, Kesavachandran C and Shashidhar S.
Pulmonary function status among Wood workers.
International Conference on Health, Occupation and Environment in
Unorganized sector -- problems and Road maps (ICHOE 2004). November
1-3, 2004, Industrial Toxicology Research Centre (ITRC, CSIR),
Lucknow, INDIA.

Academic & Administrative Duties

• Chairman, B Sc Biophysics Board of Examinations, University of
Calicut, Kerala, India

• Convenor & Member, Institutional Animal Ethics Committee, Mahatma
Gandhi University, Kerala, India

• Member Secretary, Institutional Human Ethics Committee, Mahatma
Gandhi University, Kerala, India

• External Examiner in Fundamentals of Physiology, School of Medical
Education, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India

• Member, Campus Development Committee, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India

Training undertaken :( 2007 Onwards)

• Refresher Course in Lifesciences. 08.12.2009 to 29.12.2009. UGC
Academic Staff College, University of Kerala, Kerala

• University workshop on Research Projects, 02.04.2009. Mahatma Gandhi
University, Kerala

• UGC sponsored short term course for Research Guides. 23.03.2009 to
28.03.2009, UGC Academic Staff College, University of Kerala, Kerala.

• Workshop on Curriculum Design for B.Sc. Biophysics Course. Kerala
State Higher Education Council and the University of Calicut, Kerala,
24.02.2009 to 28.02.2009

Research Collaborations

IITR- Lucknow,UP, India

NIIST- Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

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"2.1.4
Major Area:
Polylectrolyte multilayer membranes for environmental applications .....

d. Improvement of the fuel efficiency of Direct Methanol Fuel Cells (DMFC)

Direct methanol fuel cells (DMFC)” using methanol as fuel is a
promising candidate to compete with conventional batteries.
The technology behind DMFC is still in the early stages of
development, but it has been successfully demonstrated powering mobile
phones and laptop computers --potential target end uses in future
years. Improvements in catalysts and other recent developments have
increased power density 20-fold and the efficiency may eventually
reach 40%.
Recently, layer-by-layer (LBL) assembly of polyelectrolytes on ionomer
membranes have shown to be an efficient method to improve the
performance of DMFC.
With the development of self assembled (multilayered) membranes, we
can very well incorporate naturally occurring bio degradable materials
  to modify the existing membranes and render them the properties
suitable for variety of purposes in an economical fashion.
The power density of DMFC is expected to increase by deposition of
suitable polyelectrolyte as very thin layers.
By suitable architecture of surface layers methanol permeability can be tuned.
Later on nafilms will be replaced by other good proton conducting
membranes and the suitability of this as DMFC will be studied."


The Advanced Centre of Environmental Studies  and  Sustainable Development

The Advanced Centre of Environmental Studies and Sustainable
Development (ACESSD) is an Inter-university Centre aims to integrate
Environmental Studies and Sustainable Development.
It has been envisaged as a common centre where all branches of
Science, Social Science as well as Humanities converge so as to
facilitate the conduct of programmes with inter-disciplinary
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The Centre also visualizes the presence of multidisciplinary scholars,
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The centre is housed in the School of Environmental Sciences of
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There are Science and Social Science groups to coordinate the
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The Centre has the state-of-the-art facilities for advanced level research.
It works with an open-minded approach and established linkages with
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MS toxin: methanol from wood and cigarette smoke, dark wines and
liquors, aspartame -- in humans only, made by ADH enzyme into
formaldehyde within and next to brain blood vessels and neurons --
forming cumulative micro lesions in MS and Alzheimer's: Woodrow C.
Monte text "While Science Sleeps": Rich Murray 2012.03.29


The paradox of the U-shaped curve for many modern "Diseases Of
Civilization" for no alcohol to little alcohol to heavy alcohol
long-term use is that ethanol prevents the ADH enzyme from turning the
methanol into formaldehyde.  Having a 2.5 hour half-life in blood,
enough methanol remains in the blood after all the ethanol has been
made into mildly toxic acetaldehyde -- then production of formaldehyde
starts in all sites with high ADH levels, notably brain blood vessels
in some key locations for multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer's.

At the fourth week of pregnancy, the fetus is vulnerable to spina bifida
and other birth defects, such as autism and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.

This is why methanol, itself as fairly nontoxic in small doses as
alcohol is, only shows toxic symptoms a dozen hours after ingestion.

Hospitals treat methanol toxicity with ethanol to shut down the
production of formaldehyde.

Fruits and vegetables have enough ethanol to mitigate the conversion
of methanol into formaldehyde.

Bacteria in the colon can also give this low level of protective ethanol.

As always in medical science, there are vast individual differences in
the presentation of chronic methanol toxicity.

However, since 1806 with canning, methanol, from pectins in fruits and
vegetables, heated in sealed cans and jars, steadily grew in urban
human diets, with the first cases of MS and Alzheimer's being found
within a few decades.

Formaldehyde quickly binds to adjacent DNA, RNA, and proteins, and,
until recently, remaining invisible to scientific detection.

Woodrow C. Monte,  Emeritus Prof. Nutrition, Arizona State University,
has honed this paradigm since his pioneer review in 1984, "Aspartame,
Methanol, and the Public Health", and has now responsibly released his
new comprehensive review for intelligent citizens, "While Science
Sleeps", with 740 free online full text pdf scientific references on
his site: www.WhileScienceSleeps.com .


methanol/formaldehyde paradigm for multiple sclerosis, free full 56
page chapter 9 pdf, While Science Sleeps, 146 full text references
online, Prof. Woodrow C. Monte: Rich Murray 2012.03.20
http://rmforall.blogspot.com/2012/03/methanolformaldehyde-paradigm-for.html
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1642


http://www.whilesciencesleeps.com/multiple-sclerosis-the-solution/

Multiple Sclerosis: The Cause and the Solution Uncovered -- at Last!

An exhaustive analysis of the medical and scientific literature,
authored by a uniquely qualified food scientist, persuasively reveals
the cause of MS and describes a path to recovery and prevention.

The symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis are identical to those of an
uncommon form of poisoning -- methanol poisoning.
Individuals who have been exposed to this poison over a long period of
time, in fact, develop MS.
This poison -- methanol -- is a major component of cigarette smoke,
which, until now, has been the only known cause of Multiple Sclerosis.

Dr. Monte's compelling work reveals that this poison is also contained
in certain foods that are canned and smoked or have had the insidious
sweetener, aspartame, added to them.
Unfortunately, the truth has been obscured due to the fact that
methanol is a poison only to humans and not to (laboratory) animals.

If you have MS, or love someone who does, you and your physician
should read what Dr. Monte has to say about methanol and its link to
MS.
To expedite the free exchange of what might be lifesaving information
about this disease, there is a file attached below to his website that
contains a full copy of Chapter 9 of his book, While Science Sleeps.
This chapter examines the cause of MS and posits the simple dietary
changes that can save your life.

Download a free copy of Chapter 9 and have a read
[ 99 pages, including list of all 740 full text online references for
book -- Chapter 9 has 146 references ]:

http://www.whilesciencesleeps.com/files/While%20Science%20Sleeps%20-%20Chapter%2\
09%20(Prepublication%20copy)%20Website%203-15-2012.pdf

The references are located on his website:

http://www.whilesciencesleeps.com/references/ ,

as are the simple dietary changes that you must follow because your
life may depend on it:

http://www.whilesciencesleeps.com/monte-diet/ .

Everything you need to know about MS is in Chapter 9.
If you are interested in knowing more about methanol poisoning and its
link to other diseases of civilization, you will want to read the
entire book, While Science Sleeps, by Woodrow C. Monte PHD, Emeritus
Professor of Nutrition and Food Science, Arizona State University.

Chapter 9:
Multiple Sclerosis

The Conflagration that is Multiple Sclerosis;
Listening to Nature's Whispers;
The Scene of the Crime;
Location, Location, Location;
Details of Plaque Formation;
The Look, Touch, Taste and Smell of Multiple Sclerosis;
The Kitchen Autopsy;
The Cause of MS is within the Thickening Blood Vessels;
Symptoms Mean Little Unless They Are Identical in All Ways...Then They
Mean Everything!;
Learn a Little About Arginine;
Myelin Basic Protein (MBP);
Looking for the Shadow of Formaldehyde;
"Woody... They Have Done Our Experiment for Us.... But They Just Don't Get It!";
Finding the Shadow of Formaldehyde in the MS Brain: The Smoking Gun (a
Triple Blind Study);
Evidence That Methanol Causes MS;
The Etiology of Multiple Sclerosis -- Follow the Methanol;
A Food Scientist's Nightmare Called Aspartame;
MS: a Disease of Colder Climates and Flush Toilets -- Before Aspartame;
A World Awash in MS after Aspartame;
Change in Frequency of MS by Sex:
the Methanol Source -- Food or Smoke -- Makes All the Difference;
Can Methanol Really Cause MS?;
MS Can Be Found in Some Places, but Cannot be Found in Others;
Industrial Exposure to Methanol -- Jobs that Can Last for an Eternity;
Teachers' Paradigm;
MS Treatment -- Pharmaceutical Placeboes or Perhaps Worse;
Conclusion and Review;

Conclusion and Review

You can see for yourself now that the daily administration of methanol
to the human organism does not go unnoticed by the immune system.
The evidence is simply far too overwhelming for the pharmaceutical
industries to credibly justify ignoring it any longer.
As a scientist I can do little more than present a coherent molecular
theory, and then prove the hypothesis using three paradigms with two
distinct methods of methanol administration.
Viewing methanol toxicity as the etiologic cause of MS answers all of
the nagging questions and unexplained anomalies that have stalled the
search for the cause of this disease.
I realize that absolutely nothing can convince the pharmaceutical
giants, who are now heavily invested in developing their own useless
palliatives for MS, to give them up and rally around the methanol
hypothesis.
In the end, however, I believe that the truth will win out.
Henry Miller prophesied over 50 years ago:
It is possible that the cause of multiple sclerosis lies buried
somewhere in these lengthy protocols waiting to be found by someone
ingenious enough to unearth it.[#306]

Review

1. MS is a disease that begins around brain blood vessels, adjacent to
the exact locations where methanol converts to formaldehyde, very much
like Alzheimer's Disease.

2. MS was first discovered long before formaldehyde, making the
determination of its cause impossible.

3. The vast majority of early researchers believed that the cause of
MS was a "toxic substance" that forms in and is distributed via the
blood vessels of the brain. "Whatever is being produced within the
vessel walls is the cause of the disease."

4. All symptoms of MS can be found during the course of methanol
poisoning if the patient lives long enough.

5. Myelin Basic Protein (MBP) is the protein of the myelin sheath that
is removed during MS plaque development.
MBP contains a high percentage of arginine, which acts as a trap for
formaldehyde.
The MBP of MS patients has been shown to have reacted with
formaldehyde and cause a marked increase of the methylation of its
arginine.

6. The MBP of MS brain tissue has been shown to be severely deficient
in phosphorylation, which we know can be caused by formaldehyde.

7. The Smoking Paradigm: Cigarette smoke is high in methanol and is
the only etiological cause of MS that is generally accepted by the
scientific community.

8. Consistent circumstantial evidence links increases in
methanol-containing food consumption and in industrial use of methanol
to corresponding increases in MS incidence during the transition from
the 19th century into the 20th century.

9. The advent of aspartame, a methanol carrier, has introduced an
opportunity to quantify additional methanol in the food supply since
1981.

10. The Aspartame Paradigm: statistics show convincingly that as more
and more aspartame is consumed by the US population the incidence of
-- and perhaps more importantly the death rate from -- MS has also
increased dramatically.

11. The higher incidence of MS in colder climates was due to the
higher consumption levels of canned fruits and vegetables in temperate
climates.
This began reversing shortly after methanol-containing diet sodas and
other thirst quenching products became popular and inexpensive in the
tropics.

12. MS was at one time a disease of men when it was caused by
industrial contact.
It is increasingly more of a women's disease.
When methanol is inhaled as a gas during cigarette smoking or
industrial contamination the distribution tends to be equal between
the sexes.
The stomach of the man, however, has 4 or 5 times more ADH in its
lining than that of a woman.
When methanol is consumed via diet soda, the ADH removes methanol
before it can get to the brain, so less of it reaches men's brains
than women's brains.
As more and more methanol has become a dietary poison, the shift from
male to female disease has followed.

13. The Faroe Islands are surrounded by countries with very high
incidence of MS, yet the country traditionally did not have the
disease represented in its population until after the occupation of
large numbers of British Troops during the Second World War.
Faroes have no trees or peat deposits and, therefore, developed
methods to salt and air dry fish and other meats for preservation,
unlike its neighbors, who dine on smoked foods at each meal.
The indigenous diet of the Faroans contains no methanol.

14. The Village of Wellington, Ohio experienced an epidemic of MS that
should have been traced to the escape of methanol fumes from a
foundry, affecting the populace located downwind of it.

15. Professions such as shoe making and papermaking that have been
shown to have high incidence of MS can also be shown to have exposed
their workers to levels of methanol.

16. The Teaching Paradigm:
The US teaching profession might just be the best profession to use to
link methanol exposure to increased incidence of MS.
Secondary school teachers suffer an incidence of MS almost twice as
high as their professional counterparts.
They also can be shown to have had consistent workday exposure to
methanol fumes by the ubiquitous use of Ditto machines that use high
concentrations of methanol as a print transfer agent.

It has been over 30 years since I heard my first unsolicited plea for
help from an aspartame consumer who had linked consumption of the
product to her suffering. My first thought after an hour's listening
was that this courageous young woman would soon be diagnosed with
Multiple Sclerosis.
It is in her honor and in the memory of my friend from Wellington,
Colorado that I seek to explain the compelling link between methanol
and MS.


[ http://www.whilesciencesleeps.com/pdf/224.pdf

224.  Kim J, Mastronardi F, Wood D, Lubman D, Zand R, Moscarello M.
Multiple Sclerosis: An important role for post-translational
modifications of myelin basic protein in pathogenesis.
Molecular & Cellular Proteomics 2003;2(7):453-62.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12832457  abstract

http://www.mcponline.org/content/2/7/453.full?sid=4999b20c-f767-4934-88e4-7a8cc4\
1ee4ca
free html rich full text version ]


The Monte methanol paradigm posits a simple, obvious major co-factor
for many novel diseases of civilization -- vastly increasing the
opportunity for extremely positive social service via avoiding all
methanol sources: Rich Murray 2012.02.06

Methanol from smoking and aspartame, in humans alone, is always made
into formaldehyde via the ADH enzyme inside the cells of blood vessels
and many tissues -- a little alcohol protects.

Many novel diseases of civilization result since 1800 -- heart,
stroke,  Alzheimers, cancers, MS, autism,  spina bifida -- increasing
rapidly with aspartame since 1981.


4 more positive reviews for While Science Sleeps, Prof. Woodrow C.
Monte, on Amazon.com: Rich Murray 2012.02.26
http://rmforall.blogspot.com/2012/02/4-more-positive-reviews-for-while.html
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1641


While Science Sleeps, methanol from cigarettes and aspartame becomes
formaldehyde inside human cells -- Table of Contents, WC  Monte bio,
Kindle electronic book version $ 9.80 Amazon.com: Rich Murray
2012.01.26
http://rmforall.blogspot.com/2012/01/while-science-sleeps-methanol-from.html
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1636


new book, concise opus "While Science Sleeps" life saving facts re
aspartame (methanol, formaldehyde) -- 740 full text references are
free online -- Woodrow "Woody" C. Monte, retired Prof. of Nutrition,
Arizona State University: Rich Murray 2012.01.03
http://rmforall.blogspot.com/2012/01/new-book-concise-opus-while-science.html
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1631

www.WhileScienceSleeps.com

$ 37.98 text 236 pages -- 740 full text references free online --
Kindle electronic book, $ 9.80

http://www.amazon.com/review/RNGG3O7U33VCV

see slide show of 18 research studies re huge increases of MS in women
in warm countries since aspartame diet drinks started in USA July,
1983, especially in hot summer months:

http://www.whilesciencesleeps.com/multiple-sclerosis/


Rich Murray,
MA Boston University Graduate School 1967 psychology,
BS MIT 1964 history and physics,
254-A Donax Avenue, Imperial Beach, CA 91932-1918
rmforall@...
505-819-7388  cell
619-623-3468  home
http://RMForAll.blogspot.com

Oh goody!  I get "plastered" to get rid of the methanol?  I'm not really a
drinker.. but that's an interesting suggestion.

So... a rum & diet coke kinda cancels each other out?


--- In aspartame@yahoogroups.com, Allan Rydberg <arydberg@...> wrote:
>
> For what it is worth a remedy  for Methanol is ethyl alcohol  i.e.:  
 whisiky, beer etc.    
>
>
> ________________________________
>  From: SDC in NS <sdcampbell1@...>
> To: aspartame@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 3:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [Aspartame Support] Caffeine or Aspartame?
>
> Thanks Alex - I appreciate it.
>
> I think the aspartame is making me say "baby baby baby" all night long!
>
> --- In aspartame@yahoogroups.com, Alex <alexinscarborough@> wrote:
> >
> > Scott, 
> > The 'withdrawal' symptoms you are experiencing are due to the aspartame. It
really is an addictive substance, your body is craving it. Hence the headaches.
> > Best thing to do is go Cold Turkey. Drink water, flush your system out.
Aspartame contains methanol, that converts to formic acid and formaldehyde. It
is a culmitive toxin, it stores in your body.
> > Ask yourself "What is a safe quantity of toxin to consume?" I'd say about
none!
> >
> > Take care, Y'all !
> > Alex
> > ScarboroughUK.
> >
> > --- On Tue, 17/5/11, SDC in NS <sdcampbell1@> wrote:
> >
> > From: SDC in NS <sdcampbell1@>
> > Subject: [Aspartame Support] Caffeine or Aspartame?
> > To: aspartame@yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Tuesday, 17 May, 2011, 18:03
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
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> >  
> >
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> >
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> >     
> >     
> >       When ever I cut back on my Diet Coke intake (which isn't huge - maybe
500 ml per day) I get headaches.
> >
> >
> >
> > Is what I'm feeling the caffeine withdraw, or does going "cold turkey" on
the sweeteners have a withdraw affect too?
> >
> >
> >
> > Any thoughts?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >
> >
> > Scott
> >
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Hi, group. So glad to find you.

I have been eating/drinking products with ASP since I was a child. I was a few
years old when it was introduced to the market.

At only 32 years old I have felt like I was dying. My list of symptoms is very
long. I was, of course, tested for everything under the sun including lupus and
arthritis. The only thing they found was a vitamin D deficiency. I had basically
accepted that at 32 I am probably at the half way point of my life. I really
couldn't see living past 65 at the rate I have deteriorated.

About 6 months ago I decided to quit caffeine. I thought that was causing many
of my ails since all the tests were normal. 3 months off caffeine (but still
consuming ASP products) and I still felt like total crap. During this time, I
really missed Diet Coke more than anything else. I craved it. I get a metallic
taste in my mouth when I'm craving it. I felt addicted to it. It was always
strange because I could drink coffee until I get in bed and sleep fine, but if I
had one diet coke past 2 pm I would be up all night. So anyway, I started
drinking caffeine free diet coke. Within 5 minutes of the first can my heart
started racing and I felt dizzy....this is the first time I was 100% sure it was
the artificial sweetner affecting me negatively.

I got back on caffeine and regular diet coke since I felt like crap anyway.
Recently (last Wednesday) I decided to quit ASP. I read every label and got rid
of it. I was drinking 2 - 4 diet cokes during the week and much more on the
weekends. I chewed at least a pack of ASP containing gum a week. Low-fat yogurt
daily. Sugar fee koolaid, jello, low fat this, low fat that, sugar fee this and
that. I have been conciously eating/drinking ASP products in large quantities
for 20 years, including while I was pregnant.

Both of my kids have brain problems. One has autism, mood disorder and sensory
disorder. The other is growth hormone deficient. I have made it my mission to
find out why. I just have such a hard time believing that it was just our luck
for me to have 2 children with rare disorders. We don't have this in my family
history. I have a cousin who has a kid w/ autism, and that's it. I believe I
poisoned my fetus's with ASP and it caused me to have 2 children with rare
disorders.

There was always something in my head that told me that ASP was very bad for
children. I must have read it somewhere along the way. I have let my kids have
ASP products, but not regularly or knowingly. Now it is banned from my household
and I advised my 12 yo no more sugar free gum, no low fat anything or sugar free
anything. I told him no matter how tempting it is, don't eat it when offered.
It's frustrating because I only have so much control over what they consume with
one being in daycare and the other being in school all day. When I talk to
people about it they think I'm nuts and I know they won't adhere to it.

The day after I stopped all ASP, the brain cloud lifted. I can think and
remember things now. I can have a normal converstation without struggling to
recall words or the purpose of the conversation. This was extremely noticeable
right away. I don't feel completely dehydrated anymore. I always blamed this
feeling on caffeine, but it was the ASP. The rash that has been above my knees
for 2 years was gone within 3 days. The rash I've had on the back of my legs for
about 4 months is almost gone. The itching is gone. Hives are gone. Burning
spots on skin are gone so far. I am not unbearably cold anymore. Tingling in my
toes and fingers are gone so far. My stool is starting to harden and become
normal. The daily morning nausea is gone.

I have a ton of other symptoms and only time will tell if they will go away. My
vision is still very blurry. The carpal tunnel I have in both arms has really
been acting up since I quit. My stomach hurts really bad. I feel like my body is
going through some heavy duty detox right now.

I have some questions I hope you can help me with:

-Where can I get information on supplements that might help my detox?

-Is there a low cost hair analysis? I have looked into having a hair analysis
and I can't afford it.

-What can I do to help get ASP out of our food?

-Is there any way to talk to people about the dangers of ASP without them
thinking I'm a nut? After all, it is approved by the FDA....

-I feel the EPA is the only agency that may be objective and non-corrupt enough
to get ASP out of our food and have proper testing done to prove it is harmful.
How can we encourage them to do more?

-How can I place a complaint of side effects with the FDA? I went through their
website and can't find where to submit a complaint.

Thank you.

http://www.naturallysavvy.com/naturally-speaking/the-dangers-of-aspartame-poison\
ing

Thanks for the advice!

MY VISION IS CLEAR TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS!!!!!

--- In aspartame@yahoogroups.com, kirsty shepheard <kirsty17@...> wrote:
>
>
> yours is one of the most frank and undisputable asp poisoning storys i have
ever read.there are many people better qualified than me to recomend a
comprehensive repair statogy,but very good quality b vits [not the sort from
supermarkets ,ones you go to a nutricianalist to obtain [free from asp and
bulking agents rendering them useless!!]woodrow c monties book is good to
understand how it was and acident untill 1981 when donold rumsfelt in his greed
decided to poison the world,the worst hit first being wemon who consumed diet
products thinking they where doing the right thing, now it is in over 6000 foood
drink and pharmasutical products.you eye sight should improve quite quickly.but
take your reading glasses every where as it has at least 6 other
names,neotame,sucralose[not sucrose]e 915,phlenalenalin[not spelt right ,asfelt
k[something like that ,as you can see im still trying to repair myself.dring at
least 2 littres of water and i wish you all the strength in the world,all it
seems at presant we can do is spread the word have meetings,stick posters up
and[watch your back]thats how they keep things quite!!!
>
> To: aspartame@yahoogroups.com
> From: bjtao@...
> Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 14:33:36 +0000
> Subject: [Aspartame Support] New Member Here
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>       Hi, group. So glad to find you.
>
>
>
> I have been eating/drinking products with ASP since I was a child. I was a few
years old when it was introduced to the market.
>
>
>
> At only 32 years old I have felt like I was dying. My list of symptoms is very
long. I was, of course, tested for everything under the sun including lupus and
arthritis. The only thing they found was a vitamin D deficiency. I had basically
accepted that at 32 I am probably at the half way point of my life. I really
couldn't see living past 65 at the rate I have deteriorated.
>
>
>
> About 6 months ago I decided to quit caffeine. I thought that was causing many
of my ails since all the tests were normal. 3 months off caffeine (but still
consuming ASP products) and I still felt like total crap. During this time, I
really missed Diet Coke more than anything else. I craved it. I get a metallic
taste in my mouth when I'm craving it. I felt addicted to it. It was always
strange because I could drink coffee until I get in bed and sleep fine, but if I
had one diet coke past 2 pm I would be up all night. So anyway, I started
drinking caffeine free diet coke. Within 5 minutes of the first can my heart
started racing and I felt dizzy....this is the first time I was 100% sure it was
the artificial sweetner affecting me negatively.
>
>
>
> I got back on caffeine and regular diet coke since I felt like crap anyway.
Recently (last Wednesday) I decided to quit ASP. I read every label and got rid
of it. I was drinking 2 - 4 diet cokes during the week and much more on the
weekends. I chewed at least a pack of ASP containing gum a week. Low-fat yogurt
daily. Sugar fee koolaid, jello, low fat this, low fat that, sugar fee this and
that. I have been conciously eating/drinking ASP products in large quantities
for 20 years, including while I was pregnant.
>
>
>
> Both of my kids have brain problems. One has autism, mood disorder and sensory
disorder. The other is growth hormone deficient. I have made it my mission to
find out why. I just have such a hard time believing that it was just our luck
for me to have 2 children with rare disorders. We don't have this in my family
history. I have a cousin who has a kid w/ autism, and that's it. I believe I
poisoned my fetus's with ASP and it caused me to have 2 children with rare
disorders.
>
>
>
> There was always something in my head that told me that ASP was very bad for
children. I must have read it somewhere along the way. I have let my kids have
ASP products, but not regularly or knowingly. Now it is banned from my household
and I advised my 12 yo no more sugar free gum, no low fat anything or sugar free
anything. I told him no matter how tempting it is, don't eat it when offered.
It's frustrating because I only have so much control over what they consume with
one being in daycare and the other being in school all day. When I talk to
people about it they think I'm nuts and I know they won't adhere to it.
>
>
>
> The day after I stopped all ASP, the brain cloud lifted. I can think and
remember things now. I can have a normal converstation without struggling to
recall words or the purpose of the conversation. This was extremely noticeable
right away. I don't feel completely dehydrated anymore. I always blamed this
feeling on caffeine, but it was the ASP. The rash that has been above my knees
for 2 years was gone within 3 days. The rash I've had on the back of my legs for
about 4 months is almost gone. The itching is gone. Hives are gone. Burning
spots on skin are gone so far. I am not unbearably cold anymore. Tingling in my
toes and fingers are gone so far. My stool is starting to harden and become
normal. The daily morning nausea is gone.
>
>
>
> I have a ton of other symptoms and only time will tell if they will go away.
My vision is still very blurry. The carpal tunnel I have in both arms has really
been acting up since I quit. My stomach hurts really bad. I feel like my body is
going through some heavy duty detox right now.
>
>
>
> I have some questions I hope you can help me with:
>
>
>
> -Where can I get information on supplements that might help my detox?
>
>
>
> -Is there a low cost hair analysis? I have looked into having a hair analysis
and I can't afford it.
>
>
>
> -What can I do to help get ASP out of our food?
>
>
>
> -Is there any way to talk to people about the dangers of ASP without them
thinking I'm a nut? After all, it is approved by the FDA....
>
>
>
> -I feel the EPA is the only agency that may be objective and non-corrupt
enough to get ASP out of our food and have proper testing done to prove it is
harmful. How can we encourage them to do more?
>
>
>
> -How can I place a complaint of side effects with the FDA? I went through
their website and can't find where to submit a complaint.
>
>
>
> Thank you.
>

Thank you for all the information. I will check out the links.

Today is day 6 off ASP and I have full vision today! FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
YEARS!! I am so excited. My carpal tunnel is much better today. My rosacea is
clearing. I feel hopeful for the first time in a very long time. I don't feel
depressed or foggy or anything. I feel normal. Another big thing I noticed is
that my moods are stable. I know this is not due to reduction in caffeine
because I have replaced my lunchtime diet coke with a coffee to avoid caffeine
withdrawls.

Here is the very sick part - I still very badly crave Diet Coke. I don't know
why. I know it is not the caffeine. It is the ASP. I have read contradicting
statements on whether ASP is addictive. I think it is. Even when I was on ASP, I
would have withdrawls if I couldn't get my Diet Coke by 11:30 each day or if I
didn't have enough on any given day.

Other hings I hope will improve off ASP:

-muscle pain - reducing
-nerve pain - reducing
-rosacea - reducing
-muscle twitching
-melasma
-constantly swollen lymph nodes - gone
-thyroid stability
-periodic sciatica
-back pain
-exhaustion
-fatigue
-inability to exercise
-anxiety - gone
-panic attacks - gone
-rashes - gone
-hives - gone
-blurry vision - gone
-dizziness - gone
-racing heart - gone
-depression - reducing
-mood swings - gone
-dehydration - gone
-feeling like I have a constant UTI
-memory loss - gone

many many other things as well...

--- In aspartame@yahoogroups.com, Rich Murray <rmforall@...> wrote:
>
> Hi BJtao,
>
> The key is that in humans only, the ADH enzyme turns methanol from any
> source into formaldehyde next to and inside the cells of blood vessels, and
> the cells of brain, retina, and many other tissues, including the fetus in
> the womb.
>
> Other methanol sources are wood and cigarette smoke, many dark wines and
> liquors, fermented and smoked foods, and fruits and vegetables that have
> been preserved by heating in sealed cans and jars (especially tomato).
>
> Get free chapters 12 and 9 of Woodrow C. Monte 2012 text:
> www.WhileScienceSleeps.com .
>
> Unfortunately, the FDA is almost totally corrupted by vested interests, as
> is EFSA in Europe.
>
> As you recover, you can put all the tiniest details of your medical
> experience on a free blog for the world to benefit from:
> www.blogger.com .  Really detailed case reports are very rare, because the
> neurotoxicity makes it very difficult...
>
> You can expect a rapid complete recovery, if you decide to eat only safe
> foods.
>
> www.ForksOverKnives.com
>
> methanol/formaldehyde paradigm for multiple sclerosis, free full 56
> page chapter 9 pdf, While Science Sleeps, 146 full text references
> online, Prof. Woodrow C. Monte: Rich Murray 2012.03.20
> http://rmforall.blogspot.com/2012/03/methanolformaldehyde-paradigm-for.html
> http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1642
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 7:33 AM, You <bjtao@...> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > Hi, group. So glad to find you.
> >
> > I have been eating/drinking products with ASP since I was a child. I was a
> > few years old when it was introduced to the market.
> >
> > At only 32 years old I have felt like I was dying. My list of symptoms is
> > very long. I was, of course, tested for everything under the sun including
> > lupus and arthritis. The only thing they found was a vitamin D deficiency.
> > I had basically accepted that at 32 I am probably at the half way point of
> > my life. I really couldn't see living past 65 at the rate I have
> > deteriorated.
> >
> >
>