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Stephen Fox from New Mexico just sent me this saying the web site
321recipes.com no longer exists and has now become a bad pornographic
site. I tried to find the 321recipes.com myself and Stephen Fox is
correct. It cannot be found on google and the site has been replaced. At
his request I am forwarding the information that has been saved when it
was available. All my best, Betty

P.S. A lot of this information in complete form is on www.dorway.com and
www.wnho.net, and of course, a lot more about aspartame. But this is the
report that had been on the web site. Be sure to see the movie, Sweet
Misery: A Poisoned World (cori@...)

Dear Betty:

I found this in an old email; this is the page the aspartame industry
infected [321recipes.com/aspartame warning] so that you right away go to a
pornographic page! What a dirty trick! Please send it out to your lists, and
recommend that they save this permanently, print it out, send it to their
Attorney General, to their Governor, to their state senator and their state
representative and to all of their friends. Thus, we can defeat this truly
dirty trick, which I am sure was paid for by some corporations trying to
quash this vital medical testimony!

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Aspartame Warning

This page exists solely to try and spread the word about the numerous &
serious dangers of regular aspartame (Nutrasweet, Equal) consumption.
Currently the 100+ articles on this page contain facts & opinions from over
50 doctors & nutritionists, many of which have each "cured" their patients
of many symptoms (including weight gain) simply by removing aspartame from
their diet. These 50+ doctors strongly recommend avoiding all aspartame
products. Numerous articles detailing the unbelievable history of the
aspartame approval are also provided, along with thousands of testimonials
from former users. Some info. on the new sweetener Splenda (sucralose) found
in Diet Rite soda is also provided.

The multi-billion dollar aspartame industry would like you believe
that "aspartame kills" is an "urban legend" and that you'd have to drink 100
cans of diet soda a day to be harmed by aspartame. This is just simply not
true. Their main claim is that the 3 components of aspartame are found in
many natural foods and are therefore safe. This is kind of like saying
carbon monoxide is safe because all it contains is carbon & oxygen, the same
components of carbon dioxide. Methanol (wood alcohol), which makes up 10% of
aspartame and is highly toxic (adult minimum lethal dose is 2 teaspoons), is
also found in some fruits & vegetables like tomatoes. However, methanol is
never found in natural foods without ethanol & pectin, its "antidotes" if
you will (detailed facts below). Ethanol & pectin prevent methanol from
being metabolized into formaldehyde (embalming fluid) & formic acid (same
chemical as fire ant venom), both deadly toxins. An ethanol drip is even the
standard emergency room treatment for methanol poisoning. Aspartame contains
no ethanol or pectin, therefore the methanol is converted to formaldehyde
and formic acid. Phenylalanine and aspartic acid, the other 2 components of
aspartame, are amino acids found in natural foods but always as part of long
chains of many different amino acids to form complex protein molecules that
take humans 12 hours to gradually break down & assimilate. According to the
doctors below, when consumed by themselves these 2 amino acids require no
digestion and quickly enter the brain & central nervous system at abnormally
high levels, overstimulating brain cells to death and causing many other
health problems.

"Pro" aspartame people point to industry sponsored short term tests,
ignoring independant tests. They point to "reliable" health sites,
organizations, foundations etc. that are sponsored, funded & fed "facts" by
companies that profit from aspartame. And of course, the FDA approved it
so "it must be safe", neglecting to mention that the FDA denied aspartame
approval for over 8 years until the newly appointed FDA commissioner Arthur
Hull Hayes overruled the final scientic review panel, approved aspartame,
and then went to work for G.D. Searle's (initial owner of aspartame) public
relations firm at $1,000 a day. Hayes has refused all interviews to discuss
his actions. The FDA also urged Congress to prosecute G.D. Searle
for "specific false statements or concealed facts" stemming from Searle's
testing of aspartame. However, the 2 government lawyers assigned to the case
decided against prosecuting G.D. Searle and then joined G.D. Searle's law
firm! Even the National Soft Drink Assn. filed a strong protest letter
(available below) in 1983 against the approval of aspartame for use in
beverages, saying "aspartame is inherently, markedly and uniquely unstable
in aqueous media." Also, the FDA still allows hydrogenated oils to be used,
does that make them safe?

Our suggestion: First READ ALL THE QUOTES provided below, then go back and
read some of the articles. And remember, they're talking about the
CUMULATIVE effects of regular aspartame consumption and that some people are
more affected than others (but everyone is affected) due to a few factors
including the condition of their protective blood-brain barrier. Bookmark
this page and email it to everyone you know, especially pregnant women. New:
Print out our Flyers.

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Health risk articles

Symptoms List - Actual 1995 copy of aspartame related symptoms submitted to
the FDA. The FDA has received well over 10,000 aspartame related complaints,
more than all other complaints combined. Also keep in mind that less than 1
out of every 100 people actually file an official complaint and that of
course, many people consume aspartame daily and have no clue that it may be
the cause of their illnesses.

Dr. Christine Lydon, MD - Oxygen magazine article, easy to read. A good
introductory overview on aspartame. "I stormed into my kitchen and fed every
item of food containing aspartame to the garbage. Since that time, I have
not had so much as a stick of aspartame sweetened gum...Experimentally, it
has been determined that infants are four times more sensitive to
excitotoxins than adults. " Dr. Lydon majored in neurobiology at Brown
University and graduated the Yale School of Medicine. more biography info.

Dr. Michael Schachter, M.D. - Good introductory overview article from
Healthy.net. "What kinds of symptoms may occur as a result of ingesting
aspartame? They may involve almost any system of the body...The FDA &
manufacturers ofaspartame claim that all of the adverse symptoms reported
are "anecdotal". Because it is common that a person will not experience
noticeable illness from a short term usage of aspartame, this is taken as
proof that there is no problem with safety. Unfortunately, this position
ignores the fact that the effects of aspartame poisoning are cumulative. "

Dr. Woodrow C. Monte, Ph.D., R.D. - Excellent detailed article on aspartame
and methanol, a must read. "...ethanol slows the rate of methanol's
conversion to formaldehyde and formate allowing the body time to excrete
methanol in the breath and urine."

The Sunday Express, May 20, 2001 page 7 - UK national press article. "Action
at last over additive Aspartame as fears grow of health risk in food and
drink. The Government has ordered a top-level investigation into the safety
of Britain's best-selling sweetener amid fears that the low calorie chemical
is a health risk...Aspartame, used in thousands of diet food and drinks has
been linked to more than 90 adverse reactions including brain tumours and
blindness...Professor Ralph Walton of Northwestern Ohio Universities
said: 'I dispute the assertion that there are no health risks. "I believe
Aspartame increases risk of cancer. Virtually all the studies attesting to
its safety have been funded by the industry.'"

Dr. Arthur Forman, M.D. neurologist - Short MSNBC article. "There are
mechanisms to see this is causing serious problems for some folks...I don't
recommend it for anyone, frankly....Many patients find it stimulates the
appetite."

Dr. Janet Starr Hull, nutritionist - "As a nutritionist, over eighty percent
of my clients experience some form of health problem associated with
aspartame: weight gain, hair loss, severe medical ailments, eating
disorders, mental disorders, fatigue."

Dr. James Bowen, M.D. - Good article mainly on aspartame & pregnancy
risks. "...it ruins female sexual response and induces male sexual
dysfunction. Beyond this, aspartame disrupts fetal development by aborting
it or inducing defects. And if a live child is born aspartame may have
heinously damaged the DNA of the baby, cursing future generations." 2nd
article: Aspartame damages the hypothalamus.

Dr. James Bowen, M.D. - Excellent, long, detailed article on aspartame &
sperm/DNA damage, as well as chemical hypersensitivity. A frightening but
difficult read. "The quantity and quality of human sperm is plunging like a
meteor, and with it humanity's future, announced a conference of 130
scientists in Montreal on Male Mediated Developmental Toxicity...The fire
ant wields what is arguably the most potent venom of any terrestrial
arthropod, formic acid. Exactly the same formic acid that is formed 10% by
weight from aspartame in your body."

Dr. James Bowen, M.D. - Excellent, detailed article describing the
difference between methanol from aspartame and natural sources. "...Thus
fruit juice is highly protective of methanol poisoning rather than serving
as a source of methanol as the Aspartame pundits would maintain."

Dr. J. Barua, M.D. (ophthalmic surgeon), Dr. Arun Bal, M.D.(surgeon) -
Excellent detailed article. "Methanol is a deadly poison...Methanol, thus
breaks down into formic acid (a venom in ant stings) and formaldehyde
(embalming fluid) in the body....It has been pointed out that some fruit
juices and alcoholic beverages contain small amounts of methanol. It is
important to remember, however, that methanol never appears alone. In every
case, ethanol is present, usually in much higher amounts. Ethanol is an
antidote for methanol toxicity in humans. In aspartame there is no
ethanol...Methanol & its by-products cause swelling of the optic nerve &
degeneration of ganglion cells in the retina."

Hundreds of testimonials - Tons of testimonials from people who have
discovered the dangers of aspartame. An absolute must read. "After
completely quitting ...most all of my symptoms immediately disappeared and I
have not been having any seizure activity."..."Almost immediately upon
giving up Nutrasweet, my symptoms went away. No more fatigue and fog in the
morning, and a clearer head throughout the day." "...My joints no longer
ache, memory is better and I feel great." "...I have been waking up feeling
rested. I'm not as achy. I'm not as tired. I don't crave sweets anymore."
View Our Guestbook which is constantly being added with new testimonials,
feel free to sign it with your testimonial, opinions etc.

Yahoo email group - Active support group about aspartame dangers, with
hundreds more testimonials and aspartame related news. Feel free to join!
Print out our Flyers and give them to friends, coworkers, doctors etc.

Dr. Morgan Raiford, M.D., D.Sc.(Med) Ophth. - Fairly short letter on vision
damage. "Beyond the extensive visual damage that aspartame can and does
create, other organ systems are affected. Nerve damage to the arms,
legs,central nerve impairment, resulting in impaired nerve function as well
as neurosis and learning difficulties in school work as well as
behavior....Methyl alcohol has no place in a product, whole or in part,to be
allowed to be produced by any manufactor for human usage." 2nd article:
Serious vision damage.

Dr. David Edelberg, M.D. - Extremely accredited doctor's opinion found on
Wholehealthmd.com. "FDA approval is no guarantee that a substance is risk-
free...some people who use lots of aspartame might discover that their
headaches, memory loss, mood swings, or fainting spells clear up when they
sweeten with a little honey instead. In my practice, which covers a lot of
people who just don't feel well, I routinely take patients off aspartame if
they tell me they're using it."

Dr. H.J. Roberts, M.D. - An article on aspartame addiction. "The neurologic,
psychologic, eye, endocrine, metabolic and pediatric ravages in my data base
of over 1,200 aspartame reactors, comprised of both patients and
correspondents, are impressive. Additionally, it is my increasing conviction
that aspartame products can cause, aggravate or accelerate migraine,
seizures, multiple sclerosis, diabetes and its complications, Alzheimer's
disease, and even brain tumors....Addiction to aspartame products is as real
as abuse of tobacco, alcohol and drugs." 2nd excellent article: Brain
Cancer. 3rd article: Vision damage.

Dr. Russell Blaylock, M.D., Neurosurgeon - Excellent detailed article about
excitoxins including aspartame & MSG. A must read. "Over 100 million
American now consume aspartame products...There is sufficient medical
literature documenting serious injury by these additives in the
concentrations presently in our food supply to justify warning the public of
these dangers. The case against aspartame is especially strong." 2nd
article: Hypothalamus damage. 3rd article: Neurotoxic Interaction of MSG,
Aspartame & Other Toxins.
Dr. Blaylock is the author of the book Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills.

Smart-drugs.com - Another detailed article about excitoxins. "Yet there is a
key difference between food-derived glutamate/aspartate and MSG/aspartame.
Food glutamate/aspartate comes in the form of proteins, which contain 20
other amino acids, and take time to digest, slowing the release of protein
bound glutamate/aspartate like a "timed-release capsule." This in turn
moderates the rise in blood levels of glutamate/aspartate. Also, when
glutamate and aspartate are received by the liver (first stop after
intestinal absorption) along with 20 other aminos, they are used to make
various proteins. This also moderates the rise in blood glutamate/aspartate
levels."

Dr. Andrew Weil, M.D. - Short opinion by the famous doctor. "First of all, I
would stop using NutraSweet..." Drweil.com is an excellent resource for all
health & diet related issues. Bookmark it!

London Evening Standard 1/18/05 - "Aspartame can be overstimulating to the
brain," says nutritionist Patrick Holford, founder of the Institute for
Optimum Nutrition. "We have seen people in our clinics who thought they were
going crazy with anxiety, insomnia and disordered thinking magically recover
when they stopped having diet drinks."

USAToday 6/10/04 - Olympic diver "cures" Graves disease. "He found a
nutritionist who suggested he cut aspartame, an artificial sweetener found
in products such as diet soda, from his diet. In mid-March, he quit diet
soda and his medication. Now, Dumais feels so much better, he questions
whether he really has Graves' disease, which has no known cure."

Malcolm Randall Veterans Affairs Medical Center - MEDLINE/PubMed case(June
2001) "Four patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia syndrome for two to 17
years are described. All had undergone multiple treatment modalities with
limited success. All had complete, or nearly complete, resolution of their
symptoms within months after eliminating monosodium glutamate (MSG) or MSG
plus aspartame from their diet...All have had recurrence of symptoms
whenever MSG is ingested...Excitotoxins are molecules, such as MSG and
aspartate, that act as excitatory neurotransmitters, and can lead to
neurotoxicity when used in excess..."

The Barcelona Report - A Univ. of Barcelona study on lab rats that proves
that aspartame is converted to formaldehyde in vivo. Not an easy
read. " ...the amount of formaldehyde adducts coming from aspartame in
tissue proteins and nucleic acids may be cumulative. It is concluded that
aspartame consumption may constitute a hazard because of its contribution to
the formation of formaldehyde adducts....Formaldehyde is a highly reactive
small molecule which strongly binds to proteins and nucleic acids forming
adducts which are difficult to eliminate through the normal metabolism
pathways. As a result, formaldehyde induces severe functional alterations,
including the development of cancer."

Dr. Julian Whitaker, M.D. - Fairly short article."..aspartame has been
proven to increase appetite, especially cravings for sweets...damage is
likely cumulative. Aspartame is particularly harmful to children and the
developing fetus." Drwhitaker.com - The doctor's health site.

Dr. Richard J. Sabates, M.D. - A doctor's personal story on his aspartame
poisoning and recovery. "Never again will I touch artificial sweeteners and
I will try to educate my patients as to the very important reasons
why....The FDA is intimately related to the pharmaceutical industry. It is
important to let the consumers know that many retired FDA officials go to
work as special counselors to the pharmaceutical industry. FDA Commissioner
Dr. Charles C. Edwards has said " It is not our purpose to endanger the
financial interest of the pharmaceutical companies." FDA ex-commissioner Dr.
Robert Liz put it more directly. "What bothers me most is that people
believe that the FDA is protecting them...""

Dr. Erik Millstone - Excellent detailed article on aspartame & brain tumors,
read this one! "After aspartame was introduced, however, the opposite
pattern can be found. The incidence of glioblastomas rose sharply, and
starting in the late 1980s the number of astrocytomas declined even more
sharply. Since those latter changes run counter to the direction which could
be attributed to the introduction of better diagnostic technologies, it is
hard to see how the reported changing tumour incidence could be ascribed to
innovations in diagnosis. If the apparent increase in overall incidence had
been due to improved diagnostics, then we should expect a marked change in
post- diagnostic survival rates, but no such change was evident."

Minneapolis-St. Paul Star-Tribune - "Aspartame, the popular artificial
sweetener sold most often as NutraSweet, is a leading suspect in an upsurge
of deadly brain tumors in the United States, researchers at Washington
University in St. Louis have concluded. Dr. John Olney, lead author of the
paper, is a noted neuropathologist and psychiatrist who has challenged
aspartame's safety since the 1970s."

Dr. Louis J. Elsas, M.D., Director, Division of Medical Genetics - Statement
for the U.S. Senate. "I have considerable concern for the increased
dissemination and consumption of the sweetener, aspartame... in our world
food supply."

Dr. Pardridge, M.D., endocrinologist - Congressional testimony, mainly about
phenylalanine in aspartame. "One study shows that when blood phenylalanine
in pregnant mothers is increased five-fold, there is a 10-point drop in the
I.Q. of the baby born of that mother...And a more recent study by Dr. Elsas
has shown that there are quantitative changes in the human
electroencephalogram when the blood phenylalanine is raised three-fold."
2nd article: Aspartame & Pregnancy dangers

Dr. Wurtman, M.D., MIT Neuroscientist, & Dr. Maher - Detailed article,
mainly about phenylalanine in aspartame. "Anecdotal reports suggest that
some people suffer neurologic or behavioral reactions in association with
aspartame consumption." 2nd article: Aspartame & Seizures

Dr. Madelon Price, Professor of Neurobiology - "Aspartic acid (aspartate)
has been known to be a neurotoxin for 30 years. Rodent studies demonstrated
that when ingested at doses of 0.5 g/kg or greater, the circumventricular
organs that surround the ventricles of the brain become necrotic." 2nd short
article: Aspartame causes infertility

Dr. James B. Hays, M.D. - "For the past five years, numerous side-effects
have been observed due to Aspartame (NutraSweet, Equal)..."

Dr. Bill Misner, Ph.D., nutritionist - "Before eating or drinking anything
with Aspartame on the run or just for "fun", give serious thought to its
proven toxic accumulative-use side effects shown in a wide assortment of
related reliable research as stated below. Possibly due to its methyl
alcohol content according to Dr. Ralph Golan, M.D., constant use amounting
to large intake over time may result in headaches, fainting, seizures,
memory loss, mood swings, depression, nausea, and gastrointestinal stress."
e-caps.com: Ask Dr. Bill - The doctor's website, he specializes in endurance
training.

Dr. George R. Schwartz, M.D., toxicologist - Rebuttal letter to
Monsanto. "you have presented a one-sided self-serving polemic defending
your potentially dangerous product...There is overwhelming scientific
evidence that Nutrasweet can pose a serious health danger."

Dr. Paula Rhodes - News4jax.com article. "The results can be
dramatic...We've got people who sought care from neurologists,
psychologists, psychiatrists. They're on a whole grocery list of medications
for complaints that end up being traced to aspartame."

David E. Polen, D.C. - "I have noted in my practice that removing Nutra-
Sweet from the diet can have a positive effect on many patients from these
other aspartame-related neuro-psychiatric complaints: seizures, headaches,
dizziness, disorientation, confusion, severe anxiety, hyperactivity,
sleeplessness, insomnia, numbness, paresthesias, atypical facial pain,
severe depression, slurred speech and migrating joint pain. "

Dr. Milt Hammerly, MD - "I think it is prudent to avoid consuming aspartame.
For those who have chronic health problems that have not responded to other
interventions a trial of avoiding aspartame for several months may produce
noticeable benefits."

Dr. Joseph Mercola, osteopathic medical doctor - Over 20 articles written by
Dr. Mercola about the dangers of aspartame. "The recommend a limit of
consumption of 7.8 mg/day. A one-liter (approx. 1 quart) aspartame-sweetened
beverage contains about 56 mg of methanol. Heavy users of aspartame-
containing products consume as much as 250 mg of methanol daily or 32 times
the EPA limit."

Dr. Siegfried Schmidt, M.D. - Short 12/18/2001 article. "'These people are
back to normal life, which is, when you come from chronic pain, to be
normal, this is a miracle.' Doctor Schmidt thinks the chemicals in the food
could affect the brain and cause the pain."

Dr. Joe Esposito - Short opinion. "There is also strong evidence that it can
cause brain tumors, depression, and even mimic multiple sclerosis symptoms,
which can lead to misdiagnosis and improper treatment. I can go on and on
about the dangers of aspartame, but the bottom line is avoid it at all
costs."

Dr. Karl Smith - Short, not very detailed article. "Unfortunately,
formaldehyde is stored in fat cells and Aspartame causes increased cravings
for carbohydrates. So drink diet soda and eat diet foods with Aspartame, get
fat now; and later develop seizures, anxiety, depression, chronic fatigue
syndrome, fibromyalgia, alzheimers disease, and eventually death."

Dr. Jay Mazzella, D.C - Short article. "Doctors are finding relief of
symptoms when patients are removed from aspartame, yet it is still on the
market. Senator Howard Hetzenbaum recently wrote a bill that would have
instituted independent studies, but it was killed by the powerful drug and
chemical lobbies. This is just another example of how important it is for
consumers to not blindly trust the government or any other organization to
always look after the health interest of the consumer."

Dr. Tom Lee, N.M.D. - General aspartame overview article. "Considering what
is now known about brain chemistry, as well as, the now numerous documented
reports of adverse reactions to aspartame, it would be prudent to eliminate
aspartame from the diet."

Dr. Bryan T. McConnell, ND - Short, general opinion. "It is best advised to
stay away from aspartame containing products. Finally, avoid getting
nutrition information from junk food industry PR organizations such as IFIC
or organizations that accept large sums of money from the junk and chemical
food industry such as the American Dietetic Association."

Dr. G. M. Wolverton, M.D. - Short article. "Very frequently, when you put a
designer drug into the human body for the purpose of "fooling" an organ
system, the consequences are far reaching and sometimes quite disastrous."

Dr. Kathleen DesMaisons, Ph.D., addictive nutrition specialist. - Very short
article. "I encourage my clients to stay away from products with aspartame
both for their addictive potential and their reinforcement of the dependence
upon sweet taste."

Dr. Lendon Smith, M.D. - "These ingredients may not actually cause mental
problems but can certainly trigger them by interfering with the ratio of the
various brain neurotransmitters. A person may be susceptible to brain
chemical alterations, but the reaction only occurs when there is stress plus
the ingestion of ASP."

Dr. Laura Thompson, metabolic nutritionist - An article on ADD & nutrition
that briefly mentions aspartame. "By all means don't give your kids
artificial-anything, especially artificial sweeteners such as aspartame or
Nutrasweet TM. These products can negatively affect brain function,
behavior, and their health."

MEDLINE/PubMed case(Oct 2001) - Tiny report: "Aspartame, an artificial
sweetener added to many foods and beverages, may trigger headaches in
susceptible individuals."

Karinya.com - Good article. "In neurosurgeon Dr. Russell Blaylock's
book "Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills," he writes that aspartame causes
major neurological changes, and in heavy users, may even precipitate lupus
and methanol toxicity, which at first appears to be multiple sclerosis. The
ingredients in NutraSweet literally stimulate the neurons of the brain to
death causing brain damage of varying degrees."

Femail.co.uk: Daily Mail article - Short article on artificial sweetner
dangers. "Concerns were first raised about aspartame in 1978 when
researchers in Barcelona found a link between high intakes of the substance
and brain tumours when fed to rats."

Bitter Truth of aspartame - Another article. "Unfortunately, many patients
in my practice, and others seen in consultation, developed serious
metabolic, neurologic and other complications that could be specifically
attributed to using aspartame products."

Radio Interview Transcript - A transcript of a 1997 Dallas, Texas radio
interview with Mary Nosh Stoddard, Founder of ACSN. "..It was first approved
in 1974, but the approval was rescinded because of the brain tumor
issue....We compare this to the cigarette issue because it's a very close
parallel. How many cigarettes does it take to cause lung cancer or a stroke,
or a heart attack? How many diet drinks do you have to consume to get a
brain tumor? How many spoonfuls of Equal do you have to take to have a
pancreatic tumor or liver damage? The answer is: We don't know exactly what
amount because it does not show up in short term testing. It's the long term
effect. "

Weight Gain articles
Note: Many of the articles above deal with the weight gain effects of
aspartame as well. Ironically, overweight & obesity rates in the U.S.
remained virtually unchanged from 1960 to 1980, only to skyrocket from
1980 - 2000, the same period "diet" products with aspartame were introduced.

Dr. Sandra Cabot, M.D. Liver specialist - "Aspartame makes you fatter...
After having been consulted by thousands of overweight people suffering with
problems concerning the liver and/or metabolism I can assure you that
aspartame will not help you in any way, indeed it will help you to gain
unwanted weight." Liverdoctor.com - Dr. Cabot's website. Dr. Cabot's
books on the liver and diet.

Ann Louise Gittleman, nutritionist - "Within a month of quitting the
NutraSweet and all the products it was found in, Jan's symptoms (and the
extra weight) disappeared...I suggest you completely avoid any foods with
added NutraSweet or any other artificial sweetener." Ann Louise Gittleman is
a well known and respected nutritionist, author of dozens of popular
nutrition books.

Rebecca Ephraim, RD, CCN - "Aspartame = Diet-astrous Results. "...the amino
acid phenylalanine, blocks production of serotonin, a nerve chemical that,
among other activities, controls food cravings... Nutritionist Susan
Allen...believes that when they consume them, the sweet taste of no-calorie
sweeteners triggers their bodies to release insulin, even though there is no
food to feed the cells. The problem Allen sees is that an "insulin-
sensitive" person who uses artificial sweeteners teases his or her body into
thinking food is on its way, so insulin is released. But when the body
discovers it was cheated out of food, it revolts by throwing a food-craving
tantrum that can only be quelled by eating blood sugar food that will more
than likely be high-calorie sugary snacks.

Purdue University - "Fake Sweeteners Boost Rats' Eating." July 8, 2004 ­
Rats fed artificial sweeteners ate three times the calories of rats given
sugar, a finding the study's authors said suggests sugar-free foods might
play a role in the nation's obesity epidemic. "Consuming artificially
sweetened products may interfere with one of the automatic processes our
bodies use to regulate calorie intake," said Swithers, the study's co-
author.

Hundreds of testimonials - "Getting of Nutrasweet has taken away my
excessive appetite. I eat a big lunch, but have little desire for supper and
now that I'm off diet drinks, I've lost 10 pounds in the first month...."

History of Aspartame: approval, lack of testing, FDA ties to industry

Arthur M. Evangelista, former FDA investigator - Excellent easy to read
letter. "Prior to the approval of aspartame, the FDA sent two specialized
teams to G.D. Searle, and found an ghastly 95% level of mis-directed
testing, concealed tests, collusion between corporate and their company-
funded research, inappropriate antemortum issues, withholding of material
facts, alteration of records, lying to investigators, lost records, no
records, falsification of reports, bribery, poor test methodology or
design....et al...Former corporate officials, who began working for the Food
and Drug Administration (and vice versa), were very cavalier about issues
uncovered at Searle regarding their drug processing, and about aspartame.
Some, with a hidden agenda of promised secret money or better industry jobs,
actively hindered the investigation into G.D. Searle's laboratory practices.
It is obvious when you see the records and numbers, and WHERE those jobs
were."

UPI report part #1, Part #2, Part #3 - Excellent, detailed 1987 8 month UPI
investigative report on the history of aspartame. A must read. "Dr. Reuben
Matalon, a pediatrician and geneticist....said, 'Let us say cigarettes were
invented today, and you give 20 people two packs a day and after six weeks,
no one has cancer, would you say that it was safe? That's what they did with
NutraSweet.'...'There are virtually no studies,' Turner said, 'that have
been done by individuals using resources other than the industry's that have
given a clean bill of health to aspartame.'"

History of Aspartame approval #2 - Detailed timeline showing how aspartame
got approved. An excellent read. "Shortly after the FDA approval for
aspartame in carbonated beverages, FDA Commissioner, Arthur Hull Hayes left
the FDA under charges of improprieties...and was hired as a consultant
($1,000 per day) with G.D. Searle's public relations firm, Burson
Marsteller...The United Press reported on October 12, 1987 that more than 10
federal officials involved in the NutraSweet decision took jobs in the
private sector linked to the aspartame industry."

History of Aspartame approval #3 - Excellent, extremely detailed article
about the aspartame approval. "Dr. Gross, the chief scientist on the FDA
task force, told the CBS *Nightly News* staff in January, 1984, that Searle
made "*deliberate* decisions" to cloak the toxic effects of aspartame. "They
took great pains to camouflage these shortcomings of the study,'' Gross
said, "as I say, filter and just present to the FDA what they wished the FDA
to know. And they did other *terrible* things. For instance, animals would
develop tumors while they were under study-well, G.D. Searle would *remove
these tumors from the animals*," surgically masking the cancerous effects of
aspartame.....Despite what one FDA scientist described as 'very serious'
questions concerning pivotal brain tumor tests, Hayes eagerly approved
aspartame for use in dry foods in July 1981...Hayes acknowledged in his 1981
decision that he had only consulted a preliminary report of the Japanese
evaluation, and only *skimmed* it. More serious, Hayes violated federal law
by basing approval on the test, as it had not been reviewed by the FDA
board.....James Turner, representing the Community Nutrition Institute in
Washington, D.C., said that Arthur Hull Hayes, to arrive at his decision
that aspartame is safe, firewalked apath "through a mass of scientific
mismanagement, improper procedures, wrong conclusions and general scientific
inexactness".

History of Aspartame approval #4 - "Dr. Jacqueline Verrett, a former FDA
toxicologist, and member of an FDA task force that investigated the
authenticity of research done by Searle to establish the safety of
aspartame, says she believes the original aspartame studies were 'built on a
foundation of sand.' " Dr. Jacqueline Verrett Congressional testimony

disinfo.com(disinformation): Another long, detailed article.

NSDA Protest - A must read 1983 National Soft Drink Assn. protest letter put
in Congressional Record in 1985. Note that this was written AFTER the FDA
approved aspartame for use in dry foods. The NSDA later changed their mind
and started making billions in diet drink sales. "G. D. Searle and Company
has not demonstrated to a reasonable certainty that the use of aspartame in
soft drinks, without quantitative limitations, will not adversely affect
human health as a result of the changes such use is likely to cause in brain
chemistry and under certain reasonably anticipated conditions of
use....Aspartame is inherently, markedly and uniquely unstable in aqueous
media."

The Bressler Report - Detailed scathing 1977 FDA Report on Searle and the
incredible number of disparities, missing information, and improper
procedures in their aspartame tests. You're fed the quote: "Aspartame is the
most tested product in the world" often. It's a bunch of garbage, especially
with tests like these: "Observation records indicated that animal A23LM was
alive at week 88, dead from week 92 through week 104, alive at week 108, and
dead at week 112." All it took was one corrupt FDA commissioner to overrule
the FDA board and approve aspartame.

Wall Street Journal article - "Two government lawyers who decided against
prosecuting the maker of NutraSweet for allegedly falsifying test results
later joined the law firm that represented the company during the criminal
investigation, Senate investigators charged."

Star Tribune Article - Excellent article on the FDA and the lack of
aspartame testing. "Food and Drug Administration officials have for years
resisted proposals from government scientists for comprehensive studies of
the safety of the artificial sweetener aspartame, which 100 million
Americans consume as NutraSweet....FDA officials said that, since 1981,
about 8,000 consumers have complained to the agency that the sweetener has
caused them physical ailments.... Huff said that the number of reports is
worrisome, though, because "if 100 people have a headache after chewing
NutraSweet gum, only one's going to report it...In 1976, the FDA's general
counsel requested a federal grand jury investigation of the company because
of alleged irregularities in its laboratory. (Such an investigation was
never undertaken.)"

News4jax.com article - "One person who doesn't call it safe: former FDA
investigator Arthur Evangelista. Evangelista says he left the FDA in the
late 19-80's because of its practices. "On several issues -- including
Aspartame -- I was told to keep my mouth shut.," Evangelista said. "The FDA
was not following a public health policy that was protecting the public
itself. but rather, seemed to be in collusion with corporations that were
marketing substances that were detrimental to public health." "

Dr. Adrian Gross letter - A 1987 letter from FDA toxicologist Dr. Gross to
Senator Metzenbaum. "...the rate of brain tumors amongst the animals exposed
to it vastly exceeds that for animals not exposed to it and such excess is
very highly significant. What this says is that there cannot be any
reasonable, or even shadow of a doubt that aspartame had caused such an
increase in the incidence of brain tumors....Thus, it seems to me that we
are dealing here with a huge time bomb. There is hardly any need for me to
emphasize here that this represents an unacceptably high risk or hazard
posed by aspartame."

Dr. H.J. Roberts M.D. - Letter. "Personally, I don't believe you can get
factual information from the MS Society. They are another organization that
takes in contributions....Physicians don't know because Monsanto "funds" all
these organizations like the American Diabetic Assn., and American Dietetic
Assn., etc. and are told that aspartame is safe. They do it because they
can't warn the patients and continue to take money. Notice all these walk-a-
thons for diabetics are funded by NutraSweet (Monsanto) and they have people
wearing Equal shirts."

Congressman Bernard Sanders - Excellent report by the congressman about FDA
& congressional ties to the drug industry. "The pharmaceutical industry is
the most powerful special interest in Washington. ...a cynical revolving
door policy exists between the FDA and the drug companies...individuals who
had the responsibility of regulating an industry end up on working for them
after they leave government. ...acting FDA commissioners Michael Friedman,
Mark Novitch, Arthur Hull Hayes and Jere Goyan are all currently employed by
pharmaceutical companies."

Monsanto & the government - People don't realize that drug company employees
& government regulatory agency employees are the same people! Look at this
list of connections between Monsanto and the government. Many FDA employees
work for drug companies before AND after their time at the FDA.

USA Today: FDA advisors tied to industry - "The experts are supposed to be
independent, but USA TODAY found that 54% of the time, they have a direct
financial interest in the drug or topic they are asked to evaluate...
Federal law generally prohibits the FDA from using experts with financial
conflicts of interest, but the FDA has waived the restriction more than 800
times since 1998."

Medical Editor Rips Into FDA - "The editor of a top medical journal on
Friday accused the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the world's most
powerful drug watchdog, of endangering people's lives...Richard Horton of
The Lancet said...'the FDA, its Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
(CDER) in particular, has become a servant of the industry...The FDA is not
only compromised because it receives so much funding from industry, but
because it comes under incredible congressional pressure to be favorable to
industry. That has led to deaths'".

Equal pays off American Diabetes Assoc. - The American Diabetes Assn. says
that aspartame is completely safe. Where did they get this info from?
Perhaps the same place that the huge donation checks come from. They get fat
yearly checks from Equal, Nutrasweet, and all the artificial sweetner
companies. "The American Diabetes Association accepted a $100,000 donation
during the December 12th Equal® Sweetener World Professional Figure Skating
Championship...The funds donated by Equal..."

Dr. Joseph Mercola - Over 20 articles written by Dr. Mercola about the
dangers of aspartame and the government coverup.

Biotech food & BGH - Excellent article on biotech food and Bovine Growth
Hormone(BGH). Be sure to read the section on BGH 1/2 way down the
page. "...milk from rBGH injected cows contains substantially higher amounts
of a potent cancer tumor promoter called IGF-1...Since 1994, every
industrialized country in the world, except for the US, has banned the drug.
Even the Codex Alimentarius, the food standards arm of the World Trade
Organization, has refused to back up Monsanto's claim that the drug is
safe...Moreover, the FDA ruled..that rBGH-derived products did not have to
be labeled, despite polls showing that 90% of American consumers wanted
labeling--mainly so they could avoid buying rBGH-tainted products.

The Mystery in Your Milk - This article has nothing to do with aspartame but
it deals with the FDA, Monsanto(former owners of aspartame), and profits
before health. "Dr. Michael Hanson, Consumers Union Scientist:...'Monsanto
has a very checkered history with some of its other products...' Jane Akre
and Steve Wilson, a respected reporting team at WTTV, a Fox Network Station
in Tampa, Florida, were fired from their jobs after refusing to broadcast
what they knew and documented to be false and distorted information about
Monsanto's bovine growth hormone (BGH) -- a genetically engineered product
that has been linked to the proliferation of breast, prostate, and colon
cancer cells in humans. On August 28, 2000, a Florida jury unanimously
decided that Akre had been fired for threatening to blow the whistle on Fox
for pressuring her and Wilson to broadcast a false, distorted and slanted
news report and awarded her $425,000 for lost wages and damages... Samuel
Epstein, Scientist, University of Illinois: '.there are highly suggestive if
not persuasive lines of evidence showing that consumption of this milk poses
risks of breast and colon cancer.'"

Cbsnews.com: FDA: Guardian Or Rubber Stamp? - FDA close ties to industry
article. Referring to the FDA: "'You see in some of their own internal news
letters, they refer to the pharmaceutical industry as their clients,' Mundy
said."

New England Journal, (5/18/00) - Long article about how drug companies that
pay for research and clinical tests of new medicines have been suppressing
or manipulating the results.

Healthscoutnews - An 8/10/01 article on drug companies controlling tests &
studies. "a recent JAMA survey asked 1,800 researchers across the country
whether they had ever been involved in a situation where publication of a
study was delayed because the results ran counter to the sponsor's interest.
As it turns out, 120 said yes."

Peer Reviewed Aspartame study results - Dr. Ralph G. Walton: "Of the 166
studies felt to have relevance for questions of human safety, 74 had
Nutrasweet® industry related funding and 92 were independently funded. One
hundred percent of the industry funded research attested to aspartame's
safety, whereas 92% of the independently funded research identified a
problem." 6 of the 7 non industry sponsored studies that said aspartame was
safe were funded by the FDA, so 85 out of 86 purely independent studies
identified problems.
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1157
Sales volume: saccharin > sucralose > aspartame, Harold Brubaker
timesleader.com 2005.03.23: Murray rmforall

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/957
safety of aspartame Part 1/2 12.4.2: EC HCPD-G SCF:
Murray 2003.01.12 rmforall EU Scientific Committee on Food, a whitewash

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1045
http://www.holisticmed.com/aspartame/scf2002-response.htm
Mark Gold exhaustively critiques European Commission Scientific
Committee on Food re aspartame ( 2002.12.04 ): 59 pages, 230 references

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1131
genotoxicity of aspartame in human lymphocytes 2004.07.29 full plain text,
Rencuzogullari E et al, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey 2004 Aug: Murray
2004.11.06 rmforall

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1088
Murray, full plain text & critique:
chronic aspartame in rats affects memory, brain cholinergic receptors, and
brain chemistry, Christian B, McConnaughey M et al, 2004 May:
2004.06.05 rmforall

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1067
eyelid contact dermatitis by formaldehyde from aspartame, AM Hill & DV
Belsito, Nov 2003: Murray 3.30.4 rmforall [ 150 KB ]
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1143
methanol (formaldehyde, formic acid) disposition: Bouchard M et al, full
plain text, 2001: substantial sources are degradation of fruit pectins,
liquors, aspartame, smoke: Murray 2005.03.19 rmforall

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1155
continuing aspartame debate in British Medical Journal, John Biffra, Bob
Dowling, Nick Finer, Ian J Gordon: Murray 2005.02.09 rmforall

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1140
EPA Preliminary Remedial Goals, PRGs, 2003 Oct, air and tap water --
methanol, formaldehyde, formic acid -- not mentioned is methanol from
aspartame, dark wines and liquors: Murray 2004.11.20 rmforall

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1141
Nurses Health Study can quickly reveal the extent of aspartame (methanol,
formaldehyde, formic acid) toxicity: Murray 2004.11.21 rmforall

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