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Aspartame diesease: an FDA-approved epidemic, H. J. Roberts, MD 2004:
Murray 2005.09.30

http://www.wnho.net/fdaapprovedepidemic.htm

Aspartame diesease: an FDA-approved epidemic
by H. J. Roberts, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.C.C.P. HJrobertsmd@...
(c)2004 by H. J. Roberts, M.D.

Used with permission from the author

"Diet" products containing the chemical sweetener aspartame can have
multiple neurotoxic, metabolic, allergenic, fetal and carcinogenic effects.

My database of 1,200 aspartame reactors -- based on logical diagnostic
criteria, including predictable recurrence on rechallenge -- is reviewed.

The existence of aspartame disease continues to be denied by the FDA and
powerful corporate entities.
Its magnitude, however, warrants removal of this chemical as an
"imminent public health threat."
The use of aspartame products by over two-thirds of the population, and
inadequate evaluation by corporate-partial investigators underscore this
opinion.

As said by Senator Howard Metzenbaum 1:

"We had better be sure that the questions that have been raised about the
safety of this product are answered.
I must say at the outset, this product was approved by the FDA in
circumstances that can only be described as troubling."

I have devoted more than two decades to analyzing aspartame disease,
a widespread but largely ignored disorder.
Its existence continues to be reflexively denied by
the Food and Drug Administration (FDA),
the American Medical Association (AMA),
and many public health/ regulatory organizations.

The medical profession and consumers have been assured by the
Council on Scientific Affairs of the AMA2 and
the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) that aspartame is "completely safe."

Moreover, the impression is left that reports of serious reactions are a
"health rumor" fabrication ... notwithstanding the CDC report in 1984 of 649
aspartame reactors with many attributed disorders 3.

An Overview of Aspartame Disease

As far back as 1988, seven years after the initial release of aspartame,
80 percent 1 of complaints volunteered by consumers to the FDA about
supplements involved aspartame products.
By April 1995, it had received 7,232 complaints.

I coined the term "aspartame disease" to encompass reactions to the chemical
sweetener aspartame, commonly known as NutraSweet(r) and Equal(r).
Aspartame was originally conceived, and an application submitted, as a drug
to treat peptic ulcer.
To place its magnitude in perspective,
over two-thirds of the population now uses thousands of "diet" sodas
and products -- including an ever-expanding list of new ones having greater
potential for adverse effects (e.g., strips placed on the tongue to freshen
the breath).

This report summarizes data on the first 1,200 aspartame reactors in my
database, coupled with information of considerable clinical significance.
I have elaborated on the details in Aspartame Disease: An Ignored Epidemic
at: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1884243177/optimalwellness 4,
other books 5-8 and numerous published articles and letters 9-12.

It is my belief that most physicians with active practices frequently
encounter its manifestations.
But, unaware of the underlying problem,
they fail to inquire about aspartame use.

For orientation about the gravity of this public health dilemma,
I shall mention just a few of the published associations in aspartame
reactors.

They include the initiation or aggravation of diabetes mellitus,
hypoglycemia, convulsions, headache, depression, other psychiatric states,
hyperthyroidism, hypertension and arthritis;
the simulation of multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease and lupus
erythematosus; increasing aspartame addiction 12;
an apparent causative role in brain tumors 10;
a neurologic condition in overweight young women
known as pseudotumor cerebri; and even the carpal tunnel syndrome 11.

In my opinion, lack of awareness of aspartame disease has resulted in
gross miscarriage of justice.
Examples include attributing the symptoms of weight-conscious women
consuming considerable amounts of aspartame to silicone breast implants
in expensive litigation 7, and
imprisonment for the alleged methanol poisoning of a deceased spouse
who consumed large amounts of aspartame.

Having been involved in medical practice, teaching and the authorship of
texts for a half century, I do not casually make statements that might
jeopardize a longstanding reputation.

As a case in point, my first book,
Difficult Diagnosis: A Guide to the Interpretation of Obscure Illness 13,
was studied and used as a reference by tens of thousands of internists and
other physicians.

The following issues are also relevant:

My best teachers have been perceptive private patients.

All my studies were corporate-neutral, meaning without grants.

I have had to cope with the enormous hurdles of professional and editorial
bias stemming from the self-serving interests of corporate power
wielded by a multi-billion dollar industry.

For example, virtually all my letters challenging the validity of
"negative scientific studies" published in peer-reviewed journals were
rejected.

They were based on flawed protocols, the failure to use "real world"
products subjected to prolonged storage and elevated temperatures,
and even the nature of the test materials and placebos employed.

My repeated emphasis to colleagues, the FDA and the Congress that the
approval of aspartame for human use
has spawned an imminent public health hazard
continues to fall on deaf ears.

A number of concerned doctors were unable to get their "anecdotal"
observations published in peer-reviewed journals, some (including the
author) having been labeled "media terrorists"
disrespectful of "evidence-based" criteria.

About Aspartame

The FDA approved aspartame as a low-nutritive sweetener for use
in solid form during 1981, and in soft drinks during 1983.
It is a synthetic chemical consisting of two amino acids, phenylalanine (50
percent) and aspartic acid (40 percent), and a methyl ester (10 percent)
that promptly becomes free methyl alcohol (methanol; wood alcohol).
The latter is universally considered a severe poison.

Senior FDA scientists and consultants
vigorously protested approving the release of aspartame products.
Their objections related to disturbing findings in animal studies
(especially the frequency of brain tumors),
seemingly flawed experimental data, and
the absence of extensive pre-marketing trials on humans using real-world
products over prolonged periods.

Aspartame reactions may be caused by the compound itself,
its three components,
stereoisomers of the amino acids,
toxic breakdown products (including formaldehyde),
or combinations thereof.

They often occur in conjunction with severe caloric restriction
and excessive exercise to lose weight.

Various metabolic and physiologic disturbances explain the clinical
complications.

Only a few are listed:

Damage to the retina or optic nerves is largely due to methyl alcohol
exposure.
Unlike most animals, humans cannot efficiently metabolize it.

High concentrations of phenylalanine and aspartic acid occur in the brain
after aspartame intake, unlike the modest levels of amino acids following
conventional protein consumption.

Aspartame alters the function of major amino acid-derived neurotransmitters,
especially in obese persons and after carbohydrate intake.

Phenylalanine stimulates the release of insulin and growth hormone.

The ambiguous signals to the satiety center following aspartame intake
may result either in increased food consumption or severe anorexia.

Large amounts of the radioactive-carbon label from oral aspartame intake
have been detected in DNA.

The current "acceptable daily intake" (ADI)
of 50 mg aspartame/kg body weight makes no sense.
It represents the projection of animal studies based on lifetime intake!

This was clearly stated by previous FDA Commissioner Dr. Frank Young during
a U.S. Senate hearing on November 3, 1987.

Furthermore, it disregards the usual 100-fold safety factor used by the FDA
as a guideline for regulated food additives.

The maximum daily intake tolerated by most reactors in my series,
based on the predictable recurrence of induced symptoms and signs,
ranged from 10 to 18.3 mg/kg.
[ For a 70 kg average body weight, this would be
700 to 1281 mg, about 3.5 to 6.5 12-oz cans of diet soda.
As little as 4 mg aspartame can cause migraine in a sensitized person. ]

Clinical Data Attributed to Aspartame Products

The clinical features attributed to aspartame products among the first 1,200
reactors in my database appear in Table 1 (reproduced from Reference 4 with
permission by the Sunshine Sentinel Press).

Gender and Age Range

There was a 3:1 preponderance of females (72 percent).
The various influences that may be operative in this gender preference have
been detailed previously 4-6.
The ages of persons at the onset of their reactions ranged from infancy to
92 years. Most were in their 20s to 50s.

Family History

Two or more close relatives of 211 reactors (17.6 percent)
were known to have had reactions to aspartame products.

Latent Period

Latent periods of from several weeks to months between
the initial consumption,
and increased intake of aspartame
and the onset of severe symptoms
were common.

On the other hand, some patients reacted almost immediately, particularly
with products conducive to oral/buccal absorption.

Aspartame Intake

Many reactors consumed prodigious amounts of aspartame,
especially during hot weather.
Conversely, some experienced convulsions, headache, or other severe symptoms
after exposure to small amounts
(e.g., chewing aspartame gum;
placing an aspartame strip on the tongue;
babies while breast-feeding as the mother drank an aspartame beverage).

Interval Between Cessation and Improvement

Nearly two-thirds of aspartame reactors experienced symptomatic improvement
within two days after avoiding aspartame.
With continued abstinence, their complaints generally disappeared.

Causation

The causative role of aspartame products has been repeatedly shown by

(a) the prompt improvement of symptoms (grand mal seizures, headache,
itching, rashes, severe gastrointestinal reactions) after stopping aspartame
products, and

(b) their recurrence within minutes or hours after resuming them.
The latter included self-testing on numerous occasions,
inadvertent ingestion,
and formal rechallenge.

Some aspartame reactors with convulsions purposefully rechallenged
themselves on one or several occasions "to be absolutely certain."
This was unique among six pilots who had lost their licenses for unexplained
seizures while consuming aspartame products.
(All had been in otherwise excellent health.)
They sought to have their licenses reinstated by such objective confirmation
on rechallenge.

High-Risk Individuals

These groups include
pregnant and lactating women,
young children,
older persons,
those at risk for phenylketonuria (PKU),
the relatives of aspartame reactors (see above),
and patients with liver disease,
iron-deficiency anemia,
kidney impairment,
migraine,
diabetes,
hypoglycemia,
and hypothyroidism.

Clinical Implications

Physicians must question patients who present with the aforementioned
conditions about aspartame use,
particularly when they fail to respond to conventional therapy.

If it is being consumed,
a brief trial of abstinence should be recommended before initiating
expensive tests, consultations and hospitalization.

The following caveats derive from clinical experience:

Every patient with unresolved neurologic, psychologic, allergic,
dermatologic, gastrointestinal and metabolic/endocrine problems should be
queried about aspartame intake.

The diagnosis of multiple sclerosis should be deferred pending at least
several months observation in the case of persons consuming aspartame.

A pregnant woman should not risk the health of her fetus
by consuming aspartame products.

Visual, neurologic or bowel problems in diabetics should not be ascribed
to a presumed underlying retinopathy or neuropathy
until evaluating the response to aspartame abstinence.

Cataract surgery ought to be deferred in heavy aspartame users to evaluate
for spontaneous improvement after abstinence.

Patients presenting with
seizures,
headache,
atypical facial or eye pain,
the Meniere syndrome,
depression,
the carpal tunnel syndrome,
normal-pressure hydrocephalus,
and a host of other unexplained neuropsychiatric problems,
or who fail to respond to conventional treatment,
must be queried about aspartame use ... especially if invasive studies are
planned.

Young adults who express concern about
"possibly having early Alzheimer's disease,"
based on recent confusion and memory loss,
ought to be observed at least one month after stopping aspartame
before this diagnosis is pursued.

Gynecologic surgical procedures to evaluate gross menstrual changes should
be deferred pending the response to abstinence.

References

Metzenbaum H. Discussion of S.1557 (Aspartame Safety Act).
Congressional Record-Senate August 1, 1985, p.S 10820.

Council on Scientific Affairs.
Aspartame: Review of safety issues. JAMA 1985; 254: 400-402.

Centers for Disease Control.
Evaluation of consumer complaints related to aspartame use.
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 1984; November 2: 605-607.

Roberts HJ. Aspartame Disease: An Ignored Epidemic.
West Palm Beach, Sunshine Sentinel Press, 2001. www.sunsentpress.com

Roberts HJ. Aspartame (Nutrasweet): Is It Safe?
Philadelphia, The Charles Press, 1989.

Roberts HJ. Sweet'ner Dearest: Bittersweet Vignettes about Aspartame.
(NutraSweet)
West Palm Beach, Sunshine Sentinel Press, 1992. www.sunsentpress.com

Roberts HJ. Breast Implants or Aspartame (NutraSweet) Disease?
The Suppressed Opinion About a Perceived Medicolegal Travesty
West Palm Beach, Sunshine Sentinel Press, 1999. http://www.sunsentpress.com

Roberts HJ. Useful Insights for Diagnosis, Treatment and Public Health.
West Palm Beach, Palm Beach Institute for Medical Research, 2002.
www.pb-medical-research.com

Roberts HJ. Reactions attributed to aspartame products: 551 cases.
J Appl Nutr 1988; 40: 86-94.

Roberts HJ. Does aspartame cause human brain cancer?
J Advanc M 1991; 4 (Winter): 231-241.

Roberts HJ. Carpal tunnel syndrome due to aspartame disease.
Townsend Letter for Doctors & Patients 2000; 198 (November): 82-84.

Roberts HJ. Aspartame (NutraSweet) addiction.
Townsend Letter for Doctors & Patients 2000; 198 (January): 52-57.

Roberts HJ. Difficult Diagnosis:
A Guide to the Interpretation of Obscure Illness.
Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders Company, 1958.
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Aspartame diesease: an FDA-approved epidemic, H. J. Roberts, MD 2004:
Murray 2005.09.30

http://www.dorway.com/tldaddic.html 5-page review
Roberts HJ Aspartame (NutraSweet) addiction.
Townsend Letter 2000 Jan; HJRobertsMD@...
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Sunshine Sentinel Press P.O.Box 17799 West Palm Beach, FL 33416
800-814-9800 561-588-7628 561-547-8008 fax

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1038-page medical text "Aspartame Disease: An Ignored Epidemic"
published May 30 2001 $ 60.00 postpaid data from 1200 cases
available at http://www.amazon.com
over 600 references from standard medical research

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Moseley: review Roberts "Aspartame Disease: An Ignored Epidemic":
Murray 2002.02.07 rmforall

Roberts, Hyman J., 1924- ,
Useful insights for diagnosis, treatment and public heath: an updated
anthology of original research, 2002, 798 pages,
aspartame disease, pages 627-685, 778-780

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Roberts: the life work of a brilliant clinician: aspartame toxicity:
Murray 2002.08.02 rmforall
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Dark wines and liquors, as well as aspartame, provide similar levels of
methanol, above 100 mg daily, for long-term heavy users. Methanol is
inevitably largely turned into formaldehyde, and thence largely into formic
acid. It is the major cause of the dreaded symtoms of "next morning"
hangover.

Rich Murray, MA Room For All rmforall@... 505-501-2298
1943 Otowi Road Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505 USA
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/messages
group with 149 members, 1,229 posts in a public, searchable archive
http://RoomForAll.blogspot.com http://AspartameNM.blogspot.com


http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartame/ 931 members, 18,831 posts
Aspartame Victims Support Group Edward Bryant Holman, Chief Moderator
http://www.presidiotex.com/aspartame/ bryanth@...

http://www.wnho.net/links-aspartame.htm many fine aspartame sites

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1223
complete info on NM EIB aspartame ban meeting, Oct. 4, Santa Fe,
Leland Lehrman, www.MotherMedia.org: Murray 2005.09.30

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1217
battle to ban aspartame heats up in New Mexico Environmental Improvement
Board, 9 AM Tuesday, October 4: Fox: Murray 2005.09.23

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1220
legal and factual basis for NM EIB to ban aspartame (methanol,
formaldehyde), final paragraph from James S. Turner, Esq, letters from
Kenneth P. Stoller MD (Pediatrics), C. Grant La Farge, MD (Pediatric
Cardiology), Karen Ulehla, MSLS, Medical Librarian: Murray 2005.09.27

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1218
James S. Turner, Esq. letter on improper approval of aspartame by FDA in
1981, to New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board 2005.09.20,
plain text: Murray 2005.09.24

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1215
Edward M. Johnson, J.D. Attorney, Texas, supports legality and necessity of
Fox petition for New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board
to ban aspartame: Fox: Murray 2005.09.15

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1225
Aspartame -- the shocking story, Pat Thomas, The Ecologist, 2005 Sept.,
p. 35-51, full text: Murray 2005.09.30

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1106
hangover research relevant to toxicity of 11% methanol in aspartame
(formaldehyde, formic acid): Calder I (full text): Jones AW: Murray
2004.08.05 2005.09.28

Since no adaquate data has ever been published on the exact disposition of
toxic metabolites in specific tissues in humans of the 11% methanol
component of aspartame, the many studies on morning-after hangover from the
methanol impurity in alcohol drinks are the main available resource to date.

Jones AW (1987) found next-morning hangover from red wine with
100 to 150 mg methanol
(9.5% w/v ethanol, 100 mg/l methanol, 0.01%, one part in ten thousand).

Fully 11% of aspartame is methanol -- 1,120 mg aspartame in 2 L diet soda,
almost six 12-oz cans, gives 123 mg methanol (wood alcohol) -- the same
amount that produces hangover from red wine.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1226
USA National Institutes of Health National Toxicology Program aids eminent
Ramazzini Foundation, Bologna, Italy, in more results on cancers in rats
from lifetime low levels of aspartame (methanol, formaldehyde), Felicity
Lawrence, www.guardian.co.uk: Murray 2005.09.30

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1186
aspartame induces lymphomas and leukaemias in rats, full plain text,
M Soffritti, F Belpoggi, DD Esposti, L Lambertini: Ramazzini Foundation
study 2005.07.14: main results agree with their previous methanol and
formaldehyde studies: Murray 2005.09.27

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1224
USA National Institutes of Health National Toxicology Program aids eminent
Ramazzini Foundation, Bologna, Italy, in more results on cancers in rats
from lifetime low levels of aspartame (methanol, formaldehyde), Felicity
Lawrence, www.guardian.co.uk: Murray 2005.09.30

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1189
Michael F Jacobson of CSPI now and in 1985 re aspartame toxicity, letter to
FDA Commissioner Lester Crawford; California OEHHA aspartame critique
2004.03.12; Center for Consumer Freedom denounces CSPI:
Murray 2005.07.27


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 2005.04.02 rmforall


http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1213
aspartame (methanol, phenylalanine, aspartic acid) effects, detailed expert
studies in 2005 Aug and 1998 July, Tsakiris S, Schulpis KH, Karikas GA,
Kokotos G, Reclos RJ, et al, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens,
Greece: Murray 2005.09.09


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://www.HolisticMed.com/aspartame mgold@...
Aspartame Toxicity Information Center Mark D. Gold
12 East Side Drive #2-18 Concord, NH 03301 603-225-2100
http://www.holisticmed.com/aspartame/abuse/methanol.html
"Scientific Abuse in Aspartame Research"

Gold points out that industry methanol assays were too insensitive to
properly measure blood methanol levels. ]

Fully 11% of aspartame is methanol-- 1,120 mg aspartame in 2 L diet soda,
almost six 12-oz cans, gives 123 mg methanol (wood alcohol). If 30% of
the methanol is turned into formaldehyde, the amount of formaldehyde is 18
times the USA EPA limit for daily formaldehyde in drinking water, 2 mg in 2
L water.

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ATSDR: EPA limit 1 ppm formaldehyde in drinking water July 1999:
Murray 2002.05.30 rmforall

Aspartame is made of phenylalanine (50% by weight) and aspartic acid (39%),
both ordinary amino acids, bound loosely together by methanol (wood alcohol,
11%). The readily released methanol from aspartame is within hours turned
by the liver into formaldehyde and then formic acid, both potent, cumulative
toxins.


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Joining together: short review: research on aspartame (methanol,
formaldehyde, formic acid) toxicity: Murray 2005.07.08 rmforall

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research on aspartame (methanol, formaldehyde, formic acid) toxicity: Murray
2004.04.29 rmforall


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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 2004.03.30 rmforall

Thrasher (2001): "The major difference is that the Japanese demonstrated
the incorporation of FA and its metabolites into the placenta and fetus.
The quantity of radioactivity remaining in maternal and fetal tissues
at 48 hours was 26.9% of the administered dose." [ Ref. 14-16 ]

Arch Environ Health 2001 Jul-Aug; 56(4): 300-11.
Embryo toxicity and teratogenicity of formaldehyde. [100 references]
Thrasher JD, Kilburn KH. toxicology@...
Sam-1 Trust, Alto, New Mexico, USA.
http://www.drthrasher.org/formaldehyde_embryo_toxicity.html full text

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aspartame (aspartic acid, phenylalanine) binding to DNA:
Karikas July 1998: Murray 2003.01.05 rmforall
Karikas GA, Schulpis KH, Reclos GJ, Kokotos G
Measurement of molecular interaction of aspartame and
its metabolites with DNA. Clin Biochem 1998 Jul; 31(5): 405-7.
Dept. of Chemistry, University of Athens, Greece
http://www.chem.uoa.gr gkokotos@...
K.H. Schulpis inchildh@... G.J. Reclos reklos@...

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DMDC: Dimethyl dicarbonate 200mg/L in drinks adds methanol 98 mg/L
[ becomes formaldehyde in body ]: EU Scientific Committee on Foods
2001.07.12: Murray 2004.01.22 rmforall


http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/925
aspartame puts formaldehyde adducts into tissues, Part 1/2
full text Trocho & Alemany 1998.06.26: Murray 2002.12.22


http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1065
politicians and celebrities hooked on diet sodas (aspartame):
Murray 2004.03.24 rmforall

http://www.dorway.com/upipart1.txt
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/262
aspartame expose 96K Oct 1987 Part 1/3: Gregory Gordon, UPI reporter:
Murray 2000.07.10 rmforall

http://www.dorway.com/enclosur.html
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/53
aspartame history Part 1/4 1964-1976: Gold: Murray 1999.11.06 rmforall

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/928
revolving door, Monsanto, FDA, EPA: NGIN: Murray 2002.12.23 rmforall

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/841
RTM: Merisant Co., MSD Capital, Dell Computer Corp., NutraSweet Co.,
JW Childs Assc.: aspartame-neotame toxicity 2002.07.10 rmforall

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/857
www.dorway.com: original documents and long reviews of
flaws in aspartame toxicity research: Murray
2002.07.31 rmforall

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/858
Samuels: Strong: Roberts: Gold: flaws in double-blind
studies re aspartame and MSG toxicity: Murray
2002.08.01 rmforall

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

http://www.truthinlabeling.org/ Truth in Labeling Campaign [MSG]
Adrienne Samuels, PhD The toxicity/safety of processed
free glutamic acid (MSG): a study in suppression of information.
Accountability in Research 1999; 6: 259-310. 52-page review
P.O. Box 2532 Darien, Illinois 60561
858-481-9333 adandjack@...

A very detailed, highly credible account of the dubious approval process for
aspartame in July, 1981 is part of the just released two-hour documentary
"Sweet Misery, A Poisoned World: An Industry Case Study of a Food Supply
In Crisis" by Cori Brackett: cori@...
http://www.soundandfuryproductions.com/ 520-624-9710
2301 East Broadway, Suite 111 Tucson, AZ 85719

http://www.aspartamesafety.com marystod@...
Mary Nash Stoddard, Founder
Aspartame Consumer Safety Network and Pilot Hotline [1987-2004]
P.O. Box 2001 Frisco, TX 75034 1-214-387-4001 [ 25 miles N of Dallas ]

http://www.sweetpoison.com/ Janet Starr Hull, PhD, CN jshull@...

Russell L. Blaylock, MD 601-982-1175 Madison, Mississippi
"Excitotoxins: The Taste that Kills", 1977, 298 p., 493 references.
"Health and Nutrition Secrets that can save your life", 2002, 459 p.,
558 + 30 references, $ 30 http://www.russellblaylockmd.com/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1090
aspartame, MSG, excitotoxins, NMDA glutamate receptors, multiple sclerosis:
Blaylock: Martini: Murray 2004.06.25 rmforall

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/97
Lancet website aspartame letter 1999.07.29:
Excitotoxins 1999 Part 1/3 Blaylock: Murray 2000.01.14 rmforall
The Medical Sentinel Journal 1999 Fall; (95 references)
http://www.dorway.com/blayenn.html

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1113
The Truth behind the Vaccine Coverup, Russell Blaylock MD:
Murray 2004.09.11 rmforall
[ My References [ not in PubMed ]

Blaylock RL.
Interaction of cytokines, excitotoxins, and reactive nitrogen and oxygen
species in autism spectrum disorders. J. Amer Nutr Assoc. 2003; 6: 21-35.

Blaylock RL.
The central role of excitotoxicity in autism spectrum disorders.
J Amer Nutra Assoc. 2003; 6: 7-19.

Blaylock RL.
Chronic microglial activation and excitotoxicity secondary to excessive
immune stimulation: possible factors in Gulf War Syndrome and autism.
J Amer Phys Surg. 2004; 9: 46-51. ]


George R Schwartz MD 7518 Old Santa Fe Trail Santa Fe, NM 87505
992-1455 drgschwartz@yahoogroups.com
www.healingresearch.org 424-9467 610-8143 cell
"In Bad Taste: The MSG Syndrome", 1988, 123 p.

Eliza H Schmid MD (retired, now an artist) <elizak@...>
http://www.dsg-art.com/s/schmid/ESBio1.html
http://www.democracyfornewmexico.com/democracy_for_new_mexico/2005/02/sf_air_ame\
rica_.html

C. Grant La Farge MD Santa Fe Pediatric Cardiology
638B Harkle Road, Santa Fe 87505 505-982-7661 grantlaf@...

Raymond M. Singer, PhD, PA consulting toxicologist
36 Alondra Road / Santa Fe, New Mexico /87505
180 E. 79th Street Suite 1-C New York, N.Y. 10021
(505) 466-1100 Fax: (505) 466-1101 RaySinger@...
http://members.aol.com/neurosite/
http://members.aol.com/DonationDrive/SingerPesticideNeuro.html
Singer, R. (1999, expected).
Neuropsychological evaluation of bystander exposure to pesticides.
The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 9, 1.

Deborah Werenko, MD 2801 Rodeo Road Suite B-13 Santa Fe 474-0120

Leah Morton, MD ABFP 505-983-8387
Bruce Gollub, MD ABFP
Isis Medicine 401 Botulph Lane Santa Fe, NM 87505

Erica M. Elliott, MD 505-471-8531 EricaMElliott@...
#A-2 2300 West Alemada Santa Fe, NM 87501
family and environmental medicine

Prescriptions for a Healthy House, by Paula Baker, AIA, Erica Elliott, M.D.,
and John Banta (InWord Press, 1998, $29.95). Available from the Healthy
Housing Coalition. [ revised and updated, 2001 www.econests.com ]
http://www.bakerlaporte.com/downloads/H147BA.pdf healthy houses

Ann McCampbell, MD 505-466-3622
Chair, MCS Task Force of New Mexico
P.O. Box 23079 Santa Fe, NM 87502

These last three female physicians, and lastly, Jacqueline Krohn, have all
struggled with their own Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (Environmental
Illness), perhaps caused by exposure to formaldehyde in medical school. The
majority of aspartame reactors are female.

Jacqueline Krohn, MD [aspartame mentioned in her 3 books]
Los Alamos Medical Center 505-662-9620
3917 West Road, Ste. 136 Los Alamos, NM 87544
http://www.lapho.com/physicians/krohn.asp [photo]
Dr. Krohn received an MD from Washington University in 1976 and an MPH in
Occupational Medicine from the Medical College of Wisconsin in 1994.
Dr. Krohn is the co-author of these books: The Whole Way to Allergy Relief
and Prevention, Natural Detoxification, and Finding the Right Treatment.

http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/120/3/249-e
LETTER Controversy Over Multiple Chemical Sensitivities.
Jacqueline Krohn, MD; Jill Ryan, BA; and Julie Jacobson, PhD, MS, RN.
Annals of Internal Medicine February 1994; 120 (3): 249-251.


http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1070
critique of aspartame review, French Food Safety Agency AFSSA 2002.05.07
aspartamgb.pdf (18 pages, in English), Martin Hirsch:
Murray 2004.04.13

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://www.eatright.org/Nutritive(1).pdf
J Am Diet Assoc. 2004 Feb; 104(2): 255-75.
Position of the American Dietetic Association: use of nutritive and
nonnutritive sweeteners. American Dietetic Association.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1068
critique of aspartame review by American Dietetic Association Feb 2004,
Valerie B. Duffy & Madeleine J. Sigman-Grant: Murray 2004.05.14 rmforall


http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1108
faults in 1999 July EPA 468-page formaldehyde profile:
Elzbieta Skrzydlewska PhD, Assc. Prof., Medical U. of Bialystok, Poland,
abstracts -- ethanol, methanol, formaldehyde, formic acid, acetaldehyde,
lipid peroxidation, green tea, aging: Murray 2004.08.08 2005.07.11

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
[ Any scientist can get access to this data for free by submitting a proper
research proposal. No one has admitted mining the extensive data on diet
soda use and many symtoms for decades for about 100,000 nurses. ]
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