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[ Comments by Rich Murray: I happened to turn on my satellite TV for
the first time in months, and within an half-hour, found myself
watching, shortly after 9 PM MST, for over 20 minutes,
the following news show,
followed by a detailed discussion between Totheroh (a tall, thin,
intense young man with a quick smile, brown hair, blue eyes and glasses)

and the very genial, articulate Pat Robertson.
They unequivocably, firmly, pointedly warned the public about aspartame
toxicity, and even mentioned that Donald Rumsfeld, now Secretary of
Defense, had been hired by Searle from his previous work
in Washington, DC for a salary of $ 1.2 million to get
aspartame approved decades ago.

Some of the topics discussed:
Fraud in aspartame tests on rats was described
the FDA condemnation and eventual reinstatement of saccharin
the still continuing FDA condemnation of cyclamates (approved in Canada)

the many types of stevia products
a fruit flavored liquid sweetener
Diet Rite soda with its "no aspartame" label (they didn't mention that
this is from the makers of Royal Crown sodas)
Pat Robinson's own memory problems from aspartame
other CBN staff members having memory and other problems
repeated listing of the many symptoms, memory loss, IQ reduced 10-15%,
aches and pains, seizures, death
twice gave the FDA hotline number for toxicity complaints: 888-463-3633
and http//www.fda.gov
emphasized that only 6 grams of methanol (wood alcohol, as in old-time
illicit "White Lightning" liquor) could kill an adult
many sources of aspartame in a day could provide hundreds of milligrams
of methanol, a cumulative poison, eventually creating illnesses
the FDA, having committed itself to approval of this terrible drug, was
resisting admitting its mistake about a billion-dollar product.

The role of the Net was not mentioned, except that Mary Nash Stoddard
was shown at her computer, very serious, with long black hair and blue
eyes, and her web page was shown.

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http://www.700club.com/cbnnews/
http://www.700club.com/cbnnews/news/020213a.asp
HEALTH: The Bitter Truth About Aspartame
By Gailon Totheroh Science & Medical Reporter February 13, 2002

The controversial sweetener called
aspartame, also known as NutraSweet, has become the subject of a
decades-long safety controversy.

CBN.com - The American public’s long love affair with sweets has not
been good for our health. From obesity to diabetes, sugar has left its
mark. In response, Americans came up with artificial sweeteners without
all the calories, and a bitter diet of public health safety battles then

ensued.

The controversial sweetener called aspartame, also known as
NutraSweet, has become the subject of a decades-long safety
controversy. It is a war that pits consumer groups and scientists
against the food industry and their experts.

The fuel of the aspartame controversy has been the thousands of
consumers complaining of mild to serious health problems they attribute
to the artificial sweetener.

One of them is Mary Stoddard. She suffered from suicidal depression, a
painful blood disease, nerve damage, and a traumatized daughter. "After
many months of migraine headaches, heart attack symptoms, I finally
was carried in from a school field trip after a grand mal seizure,"
Stoddard said.

CBN News contacted two major industry groups which advocate
aspartame's safety. The International Food Information Council and the
Calorie Control Council were unable to find an available expert by our
deadline.

They, along with the NutraSweet Company, the major producer of the
sweetener, do provide their side of the story on the Internet.

For over 15 years, Stoddard has been fighting aspartame with her
Aspartame Consumer Safety Network, asking dozens of government and
elected officials to listen, "To listen seriously to what we have to
say and the tens of thousands of reports we have in our files,"
she explained.

While the government may not be listening, some companies appear to
the getting the message. [image of Diet Rite soda (from makers of
Royal Crown sodas) can with "no aspartame" label]

Soddard says everyone should listen to the brain problems her group has
logged: Headaches, seizures, hallucinations, ringing in the ears, memory

problems, aggravation of brain diseases like multiple sclerosis
and even brain tumors have been reported.

The NutraSweet Company calls those who attack aspartame alarmists
using "scare tactics" that have "distorted" public perception.

But whose side is science on?

The industry generally claims over 200 research articles supporting the
safety of aspartame. In other words, their research claims
it is safe to consume aspartame at will.

Noted psychiatrist Dr. Ralph Walton analyzed the relevant research
articles and had a rather different story to tell.
"What I found was 100 percent of the industry-sponsored research
attested to the safety of the product whereas 92 percent of the studies
that had independent funding identified some type of problem," he
explained.

Walton's chart of industry-funded research shows 74 articles, and every
single one supports safety, while other apparently more objective
researchers found adverse reactions in 85 studies. To some, this sounds
like corporate tampering with science to deceive the public.

"We need a better process with regards to medical research, that people
doing the research should not have a vested interest in the outcome of
that research. Unfortunately, with NutraSweet we do have that
situation," Walton said.

Walton's analysis finds support from Dr. Woodrow Monte of Arizona State
University. Monte was wary of aspartame from the beginning because it
contains a toxic alcohol also known as wood alcohol or methanol.

"This never, never, ever should have been approved," Monte said.
"It has done tremendous damage to the population and is doing more
damage. I am one hundred percent behind stopping it from being consumed,

especially by women that are pregnant and children. Or anyone really.
There's nothing good about it, absolutely positively nothing good about
NutraSweet."

But industry defenders correctly state that fruits also contain this
samealcohol, and fruit is safe.

Walton explained why he disagrees.
"In fruit you have the antidote along with it. And also the methanol
component is bound to something called pectin, in fruit. We humans don't

have the enzyme to split methanol off from pectin. So, in fruit it's
perfectly harmless, but that's not the case in aspartame," he said.

Yet groups from the World Health Organization to the American Medical
Association say there is no problem consuming even large quantities.

Walton compares the sweetener to how the medical field used to treat
tobacco. "Physicians would indeed urge patients to smoke, so it took
quite a long time for there to be, first, medical awareness,
then public awareness of the hazards of smoking," he said.
"I think we're in an analogous situation with aspartame."

For consumers, there are a couple of straightforward questions to
consider: Who is the most credible on the safety issue? If unsafe, how
unsafe? And what are the alternatives? How good are they? All these
questions may require a lot more personal thought and investigation,
even if the truth is hard to swallow.
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http://www.cbn.com/CBNNews/staff/gailon_totheroh.asp
Gailon Totheroh Medical Reporter gailon.totheroh@...

Over the years, CBN viewers have come to recognize
reporter Gailon Totheroh as a valuable authority on current
health and science issues. Among his most recent stories were his
in-depth reports on cancer and arthritis; each multi-part series
focused on prevention, nutrition, and alternative treatments.

He has also done several investigative reports on such

controversial medical and moral issues as the development of
"designer" embryos and the use of such excitotoxins as MSG and
aspartame.

Before working for CBN News, Totheroh served in
various areas throughout the Christian Broadcasting Network. As a
graduate student, he was hired by CBN's human resources department in
1984. He later worked as a specialist in the media and public relations
departments for four years. In 1988, he joined the news department as
a field producer, and shortly thereafter was promoted to reporter.
His emphasis on science and medicine earned him the
official title of medical reporter in 1996. His work has earned him
CBN's President's Award for Excellence in 1990 and 1997.

When he arrived at CBN, Totheroh brought experience
in a variety of fields, including business management, education, and
journalism. While living in Phoenix, Arizona, he worked as an employment

manager for Manpower Services,
a researcher for The Trilateral Observer, an employment specialist for
Coca-Cola, and an apartment manager for the Royal Suites Hotels. He also

obtained his teacher certification in 1981, and traveled to the Soviet
Union for a study tour.

A native of Arizona, Totheroh earned an A.A. in
chemistry from Phoenix College in 1972 and a B.A. in German from the
University of Arizona two years later. In 1988, he earned an M.A. in
Public Affairs Journalism from Regent University.

According to Totheroh, whose favorite scriptures
include Psalm 19 and Revelation 21:1-4, his greatest asset as a
journalist is "the sovereign and loving Lord who has given me the
support of a wonderful wife and great children."
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Aspartame Consumer Safety Network and Pilot Hotline [1987-2001]
Mary Nash Stoddard, Founder & President
P.O. Box 780634 Dallas, TX 75378 .
214-352-4268 marystod@...
http://web2.airmail.net/marystod/index.html
http://web2.airmail.net/marystod/espanol.htm
Toxicology Sourcebook: "Deadly Deception Story of Aspartame"
Mary Nash Stoddard, author [Odenwald Press 1998]

http://www.dorway.com/wmonte.txt
Dr. Woodrow C. Monte, "Aspartame: Methanol, and the Public Health,"
Journal of Applied Nutrition, Volume 36, No. 1, pages 42-54, 1984.
(62 references) Professsor of Food Science
Director of the Food Science and Nutrition Laboratory
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287
6411 South River Drive #61 Tempe, Arizona 85283-3337
602-965-6938 woody.monte@...
The methanol from 2 L of diet soda, 5.6 12-oz cans, 20 mg/can, is
112 mg, 10% of the aspartame. The EPA limit for water is 7.8 mg daily
for methanol (wood alcohol), a deadly cumulative poison. Many users
drink 1-2 L daily. The reported symptoms are entirely consistent
with chronic methanol toxicity. (Fresh orange juice has 34 mg/L, but,
like all juices, has 16 times more ethanol, which strongly protects
against methanol.)

http://www.dorway.com/wmonte.txt
Dr. Woodrow C. Monte, "Aspartame: Methanol, and the Public Health,"
Journal of Applied Nutrition, Volume 36, No. 1, pages 42-54, 1984.
(62 references) Professsor of Food Science
Director of the Food Science and Nutrition Laboratory
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287
6411 South River Drive #61 Tempe, Arizona 85283-3337
602-965-6938 woody.monte@...
The methanol from 2 L of diet soda, 5.6 12-oz cans, 20 mg/can, is
112 mg, 10% of the aspartame. The EPA limit for water is 7.8 mg daily
for methanol (wood alcohol), a deadly cumulative poison. Many users
drink 1-2 L daily. The reported symptoms are entirely consistent
with chronic methanol toxicity. (Fresh orange juice has 34 mg/L, but,
like all juices, has 16 times more ethanol, which strongly protects
against methanol.)

Ralph G. Walton, MD, Prof. of Clinical Psychology, Northeastern Ohio
Universities, College of Medicine, Dept. of Psychiatry, Youngstown,
OH 44501, Chairman, The Center for Behavioral Medicine,
Northside Medical Center, 500 Gypsy Lane, P.O. Box 240 Youngstown,
OH 44501 330-740-3621 rwalton193@...
http://www.neoucom.edu/DEPTS/Psychiatry/walton.htm

Monte's prescient warning was published sixteen years ago. Many
symptoms of methanol toxicity are present in the many case reports.
One would hope that all experts involved would focus on identifying
all vulnerable populations and the exact toxic biochemistry, and,
of course, act to eliminate aspartame, but, sadly enough, entrenched
financial interests, just as in the case of tobacco, lead to corruption
of the scientific process, as Walton elucidates in this 66-page report:

"Survey of aspartame studies: correlation of outcome and funding
sources," 1998, unpublished as yet:
This study is available at http://www.dorway.com/peerrev.html
Al Raetz has justly criticized bias in both sides of the debate:
www.aspartametruth.freeservers.com/personal.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.

Moreover, 33 pro-aspartame studies were, with slight changes,
published repeatedly in different journals from 2 to 6 times each.
Walton comments, "Virtually all journals require that an affidavit be
signed by all authors to the effect that neither the manuscript nor
the data it contains have been previously published or concurrently
submitted elsewhere for publication. Violation of this policy may have
a detrimental impact on scientific progress and ethics."
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http://www.dorway.com/tldaddic.html 5-page review
"Aspartame (NutraSweet) Addiction"
H.J. Roberts in "Townsend Letter", Jan 2000 HJRobertsMD@...
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/669
1038-page medical text "Aspartame Disease: An Ignored Epidemic"
published May 30 2001 $ 85.00 postpaid data from 1200 cases
available at http://www.amazon.com
over 600 references from standard medical research
http://www.aspartameispoison.com/contents.html 34 chapters
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RTM: Moseley:
review Roberts "Aspartame Disease: An Ignored Epidemic" 2.7.2 rmforall

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/652
Ann Pharmacother 2001 Jun;35(6):702-6
Relief of fibromyalgia symptoms following
discontinuation of dietary excitotoxins.
terpening@... cterpeni@...
Smith JD, Terpening CM, Schmidt SO, Gums JG.
Malcolm Randall Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Gainesville, FL, USA.
gums@... siggy@...

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/782
RTM: Smith, Terpening, Schmidt, Gums:
full text: aspartame, MSG, fibromyalgia 1.17.2 rmforall

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/787
RTM: Hetle & Eltervaag:
abstract: aspartame brain damage in mice 2.5.2 rmforall
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