Hi Dudley,

Fascinating information. Thank you. Besides its use to fight ants
(which is great news), the main problem with Aspartame (for us
humans) is that it is practically in EVERYTHING you buy (starting
with diet sodas, which are very bad for you anyway). Check the labels
very carefully, people, and chances are you will be horrified to find
Aspartame in a large number of products sitting in your cupboards. My
wife is like a hawk when it comes to reading labels, and she's very
good at putting back on the supermarket shelves anything that has
Aspartame (and horrendous levels of salt, too, by the way). She
taught me well. I used to buy anything that I thought would "taste"
good. No more. Now I double check. Read carefully, and don't buy that
stuff, you'll feel much better for it.

J.J. Surbeck
http://www.edgarcaycebooks.org
http://www.edgarcayceproducts.org


On Aug 3, 2007, at 6:49 AM, DudleyDelany@... wrote:

>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> This post appeared recently in a Yahoo! chat group and it may change
> your mind about using the artificial sweetener, aspartame:
>
> We live in the woods and carpenter ants are a huge problem.
>
> We have spent thousands of dollars with Orkin [an exterminator
> service]
> & on ant poisons trying to keep them under control but nothing has
> helped.
>
> So, when I read somewhere that aspartame (Nutrasweet) was actually
> developed as an ant poison and changed to being considered non-
> poisonous
> after it was realized that a lot more money could be made on it as a
> sweetener than as an ant poison, I decided to give it a try.
>
> I opened two packets of aspartame sweetener, & dumped one in a
> corner of
> each of our bathrooms .
>
> That was about 2 years ago and I have not seen any carpenter ants for
> about 9 to 12 months. It works better than the most deadly poisons I
> have tried. Any time they show up again, I simply dump another
> package of Nutrasweet in a corner, and they will be gone for a year or
> so again.
>
> Since [first] posting this information I have had many people tell
> me of
> their success solving ant problems with this substance, when nothing
> else worked.
>
> I found later that small black ants would not eat the aspartame. It
> was
> determined that if you mixed it with apple juice, they would quickly
> take it back to the nest,
> and all would be dead within 24 hours, usually. I have found that
> sometimes it will kill them, & sometimes it does not.
> Not sure why, may be slightly different species of ants or something.
>
> Fire Ants: We got our first fire ant hill about 2 weeks ago. Poison
> did
> not work. We tried aspartame and the ants ignored
> it until we got a light rain. It was just a sprinkle, enough to
> moisten
> the Nutrasweet & ground, but not enough to wash it away. They went
> crazy, hundreds of them grabbing it and taking it back into the mound.
> When I checked the mound 2 days later, there was no sign of the fire
> ants. I even dug the mound up, and still saw none of them.
>
> How does it Work:
>
> Aspartame is a neuropoison. It most likely kills the ants by
> interfering
> with their nervous system. It could be direct, like
> stopping their heart, or something more subtle like killing their
> sense
> of taste so they can't figure out what is edible, or smell, so they
> can't follow their trails, or mis-identify their colonies members, so
> they start fighting each other. Not sure what causes them to end up
> dying, just know that for many species of ants it will kill them
> quickly
> and effectively.
>
> As with any poison I recommend wearing gloves and washing any skin
> areas
> that come in contact with this poison, & avoid
> getting it in your mouth, despite anything the labeling may indicate.
>
> More information on this poison can be found at:
>
> http://www.dorway.com/
>
> The Truth About Aspartame:
>
> Aspartame is NOT a natural substance!*
>
> Aspartame is NOT a Diet Enhancement product!*
>
> Aspartame is NOT safe - for ANYONE!*
>
> Aspartame is NOT a food "additive" *
>
> Aspartame is an UNREGULATED and UNSAFE DRUG!*
>
> Aspartame in liquids turns to FORMALDEHYDE above freezing!*
>
> Aspartame is even worse for DIABETICS!*
>
> Aspartame poisoning is cumulative (it adds up!)*
>
> Aspartame byproducts get stored in your FAT!*
>
> Aspartame has 92 Official" Side Effects (the worst is DEATH!)*
>
> Aspartame MIMICS a wide range of problems*
>
> *Aspartame side effects are USUALLY MISDIAGNOSED!*
>
> People with MS are warned to stay away from Aspartame!
>
>
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