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15 Searching For The Truth 15 Searching For The Truth FDA Lists 92 Symptoms FDA Lists 92 Symptoms formic acid; both of these metabolites are goods. The truth about aspartame's toxicity is toxic." The recommend a limit of consumption fr from Nutrasweet of 7.8 mg/day. A one-liter (approx. 1 quart) far different than what the NutraSweet om Nutrasweet (Aspartame) aspartame-sweetened beverage contains about Company would have you readers believe. In (Aspartame) 56 mg of methanol. Heavy users of aspartame- February of 1994, the U.S. Department of containing products consume as much as 250 Health and Human Services released the listing mg of methanol daily or 32 times the EPA limit. of adverse reactions reported to the FDA The most well known problems from (DHHS 1994). Aspartame accounted for more methanol poisoning are vision problems. than 75% of all adverse reactions reported to the Formaldehyde is a known carcinogen, causes FDA's Adverse Reaction Monitoring System retinal damage, interferes with DNA replication, (ARMS). By the FDA's own admission fewer and causes birth defects. Due to the lack of a then ONE PERCENT of those who have couple of key enzymes, humans are many times problems with something they consume ever more sensitive to the toxic effects of methanol report it to the FDA. This balloons the almost than animals. Therefore, tests of aspartame or 10,000 complaints they once had to around a methanol on animals do not accurately reflect million. the danger for humans. As pointed out by Dr However, the FDA has a record keeping Woodrow C. Monte, Director of the Food problem (they never did respond to the certified Note: This information required a Science and Nutrition Laboratory at Arizona letter from the WEBMASTER of this site a Note: This information required a Freedom Of Information Act request to Freedom Of Information Act request to State University, "There are no human or major victim!) and they tend to discourage or pry it from the reluctant hands of the mammalian studies to evaluate the possible even misdirect complaints, at least on pry it from the reluctant hands of the FDA. mutagenic, teratogenic, or carcinogenic effects aspartame. The fact remains, though, that FDA. of chronic administration of methyl alcohol." MOST victims don't have a clue that aspartame BY DR. BETTY MARTINI It has been pointed out that fruit juices may be the cause of their many problems! Many BY DR. BETTY MARTINI and alcoholic beverages contain small amounts reactions to aspartame were very serious Nutrasweet (brand name for Aspartame) of methanol. It is important to remember, that including seizures and death. was not approved until 1981, in dry foods. For the methanol in natural products never appears Those reactions included: over eight years the FDA refused to approve it alone. In every case, ethanol is present, usually ~ Abdominal Pain because of the seizures and brain tumors this in much higher amounts. Ethanol is an antidote ~ Anxiety attacks drug produced in lab animals. The FDA for methanol toxicity in humans. ~ arthritis continued to refuse to approve it until President The troops of Desert Storm were ~ asthma Reagan took office (a friend of Searle) and fired "treated" to large amounts of aspartame- ~ Asthmatic Reactions the FDA Commissioner who wouldn't approve sweetened beverages which had been heated to ~ Bloating, Edema (Fluid Retention) it. Dr. Arthur Hull Hayes was appointed as over 86 degrees F. in the Saudi Arabian sun. ~ Blood Sugar Control Problems commissioner. Even then there was so much Many of them returned home with numerous ~ (Hypoglycemia or Hyperglycemia) opposition to approval that a Board of Inquiry disorders similar to what has been seen in ~ Brain Cancer (Pre-approval studies in was set up. The Board said: "Do not approve persons who have been chemically poisoned by animals) aspartame". Dr. Hayes OVERRULED his own formaldehyde. The free methanol in the ~ Breathing difficulties Board of Inquiry. beverages may have been a contributing factor ~ burning eyes or throat Shortly after Commissioner Arthur Hull in these illnesses. Other breakdown products ~ Burning Urination Hayes, Jr., approved the use of aspartame in ofaspartame such as DKP, may also have been a ~ can't think straight carbonated beverages, he left for a position with factor. ~ Chest Pains G.D. Searle's Public Relations firm. In a 1993 act that can only be described ~ chronic cough Long-Term Damage. It appears to cause as "unconscionable", the FDA approved ~ Chronic Fatigue slow, silent damage in those unfortunate enough aspartame as an ingredient in numerous food ~ Confusion to not have immediate reactions and a reason to items that would always be heated to above ~ Death avoid it. It may take one year, five years, 10 86°degrees F (30°Degrees C). ~ Depression years, or 40 years, but it seems to cause some Much worse, on 27 June 1996, without ~ Diarrhea reversible and some irreversible changes in public notice, the FDA removed all restrictions ~ Dizziness health over long-term use. from aspartame allowing it to be used in ~ Excessive Thirst or Hunger METHANOL (AKA WOOD everything, including all heated and baked (Continued on Page16) ALCOHOL/POISON) (10% OF ASPARTAME) Methanol/wood alcohol is a deadly poison. People may recall that methanol was the poison that has caused some "skid row" alcoholics to end up blind or dead. Methanol is gradually released in the small intestine when the methyl group of aspartame encounter the enzyme chymotrypsin. The absorption of methanol into the body is sped up considerably when free methanol is ingested. Free methanol is created from aspartame when it is heated to above 86 Fahrenheit (30 Centigrade). This would occur when aspartame-containing product is improperly stored or when it is heated (e.g., as part of a "food" product such as Jello). Methanol breaks down into formic acid and formaldehyde in the body. Formaldehyde is a deadly neurotoxin. An EPA assessment of methanol states that methanol "is considered a cumulative poison due to the low rate of excretion once it is absorbed. In the body, methanol is oxidized to formaldehyde and