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Originally posted by pants_happy

also, aren't foods such as freedom fries and potato chips, that are fried and overheated, supposed to give you your much needed daily dose of formaldehyde?

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So I guess I am doomed as I have several cups of coffee each day with splenda!

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Originally posted by pants_happy

>> Sweet but Poison
>>
>> In October of 2001, my sister started getting very sick. She had
>>stomach spasms and she was having a hard time getting around.
>>Walking was a major chore. It took everything she had just to get
>>out of bed; she was in so much pain.
>>
>> By March 2002, she had undergone several tissue and muscle
>>biopsies and was on 24 various prescription medications. The
>>doctors could not determine what was wrong with her. She was in so
>>much pain, and so sick...she just knew she was dying.
>>
>> She put her house, bank accounts, life insurance, etc., in her
>>oldest daughters name, and made sure that her younger children were
>>to be taken care of. She also wanted her last hooray, so she
>>planned a trip to FL (basically in a wheelchair) for March 22nd.
>>
>> On March 19th I called her to ask how her most recent tests went,
>>and she said they didn't find anything on the test, but they
>>believe she had MS.
>>
>> I recalled an article a friend of mine E-mailed to me and I asked
>>my sister if she drank diet soda? She told me that she did. As a
>>matter of fact, she was getting ready to crack one open that
>>moment... I told her not to open it, and to stop drinking the diet
>>soda !!! I E-mailed her the article my friend, a lawyer, had sent.
>>My sister called me within 32 hours after our phone conversation
>>and told me she had stopped drinking the diet soda AND she could
>>walk!!!! The muscle spasms went away. She said she didn't feel 100%
>>but she sure
>> felt a lot better. She told me she was going to her doctor with
>>this article and would call me when she got home.
>>
>> Well, she called me, and said her doctor was amazed! He is going
>>to call all of his MS patients to find out if they consumed
>>artificial sweeteners of any kind...
>>
>> In a nutshell, she was being poisoned by the Aspartame in the
>>diet soda... and literally dying a slow and miserable death.
>>
>> When she got to FL March 22nd, all she had to take was one pill,
>>and that was a pill for the Aspartame poisoning! She is well on
>>her way to a complete recovery . and she is walking!!! No
>>wheelchair!!!
>>
>> This article saved her life If it says "SUGAR FREE" on the label,
>>DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!!!
>>
>> I have spent several days lecturing at the WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL
>>CONFERENCE on "ASPARTAME," marketed as 'NutraSweet,' 'Equal,' and
>>'Spoonful.'
>>
>> In the keynote address by the EPA, it was announced that in the
>>United States in 2001 there is an epidemic of multiple sclerosis
>>and systemic lupus. It was difficult to determine exactly what
>>toxin was causing this to be rampant.
>>
>> I stood up and said that I was there to lecture on exactly that
>>subject. I will explain why Aspartame is so dangerous: When the
>>temperature of this sweetener exceeds 86 degrees F, the wood
>>alcohol in ASPARTAME converts to formaldehyde and then to formic
>>acid, which in turn causes metabolic acidosis. Formic acid is the
>>poison found in the sting of fire ants. The methanol toxicity
>>mimics, among other conditions, multiple sclerosis and systemic
>>lupus.
>>
>> Many people were being diagnosed in error. Although multiple
>>sclerosis
>> is not a death sentence.. methanol toxicity is!
>>
>> Systemic lupus has become almost as rampant as multiple
>>sclerosis, especially with Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi drinkers. The
>>victim usually does not know that the Aspartame is the culprit.
>>He or she continues its use; irritating the lupus to such a
>>degree that it may become a life-threatening condition. We have
>>seen patients with systemic lupus become asymptotic, once taken off
>>diet sodas.
>>
>> In cases of those diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, (when in
>>reality, the disease is methanol toxicity), most of the symptoms
>>disappear. We've seen many cases where vision loss returned and
>>hearing loss improved markedly.
>>
>> This also applies to cases of tinnitus and fibromyalgia.
>>
>> During a lecture, I said, "If you are using ASPARTAME
>>(NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, etc.) and you suffer from
>>fibromyalgia symptoms, spasms, shooting, pains, numbness in your
>>legs, cramps, vertigo, dizziness,headaches, tinnitus, joint pain,
>>unexplainable depression, anxiety attacks, slurred speech, blurred
>>vision, or memory loss...you probably have ASPARTAME poisoning!"
>>
>> People were jumping up during the lecture saying, "I have some of
>>these symptoms."
>>
>> Is it reversible?" Yes! Yes! Yes! STOP drinking diet sodas and be
>>alert for Aspartame on food labels!
>>
>> Many products are fortified with it!!!
>>
>> This is a serious problem. Dr. Espart (one of my speakers)
>>remarked that so many people seem to be symptomatic for MS and
>>during his recent visit to a hospice; a nurse stated that six of
>>her friends, who were heavy Diet Coke addicts, had all been
>>diagnosed with MS. This is beyond coincidence!
>>
>> Diet soda is NOT a diet product! It is a chemically altered,
>>multiple SODIUM (salt) and ASPARTAME containing product that
>>actually makes you crave carbohydrates. It is far more likely to
>>make you GAIN weight! These products also contain formaldehyde,
>>which stores in the fat cells, particularly in the hips and
>>thighs. Formaldehyde is an absolute toxin
>> and is used primarily to preserve "tissue specimens."
>>
>> Many products we use every day! contain this chemical but we
>>SHOULD NOT store it IN our body!!!
>>
>> Dr. H. J. Roberts stated in his lectures that once free of the
>>"diet products" and with no significant increase in exercise; his
>>patients lost an average of 19 pounds over a trial period.
>>
>> Aspartame is especially dangerous for diabetics. We found that
>>some physicians, who believed that they had a patient with
>>retinopathy, in fact, had symptoms caused by Aspartame. The
>>Aspartame drives the blood sugar out of control. Thus diabetics may
>>suffer acute memory loss due to the fact that aspartic acid and
>>phenylalanine are NEUROTOXIC when taken without the other amino
>>acids necessary for a good balance. Treating diabetes is all about
>>BALANCE. Especially with diabetics, the Aspartame
>> passes the blood/brain barrier and it then deteriorates the
>>neurons of the brain; causing various levels of brain damage,
>>seizures, depression, manic depression, panic attacks,
>>uncontrollable anger and rage.
>>
>> Consumption of Aspartame causes these same symptoms in
>>non-diabetics, as well.
>>
>> Documentation and observation also reveal that thousands of
>>children diagnosed with ADD and AHD have had complete turnarounds
>>in their behavior when these chemicals have been removed from
>>their diet. So called "behavior modification prescription drugs"
>>(Ritalin and others) are no longer needed. Truth be told, they were
>>never NEEDED in the first place!
>>
>> Most of these children were being "poisoned" on a daily basis
>>with the very foods that were "better for them than sugar."
>>
>> It is also suspected that the Aspartame in thousands of pallets
>>of diet Coke and diet Pepsi consumed by men and women fighting in
>>the Gulf War, may be partially to blame for the well-known Gulf War
>>Syndrome.
>>
>> Dr. Roberts warns that it can cause birth defects, i.e., mental
>>retardation, if taken at the time of conception and during early
>>pregnancy. Children are especially at risk for neurological
>>disorders and should NEVER be given artificial sweeteners. There
>>are many different case histories to relate of children suffering
>>grand mal seizures and other
>> neurological disturbances due to the use of NutraSweet.
>>
>> Unfortunately, it is not always easy to convince people that
>>Aspartame is to blame for their child's illness. Stevia, which,
>>which is a sweet herb, NOT A MANUFACTURED ADDITIVE, helps in the
>>metabolism of sugar, which would be ideal for diabetics. It has
>>now been approved as a dietary supplement by the FDA. It is known
>>that for many years the FDA outlawed this true sweet food," due to
>>their loyalty to MONSANTO Chemical Company."
>>
>> Books on this subject are available:
>>
>> EXCITOTOXINS: THE TASTE THAT KILLS written by Dr. Russell
>>Blayblock
>> (Health Press 1-800-643-2665) AND: DEFENSE AGAINST ALZHEIMER'S
>> DISEASE-written by DR H. J. Roberts, also a diabetic specialist.
>>
>> These two doctors will soon be posting a position paper with case
>>histories on the deadly effects of Aspartame on the Internet.
>>According to the Conference of the American College of Physicians,
>>"We are talking about a plague of neurological diseases directly
>>caused by the use of this deadly poison."
>>
>> Herein lies the problem: There were Congressional Hearings when
>>Aspartame was included 100 different products and strong objection
>>was made concerning it's use. Since this initial hearing, there
>>have been two subsequent hearings and still, nothing has been done.
>>The drug and chemical lobbies have very deep pockets. Sadly,
>>MONSANTO'S patent on
>> Aspartame has EXPIRED!!
>>
>> There are now over 5,000 products on the market that contain this
>>deadly chemical and there will be thousands more introduced.
>>
>> Everybody wants a "piece of the Aspartame pie." I assure you that
>>MONSANTO, the creator of Aspartame, knows how deadly it is. And
>>isn't it ironic that MONSANTO funds, among others, the American
>>Diabetes Association, the American Dietetic Association and the
>>Conference of the American College of Physicians? This has been
>>recently exposed in the New York Times. These cannot criticize any
>>additives or convey their link to MONSANTO because they take money
>>from the food industry and are required to endorse their products.
>>
>> Senator Howard Metzenbaum wrote and presented a bill that would
>>require label warnings on products containing Aspartame, especially
>>regarding pregnant women, children and infants. The bill would also
>>institute independent studies on the known dangers and the problems
>>existing in the general population regarding seizures, changes in
>>brain chemistry,
>> neurological changes and behavioral symptoms. The bill was
>>killed. It is known that the powerful drug and chemical lobbies are
>>responsible for this, letting loose the hounds of disease and death
>>on an unsuspecting and uninformed public.






supposedly puting food on/in a plastic container in the microwave is supposed to be toxic also. paper, don't know what you're getting. glass is best.

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I stopped drinking soda and caffeine.

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