Evil Aspartame!!



Many people I know try to avoid sugar but fall prey to the trap of artificial sweeteners because they have no calories in them like sugar filled products do.  It makes sense doesn't it. I drank the aspartame kool aid. For heaven's sake I used to encourage people to drink diet soda.

Well as I grow older I grow wiser. It's pretty clear to me now that  this stuff is poison. The FDA gets 75% of it's food additive complaints are regarding aspartame. Isn't the FDA suppose to protect us??  I have a feeling the aspartame makers have a strong lobby in Washington. Even though it receives so many complaints it remains in many of our foods like yogurt, juice, pop, gum, desserts, cereals and many other foods. 

In a report done by the Dept of Health and Human Services in 1994 over 90 different symptoms were documented here is a laundry list of those symptoms:

• migraines
• vison and heart irregularities
• depression
• irritability
• muscle spasms
• weight gain
• memory loss
• fatigue
• insomnia
• joint pain
• anxiety

According to those researchers that did this study aspartame can worsen chronic conditions or illnesses such as chronic fatigue syndrome, epilepsy, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, brain tumors, fibromyalgia, and diabetes.

So what the heck is in aspartame that makes it so nasty?

It's made of 3 chemicals aspartic acid(40%), phenylalanine(50%), and methanol(10%). When it's temp goes above 86 degrees Fahrenheit, the methanol in aspartame coverts to formaldehyde which is grouped in the same group as cyanide and arsenic-DEADLY POISONS!

Here is another interesting tidbit.

Aspartame is thought to be what is some of the mystery of the Dessert Storm health problems. The burning tongue and other problems discussed in over 60 cases can directly linked to consumption of an aspartame product. Several thousand pallets of a diet dink were shipped to Dessert Storm troop. (Remember what heating the aspartame does to the methanol above 86 degrees) Well these drinks sat in 120 degree heat for weeks at a time. All of their symptoms are identical to aspartame poisoning.  

Dr. H.J. Roberts, diabetic specialist and world expert on aspartame poisoning says "consuming aspartame at the time of conception can lead to birth defects." According to Dr. Louis Elsas Pediatrician Professor at Emory University, phenylalanine concentrated in the placenta caused mental retardation.

Dr. Rusell  Blaylock a neurosurgeon says "the ingredients stimulates the neurons of the brain to death, causing damage to the brain in varying degrees.

I don't know about you but where there is smoke there is fire. 
It is my opinion this stuff is toxic and harmful to the body and there is plenty of research to back it up.

With all this I've decided to avoid this chemical.  If you are not convinced here are some good books to check out.

"Excitotoxins The Taste That Kills" By. Dr. Russell Blaylock

"Aspartame The Ignored Epidemic" By Dr H.J. Roberts

Do your own investigation and I think you'll find aspartame guilty of being EVIL.