Aspartame – A very dangerous substance!

A news report from Sacramento, California reported on April 6, 2004 that lawsuits were filed in three separate California courts against twelve companies who either produce or use the artificial sweetener aspartame as a sugar substitute in their products.

Even though concerned scientists have been attempting to educate the public on its adverse effects since as early as 1970, aspartame was approved for use in carbonated beverages in 1983. Today it is found in over 5000 foods, drinks and medicines.

Aspartame has been identified as a neurotoxin. It is also marketed as NutraSweet, Equal and Spoonful, and it is found in diet drinks, sugar free gums, Flintstone vitamins, yogurt and children’s aspirin.

There are 92 documented symptoms of aspartame, from coma to death. The
majority of them are all neurological because aspartame destroys the nervous system. Some of the common aspartame medical problems include headache, memory loss, seizures, vision loss, coma and cancer. It worsens or mimics the symptoms of such diseases and conditions as fibromyalgia, MS, lupus, ADD, diabetes, Alzheimer's, chronic fatigue and depression.

Research has proven that aspartame liberates free methyl alcohol. The resulting chronic methanol poisoning affects the dopamine system of the brain causing addiction. Methanol, or wood alcohol, constitutes one-third of the aspartame molecule and is classified as a severe metabolic poison and narcotic. Recent news is full of reports of world-class athletes and other healthy consumers of aspartame suddenly dropping dead. Sudden death can occur from aspartame use because it damages the cardiac conduction system.

You can learn more about the background of aspartame by watching a six-minute video call “Sweet Misery” at www.soundandfury.tv . Go to the link www.nationaljusticeleague.com for more information on the lawsuits filed against the manufacturers and the other companies using aspartame in their products.

This information is presented without prejudice to assist consumers in making informed choices about additives in their foods.

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