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Articial Sweeteners! - Don't miss these TWO articles listed on the left links.
If your drinking diet sodas or using artificial sweetners- Maybe Your Suffering?
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April 2008
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Greetings,and Welcome
Instead of us proclaiming the benefits and
wondrous effects of our own Ultrafine
Colloidal solutions and creams, we would let
our customers' and clients' experiences talk
for themselves.
So it is with great pleasure that we set
before you some of these unsolicited emails
and letters immediately following this paragraph.
Also please consider the use of Creme
de la Creme for cits, scrapes,
allergies and also for sub-derma damaged soft
tissue, bruising and swelling.
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From: "K G" .net
To:
CC: xxxxx
Subject: Attn: Merlinksi
Date: Thursday, April 03, 2008 10:26:30 AM
Dear Merlinski –
I’m SO sorry it’s taken this long to get this
to you; it certainly has been on my mind, but
I knew it would take a pretty good chunk of
time to get it all down – I’ve got so many
positive things to say and wanted to at least
try to do your amazing products justice.
If you have any questions, or want me to
clarify anything at all, don’t hesitate to
ask; I’m so happy with your products, I’m
only too glad to help.
I’ll separate them “by category” so you can
relate to them on an as-needed basis.
Joint pain:
I’m writing to thank you for offering such an
amazing product. While I’m a multiple-product
buyer now, I originally started taking your
colloidal copper for pain that I was
experiencing in my elbows. I had tried all
kinds of over-the-counter remedies to no
effect. But the pain went away soon after
starting using your solution both orally and
topically. I ceased the topical applications,
but continued to take it orally. That was
years ago and I’ve never had problems with
elbow pain again.
Nervous cat:
Your colloidal gold was a godsend to me
and
my cat! As she got older (10 years), she
started getting increasingly nervous. Poor
thing would constantly twitch her back when
she was resting, and be easily startled (much
more than is usual for a cat). I took her to
the vet for the problem, he agreed there was
a problem and prescribed tranquilizers. Not
only did she hate having to take the pills,
she became so lethargic, she stopped grooming
herself. I then asked you for a
recommendation and you suggested giving her
your colloidal gold. I took her off her meds,
and started putting ½ tsp gold in canned tuna
juice or chicken broth– which she LOVES – and
in a short time, she was her old, calm self.
She continues to get her dose every day –
which to her is the biggest treat of the day.
Every time I give it to her, I feel extremely
thankful that your product has helped improve
her quality of life so dramatically.
Arthritic finger:
I can’t believe the immediate results
I got
from your Alcheme cream when I started to
develop pain and movement problems in my
little fingers. The joints were swollen and
painful and no matter how hard I tried, I
could not bend my little fingers into a
‘fist’ shape; they simply would not bend like
that any more. I have a friend who has severe
arthritis in his hands and he said that’s how
it all started with him. I began applying
your Alcheme crème de la crème (as well as
taking my usual dose of copper, silver, and
gold) and in a matter of days, the pain was
gone and I had full movement of my finger.
The problem has never recurred.
Third-world travel:
I still find it hard to believe how effective
your silver solution was while I was
traveling in Peru for a month. You had
recommended that I take your colloidal
silver, telling me how it was proven to kill
water-born diseases in that region. I was not
able to bring enough to give myself daily
doses for the entire month, but I did use it
whenever I thought I might be eating "high
risk" food or drink. I ended up getting sick
once at the end of the trip - only because I
ran out of the silver!
Severe bruising:
Your Skin I Surface Repair is an amazing
product! I use it any time I have a cut or
bruise. Before I started using it, I tended
to get infections very easily - even from the
smallest paper cut. That's a thing of the
past now!
The most dramatic results happened when I
slammed my shin into a solid wooden footstool
while I was racing across a room to answer
the phone. I didn't see the footstool at all
and during the impact, it was so heavy, it
didn't budge at all. The front of my shin
bone took the full brunt of the impact.
Immediately, I looked down, and there was
already a huge blue balloon (about 3/4" in
diameter) swelling on my shin bone. I
honestly felt scared, because I'd never seen
anything like it. Having used your products
successfully for more minor injuries, I
rushed to my medicine cabinet and poured a
bunch of Skin 1 Surface Repair on a gauze
pad, laid down, raised my leg on a pillow,
and gently applied the pad to the swelling
bruise. After 30 minutes, the "blue balloon"
had reversed it's swelling, and in a couple
of days (with repeated applications of
freshly-soaked bandages), it no longer hurt.
(I have noticed this with your products, the
bruise may remain for a relatively normal
period of time, but the pain goes away
rapidly.)
That's all for now
All the best to you and yours,
K G
OR
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I M
UK
Hi Mike
Thank you for your reply. And thank you so
much for this offer which i will take
advantage of. I just like to say i love your
site and information and your products are
amazing.
I was bitten by my female cat it
looked like a snake bite and drew blood and
swelled and hurt. I very soon became hot and
poorly and shaking. I don't believe in
doctors or modern medicine although i was
terrified as i know how bad animal bites are
but i trusted my colloidal Eureka Elixir;
Gold, Silver, Copper and zinc. So i put some
on wound and took internally. I feel
wonderful and no sign of any disease or
severe health problems from bite and it is
healing very quickly.
This is amazing in my
eyes and you are more than welcome to use my
comments in your recommendations or customer
testimonials as it truly is amazing product.
Thank you so much for saving my life!
Kindest regards
Ixxxxxx Mxxxxxxx
UK
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Merlinski, thank you so much for your
thoughtful reply (as always).
Knowing my friend as I do, I think it would
be worth experimenting
with the cream treatment. It's the easiest --
therefore most likely
-- approach for him. I've just ordered a jar.
By the way, I love the economy sizes for
silver and gold. Any chance
of creating one for copper???
I have an amazing success story for you: I
was in a big hurry (yes,
exactly when most injuries happen...) and was
watering my deck. I was
finishing up with the hanging plants and my
focus was 'upward', so I
walk/ran into a SOLID wood foot stool that --
even though I struck it
very hard with my shin bone, didn't budge an
inch. I felt the kind of
pain that kind of makes you sick to your
stomach. You know? I was
wearing jeans and by the time I rolled my
pants up to see what the
damage was, there was a blue bulge in the
vein of my leg where I had
struck it about the size of a large green
pea. I've never seen
anything like it. I honestly panicked,
thinking I'd just killed
myself giving myself a blood clot (not that
I'm hypochondriacal or
anything....). The blood clot may have been
fictional but my pain and
fear were real. I knew I had done some real
damage to myself.
I immediately thought of three things to do:
Slather on some creme de
la creme, apply an ice pack, and lift the
leg. I did that and laid on
my couch in this position for about an hour
-- afraid to look at the
wound to see how bad it was probably looking.
(Before I started
taking your products, I bruised VERY easily.)
When I did look I was
stunned. Other than a slight skin abrasion,
the blue bulge was gone,
and there was absolutely no sign of bruising
or inflammation of any
kind. The area was tender to the touch, but
not painful by itself.
This may seem like, "well of course; that's
what I would expect" to
you -- you've probably heard many stories
like this. But to me, this
was truly miraculous. I continued to apply
the cream regularly and
suffered no discomfort as the injury healed,
in just a week, it was
no longer tender to the touch (the only sign
that an injury had
occurred). Interestingly, I had also hit my
shin less hard lower down
on my leg. I applied no treatment to that
area. And it bruised and
healed in a 'normal' way. I ended up
conducting an inadvertently
"controlled" experiment. :-)
Another story is: a friend of mine slammed
her hand against a squash
court during a game. She's a very aggressive
sportsperson, so I can
only imagine how hard the impact must have
been. She's also a doctor,
so when she came over soon after and said
something about it -- that
it was going to be a painful swelling-type
injury, I took her at her
word. I gave her some of the cream which she
applied at the time --
and probably only applied a few times after,
but still suffered
absolutely no discomfort. It was almost as
though the injury had
never happened.
I can't help but wonder, given the amazing
empirical curative effects
I've seen of the cream, what wonderful
effects your colloidal metals
are having throughout my body (I'm currently
taking 1/2 tsp silver,
copper and gold orally (under the tongue for
30 seconds first) every
day -- except Sunday, when I don't take the
copper).
Thank you so much for dedicating yourself to
creating such effective
curatives. I'm delighted that I found you!
Your devoted fan,
K
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L B
E Y
UK.
I would very much like to join the Alchemist
Club .
I have just made a further order for your
products, this being my third order over the
past few months.
I am now in my third age, and for many years
suffered from severe headaches, arthritis ,
and more recently circulation problems.
I have commenced a regime of drinking
distilled water, and of course regular use of
your gold and copper colloids along with the
silver colloid
I am pleased to say the headaches are now
relieved, and the arthritis very much
improved ,thanks to your gold colloid, I am
hopeful that the copper will also help re the
circulation problem.
However I am thankful that I am feeling much
improved therefore I thank you for your products.
Sincerely.
I B
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From: "t#########"
To:
Subject: formula?
To Merlinski,
Wanted to let you know and thank you so much
for your product. My daughter took your
formula and the last two blood test have
shown the hepatitis C is not found in her
blood test. Remarkable.
Thanks again,
T. H#######
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----- Original Message -----
From: [email protected]
To: t##########
Sent: Saturday, ########## 7:28 AM
Subject: Hepatitis - formula? - Yes !
Hello T. H########,
Yes, according to the research carried
out by the John Hopkins Institute, an
effective fine colloidal silver has been
shown effective in killing the Hepatitis C
in-vitro within minutes of contact.
I personally would suggest that you use
one teaspoon a day of our Ultrafine Super
Silver 400+ppm for a faster response, which
should be held under the tongue for twenty to
30 seconds before swallowing. I would
administer this protocol twice a day for the
first three days and then once a day
thereafter until the 100ml.aprx 4oz bottle is
finished. This would be for a person over
thirteen years of age. If your daughter is
younger then I would recommend the same
procedure but with our regular Ultrafine
Colloidal Silver 12ppm. This will take longer
and I would recommend that you would probably
need two 4oz bottles as it is much weaker and
will take longer to kill off all the
pathogens.
You may order any of these colloidals or
browse the selection at the following URL by
just clicking on to the following:-
http://twww.alchemistshop.co.uk
I hope this has been helpful and I look
forward to helping in this matter.
Please be healthy, happy and wise,
Merlinski
ALCHEMISTS WORKSHOP
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----- Original Message -----
From: "t#########"
To:
Subject: formula?
My daughter has hepititus C and I was
wondering if you have a special formula for
this ailment.
thank you, t. H#######
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Hi Merlinski --
Thank you for your note in my last shipment.
And thank you very much for upgrading my
creme de la creme. That was very generous of
you...and much appreciated.
I would be delighted to have my story be a
testimonial for you in whatever form you want
to use it. BTW, I'm also perfectly willing to
be a personal reference, if a potential
customer wants to email me directly. I'd be
delighted to help in any way I can.
As far as my friend's arthritis: I totally
hear you that you'd prefer to see him apply
the colloidals rather than the 'creme', and
that you're not even sure the 'creme' will
work. But knowing him as I do, I know he
won't do the colloidal treatment (he's very
self-neglectful). The only hope is something
easy and good-smelling -- your 'creme'. I'm
going to give it to him in a couple weeks for
his birthday. I am aware that it may have no
effect, but I'll sure let you know if we
discover otherwise! And, if he can get in the
habit of applying the creme twice/three times
a day, I figure we could then 'escalate' the
treatment to the more complex approach. In
other words: take him a step at a time.
That's all for now.
Thank you again for doing what you do -- you
have certainly made a difference in my life
and my kitty's!!!
All the best to you,
K
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Some Sugar Substitutes Will Harm Us Much More!
Artificial Sweetners are Killing US??
SWEET POISON A MUST READ
by Lorena Barfuss
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 daughter's 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 Florida (basically in a
wheelchair) for March 22nd.
On March 19 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 .
When she got to Florida March 22, 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, 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 ADHD 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 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 its 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 [organizations] 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.
Well, you're informed now! YOU HAVE A RIGHT
TO KNOW!
Please print this out and/or e-mail to your
family and friends.
They have a right to know too
_____________________________________________________________
A Unique Email Address EVERYONE Will
Remember!
Lorena Barfuss
[email protected]
FOR AN ALTERNATIVE TO ASPARTAME PLEASE
READ THE FOLLOWING IMPORTANT ARTICLE
THESE TWO ARTICLES ARE ONES THAT YOU
CANNOT AFFORD TO MISS!!!
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A Tale of Two Sweetners - Wonder why Your Ill ?
Do YOU or Your Kids Drink Diet Sodas???
A Tale of Two Sweeteners
Aspartame v's Stevia
For more than 20 years, a war has been
silently waging in this country. The
battlefield is the billion dollar artificial
sweetener industry. The combatants are the
giant agri-chemical industry and its allied
forces, the FDA against a handful of small
private companies and concerned citizens on
the other. The casualties are the 200 million
men, women, and children who regularly
consume more than 5,000 food products
artificially sweetened with saccharin,
acesulfame k, and aspartame. They do so
because they are diabetic, hypoglycemic, or
just concerned about their weight. They
unwittingly become victims by consuming
artificial sweeteners in everything from
chewing gum to soft drinks. Even more
disturbing, is the use of aspartame, perhaps
the most toxic of these chemicals in
children's vitamins like Centrum, Jr.,
Sunkist Multivitamins, and Bayer's
Flintstones and Bugs Bunny Chewables.
Aspartame is marketed under the innocuous
sounding names Equal and NutraSweet.
The only warning label which appears on the
little blue packets of Equal and products
containing aspartame concerns phenylketonuria
(PKU) a rare disorder which affects about 1
in 15,000 individuals. These individuals lack
one of the paired genes that most people
possess at birth which controls the
metabolism of phenylalanine.
But nowhere on the label is there even the
slightest hint that aspartame has caused
brain tumors in laboratory animals (although
saccharin does carry this warning), or that
according to National Cancer Institute data,
there has been an alarming increase in the
incidence and malignancy of brain tumors in
Americans since the introduction of aspartame
into our food supply in the early 1980's(1).
Nowhere on the label are consumers warned of
the thousands of complaints associated with
aspartame that are on file at the FDA and the
Centers for Disease Control. Reports of 92
different serious side effects include
headaches, menstrual irregularities, nausea,
dizziness, skin lesions, rashes,
hyperactivity, heart palpitations,
gastrointestinal disorders, blackouts,
numbness, memory loss, blindness, seizures,
and suicidal depressions. While reports of
these side effects number only in the
thousands, the real number of adverse effects
associated with aspartame use is estimated to
be as high as 700,000. This is because most
people don't associate symptoms with
aspartame, and even if they did, only a small
fraction of patients or doctors actually take
the time to report them.
Meanwhile, an all-natural, non-caloric,
non-toxic sweetener that is safe for use by
both diabetics and hypoglycemics is being
kept a secret from the American public. This
herbal substance has been used safely for
hundreds of years, is in almost half of all
sweetened foods consumed in Japan, has been
cultivated and studied extensively around the
world with no reports of any ill side
effects, and has the ability to prevent tooth
decay, inhibit the growth of certain
bacteria, balance blood sugar levels, heal
wounds, and reduce the craving for sweets!
Why is the FDA keeping the world's greatest
sweetener a secret from the American public?.
Why aren't diabetic, hypoglycemic, and
weight-conscious individuals allowed to learn
about a truly safe alternative to aspartame
and other artificial sweeteners? Let's take a
closer look.
What is Aspartame?
Researchers at G.D. Searle pharmaceutical
company were looking for an ulcer drug when
they accidentally stumbled upon a white,
crystalline powder that was 180 times sweeter
than sugar. This man made synthetic compound
consisted of two isolated amino acids,
phenylalanine and aspartic acid chemically
bonded by methanol (wood alcohol.) Searle
dubbed the new compound aspartame and was
relentless in gaining approval for its use as
a food additive, despite the dangers.
Phenylalanine breaks down into
diketopiperazine, a brain tumor agent.Ê Rats
in original laboratory studies developed
astrocytoma brain tumors.Ê Elevated levels of
phenylalanine also cause changes in brain
chemistry which may account for brain/mood
symptoms such as seizures, mania, and severe
depression.(2) Other specific types of
reactions which were published in the Journal
of Applied Nutrition in 1988 included:
extreme irritability, severe anxiety attacks,
marked personality changes, recent severe
insomnia, and severe aggravation of phobias.(3)
Aspartic acid is a neurotransmitter, one of a
class of chemicals manufactured and used by
the brain. It is believed by some experts
that the aspartic acid in aspartame causes
brain lesions by literally exciting brain
cells to death.(4) Aspartic acid has caused
brain lesions in experimental animals.Ê
In nature, methyl alcohol (or methanol)
occurs in combination with ethyl alcohol, its
antidote. Only in aspartame, does methyl
alcohol appear alone. Once ingested, methanol
converts to formaldehyde, which not
surprisingly, affects the brain. It is then
further converted to formic acid (ant sting
poison) which causes metabolic acidosis.
Absorption of methanol is hastened when
aspartame has broken down, as it does when it
is heated, (added to hot beverages or baked
goods) or decomposes during prolonged
storage. Methyl alcohol is specifically toxic
to the optic nerve and has been known to
cause blindness.(5)
There are 32 breakdown products from
aspartame that we know of. These include:
methanol, formaldehyde, formic acid,
epinephrine, phenylethylamine, phenypyruvate,
phenylactic acid,Êdiketopiperazine,
aspartylphenylalanine, beta aspartame,
tyrosine, L-Dopa, dopamine, and norepinephrine.
Approval Over Controversy and Objections
There are very powerful economic forces
behind aspartame. Even before aspartame
received its final green light from the FDA
for use in dry foods in 1981 and in beverages
in 1983, scientists objected to its approval.
Aspartame was initially granted FDA approval
for use in dry foods in 1974, but was later
blocked by objections raised by attorney
James Turner and John Olney, M.D.
Investigators described aspartame safety
studies conducted by G.D. Searle between 1967
and 1975 as 'shoddy science' and 'sloppy
tests.' Ninety out of 113 aspartame safety
tests showed discrepancies. FDA scientists
and outside researchers insisted that more
rigorous and reliable testing was needed.
Despite these concerns, on July 18, 1981
aspartame was approved for use in dry foods
by FDA Commissioner Arthur Hull Hayes who,
incredibly overruled his own Public Board of
Inquiry which recommended that approval be
denied. He also ignored the law, Section
409(c)(3) of the Food Drug and Cosmetic Act
(21 U.S.C. 348), which says that a food
additive should not be approved if tests are
inconclusive (6)
Objections to aspartame's continued use
continued. In 1981, John Olney, professor of
psychiatry and neuropathology at Washington
University, St. Louis cited risks involved
with the use of aspartame. Olney, who was
instrumental in banning the use of
cyclamates, warned that aspartame had brain
damaging properties. The American Academy of
Pediatrics raised concerns about the effects
of phenylalanine on PKU carriers who were
unaware that they had the defect.
Astonishingly, even the National Soft Drink
Association had serious doubts about the
safety of aspartame. In 1983, the NSDA filed
a 30-page objection to aspartame's use in
beverages and then, inexplicably reversed its
opposition. Aspartame received approval for
use in soft drinks in 1983 and shortly
thereafter, Commissioner Arthur Hull Hayes
left the FDA. He was then hired as a
consultant (at the rate of $1,000 per day)
with G.D. Searle's public relations firm,
Burston Marsteller.(7)
Prompted by mounting safety concerns within
the scientific community, Ohio Senator Howard
Metzenbaum called for Senate hearings on
NutraSweet. He introduced the Aspartame
Safety Act of 1985 on August 1st of that
year. The bill called for clinical studies to
ascertain the safety of aspartame, a
moratorium on the introduction of aspartame
into new products until independent testing
was complete, labeling of products including
the amount of aspartame in each serving and
the allowable daily intake, and a warning
that aspartame is not intended for infant
use. The bill also required the FDA to set up
a clinical adverse reaction committee to
collect reports of adverse effects and to
send written notices to physicians about
aspartame. In a March 3, 1986 news release,
the Senator stated 'we cannot use American's
children as guineas pigs to determine the
Ôsafe' level of NutraSweet consumption.'
Sadly, the bill that potentially could have
stopped an ongoing tragedy, was killed in the
Labor and Human Resources Committee, and
never reached the Senate floor.
After suffering a $28 million dollar loss in
the previous year, G.D. Searle sold out to
the chemical company, Monsanto in 1985.(8)
Monsanto then created the NutraSweet Company
as a subsidiary, separate from G.D. Searle.
Over the next decade, aspartame consumption
soared and reports of ill side effects
increased.
In June of 1996, FDA Commissioner Dr. David
Kessler lifting all restrictions on the use
of aspartame and granted it blanket approval,
despite the fact that this neurotoxin
(mislabeled as a food additive) is in
reality, a dangerous drug that changes brain
chemistry and interacts with other drugs. He
did so without public notification. He also
ignored a request by Senator Metzenbaum (then
retired) to initiate additional safety
testing. Aspartame could now be used as
freely as sugar.
Stevia: America's Prohibited Sweetener
Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni is a perennial
shrub native to the Amambay Mountain region
of Paraguay. It has been enjoyed by the
Guarani Indians for hundreds of years, who
use it primarily to sweeten their herbal mat
tea . By the 1800's daily consumption of
stevia had spread to South American settlers
in Paraguay, Argentina, and Brazil. In 1899,
Stevia was 'rediscovered' by Italian
botanist, Moises Santiago Bertoni. This set
the stage for the cultivation of stevia,
which until that time had only grown in the
wild in its native Paraguay.
The first stevia crop was harvested in 1908.
Soon plantations began flourishing throughout
South America and abroad. Stevia was first
brought to the attention of the US Government
in 1918 by a US Botanist. In 1921 American
Trade Commissioner George S. Brady, aware of
stevia's great commercial possibilities,
again brought it to the attention of the US
Government, this time to the USDA. Brady
noted that stevia had a long history of safe
use, and was especially ideal for use as a
sweetener by diabetics. This news no doubt,
alarmed US sugar producers, much in the same
way that the sugar industry in Germany had
felt threatened when stevia was introduced
there in 1913.
In 1931, the French isolated a pure white
crystalline extract: stevioside. US
government researcher Dr. Hewitt G. Fletcher
labeled it 'the sweetest natural product yet
found.' Curiously, it appears that stevia did
not make its emergence onto the US sweetener
scene at this time.
In the late sixties and early seventies, the
FDA was busy setting the stage for approval
of aspartame for mass consumption in the US.
But, Japan had already banned or severely
restricted its use, as it had with other
unsafe food additives. By 1970, the Japanese
discovered stevia: the ideal replacement for
sugar and its synthetic substitutes.
In the mid-1980's stevia was being used by
several US companies as a flavor enhancer in
herbal teas. Suddenly, the FDA poised itself
for an all out assault on stevia and launched
an aggressive campaign to stop its use.
Prompted by an anonymous trade complaint, a
series of FDA actions against companies using
stevia included: embargoes, search and
seizures, and ultimately an all out 'import
alert.' (9) Stevia was not granted GRAS
(Generally recognized as safe) status,
despite it's long history of safe use and the
numerous world wide scientific studies
supporting its safety. Instead, it was
classified as an 'unsafe food additive'.
Celestial Seasonings and other companies were
forced to stop using stevia.
While stevia was being grown and enjoyed in
such countries as China, Japan, Brazil,
Israel, Malaysia, and even Germany, it
disappeared completely from the US
marketplace until 1994. Despite the FDA's
opposition, passage of the Dietary Supplement
Health & Education Act allowed stevia to
reenter the US market as a food supplement.
Companies which market stevia products are
prohibited from making the slightest
implication that stevia has sweetening
qualities. To do so is to risk stevia being
relabeled as an unsafe food additive and to
once again be banned entirely from the U.S.
market.
To further protect the interests of Monsanto,
and to continue the poisoning of the American
public, the FDA would ultimately resort to
strategies frighteningly reminiscent of
tactics practiced in Nazi Germany. Recently,
the FDA placed an embargo on shipments of
stevia to the small Stevita Company of
Arlington, Texas. In a letter to Stevita
dated May 19, 1998 the FDA further demanded
that Stevita destroy a warehouse full of
'cookbooks, literature, and other
publications' and promised to be on hand to
'witness the destruction' of the offending
materials. In a later development, the FDA
asked the Stevita Company to recall the more
than 6,500 books already in distribution to
stores, and private individuals for the
purpose of destroying these, as well.
Although the book burning has yet to take
place (FDA officials backed off when local
media cameras began rolling) and the FDA now
denies these allegations, the letter to
Stevita is proof that these threats were
real. The matter has not gone unnoticed by
the local chapter of the ACLU either. The
FDA's actions which are in clear violation of
the constitutional right to freedom of the
press, should be of particular concern to all
Americans at a time when free speech is being
attacked on several fronts. As evidenced by
the recent Oprah Winfrey trial, passage of
food disparagement laws in 13 states stifle
free speech by threatening legal action
against anyone with a disparaging word to say
about a U.S. agricultural product.
Sweet Surrender
While the rest of the world freely
enjoys an
all-natural, non-toxic, non-caloric herbal
sweetener that is 180-400 times sweeter than
sugar, but without any of sugar's side
effects, Americans are being kept in the
dark. Even though the FDA acknowledges that
it considers stevia 'a potent sweetener',
U.S. companies are prohibited from implying
that stevia has any sweetening properties at
all.
The benefits of stevia as a sweetener are
unrivaled:
* Stevia actually balances blood sugar
levels, and is safe for use by both diabetics
and hypoglycemics.
* Unlike aspartame, there are no reports of
adverse effects from stevia's use and
scientific studies throughout the world prove
out its safety.
Stevia has never been shown
to cause brain tumors, seizures, blindness,
or any of the other 92 adverse reactions
associated with aspartame .
* Unlike aspartame, stevia reduces the
craving for
sweets, making it the ideal sweetener for a
society desperate to lose weight.
* Unlike sugar, stevia reduces cavities by
retarding the growth of plaque.
* Stevia is used as a digestive aid in
Brazil.
* Stevia contains antiseptic properties which
have proven beneficial in speeding the
healing process of skin wounds.
* Tests show that stevia's antimicrobial
properties inhibit the growth of
streptococcus and other bacteria. This is
especially noteworthy since some forms of
streptococcus have become antibiotic
resistant.
The Fight for a Safe Sweetener
I know that some might question my
qualifications or motivation for telling this
story. Very simply, both are rooted in my own
personal experience with aspartame and
stevia. For twelve years, I suffered from
chronic migraine headaches, at least four
times a week. I was literally addicted to
Fiorinal, a prescription drug containing
butalbital, caffeine, and aspirin, and the
only medication I found effective at
alleviating the often unbearable pain. All
the while, I had attributed these headaches
to a whiplash injury I sustained in an
automobile accident around the same time the
headaches began occurring more frequently.
Several months ago as I started reading about
the hazards associated with artificial
sweeteners, I decided to quit using all
products containing aspartame. Since that
day, I have not had one single headache. The
transformation from chronic pain to living
pain-free has been nothing short of miraculous.
I have also begun to learn about using stevia
as a sweetener. Granted, it takes some
getting used to. Stevia is so very powerful,
that you have to learn to use the smallest
amount to achieve a desired sweetness. But
the rewards are more than worthwhile. In
addition to not having to deal with splitting
headaches, I have noticed that my craving for
sweets has become significantly diminished.
Talk about an easy, painless way to stop
overindulging in goodies. (my weakness!) And
I have found stevia concentrate to be not
only delicious, but an invaluable aid in
healing skin abrasions and a wonderfully
nourishing skin mask.
Don't wait for the FDA to give stevia its
blessing. It may be a long time in coming. I
urge you to immediately (if not sooner) empty
your kitchen cupboards of all products
containing aspartame. Throw out your Equal,
Crystal Lite, diet sodas, chewing gum, and
don't forget the toothpaste! You not only
will become liberated, but a whole lot
healthier in the process. And remember these
words from Dr. Julian Whitaker: 'Frankly, I
don't let aspartame into my house--children
live there.'(10)
Notes
1. Dr. Julian Whitaker, A Natural Sweetener
That's Also Calorie Free, Health & Healing, Vol.
4, No. 12, December, 1994.
2. Ibid
3. Aspartame: Is it Safe? an Interview with
H.J. Roberts, M.D., Mastering Food Allergies
#61, 1990.
4. Linda Bonvie, Bill Bonvie, and Donna
Gates, The Stevia Story, B.E.D. Publications,
Atlanta, Georgia, 1997.
5. Ibid 1.
6. Steven A. Farber, "Aspartame and the
Regulation of Food Additives: A Study of FDA
Decision-Making and a Proposal for Change,"
Master of Science in Technology and Public
Policy Thesis at Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, 1989.
7 Gregory Gordon, "NutraSweet: Questions
Swirl," UPI Investigative Report, 10/12/87.
Reprinted in US Senate (1987, page 483-510).
8. Ibid.
9. Ibid 4.
10. Ibid 1.
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