Betty Martini writes:   " . . . I lectured for the   2nd Annual World Environmental Conference - KEEPERS OF THE ENVIRONMENT and was sponsored by the EPA at the end of l995.   It was Dr. Gaylord of the EPA who gave the keynote address and said: 'We have  an epidemic of MS and lupus and cannot identify the toxin.'  At that point, I said:  'I'm Betty Martini of Mission Possible International and I'm here to lecture on MS and lupus and identify the toxin as NutraSweet.'

H. J. Roberts, M.D., world expert on Aspartame, provided us with his position paper titled MS or Aspartame Disease?  You can read it on www.dorway.com   I gave this to Dr. Gaylord at the conference along with other case histories  of those diagnosed with MS who in reality was suffering from Aspartame Disease.   Aspartame Disease mimics MS as it destroys the central nervous system , and also triggers lupus.  If you warn the victim in time, usually the symptoms of MS disappear.  But some like in the case of Joyce Wilson who was misdiagnosed as having MS, are far gone.  She used a lot of it, and Aspartame has wood alcohol in it that converts to formaldehyde and then formic acid even in the retina of the eye.  It destroys the optic nerve.  Joyce first went blind on Aspartame, then was misdiagnosed as having MS.  #9 on the FDA list of 92 symptoms from coma to death is memory loss.   In the end Joyce had no memory, like an Alzheimer patient, and died.

Dr. Roberts has now declared Aspartame to be a disease and a world epidemic.   He  says its a disease because the symptoms and pattern are predictable.   Many times when people tell me they are on Aspartame I usually can tell them the symptoms they are experiencing.  Alicia Morris as having MS and was almost blind in one eye.  She was not able to conceive after being married for 3 years.  Weeks after we got her off Aspartame her MS symptoms disappeared, her vision was restored and her memory loss disappeared.  She was also able to get pregnant and her story was published in First For Women over a couple of years ago with a picture of her and her healthy baby boy.  She is one of the fortunate ones we got to in time.

If someone has true MS you can imagine how swiftly their disease would become with consumption of a neurotoxin that destroys the central nervous system.  Fortunately, Dr. Roberts has recently completed a medical text on Aspartame disease and this should be available  to the public in a few months.  You can get his other books, publications and tapes by calling 1 800 814-9800.  He also has written what I term a masterpiece titled Defense Against Alzheimers Disease.  He explains when NutraSweet was first
approved he noticed that his diabetic patients were getting confused, losing their memory and going blind. Dr. Roberts is a Board Certified and Recertified Internist.  He has done 30 years research on Alzheimers and is a diabetic specialist.  In this book he says it is his  opinion that Aspartame is escalating Alzheimers which has tripled , a 20th century disease.  Some victims of Aspartame have told me they had to write instructions on how to return home after leaving the house.

Susan Laird, a hospice nurse in Colorado asked me why 30-year-old consumers were being admitted with Alzheimers and so much of the young were being admitted with brain tumors.  I explained to her that  Aspartame was triggering Alzheimers and that the phenylalanine in Aspartame lowers the seizure threshold of the brain and depletes serotonin.  It also breaks down into diketopiperazine, a brain tumor agent and the rats in the original studies developed brain tumors.  On www.dorway.com you can read the secret trade information discussed in Congress.  It discusses psycho manipulation in getting Aspartame approved and also  discusses  that they had to consider complete conversion to DKP and if they told the FDA they couldn't get it approved.  The FDA did find out.  In fact, a 12 year old child, Jennifer Cohen, did an experiment in school on Diet Coke.  It was analyzed at a food laboratory.  Some cans were put in a microwave, some stored in room temperature and some were in the fridge.  The results showed that even Aspartame in the fridge broke down into formaldehyde and DKP.  It was published in the Food Chemical News at which point they were told by the FDA that they had known this all along.

Jennifer is Robert Cohen's daughter.  Bob is author of Milk: The Deadly Poison  which also has to do with RBGH.  Instead of wanting to do an experiment on milk Jennifer opted to analyze Diet Coke because her grandmother, diabetic, almost lost her life  on Aspartame.

I explained to Susan Laird that Aspartame mimics Multiple Sclerosis, and she's a Diet Coke addict herself.  She took a big gulp and said:  "My doctor just recently told me he was  thinking of making a diagnosis of MS.  And I have six friends, the oldest 29, and they have all been diagnosed with MS and are all Diet Coke addicts."  This gives you an idea of how rampant Aspartame Disease has become and why it is now epidemic in 100 countries of the world.

Russell Blaylock, M.D., is the author of Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills.    His book discusses Aspartame and MSG. (1 800 -643-2665).  In l995 I was on a neurological list with some physicians and there were several discussions about MS.  Dr. Blaylock wrote me on 9/17/96 regarding Aspartame's role in mimicking MS.  Here are some excerpts from his letter:

"The syndrome associated with Aspartame is one that mimics MS.  We do not have any evidence that it causes MS.  There is good reason to  suspect that Aspartame can exacerbate  the symptoms of MS being that it contains at least two toxins: Aspartate and methanol.  We now know that exacerbation of MS symptoms is associated in most cases, by the activation of plague formation.  And that around these plaques the Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB) is disrupted.  There are many instances of impairment of the BBB in humans.   For example, strokes, hypertension, Alzheimer's disease, head injury, heat stroke, radiation treatments to the head, diabetes, and subarachnoid hemorrhage.  What really concerns me about Aspartame is its association with brain tumors as well as pancreatic, uterine and ovarian tumors.  Also, the fact that so many develop an Alzheimer's like syndrome with prolonged exposure. ...."   Russell L. Blaylock, M.D.

Dr. Blaylock explained that reactions to Aspartame are not allergic in nature but toxic like from arsenic or cyanide.  On the Aviation page on dorway you will see his position paper on Aspartame and pilots.  Three American Airline pilots who were heavy users of Aspartame died, one in flight with a planeload of passengers.  The other pilot took over and landed the plane.  In talking to the pilot's wife, she said American Airlines did an unauthorized autopsy to his brain.  Obviously, they knew what killed him.  Captain Fred Fox had petitioned American to remove Equal from the planes but they refused.  After these deaths another pilot who used Aspartame had a stroke.

The studies on Aspartame were the target of an indictment for fraud that was not carried out when two U.S. Prosecutors went to work for the law firm defending the case.  Quite a reward.   U.S. Prosecutor  Sam Skinner became Secretary of Transportation and then Chief of Staff under President Bush.  A former Monsanto attorney today is a Supreme Court Justice.   Aspartame was originally marketed by Searle.  Monsanto bought them l985.  There have been three congressional hearings  and Senator Howard Metzenbaum wrote a bill to put a moratorium on Aspartame and have the National Institutes of Health do studies relating to the problems being seen in the population, seizures, how this drug interacts with other drugs.   Its effects on the fetus (Dr. Louis Elsas -  Pediatric Professor at Emory University, Genetics, for over 30 years) testified that Aspartame is a neurotoxin and teratogen that triggers birth defects, behavioral problems, and changes the brain chemistry.  Aspartame  changes the dopamine level of the brain - you can imagine its effects on those with Parkinson's Disease.

Aspartame is a literal chemical poison.  It is estimated that   5 out of  7 using Aspartame already have some of the 92 symptoms on the FDA report (read it on DORway) or some disease triggered by Aspartame.  In a nutshell, Aspartame destroys the central nervous system, the brain and the optic nerve and ravages every organ in the body.  Focus Magazine in October published an article titled  WHAT'S BLINDING THE WORLD? on Aspartame.  You can read it on their web site.  In l986 the Community Nutrition Institute petitioned the FDA to ban Aspartame because consumers were going blind.  They ignored it due to their loyalty to Monsanto.   

                                     
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"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, they announced that there was an epidemic of multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus, and they did not understand what toxin was causing this to be rampant across the United States.

"When the temperature of Aspartame exceeds 86 degrees F, the wood alcohol in Aspartame coverts 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 multiple sclerosis; thus people were being diagnosed with having multiple sclerosis in error. The multiple sclerosis is not a death sentence, where methanol toxicity is.

"In the case of systemic lupus, we are finding it has become almost as rampant as multiple sclerosis, especially Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi drinkers. Also, with methanol toxicity, the victims usually drink
three to four 12 oz. Cans of them per day, some even more.  In the cases of systemic lupus, which is triggered by ASPARTAME, the victim usually does not know that the Aspartame is the culprit.  The victim continues its use aggravating the lupus to such a degree, that sometimes it becomes life threatening. When we get people off the Aspartame, those with systemic lupus usually become asymptomatic.  Unfortunately, we can not reverse this disease.

"On the other hand, in the case of those diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, (when in reality, the disease is methanol toxicity), most of the symptoms disappear.  We have seen cases where their vision has
returned and even their hearing has returned. This also applies to cases of tinnitus.

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, depression, anxiety attacks, slurred speech, blurred vision, or memory loss -- you probably have Aspartame Disease.  People were jumping up during the lecture saying, "I've got this, is it reversible?"   It is rampant.

"We have a very serious problem. Even a stranger came up to Dr. Espisto (one of my speakers) and myself and said, 'Could you tell me why so many people seem to be coming down with MS?11 During a visit to a hospice, a nurse said that six of her friends, who were heavy Diet Coke addicts, had all been diagnosed with MS. This is beyond coincidence. Here is the problem. There were Congressional Hearings
when Aspartame was included in 100 different products. Since this initial hearing, there have been two subsequent hearings, but to no avail. Nothing as been done. The drug and chemical lobbies have very deep pockets. Now there are over 5,000 products containing this chemical, and the PATENT HAS EXPIRED! At the time of this first hearing, people were going blind. The methanol in the Aspartame converts to formaldehyde in the retina of the eye.    Formaldehyde is grouped in the same class of dmgs as cyanide and arsenic.    Unfortunately, it just takes longer to quietly kill, but it is killing people and causing all kinds of neurological problems.

"Aspartame changes the brain's chemistry.  It is the reason for severe seizures. This drug changes the dopamine level in the brain. Imagine what this drug does to patients suffering from Parkinson's Disease.
This drug also causes Birth Defects.

"There is absolutely no reason to take this product. It is NOT A DIET PRODUCT!!! The Congressional record said, 'It makes you crave carbohydrates and will make you FAT". Dr. Roberts stated that when he got patients off Aspartame, their average weight loss was 19 pounds per person. The formaldehyde stores in the fat cells, particularly in the hips and thighs.

"Aspartame is especially deadly for diabetics. All physicians know what wood alcohol will do to a diabetic. We find that physicians believe  they have patients with retinopathy, when in fact, it is caused by the Aspartame. The Aspartame keeps the blood sugar level out of control, causing many patients to go into a coma. Unfortunately, many have died. People were telling us at the Conference of the American
College of Physicians, that they had relatives that switched from saccharin to an Aspartame product and how that relative had eventually gone into a coma. Their physicians could not get the blood sugar levels under control. Thus, the patients suffered acute memory loss and eventually coma and death.

"Memory loss is due to the fact that aspartic acid and phenylalanine are neurotoxic without the other amino acids found in protein. Thus it goes past the blood brain barrier and deteriorates the neurons of
the brain.  Dr. Russell Blaylock, neurosurgeon, said, 'The ingredients stimulate the neurons of the brain to death, causing brain damage of varying degrees.  Dr. Blaylock has written a book entitled Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills (Health Press 1-800-643-2665).  Dr. H.J. Roberts, diabetic specialist and world expert on Aspartame poisoning, has also written a book entitled Defense Against Alzheimer's Disease (1-800-814-9800).  Dr. Roberts tells how Aspartame poisoning is escalating Alzheimer's Disease,