Diet-Drinks (diet soda)

[coralie]

i recieved this mail and want to share it with you . if anyone has any comment , any info about the subject please share with us .



NB Dr.Amawi is a qualified medical practitioner who is living and practicing in the USA.
Sent: Tuesday, 19 February, 2008 1008 AM
Subject: A Must Read

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 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 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 'Nutra Sweet,'
'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 ( Nutra Sweet, 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 in 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!
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YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW!

[supersonichadi]

Not only the diet soda, but all kind of sodas have a bad effect on the stomach.

[kappa273]

too long article to answer line by line..

so it is urban legend, filled with many medical errors and none is proven...

i am not saying that definitely aspartame is safe.. but the way this article presents it is completely wrong..

there are some speculations for increased risk for cancer but it not definitive so far..

kappa

[Danny Z]

send it to 10 people and something good will happen to you, oh and by the way i have 1 million dollar in nigeria i need to transfer so send me 500$ so i can transfer the money to your account

[coralie]

Originally Posted by kappa273

too long article to answer line by line..

so it is urban legend, filled with many medical errors and none is proven...

i am not saying that definitely aspartame is safe.. but the way this article presents it is completely wrong..

there are some speculations for increased risk for cancer but it not definitive so far..

kappa

thank you Kappa you know we read and hear a lot of things about Aspartame and to tell you the truth most of it is very bad . maybe some doctors in the forum can help us with more info about the issue thanks .

DannyZ sorry you feel the need to be sarcastic about the thread , but some might be intrested to know more about this subject more informative info will be welcome ... and no it was not a sent to 10 ppl mail nor a pay $$$ and win a free ^&$*#*$* sorry !

[SeekNirvana]

How credible is an email that is written by Dr. Amawi? Had it been Dr. Geagea, I would understand. But seriously, if the article is not referenced from some medical journal, there's hardly any reason to believe it.

[coralie]

Originally Posted by SeekNirvana

How credible is an email that is written by Dr. Amawi? Had it been Dr. Geagea, I would understand. But seriously, if the article is not referenced from some medical journal, there's hardly any reason to believe it.

do you find the mail not credible because it was written by Dr Amawi ? you mean the name is not credible to you because it is an arabe name ? or the info about Aspartame is not credible ?

check this maybe a well known "eupropeen" source is more credible http://www.lfpm.org/forum/showthread...ight=Aspartame

well when a lot of info are thrown in our faces like this this only means that there is somewhere something wrong , evry time i type the word Aspartame i get the same words on evry site i open :
-Aspartame is, by far, the most dangerous substance on the market that is added to foods.
-There are over 92 different health symptoms associated with aspartame consumption. It seems surreal, but true.
-Is aspartame responsible for 'an epidemic of multiple sclerosis and lupus'
-Aspartame -- Sweet Poison?
-ASPARTAME CONSUMPTION IS NEVER SAFE
-Aspartame - everything the consumer MUST know, but didn't know to ask. DORway provides the WHOLE truth about aspartame and aspartame poisoning
-The artificial sweetener aspartame has been the subject of a vigorous public controversy regarding its safety and the circumstances around its approval.

and so on ...... Dr Amawi or not credible or not the fact still is there is something wrong with this artificial product called aspartame thats was the whole point behind the opening of this thread !

[SeekNirvana]

Originally Posted by coralie

do you find the mail not credible because it was written by Dr Amawi ? you mean the name is not credible to you because it is an arabe name ? or the info about Aspartame is not credible ?

What makes you believe Dr. Amawi exists? All I'm saying is let's reference some medical journal or at least some more credible source than an email I could fabricate.

and so on ...... Dr Amawi or not credible or not the fact still is there is something wrong with this artificial product called aspartame thats was the whole point behind the opening of this thread !

Why the hostility? Who said there's no point behind the thread? It's just that that specific source (Dr. Amawi) is not a credible source. The link you gave from AFP is credible and that's not because AFP is European

[kappa273]

Consumption of Aspartame-Containing Beverages and
Incidence of Hematopoietic and Brain Malignancies
Unhee Lim,1 Amy F. Subar,2 Traci Mouw,1 Patricia Hartge,1 Lindsay M. Morton,1
RachaelStol zenberg-Solomon,1 David Campbell,3 Albert R. Hollenbeck,4
and Arthur Schatzkin1
1Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, 2Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National
Cancer Institute, NIH, Department of Health and Human Services; 3Information Management Services, Inc.,
Rockville, Maryland;and 4AARP, Washington, District of Columbia

Abstract
Background: In a few animalexperiments, aspartame has
been linked to hematopoietic and brain cancers. Most animal
studies have found no increase in the risk of these or other
cancers. Data on humans are sparse for either cancer. Concern
lingers regarding this widely used artificial sweetener.

Objective: We investigated prospectively whether aspartame
consumption is associated with the risk of hematopoietic
cancers or gliomas (malignant brain cancer).
Methods: We examined 285,079 men and 188,905 women ages
50 to 71 years in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study cohort.
Daily aspartame intake was derived from responses to a
baseline self-administered food frequency questionnaire that
queried consumption of four aspartame-containing beverages
(soda, fruit drinks, sweetened iced tea, and aspartame added
to hot coffee and tea) during the past year. Histologically
confirmed incident cancers were identified from eight state
cancer registries. Multivariable-adjusted relative risks (RR)
and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were estimated using Cox
proportionalhazards regression that adjusted for age, sex,
ethnicity, body mass index, and history of diabetes.
Results: During over 5 years of follow-up (1995-2000), 1,888
hematopoietic cancers and 315 malignant gliomas were
ascertained. Higher levels of aspartame intake were not
associated with the risk of overall hematopoietic cancer
(RR for z600 mg/d, 0.98; 95% CI, 0.76-1.27), glioma (RR for
z400 mg/d, 0.73; 95% CI, 0.46-1.15; P for inverse linear
trend = 0.05), or their subtypes in men and women.
Conclusions: Our findings do not support the hypothesis
that aspartame increases hematopoietic or brain cancer
risk. (Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006;15(9):1654–9)

this is just an example.. are they biased? i don't know..

kappa