“Just for the taste of it! Diet….!” You know the rest. A few questions to ask yourself. Do you think headaches are normal? Do you think your nervous system is important? Do you think diseases like multiple sclerosis, Lou Gehrigs (ALS) and Alzheimer’s come about because of bad luck? We create our health destiny.

Before Learning about how terrifying aspartame really is with over 92 side effects! Let us look back to 1965 and see how it found its way into our lives.

1965 : James Schlatter, a scientist for the pharmaceutical company G.D. Searle, while trying to make some chemical concoction got an intermediary chemical onto his fingers and it tasted sweet. That chemical was aspartylphenylalanine-methyl-ester (aspartame).

1974 : FDA approved aspartame for use in carbonated beverages and dry products. People got sick! The FDA pulled it off the market. Then lots of back door dealings were done and in 1981 it was approved again as Nutrasweet in dry products and then in 1983 in carbonated beverages and carbonated beverage syrup bases. I will post the history of aspartame in a future article.

Now let us look at what this chemical does; aspartame changes the ratio of amino acids in the blood, blocking or lowering the levels of serotonin, tyrosine, dopamine, norepinephrine and adrenaline. Therefore, it is typical that aspartame symptoms cannot be detected in lab tests and on x-rays. Aspartame dissolves into solution and can therefore travel throughout the body and deposit within any tissue.

The multi-billion dollar aspartame industry would like you to believe that aspartame is safe and that you would have to drink 100 cans of diet soda a day to be harmed by aspartame. This is just simply not true. Their main claim is that the 3 components of aspartame are found in many natural foods and are therefore safe.

The three dangerous components of Aspartame are -

• Methanol (wood alcohol), which makes up 10% of aspartame and is highly toxic (adult minimum lethal dose is 2 teaspoons), is also found in some fruits & vegetables like tomatoes. However, methanol is never found in natural foods without ethanol & pectin, its "antidotes". Ethanol & pectin prevent methanol from being metabolized into formaldehyde (embalming fluid; also found in many vaccines) & formic acid (same chemical as fire ant venom), both deadly toxins. Aspartame contains no ethanol or pectin, therefore the methanol is converted to formaldehyde and formic acid.
• Phenylalanine and aspartic acid, the other 2 components of aspartame, are amino acids found in natural foods but always as part of long chains of many different amino acids to form complex protein molecules that take humans 12 hours to gradually break down & assimilate. When consumed by themselves these 2 amino acids require no digestion and quickly enter the brain and central nervous system at abnormally high levels, overstimulating brain cells to death and causing many other health problems. What are they? Well scroll down to see them and all their glory!

Adverse reactions and side effects of aspartame include:

Eye -

• blindness in one or both eyes
• decreased vision and/or other eye problems such as: blurring, bright flashes, squiggly lines, tunnel vision, decreased night vision
• pain in one or both eyes
• decreased tears
• trouble with contact lenses
• bulging eyes

Ear -

• tinnitus - ringing or buzzing sound
• severe intolerance of noise
• marked hearing impairment

Neurologic -

• epileptic seizures
• headaches, migraines and (some severe)
• dizziness, unsteadiness, both
• confusion, memory loss, both
• severe drowsiness and sleepiness
• paresthesia or numbness of the limbs
• severe slurring of speech
• severe hyperactivity and restless legs
• atypical facial pain
• severe tremors

Psychological/Psychiatric -

• severe depression
• irritability
• aggression
• anxiety
• personality changes
• insomnia
• phobias

Chest -

• palpitations, tachycardia
• shortness of breath
• recent high blood pressure

Gastrointestinal -

• nausea
• diarrhea, sometimes with blood in stools
• abdominal pain
• pain when swallowing

Skin and Allergies -

• itching without a rash
• lip and mouth reactions
• hives
• aggravated respiratory allergies such as asthma

Endocrine and Metabolic -

• loss of control of diabetes
• menstrual changes
• marked thinning or loss of hair
• marked weight loss
• gradual weight gain
• aggravated low blood sugar (hypoglycemia)
• severe PMS

Other -

• frequency of voiding and burning during urination
• excessive thirst, fluid retention, leg swelling, and bloating
• increased susceptibility to infection

Additional Symptoms of Aspartame Toxicity include the most critical symptoms of all -

• death
• irreversible brain damage
• birth defects, including mental retardation
• peptic ulcers
• aspartame addiction and increased craving for sweets
• hyperactivity in children
• severe depression
• aggressive behavior
• suicidal tendencies

Aspartame may trigger, mimic, or cause the following illnesses -

• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
• Epstein-Barr
• Post-Polio Syndrome
• Lyme Disease
• Grave’s Disease
• Meniere’s Disease
• Alzheimer’s Disease
• ALS
• Epilepsy
• Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
• EMS
• Hypothyroidism
• Mercury sensitivity from Amalgam fillings
• Fibromyalgia
• Lupus
• non-Hodgkins
• Lymphoma
• Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)

WOW! I tried to keep this article short and SWEET but I just couldn’t do it. This chemical is too SOUR and dangerous to ignore.

There is a natural calorie-less sweetener that has been around for over 1500 years and the FDA has not approved for sale as a sweetener it is only allowed to be sold as dietary supplement and can only be found in Nutrition stores. This natural sweetener has NO side-effects. It is called STEVIA. If you want sweet go get some STEVIA or have cane sugar which has calories but doesn’t raise insulin levels as much as refined sugar.

Today, hundreds of millions of Americans, and millions more world-wide, consume foods and soft drinks stamped with the Nutrasweet "swirl", dump packets of Equal in their coffee, and consume Nutrasweet-flavored cereal, puddings, gelatins, cheesecake, chewing gum, diet soft drinks, children's vitamins, chilled juices and the over 9,000 other products.

If you haven't already get aspartame out of your life and tell everyone you know about The Health Word!

Yours in Health and Living to your Fullest Potential,

- Dr.M