Muscle Media 2000 magazine: aspartame in EAS products 8.30.00
Rich Murray
In the July issue, David Kennedy, research editor for Muscle Media
2000 magazine, wrote an article that aspartame is not toxic: it is used
in many products from Experimental and Applied Sciences, Inc.
555 Corporate Circle, Golden, Colorado 80401
www.eas.com 800-615-8500 303-271-1002
prod...@eas.com sales@ eas.com qa-ad...@eas.com
int-...@eas.com up...@eas.com (Canada)
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www.musclemedia.com muscl...@neodata.com 800-296-9776
All three units are commonly owned and managed.
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Aspartame Toxicity 8.30.00: Trocho 6.26.98
Rich Murray Room For All
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505-986-9103 505-920-6130 cell rmfo...@earthlink.net
[B.A., M.I.T. 1964, M.A., Boston U. 1967: a layman committed to
facilitating civil debate on aspartame toxicity]
Aspartame (NutraSweet, Equal, Canderel, Benevia) is reported by
scientific studies and case histories to be toxic: headaches; many
body and joint pains (or burning, tingling, tremors, twitching,
spasms, cramps, or numbness); "mind fog", "feel unreal", poor memory,
confusion, anxiety, irritability, depression, mania, insomnia,
dizziness, slurred speech, ringing in ears, sexual problems, nausea,
seizures, poor vision, hearing, or taste; fever, fatigue; red face,
itching, rashes, burning eyes or throat, dry mouth or eyes, mouth
sores; hair loss; obesity, bloating, edema, poor or excessive hunger
or thirst, anorexia; coldness; diarrhea or constipation; breathing
problems; racing heart, high blood pressure, erratic blood sugar
levels; sweating; birth defects; brain cancers; addiction.
Users who quit often experience much immediate healing, but some
symptoms may last for weeks. Heavy users may suffer weeks of painful
withdrawal symptoms. Also avoid all forms of MSG (glutamate),
legally mislabeled as "hydrolyzed vegetable protein" or even
"natural flavoring". Some versions of RC Diet Rite Cola use Splenda
(sucralose) and Acesulfame-K, far less hazardous than aspartame, but
so far available only in a few areas. It's fun to mix club soda with
juices. A long-used herbal sweetener, stevia, is entirely safe and
widely available. A corrupt FDA has refused to attest its safety:
www.holisticmed.com/sweet/stv-alert.txt
Read all labels!-- aspartame is in almost all diet sodas; many drink
mixes, instant breakfasts, cereals, cake mixes, yogurts, puddings,
jellos, chewing gums, breath mints, candies, toothpastes, laxatives,
cough syrups, even vitamins and medicines. Absorption through the skin
in the mouth may be especially strong.
Three careful double-blind experimental studies prove aspartame
causes headaches: Koehler SM et al, 1988, Headache, 28(1), 10-14.
Shirley Koehler, PhD 904-858-7651 skoe...@brookshealth.org
Walton RG et al, 1993, Biological Psychiatry, 34(1), 13-17.
Prof. Ralph G. Walton 330-740-3621 rwalt...@aol.com
Van Den Eeden SK et al, 1994, Neurology, 44, 1787-93.
Steven K. Van Den Eeden, PhD 550-450-2202 s...@dor.kaiser.org
Woodrow C. Monte, Director, Food Science and Nutrition Laboratory
602-965-6938 Arizona State University, woody...@asu.edu,
"Aspartame: Methanol and the Public Health," 1984,
J. Applied Nutrition, 36(1), 42-54 (62 references):
The methanol from 2 L of diet soda, 5.6 12-oz cans, 20 mg/can, is
112 mg, 10% of the asp. The EPA limit for water is 7.8 mg daily for
methanol (wood alcohol), a deadly cumulative poison. Many users
drink 1-2 L daily. The reported symptoms are entirely consistent
with chronic methanol toxicity. (Fresh orange juice has 34 mg/L, but,
like all juices, has 16 times more ethanol, which strongly protects
against methanol.) www.dorway.com/wmonte.txt
A radioactive tracer study proves that the methanol from a low dose of
of aspartame binds formaldehyde, a deadly cumulative poison, into
tissues: Trocho C et al, June 26 1998, Life Sci, 63(5), 337-349.
www.presidiotex.com/barcelona/index.html
Lennart Hardell, M.D., PhD, in 1999 reported in Sweden that both
cell phone use and heavy aspartame use correlate with increased
brain cancers: www.medscape.com/MedGenMed/braintumors
Who pays the piper, calls the tune. Ralph G. Walton, Prof. of
Clinical Psychology, Northeastern Ohio Universities, Youngstown,
OH 44501, 330-740-3621 rwalt...@aol.com , in an unpublished
66-page study (1998), listed 166 studies about asp. and health. All
74 studies funded by the industry were favorable, whereas 84 of the 92
non-industry studies identified a problem. www.dorway.com/peerrev.html
Al Raetz has justly criticized bias in both sides of the debate:
www.aspartametruth.freeservers.com/personal.html
www.dorway.com/blayenn.html
Russell L. Blaylock, M.D. rus...@misnet.com 601-982-1175
"Excitotoxins, Neurodegeneration and Neurodevelopment"
The Medical Sentinel Journal Fall, 1999 , 95 references
912-757-9873 Fax 912-757-9725 E-mail: hfa...@mindspring.com
Aspartame Victims Support Group Home Page and Spanish articles
www.presidiotex.com/aspartame/
Aspartame Toxicity Information Center Mark D. Gold
www.HolisticMed.com/aspartame 603-225-2100
"Scientific Abuse in Aspartame Research"
www.holisticmed.com/aspartame/abuse/methanol.html
mg...@tiac.net 12 East Side Drive #2-18 Concord, NH 03301
Mission-Possible-USA Betty Martini 770-242-2599
www.dorway.com Bett...@mindspring.com
www.dorway.com/asprlink.html many world links
Aspartame Consumer Safety Network 800-969-6050 214-352-4268
Mary Nash Stoddard mary...@airmail.net "The Deadly Deception"
http://web2.airmail.net/marystod/index.html
geoff....@clara.net United Kingdom Mission Possible Intern.
63 Downlands Road DEVIZES SN10 5EF Tel: 01380 728059
www.connectotel.com/missionpossible/
H.J. Roberts, M.D. hrob...@pb.seflin.org 800-814-9800
Sunshine Sentinel Press http://members.icanect.net/~sunpress/index.htm
6708 Pamela Lane West Palm Beach, Florida 33405
561-588-7628 561-547-8008 fax See detailed 5-page review:
"Aspartame (NutraSweet) Addiction" Townsend Letters Jan 2000,
www.dorway.com/tldaddic.html
UPI reporter Gregory Gordon: 96K 3-part expose Oct 1987:
http://www.dorway.com/upipart1.txt
Search medical reports: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed
"The Dangers of Aspartame" discussion forum with many long reports with
references: www.bevnet.com/bevboard/
For a searchable archive: www.eScribe.com/health/aspartameNM/ or
www.eGroups.com/community/aspartameNM/
www.truthinlabeling.org/ Truth in Labeling Campaign [MSG]
Adrienne and Jack Samuels P.O. Box 2532 Darien, Illinois 60561
858-481-9333 adan...@aol.com "The Toxicity/Safety of Processed
Free Glutamic Acid (MSG): A Study in Suppression of Information."
Accountability in Research (1999) Vol 6, pp. 259-310.
Health Press hlt...@trail.com 505-474-0303
www.healthpress.com/in-bad-taste.html
George R. Schwartz, M.D. drgsc...@yahoo.com
"In Bad Taste: The MSG Symptom Complex"
www.healingresearch.org/ Healing Research Institute
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Here is research in 1998 by C. Trocho et al, using a very low level of
aspartame ingestion, 10 mg/kg, for rats, which have a much greater
tolerance for aspartame than humans. So, the corresponding level for
humans would be about 1 or 2 mg/kg. (Many headache studies in humans
used doses of about 30 mg/kg daily.) This proves that aspartame causes
binding of methanol's product, formaldehyde, a potent, cumulative
toxin, into tissues. Life Sci June 26 1998; 63(5): 337-49
Full report: www.presidiotex.com/barcelona/index.html
Formaldehyde derived from dietary aspartame binds to tissue components
in vivo. Trocho C, Pardo R, Rafecas I, Virgili J, Remesar X,
Fernandez-Lopez JA, Alemany M, Departament de Bioquimica i Biologia
Molecular, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain.
Sra. Carme Trocho, Sra. Rosario Pardo, Dra. Immaculada Rafecas,
Sr. Jordi Virgili, X. Remesar, Dr. Jose Antonio Fernandez-Lopez,
Dr. Marià Alemany Fac. Biologia Tel.: (93)4021521, FAX: (93)4021559
ale...@porthos.bio.ub.es bi...@sun.bq.ub.es jos...@porthos.bio.ub.es
raf...@porthos.bio.ub.es rem...@porthos.bio.ub.es
Abstract:
Adult male rats were given an oral dose of 10 mg/kg aspartame,
14C-labelled in the methanol carbon. At timed intervals of up to 6
hours, the radioactivity in plasma and several organs was investigated.
Most of the radioactivity found (>98% in plasma, >75% in liver) was
bound to protein. Label present in liver, plasma and kidney was in the
range of 1-2% of total radioactivity administered per g or mL, changing
little with time. Other organs (brown and white adipose tissues,
muscle, brain, cornea and retina) contained levels of label in the
range of 1/12th to 1/10th of that of liver. In all, the rat retained,
6 hours after administration, about 5% of the label, half of it in the
liver.
The specific radioactivity of tissue protein, RNA and DNA was quite
uniform. The protein label was concentrated in amino acids, different
from methionine, and largely coincident with the result of protein
exposure to labelled formaldehyde. DNA radioactivity was essentially in
a single different adduct base, different from the normal bases present
in DNA. The nature of the tissue label accumulated was, thus, a direct
consequence of formaldehyde binding to tissue structures.
The administration of labelled aspartame to a group of cirrhotic rats
resulted in comparable label retention by tissue components, which
suggests that liver function (or its defect) has little effect on
formaldehyde formation from aspartame and binding to biological
components. The chronic treatment of a series of rats with 200 mg/kg
of non-labelled aspartame during 10 days results in the accumulation of
even more label when given the radioactive bolus, suggesting that the
amount of formaldehyde adducts coming from aspartame in tissue proteins
and nucleic acids may be cumulative.
It is concluded that aspartame consumption may constitute a hazard
because of its contribution to the formation of formaldehyde adducts
PMID: 9714421, UI: 98378223
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Rich Murray
bodyforlife.co.uk
bodyforlife.co.uk
sneakerz
>
> Aspartame (NutraSweet, Equal, Canderel, Benevia) is reported by
> scientific studies and case histories to be toxic: headaches; many
> body and joint pains (or burning, tingling, tremors, twitching,
> spasms, cramps, or numbness); "mind fog", "feel unreal", poor memory,
> confusion, anxiety, irritability, depression, mania, insomnia,
> dizziness, slurred speech, ringing in ears, sexual problems, nausea,
> seizures, poor vision, hearing, or taste; fever, fatigue; red face,
> itching, rashes, burning eyes or throat, dry mouth or eyes, mouth
> sores; hair loss; obesity, bloating, edema, poor or excessive hunger
> or thirst, anorexia; coldness; diarrhea or constipation; breathing
> problems; racing heart, high blood pressure, erratic blood sugar
> levels; sweating; birth defects; brain cancers; addiction.
There really aren't many other symptoms a human being can possibly have,
is there?
You did forget to include "causes bloated vicimization" and "Harlequin
baby syndrome".
THE CHILDREN! THINK OF THE CHILDREN!
If you don't like it, don't ingest it.
bodyforlife.co.uk
sneakerz wrote:
> >
> >
> > Aspartame (NutraSweet, Equal, Canderel, Benevia) is reported by
> > scientific studies and case histories to be toxic: headaches; many
> > body and joint pains (or burning, tingling, tremors, twitching,
> > spasms, cramps, or numbness); "mind fog", "feel unreal", poor memory,
> > confusion, anxiety, irritability, depression, mania, insomnia,
> > dizziness, slurred speech, ringing in ears, sexual problems, nausea,
> > seizures, poor vision, hearing, or taste; fever, fatigue; red face,
> > itching, rashes, burning eyes or throat, dry mouth or eyes, mouth
> > sores; hair loss; obesity, bloating, edema, poor or excessive hunger
> > or thirst, anorexia; coldness; diarrhea or constipation; breathing
> > problems; racing heart, high blood pressure, erratic blood sugar
> > levels; sweating; birth defects; brain cancers; addiction.
>