Never heard of any "comoany" called "Splinda". Please clarify.

"Lee Cooper" > wrote in message
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> You must work for the comoany that makes Splinda!
> "BZ" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >
> > > > I'm going to try to quit anything with aspertame in it. I did a
> > > > report on it and some of the problems and symptoms were pretty
scary.
> > >
> > > They would be scary, if they were true. But they are not.
> > > >
> > > > My problem is that most no sugar added and diet products have
> > > > aspartame added. Any links or suggestions would be appreciated.
> > >
> > > Here are a couple. Simply type in "Aspartame".
> > >
> > > http://snopes.com/
> > >
> > > http://urbanlegends.com/
> > >
> > > You'll see that the scary stuff is all a fairy tale.
> >
> > Please visit www.dorway.com for excellent information on ASPARTAME and
all
> > the evidence you need to know about to make an informed decision about
> what
> > you or your children are taking into your bodies.
> >
> > Aspartame is very sweet. However roaches won't eat it, cats and dogs
won't
> > eat it, ants won't eat it and flies won't eat it - but the FDA (Food and
> > Drug Administration) serves it to you with their approval and the
approval
> > of the Monsanto Chemical Company.
> >
> > Warnings
> >
> > Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) surveyed 80
> > people who suffered brain seizures after eating or drinking products
with
> > aspartame. The report stated "These 80 cases meet the FDA's own
definition
> > of an imminent hazard to the public health, which requires the FDA to
> > expeditiously remove a product from the market." On July 28, 1983 the
> > National Soft Drink Association drafted a 30-page protest questioning
the
> > safety of aspartame in soft drinks.
> >
> > The American Diabetic Association, which receives megafunds from The
> > NutraSweet Company, ignored a 1987 abstract submitted by Dr. H.J.
Roberts
> > (world expert on diabetes) summarizing 58 diabetic aspartame reactions.
He
> > says: "I now advise all patients with diabetes and hypoglycemia to avoid
> > aspartame products."
> >
> > The FDA and the CDC (Centers for Disease Control) have received nearly
> 7,000
> > complaints, including five deaths, attributed to the use of aspartame in
> > food products since the FDA first permitted limited use in 1981. A
number
> of
> > researchers and doctors around the country object not only to the
product
> > itself, but to the questionable preliminary research that led the FDA to
> > approve it's use.
> >
> > Why hasn't aspartame been banned? The answer could be that there are
> > thousands of companies using aspartame in diet sodas, powdered drinks,
> > gelatin, tea, cocoa, juices, frozen desserts, even vitamins and
> medications.
> > This translates to billions of dollars worldwide. Far more profits than
> > needed to provide agency officials with gratuities and/or very favorable
> > future employment, politicians with campaign funds, non-profit
foundations
> > with endowments, scientists with research grants, and the media with
lots
> of
> > advertising dollars.
> >
> > History
> > Aspartame was the accidental discovery of chemist Jim Schlatter, who was
> > working for the pharmaceutical company G.D. Searle on an anti-ulcer
drug.
> It
> > was December 1965; Schlatter licked his finger and tasted the substance
> that
> > had spilled on his flask. It's sweetness stunned him, and he realized
that
> > tiny amounts of the chemicals he'd been mixing were powerfully sweet.
> Searle
> > began testing the chemical mixture, aspartame, and it eventually gained
> FDA
> > approval.
> >
> > Toxic Properties
> > Aspartame is a drug that breaks down into a witch's brew of toxins. It
is
> a
> > molecule composed of three components: aspartic acid, phenylalanine and
> > methanol.
> >
> > Free methanol begins to form in liquid aspartame-containing products at
> > temperatures above 86F. The human body runs around 98.6F. Once ingested
> the
> > free methanol is released into the small intestine and encounters the
> enzyme
> > chymotrypsin produced by the liver which breaks it down into
formaldehyde.
> >
> > Formaldehyde, also known as formalin, embalming fluid, or formol, is a
> > colorless gas with a pungent odor. Symptoms of formaldehyde exposure
> include
> > nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, or diarrhea. When the reaction is
> > allergic, symptoms may include minor respiratory irritation and watery
> eyes.
> > It is a known carcinogen.
> >
> > The body has difficulty eliminating formaldehyde so it combines some of
it
> > with water and stores it in the fat. What is not stored in the fat is
> > further converted to formic acid (AKA ant sting poison-also used as an
> > activator to strip epoxy and urethane coatings).
> >
> > Phenylalanine and aspartic acid, 90% of aspartame, are amino acids
> normally
> > used in synthesis of protoplasm when supplied by the foods we eat. But
> when
> > unaccompanied by other amino acids they are neurotoxic. They can go past
> the
> > blood brain barrier and deteriorate the neurons of the brain. The
> > phenylalanine which is genetically engineered breaks down into
> > diketopiperazine, a known brain tumor agent and it is the reason for the
> FDA
> > mandated warning label that states "Phenylketonurics: Contains
> > phenylalanine". In other words: aspartame converts to dangerous
byproducts
> > that have no natural countermeasures. A dieter's empty stomach
accelerates
> > these conversions and amplifies the damage.
> >
> > How bad is it?
> > There are 90 documented symptoms including: Headaches, Muscle spasms,
> > Irritability, Heart palpatations, Loss of taste, Joint pain, Dizziness,
> > Weight gain, Tachycardia (heart racing), Breathing difficulty, Tinnitus
> > (ringing in the ears), Blurred vision, Seizures, Rashes, Insomnia,
Anxiety
> > attacks, Vertigo, Hearing loss, Nausea, Depression, Blindness, Slurred
> > Speech, Memory Loss, Fatigue, Numbness.
> >
> > In l993, Swiss scientist S. E. Shephard exposed aspartame to nitrite in
a
> > test tube, causing it to undergo nitration as it might do when it
> encounters
> > nitrite in the stomach. Shephard then demonstrated that the nitrated
> > aspartame molecule was able to cause mutations in cultured bacteria.
This
> > test is commonly used to assess the cancer causing potential of
chemicals.
> >
> > Unethical Conduct
> > The FDA is charged by Congress to protect the public health by
prohibiting
> > the manufacture and distribution of unapproved drugs. The Department of
> > Justice has the responsibility for prosecution of criminal and civil
cases
> > arising under the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, Title 21, United States
> Code
> > Section 331. Cases are referred to the Department generally through the
> FDA'
> > s Chief counsel after the FDA has conducted an investigation.
> >
> > The FDA approved aspartame under very suspect circumstances. By their
own
> > admission it is the most complained about substance in their history,
with
> > over 10,000 "official" complaints. The FDA, CDC and many others have
proof
> > that aspartame does in fact cause tumors, and they have more than ample
> > proof that the toxic substances methanol, formaldehyde, and formic acid,
> > along with the action of aspartic acid cause a wide range of problems in
> > those who ingest aspartame-laced products.
> >
> > Dr. Jacqueline Verrett, a former FDA toxicologist, and member of a FDA
> task
> > force that investigated the authenticity of research done by Searle to
> > establish the safety of aspartame, says she believes the original
> aspartame
> > studies were "built on a foundation of sand." She testified in front of
an
> > U.S. Senate hearing in 1987 that flawed tests conducted by Searle, used
as
> > the basis for FDA approval, were a "disaster" and should have been
"thrown
> > out." She said she believed the studies left many unanswered questions
> about
> > possible birth defects and the safety of aspartame. Verrett said the
team
> > was instructed not to be concerned with, or comment upon, the overall
> > validity of the study. She said a subsequent review discarded or ignored
> the
> > problems and deficiencies outlined by her team's original report. She
> said,
> > "serious departures from acceptable toxicological protocols that her
> > investigative team noted. were also discounted."
> >
> > On Jan 10, 1977; FDA Chief Counsel Richard Merrill recommended to U.S.
> > Attorney Sam Skinner, "We request that your office convene a Grand Jury
> > investigation into apparent violations of the Federal Food, Drug, and
> > Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. 331(e), and the False Reports to the Government
> Act,
> > 18 U.S.C. 1001, by G.D. Searle and Company and three of its responsible
> > officers for their willful and knowing failure to make reports to the
Food
> a
> > nd Drug Administration required by the Act, 21 U.S.C. 355(i), and for
> > concealing material facts and making false statements in reports of
animal
> > studies conducted to establish the safety of the drug Aldactone and the
> food
> > additive Aspartame."
> >
> > Why was Searle not indicted? Searle's law firm met with Attorney Skinner
> on
> > January 26. A week later they offered him a job. On April 17 the Justice
> > Department advised Skinner to proceed immediately because of a looming
> > statute of limitations deadline. On July 1 Skinner switched sides to
work
> > for Sidney and Austin, Searle's law firm. His successor Atty. William
> Conlon
> > after convening a grand jury let the Statute of Limitations run out on
the
> > aspartame charges. Fifteen months later he too went to work for Sidney
and
> > Austin. All in all ten ranking FDA or federal officials involved with
the
> > investigation and regulation of aspartame had left government service
for
> > employment by the sweetener industry.
> >
> > No FDA Commissioner would approve aspartame and so it was kept off the
> > market for 16 years. In April 1981, Arthur Hull Hayes, Jr. was appointed
> FDA
> > Commissioner. On July 18, 1981 aspartame was approved for use in dry
> foods.
> > Arthur Hayes overruled a Public Board of Inquiry and 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.
> > The FDA did apply an "acceptable daily intake" or ADI to aspartame. This
> was
> > raised so that in 1983 Dr. Hayes could approve aspartame for use in
> > beverages... against the consensus of the National Soft Drink
Association
> > that aspartame was too unstable for such use. Shortly after the FDA
> approval
> > for aspartame in carbonated beverages, Arthur Hayes left the FDA under
> > charges of improprieties, took a position as the Dean of New York
Medical
> > Collage and was hired as a consultant ($1,000 per day) with G.D.
Searle's
> > public relations firm, Burson-Marsteller.
> >
> > Burson-Marsteller (B-M) is the world's largest PR firm, with 63 offices
in
> > 32 countries. On the human rights front, B-M has represented some of the
> > worst violators of our age. These include: The Nigerian government
during
> > the Biafran war, to discredit reports of genocide; The fascist junta
that
> > ruled Argentina during the 70's and early 80's, to attract foreign
> > investment; The totalitarian regime of South Korea, to whitewash the
human
> > rights situation there during the 1988 Olympics; and the Indonesian
> > government, which got into power through a CIA-sponsored bloodbath.
> >
> > So it's a possibility that B-M did a great job keeping aspartame on the
> > world market despite "red-handed" evidence of it's toxic capabilities.
> What
> > may have been another "aspartame" biased act by the FDA was its effort
to
> > prevent the use of stevia. Stevia, a natural sweetener, is not a
synthetic
> > chemical, nor has it been implicated in health problems, as has
aspartame.
> > Stevia is 200 times sweeter than sugar, and in Japan it claims 41% of
the
> > sweetener market. In the entire history of stevia use as a sweetener in
> > Japan, even in Diet CokeT, there has never been any complaints or
concerns
> > about its safety. Celestial SeasoningsT, one of the largest herbal tea
> > companies in the world, used stevia as a flavoring and sweetener in many
> > teas. In 1986, without warning, FDA agents entered their warehouse,
seized
> > their entire stock of stevia, and told them they could not use it in
their
> > teas. In 1991, the FDA banned stevia, claiming that in spite of its use
> > worldwide as a sweetener additive with no reported side effects, it was
an
> > "unsafe food additive." (Today stevia is finally approved and on the
open
> > U.S. market.)
> >
> > Dr. H.J. Roberts has declared aspartame disease to be a world epidemic.
> > Currently Monsanto reaps $1 billion/year from the aspartame toxic
bonanza.
> > They have asked for a more potent version called NeotameE to be approved
> by
> > the FDA.
> >
> > Those wishing detailed scientific documentation may choose to order a an
> > excellent book by Dr. Blaylock or something from Dr. H. J. Roberts. On
the
> > internet go to http://www.dorway.com
> >
> >
> >
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