Sugar versus Aspartame
Children’s Movement for Creative Education (CMCE)
provides teaching modules for inner-city schools in New
York. I’m on the board of CMCE, and in one Brooklyn
school, much like I did on the Dini Petty show, I demonstrated the ten
teaspoons of sugar in a can of pop and the twenty-seven
teaspoons in a milkshake to a grade 6 class.
These kids immediately got the message but then said they
would switch to diet pop. I told them, and I'm telling you, to not be fooled into switching
from sugar to sugar-free substitutes; they're even
unhealthier than sugar! Aspartame (Nutrasweet) is a neurotoxin
and should be avoided like the plague. Aspartame has been shown to cause
birth defects, brain tumors and seizures, and to contribute
to diabetes and emotional disorders.
Avoid Aspartame, a Genuine Food Adulterant
Aspartame has three components: phenylalanine, aspartic
acid, and methanol (wood alcohol). Those who promote and
sell this ubiquitous artificial sweetener state that the
two amino acids, phenylalanine and aspartic acid, are a harmless and
natural part of our diet contained in protein foods. This
is one of the many half-truths about aspartame.
Phenylalanine and aspartic acid are naturally occurring
amino acids (the building blocks of protein) but are always
in combination with other amino acids that neutralize their
effects when they occur in protein. Our bodies and brains
are not equipped to handle the high concentrations found
in a diet soda. In that form they are concentrated enough
to disrupt nerve cell communication and can cause cell death.
The
neurotoxic effects of these isolated amino acids can be
linked to migraines, mental confusion, balance problems,
and seizures. Read neurosurgeon Russell Blaylock's book
Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills, which describes the
dangerous effects of aspartame as well as MSG on sensitive
brain cells. (www.russellblaylockmd.com)
Methanol in Aspartame Causes Blindness
Methanol, too, is naturally present in fruits and vegetables,
but these foods also contain ethanol, which neutralizes
the methanol. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
defines safe consumption of methanol as no more than 7.8
mg per day of this dangerous substance. Yet, a one-liter
beverage sweetened with aspartame contains about 56 milligrams
of wood alcohol, or seven times the EPA safety limit.
Aspartame Causes Food Cravings
The absolute irony of the use of aspartame in diet products
is that it can actually cause weight gain. Phenylalanine
and aspartic acid stimulate the release of insulin. Rapid,
strong spikes in insulin remove all glucose from the blood
stream and store it as fat. This can result in hypoglycemia
(low blood sugar) and sugar cravings.
Additionally, phenylalanine has been demonstrated to inhibit
synthesis of the neurotransmitter serotonin, which signals
that the body is full.8 This can cause
you to eat more than you normally would and, ultimately,
gain weight. In a recent study, a control group switching
to an aspartame-free diet resulted in an average weight
loss of nineteen pounds.9
Dr. Betty Martini
For the best education on aspartame, go to dorway.com and
read about the tireless work of Betty Martini, founder of
Mission Possible, a worldwide anti-aspartame activist group.
This very powerful woman has probably helped thousands of
people regain their health by warning them about the dangers
of aspartame. On dorway.com you will find the paper trail
that led to the approval of aspartame despite epileptic
seizures and brain tumors in test animals. You will also
learn about the ninety-two aspartame side effects that have
been reported to the FDA.
Sweet Misery: A Poisoned World
Sweet Misery: A Poisoned World is a 2004 documentary by
Cori Brackett, who begins the film with her own miraculous
recovery from multiple sclerosis once she threw away aspartame-sweetened
products. Ms. Brackett interviews Dr. Russell Blaylock and
Dr. Betty Martini, victims of aspartame poisoning, and Arthur
Evangelista, a former Food and Drug Administration investigator,
who confirms the dirty tricks played to approve aspartame
around the world.
Excerpt from Death
by Modern Medicine by Dr. Carolyn Dean
