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Aspartame Toxicity

COMMENT: Just some more documentation of the danger and toxicity of aspartame. Hopefully, this is not new information to nearly everyone reading this newsletter and you are already avoiding it.

Rich Murray
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505

505-986-9103

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 many scientific studies and case histories to be toxic: headaches, all kinds of body and joint pain (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; birth defects; brain cancers.

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, jello, chewing gums, breath mints, candies, toothpaste, laxatives, cough syrups, even vitamins and medicines. Absorption through the skin in the mouth may be especially strong.

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April 21, 1999 Richard T. Murray

Internet Sites to Research Aspartame for Yourself

http://www.dorway.com/upipart1.txt

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed

http://www.bevnet.com/bevboard/

http://www.thelancet.com

http://www.eScribe.com/health/aspartameNM/

http://www.eGroups.com/community/aspartameNM/

http://www.truthinlabeling.org

http://www.healthpress.com/in-bad-taste.html

http://www.healingresearch.org

http://www.PRESIDIOTEX.COM/barcelona/index.html

http://www.chem.uoa.gr

http://www.holisticmed.com/aspartame/abuse/methanol.html#discussion

http://www.holisticmed.com/aspartame/abuse/seizures.html .

http://www.aspartametruth.freeservers.com/personal.html

http://www.presidiotex.com/aspartame/

http://www.HolisticMed.com/aspartame http://www.holisticmed.com/aspartame/abuse/methanol.html

http://web2.airmail.net/marystod/index.html

http://www.connectotel.com/missionpossible/

http://members.icanect.net/~sunpress/index.htm

http://www.dorway.com/tldaddic.html