WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE AND THE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION F.D.A.
ISSUING FOR COLLUSION WITH MONSANTO

Article written by Betty Martini (the real author)

I have spent several days lecturing at the World Environmental Conference
on Aspartame, marketed as "NutraSweet", "Equal", and "Spoonful".

In the keynote address by the EPA, [it was] announced that there was an
epidemic of multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus, and [the EPA] did not
understand what toxin was causing this to be rampant across the United
States. I explained that I was there to lecture on exactly that subject.

When the temperature of Aspartame exceeds 86º F, the wood alcohol in
aspartame converts to formaldehyde and then to formic acid, which in turn
causes metabolic acidosis. (Formic acid is the poison found in the sting of
fire ants). The methanol toxicity mimics multiple sclerosis; thus people
were being diagnosed with having multiple sclerosis in error. The multiple
sclerosis is not a death sentence, where methanol toxicity is.

In the case of systemic lupus, we are finding it has become almost as
rampant as multiple sclerosis, especially in Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi
drinkers.

Also, with methanol toxicity, the victims usually drink three to four
12-oz. cans of them per day, some even more. In the cases of systemic
lupus, which is triggered by aspartame, the victim usually does not know
that the aspartame is the culprit. The victim continues its use,
aggravating the lupus to such a degree that sometimes it becomes life
threatening. When we get people off the aspartame, those with systemic
lupus usually become asymptomatic. Unfortunately, we can not reverse this
disease.

On the other hand, in the case of those diagnosed with multiple sclerosis,
(when in reality, the disease is methanol toxicity), most of the symptoms
disappear. We have seen cases where their vision has returned and even
their hearing has returned. This also applies to cases of tinnitus.
(ringing in the ears.)

During a lecture, I said, "If you are using aspartame (NutraSweet, Equal,
Spoonful, etc.) and you suffer from fibromyalgia symptoms, spasms, shooting
pains, numbness in your legs, cramps, vertigo, dizziness, headaches,
tinnitus, joint pain, depression, anxiety attacks, slurred speech, blurred
vision, or memory loss-you probably have ASPARTAME DISEASE!"

People were jumping up during the lecture saying, "I've got this, is it
reversible?"

It is rampant. Some of the speakers at my lecture were even suffering from
these symptoms. In one lecture attended by the Ambassador of Uganda, he
told us that their sugar industry is adding aspartame! He continued by
saying that one of the industry leader's son could no longer walk - due in
part by product usage!

We have a very serious problem. Even a stranger came up to Dr. Espisto (one
of my speakers) and myself and said, "Could you tell me why so many people
seem to be coming down with MS? During a visit to a hospice, a nurse said
that six of her friends, who were heavy Diet Coke addicts, had all been
diagnosed with MS."

This is beyond coincidence. Here is the problem.

There were Congressional hearings when aspartame was included in 100
different products. Since this initial hearing, there have been two
subsequent hearings, but to no avail. Nothing has been done. The drug and
chemical lobbies have very deep pockets. Now there are over 5,000 products
containing this chemical, and the PATENT HAS EXPIRED!!!!!

At the time of this first hearing, people were going blind. The methanol in
the aspartame converts to formaldehyde in the retina of the eye.
Formaldehyde is grouped in the same class of drugs as cyanide and
arsenic-DEADLY POISONS!!!

Unfortunately, it just takes longer to quietly kill, but it is killing
people and causing all kinds of neurological problems.

Aspartame changes the brain's chemistry. It is the reason for severe
seizures. This drug changes the dopamine level in the brain. Imagine what
this drug does to patients suffering from Parkinson's Disease.

This drug also causes birth defects. There is absolutely no reason to take
this product. It is NOT A DIET PRODUCT!!! The Congressional Record said,
"It makes you crave carbohydrates and will make you FAT". Dr. Roberts
stated that when he got patients off aspartame, their average weight loss
was 19 pounds per person. The formaldehyde stores in the fat cells,
particularly in the hips and thighs.

Aspartame is especially deadly for diabetics. All physicians know what wood
alcohol will do to a diabetic. We find that physicians believe that they
have patients with retinopathy, when in fact, is caused by the aspartame.
The aspartame keeps the blood sugar level out of control, causing many
patients to go into a coma.

Unfortunately, many have died. People were telling us at the Conference of
the American College of Physicians, that they had relatives that switched
from saccharin to an aspartame product and how that relative had eventually
gone into a coma. Their physicians could not get the blood sugar levels
under control. Thus, the patients suffered acute memory loss and eventually
coma and death.

Memory loss is due to the fact that aspartic acid and phenylalanine are
neurotoxic without the other amino acids found in protein. Thus it goes
past the blood brain barrier and deteriorates the neurons of the brain.

Dr. Russell Blaylock, neurosurgeon, said, "The ingredients stimulate the
neurons of the brain to death, causing brain damage of varying degrees."

Dr. Blaylock has written a book entitled, "EXCITOTOXINS: THE TASTE THAT
KILLS" (Health Press 1-800-643-2665). Dr. H.J. Roberts, diabetic specialist
and world expert on aspartame poisoning, has also written a book entitled,
"DEFENSE AGAINST ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE" (1-800-814-9800). Dr. Roberts tells
how aspartame poisoning is escalating Alzheimer's Disease, and indeed it
is.

As the hospice nurse told me, women are being admitted at 30 years of age
with Alzheimer's Disease. Dr. Blaylock and Dr. Roberts will be writing a
position paper with some case histories and will post it on the Internet.
According to the Conference of the American College of Physicians, "We are
talking about a plague of neurological diseases caused by this deadly
poison."

Dr. Roberts realized what was happening when aspartame was first marketed.

He said his diabetic patients presented memory loss, confusion, and severe
vision loss.

At the Conference of the American College of Physicians, doctors admitted
that they did not know. They had wondered why seizures were rampant. The
phenylalanine in aspartame breaks down the seizure threshold and depletes
serotonin, which causes manic depression, panic attacks, rage and violence.

Just before the Conference, I received a FAX from Norway, asking for a
possible antidote for this poison because they are experiencing so many
problems in their country. This "poison" is now available in 90 PLUS
countries worldwide. Fortunately, we had speakers and ambassadors at the
Conference from different nations who have pledged their help. We ask that
you help too. Print this article out and warn everyone you know.

Take anything that contains aspartame back to the store. Take the "NO
ASPARTAME TEST" and send us your case history. I assure you that Monsanto,
the creator of aspartame, knows how deadly it is. They fund the American
Diabetes Association, American Dietetic Association, Congress and the
Conference of the American College of Physicians.

The New York Times, on November 15, 1996, ran an article on how the
American Dietetic Association takes money from the food industry to endorse
their products. Therefore, they cannot criticize any additives or tell
about their link to Monsanto.

How bad is this? We told a mother who had a child on NutraSweet to get her
off the product. The child was having grand mal seizures every day. The
mother called her physician, who called the ADA, who told the doctor not to
take the child off the NutraSweet. We are still trying to convince the
mother that the aspartame is causing the seizures. Every time we get
someone off of aspartame, the seizures stop.
There are 92 documented symptoms of aspartame, from coma to death. The
majority of them are all neurological, because the aspartame destroys the
nervous system. Aspartame Disease is partially the cause to what is behind
some of the mystery of the Desert Storm health problems. The burning tongue
and other problems discussed in over 60 cases can be directly related to
the consumption of an aspartame product. Several thousand pallets of diet
drinks were shipped to the Desert Storm troops. (Remember heat can liberate
the methanol from the aspartame at 86º F). Diet drinks sat in the 120º F
Arabian sun for weeks at a time on pallets. The service men and women drank
them all day long. All of their symptoms are identical to aspartame
poisoning.

Dr. Roberts says, "Consuming aspartame at the time of conception can cause
birth defects".

The phenylalanine concentrates in the placenta, causing mental retardation,
according to Dr. Louis Elsas, Pediatrician Professor - Genetics, at Emory
University in his testimony before Congress. In the original lab tests,
animals developed brain tumors (phenylalanine breaks down into DXP, a brain
tumor agent). When Dr. Espisto was lecturing on aspartame me, one physician
in the audience, a neurosurgeon, said, "when they remove brain tumors, they
have found high levels of aspartame in them".

If it says "SUGAR FREE" on the label-DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!!!!!!

Senator Howard Hetzenbaum wrote a bill that would have warned all infants,
pregnant mothers and children of the dangers of aspartame. The bill would
have also instituted independent studies on the problems existing in the
population (seizures, changes in brain chemistry, changes in neurological
and behavioral symptoms). It was killed by the powerful drug andchemical
lobbies, letting loose the hounds of disease and death on an unsuspecting
public.

Since the Conference of the American College of Physicians, we hope to have
the help of some world leaders. Again, please help us too. There are a lot
of people out there who must be warned, please let them know this
information.

A very interesting article.There have been worries about Aspartame over the years,just like the 'Cyclamates',of the 1960's.I myself drink Diet Coke a lot,and have thought of this.I don't smoke or drink,never in my life,never used any drug except over the counter and given by a doctor,but it seems no matter what we do there is something 'lurking',in the shadows about what we eat or drink!!