Dangerous side effects of artificial sweeteners
During a lecture I said “If you are using Aspartame (artificial sweeteners) and you suffer from fibromyalgia symptoms, spasms, shooting pains, numbness in your legs, cramps, vertigo, dizziness, headaches, tinnitus, joint pain, unexplainable depression, anxiety attacks, slurred speech, blurred vision or memory loss you probably have Aspartame poisoning.”
People were jumping up during the lecture saying “I have some of those symptoms. Is it reversible?â€
Yes, stop drinking diet sodas and be alert for Aspartame on food labels. Many products are fortified with it.
This is a serious problem.
Dr. Espisto (one of my speakers) remarked that so many people seem to be symptomatic of MS and during his recent visit to a hospice, a nurse stated that six of her friends, who were heavy diet coke addicts, had all been diagnosed with MS. This is beyond coincidence.
Diet soda is not a diet product. It is a chemically altered multiple sodium (salt) and Aspartame containing product that actually makes you crave carbohydrates. It is far more likely to make you gain weight. These products also contain formaldehyde, which stores in the fat cells, particularly in the hips and thighs.
Formaldehyde is an absolute toxin and is used primarily to preserve ‘tissue specimens’. Many products we use every day contain this chemical but we should not store it in our body.
Dr. H.J. Roberts stated in his lectures that once free of the ‘diet products’, and with no significant increase in exercise, his patients lost an average of 19 pounds (approx 8 kgs) over a trial period.
Aspartame is especially dangerous for diabetics. We found that some physicians, who believed that they had a patient with retinopathy, in fact had symptoms caused by Aspartame. Aspartame drives blood sugar out of control.
Thus diabetics may suffer acute memory loss due to the fact that aspartic acid and phenylalanine are neurotoxic when taken without the amino acids necessary for a good balance. Treating diabetics is all about balance.
Especially with diabetics, Aspartame passes the blood/brain barrier and then deteriorates the neurons of the brain, causing various levels of brain damage, seizures, depression, manic depression, panic attacks, uncontrollable anger and rage.
Consumption of Aspartame causes these same symptoms in non-diabetics also.
Documentation and observation also reveal that thousands of children diagnosed with ADD and ADHD have had complete turn-arounds in their behaviour when these chemicals have been removed from their diet. So called ‘behaviour modification prescription dugs’ (Ritalin and others) are no longer needed. Truth be told, they were never needed in the first place. Most of these children were being ‘poisoned’ on a daily basis with the very foods that were ‘better for them than sugar’.
It is also suspected that the Aspartame in thousands of pallets of diet drinks consumed by men and women fighting the Gulf War may be partially to blame for the well-known Gulf War Syndrome.
Dr. Roberts warns that it can cause birth defects (mental retardation, if taken at the time of conception and during early pregnancy.) Children are especially at risk of neurological disorders and should never be given artificial sweeteners.
There are many different case histories to relate of children suffering ‘grand mal’ seizures and other neurological disturbances due to the use of an artificial sweetener. Unfortunately, it is not always easy to convince people that Aspartame is to blame for their child’s illness.
Stevia, which is a sweet herb, not a manufactured additive, helps in the metabolism of sugar, which would be ideal for diabetics. It has now been approved as a dietary supplement by the FDA. It is known that for many years the FDA outlawed this ‘true sweet food’ due to its loyalty to a well-known chemical company in America.
Books on this subject are available: Excitotoxins: the taste that kills by Dr. Russell Blayblock (Health Press 1-800-643-2665). Defence Against Alzheimer’s Disease by Dr. H.J. Roberts, who is also a diabetics specialist. These two doctors will soon be posting a position paper with case histories on the deadly effects of Aspartame on the internet.
According to the conference of the American College of Physicians, “we are talking about a plague of neurological diseases directly caused by the use of this deadly poison.â€
By Professor D. B.
United States of America
Wow this is scary stuff indeed!
On doing some further research I found a host of data verifying what Professor D.B. wrote to me and I have listed some of my findings as well as links, websites and books below which you are well advised to investigate.
I believe that Aspartame could very well be a major aggravating factor for tinnitus sufferers and that you should limit or stop your consumption of foods and drinks that contain Aspartame!
A valuable website that I found is http://www.sweetpoison.com/aspartame-side-effects.html and from that site I learnt that Aspartame is responsible for the following side effects:
Aspartame Side Effects
The components of aspartame can lead to a number of health problems, as you have read. Side effects can occur gradually, can be immediate, or can be acute reactions. According to Lendon Smith, M.D. there is an enormous population suffering from side effects associated with aspartame, yet have no idea why drugs, supplements and herbs don’t relieve their symptoms. Then, there are users who don’t ‘appear’ to suffer immediate reactions at all. Even these individuals are susceptible to the long-term damage caused by excitatory amino acids, phenylalanine, methanol, and DKP.
Adverse reactions and side effects of aspartame include:
Eye
blindness in one or both eyes
decreased vision and/or other eye problems such as: blurring, bright flashes, squiggly lines, tunnel vision, decreased night vision
pain in one or both eyes
decreased tears
trouble with contact lenses
bulging eyes
Ear
tinnitus - ringing or buzzing sound
severe intolerance of noise
marked hearing impairment
Neurologic
epileptic seizures
headaches, migraines and some severe
dizziness, unsteadiness, both
confusion, memory loss, both
severe drowsiness and sleepiness
paresthesia or numbness of the limbs
severe slurring of speech
severe hyperactivity and restless legs
atypical facial pain
severe tremors
Psychological/Psychiatric
severe depression
irritability
aggression
anxiety
personality changes
insomnia
phobias
Chest
palpitations, tachycardia
shortness of breath
recent high blood pressure
Gastrointestinal
nausea
diarrhea, sometimes with blood in stools
abdominal pain
pain when swallowing
Skin and Allergies
itching without a rash
lip and mouth reactions
hives
aggravated respiratory allergies such as asthma
Endocrine and Metabolic
loss of control of diabetes
menstrual changes
marked thinning or loss of hair
marked weight loss
gradual weight gain
aggravated low blood sugar (hypoglycemia)
severe PMS
Other
frequency of voiding and burning during urination
excessive thirst, fluid retention, leg swelling, and bloating
increased susceptibility to infection
Additional Symptoms of Aspartame Toxicity include the most critical symptoms of all
death
irreversible brain damage
birth defects, including mental retardation
peptic ulcers
aspartame addiction and increased craving for sweets
hyperactivity in children
severe depression
aggressive behavior
suicidal tendencies
Aspartame may trigger, mimic, or cause the following illnesses:
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Epstein-Barr
Post-Polio Syndrome
Lyme Disease
Grave’s Disease
Meniere’s Disease
Alzheimer’s Disease
ALS
Epilepsy
Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
EMS
Hypothyroidism
Mercury sensitivity from Amalgam fillings
Fibromyalgia
Lupus
non-Hodgkins
Lymphoma
Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
This is indeed something you should not take lightly.
I look forward to your comments which you can post in the Comments section below this post.
Kind regards
John Currie
T-Gone Tinnitus Remedies
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