ASPARTAME: RACKETEER INFLUENCED & CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS
Jokingly it's said that freckles 'are the rusty ends of someone's nerves of steel', but more serious and very underreported since years is the following background information on the poisoning of our nervs - and much more - by a chemical we all have in our food: Aspartame. [http://tinyurl.com/7g2gp ]
Why not find out if you know enough about it; what it is, and what it can do to you.
It may answer some of your questions...
HR/FPF
----- Original Message ----- From: Graham Jukes Subject:
Racketeering Charges Filed Against NutraSweet Co ASPARTAME
A RACKETEER INFLUENCED & CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS [RICO] complaint has been filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The suit, filed by a member of The National Justice League, charges the defendants with manufacturing and marketing a deadly neurotoxin unfit for human consumption, while they assured the pubic that aspartame (also known as NutraSweet/Equal) contaminated products are safe and healthful, even for children and pregnant women. Present Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is mentioned throughout the lawsuit.
As evidence, an explosive affidavit from a former employee of the G.D. Searle Co - the developer of aspartame - will be made public at a National Press Conference on Thursday, September 16 at 11:00 a.m. at the Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel, 1230 J Street, Sacramento, California 95814, phone (916) 447-1700.
For 16 years, the FDA denied approval of aspartame because of compelling evidence of its contributing to brain tumors and other serious disabilities. Donald Rumsfeld, present Secretary of Defense in the Bush Administration, left President Ford's administration as Chief of Staff to become the CEO of aspartame producer G D Searle Co. in 1981. Shortly after, Rumsfeld became the CEO, and the day after President Reagan took office, aspartame was quickly approved by FDA Commissioner Arthur Hayes over the objections of the FDA's Public Board of Inquiry. Hayes had been recently appointed by the Reagan Administration. Shortly after aspartame's approval by the FDA, Hayes joined NutraSweet's public relations firm under a ten year contract at $1,000 a day.
Aspartame/NutraSweet was the product of the G. D. Searle Co. In January 1977, the FDA wrote a 33 page letter to U.S. Justice Department Attorney Sam Skinner: "We request that your office convene a Grand Jury investigation into apparent violations of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act." Skinner allowed the Statute of Limitations to run.
Three FDA Commissioners and eight other officers and Skinner took jobs in the aspartame industry shortly after it was approved in 1982.
The Food and Drug Administration once listed 92 adverse reactions from 10,000 consumer complaints and sent the list to all inquirers. In 1996 the FDA stopped taking complaints and now denies existence of the report. Seizures, blindness, sexual dysfunction, obesity, testicular, mammary and brain tumors and death, plus dozens of other dread diseases named in the suit arise from the consumption of this neurotoxin.
Defendant Moser, past CEO of NutraSweet, is cited for misrepresenting facts to public and commercial users with full knowledge of the deceptions. The toxin is sold to Bayer, Con Agra Foods, Dannon, Smucker, Kellogg, Wrigley, PepsiCo, Kraft Foods (Crystal Light), Conopco (Slim-Fast), Coke, Pfizer, Wal-Mart and Wyeth (to name a few), who use it in some of their products, including children's vitamins. The National Justice League currently has suits filed against these companies in California courts.
Defendant American Diabetes Association's mission is to care for diabetics. A 35 year ADA member, world famous diabetic specialist H.J.Roberts, M.D., discovered aspartame can precipitate diabetes and reacts harmfully with insulin. ADA rejected his report which was then published in a prestigious medical journal.
The seven count indictment includes charges for violation of California Consumers Legal Remedies Act, Fraud, violations of California Civil Code ยง1780-1784 and Injunctive Relief: that Defendants be enjoined from future use/sale of aspartame. Url.: http://www.dldewey.com/rico.htm
WHAT EXACTLY IS ASPARTAME?
Aspartame, ( C14H1805 : L-Aspartyl-L Phenylalanine Methyl Ester, is its official chemical name ), is made up of three chemicals, 40% - Aspartic Acid, 50% - Phenylalanine and 10% - Methanol. It is argued by those that want you to believe that Aspartame is something good is because they state that phenylalanine and aspartic acid are important amino acids and are commonly found in many foods bound to proteins.
There are people very sensitive to phenylalanine. It causes a disease called PKU which can be fatal. However, there is a huge problem with anyone saying Aspartame is good. These amino acids in Aspartame are absorbed and metabolized differently from those found in normal foods. This is because the proteins in foods are broken down very gradually and the amino acids which comprise a full range of them are gradually absorbed slowly. This gradual absorption leads to a very slow and small increase in some of the plasma amino acids.
With Aspartame however, the aspartic acid and phenylalanine which are free and unbound to any proteins, are very quickly absorbed. This causes a rush of amino acids into the system which leads to spikes in plasma amino acids. For reference pertaining to this process, refer to the medical journal Metabolism (36/5):507-512. Some fruit juices and alcoholic beverages contain small amounts of methanol which is 10% of Aspartame. It is very important to remember, methanol never appears alone. In every case, ethanol is present and usually in much higher amounts.
Ethanol is an antidote for methanol toxicity to the body.
All natural foods that contain methanol contain ethanol. It is mother natures way of protecting the body from methanol toxicity In Aspartame, THERE IS NO ETHANOL to counter the methanol!
WHAT DOES ASPARTAME DO IN THE BODY - IT IS ANOTHER EXCITOTOXIN?
Aspartate acts as a neurotransmitter in the brain by facilitating the transmission of information from neuron to neuron. Aspartic Acid which is 40% of Aspartame, is an amino acid. When it is taken in its' free form as in Aspartame, ( unbound to proteins ), it significantly raises the blood plasma levels of Aspartate. This excess Aspartate leads to a high level of this neuro transmitter in certain areas of the brain.
Too much Aspartate in the brain kills certain neurons by allowing the influx of too much calcium into the cells. This influx then triggers excessive amounts of free radicals which literally kills brain cells. The neural cell damage that can be caused by excessive asparate or glutamate, ( glutamate is also known as MSG, another excitotoxin ). These exicotoxins excite or stimulate neural cells to literal death!
Some areas of the brain affected by these spiked levels of aspartate ARE NOT protected by the blood brain barrier which protects the brain. A large majority, 75% or more of neural cells in particular areas of the brain are killed before any clinical symptoms of a chronic illness are finally seen.
Aspartic Acid has a cumulative harmful effect on the endocrine system and reproductive systems as well. Several animal experiments show that exicotoxic amino acids can penetrate the placental barrier and cause damage to the fetus, the unborn child. These same excitotoxins also dramatically lower the male and female hormones testosterone and estrogen. DNA damage to sperm has been reported from Aspartame use.
In both human and animal study experiments, plasma asparate levels are shown to spike to high levels after liquid administration of Aspartame. Humans are five times more susceptible to aspartic acid and glutamic acid, (MSG) than rodents, and twenty times more susceptible than monkeys. Why? Because they concentrate these excitatory amino acids in their blood plasma to much higher levels and for a longer period of time.
These are just a few of the many chronic illnesses that have contribute to long-term exposure to these excitotoxin amino acids such as asparate acid which is 40% of Aspartame. Multiple Sclerosis, Hormonal Problems, Hearing Loss, Epilepsy, Alzheimer's Disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, (ALS - Lou Gehriig's Disease), Parkinson's Disease, Hypoglycemia, AIDS Dementia, Brain Lesions and Tumors, Neuroendocrine Disorders. I wonder, could all that cereral Lou Gehrig ate which contain glutamic acid as a preservative added caused his disease?
PHENYLALANINE - 50% OF ASPARTAME
Phenylalanie is an amino acid normally found in the brain. Persons with the genetic disorder phenyletonuria, (PKU), cannot metabolize phenylalanine. This leads to dangerously high levels of pheylalanine in the brain which can be lethal. It has been shown that ingesting Aspartame, especially with carbohydrates, can lead to excess levels of phenylalanine in the brain. Even in persons that do not have PKU. Human testing has shown that phenylalanine levels of the blood were decreased significantly in humans test subjects who used Aspartame regularly.
Even a single dose of Aspartame raises blood phenylalanine levels. This study, "Dietary Phenylalanine and Brain Function", was performed by Dr. Wurtman and Dr. Walker. They presented their findings at the 1st International Meeting on Dietary Phenylalanine and Brain Function in Washington D.C., May 8-10, 1987. [end quote*]
Two more American giants, Pfizer and Slimfast, have been sued in California and are accused of deceiving and poisoning consumers. These suits are in addition to the dozen companies sued in April including NutraSweet, Coke, Pepsi, Wrigleys, and Walmart!
The toxicity and progressive destruction to users of Aspartame/NutraSweet/Equal was established in three congressional hearings and books by world renowned physicians like Doctors H. J. Roberts, M.D. and Russell Blaylock, M.D.
More complaints have been filed with the FDA on aspartame than on all other food additives combined. FDA once published a list of 92 adverse reactions to this poison from 10,000 consumer reports - symptoms included seizures, blindness and death. FDA doesn't take the complaints any more, nor do they post the reaction list, perhaps because many high ranking FDA officials have joined the NutraSweet industry.
The rest of the story can be found here - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/7oaoy
With: "Dr. John Olney has testified before Congress that Aspartame causes brain tumors, and more about methanol - aka wood alcohol/poison - 10% in aspartame."
CONTACT: NATIONAL JUSTICE LEAGUE - http://www.nationaljusticeleague.com
Email: info@nationaljusticeleague.com
San Francisco, CA: http://www.wnho.net/press_release_9-15-04.htm
Fwd. by:
FOREIGN PRESS FOUNDATION
Blog: http://tinyurl.com/6v8ru
Editor : Henk Ruyssenaars
http://tinyurl.com/amn3q
The Netherlands
FPF@Chello.nl
* You harvest what you sow!
*Corporate News Media: Incompetent, Criminally Negligent or Complicit? - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/cqpfe
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Why not find out if you know enough about it; what it is, and what it can do to you.
It may answer some of your questions...
HR/FPF
----- Original Message ----- From: Graham Jukes
Racketeering Charges Filed Against NutraSweet Co ASPARTAME
A RACKETEER INFLUENCED & CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS [RICO] complaint has been filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The suit, filed by a member of The National Justice League, charges the defendants with manufacturing and marketing a deadly neurotoxin unfit for human consumption, while they assured the pubic that aspartame (also known as NutraSweet/Equal) contaminated products are safe and healthful, even for children and pregnant women. Present Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is mentioned throughout the lawsuit.
As evidence, an explosive affidavit from a former employee of the G.D. Searle Co - the developer of aspartame - will be made public at a National Press Conference on Thursday, September 16 at 11:00 a.m. at the Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel, 1230 J Street, Sacramento, California 95814, phone (916) 447-1700.
For 16 years, the FDA denied approval of aspartame because of compelling evidence of its contributing to brain tumors and other serious disabilities. Donald Rumsfeld, present Secretary of Defense in the Bush Administration, left President Ford's administration as Chief of Staff to become the CEO of aspartame producer G D Searle Co. in 1981. Shortly after, Rumsfeld became the CEO, and the day after President Reagan took office, aspartame was quickly approved by FDA Commissioner Arthur Hayes over the objections of the FDA's Public Board of Inquiry. Hayes had been recently appointed by the Reagan Administration. Shortly after aspartame's approval by the FDA, Hayes joined NutraSweet's public relations firm under a ten year contract at $1,000 a day.
Aspartame/NutraSweet was the product of the G. D. Searle Co. In January 1977, the FDA wrote a 33 page letter to U.S. Justice Department Attorney Sam Skinner: "We request that your office convene a Grand Jury investigation into apparent violations of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act." Skinner allowed the Statute of Limitations to run.
Three FDA Commissioners and eight other officers and Skinner took jobs in the aspartame industry shortly after it was approved in 1982.
The Food and Drug Administration once listed 92 adverse reactions from 10,000 consumer complaints and sent the list to all inquirers. In 1996 the FDA stopped taking complaints and now denies existence of the report. Seizures, blindness, sexual dysfunction, obesity, testicular, mammary and brain tumors and death, plus dozens of other dread diseases named in the suit arise from the consumption of this neurotoxin.
Defendant Moser, past CEO of NutraSweet, is cited for misrepresenting facts to public and commercial users with full knowledge of the deceptions. The toxin is sold to Bayer, Con Agra Foods, Dannon, Smucker, Kellogg, Wrigley, PepsiCo, Kraft Foods (Crystal Light), Conopco (Slim-Fast), Coke, Pfizer, Wal-Mart and Wyeth (to name a few), who use it in some of their products, including children's vitamins. The National Justice League currently has suits filed against these companies in California courts.
Defendant American Diabetes Association's mission is to care for diabetics. A 35 year ADA member, world famous diabetic specialist H.J.Roberts, M.D., discovered aspartame can precipitate diabetes and reacts harmfully with insulin. ADA rejected his report which was then published in a prestigious medical journal.
The seven count indictment includes charges for violation of California Consumers Legal Remedies Act, Fraud, violations of California Civil Code ยง1780-1784 and Injunctive Relief: that Defendants be enjoined from future use/sale of aspartame. Url.: http://www.dldewey.com/rico.htm
WHAT EXACTLY IS ASPARTAME?
Aspartame, ( C14H1805 : L-Aspartyl-L Phenylalanine Methyl Ester, is its official chemical name ), is made up of three chemicals, 40% - Aspartic Acid, 50% - Phenylalanine and 10% - Methanol. It is argued by those that want you to believe that Aspartame is something good is because they state that phenylalanine and aspartic acid are important amino acids and are commonly found in many foods bound to proteins.
There are people very sensitive to phenylalanine. It causes a disease called PKU which can be fatal. However, there is a huge problem with anyone saying Aspartame is good. These amino acids in Aspartame are absorbed and metabolized differently from those found in normal foods. This is because the proteins in foods are broken down very gradually and the amino acids which comprise a full range of them are gradually absorbed slowly. This gradual absorption leads to a very slow and small increase in some of the plasma amino acids.
With Aspartame however, the aspartic acid and phenylalanine which are free and unbound to any proteins, are very quickly absorbed. This causes a rush of amino acids into the system which leads to spikes in plasma amino acids. For reference pertaining to this process, refer to the medical journal Metabolism (36/5):507-512. Some fruit juices and alcoholic beverages contain small amounts of methanol which is 10% of Aspartame. It is very important to remember, methanol never appears alone. In every case, ethanol is present and usually in much higher amounts.
Ethanol is an antidote for methanol toxicity to the body.
All natural foods that contain methanol contain ethanol. It is mother natures way of protecting the body from methanol toxicity In Aspartame, THERE IS NO ETHANOL to counter the methanol!
WHAT DOES ASPARTAME DO IN THE BODY - IT IS ANOTHER EXCITOTOXIN?
Aspartate acts as a neurotransmitter in the brain by facilitating the transmission of information from neuron to neuron. Aspartic Acid which is 40% of Aspartame, is an amino acid. When it is taken in its' free form as in Aspartame, ( unbound to proteins ), it significantly raises the blood plasma levels of Aspartate. This excess Aspartate leads to a high level of this neuro transmitter in certain areas of the brain.
Too much Aspartate in the brain kills certain neurons by allowing the influx of too much calcium into the cells. This influx then triggers excessive amounts of free radicals which literally kills brain cells. The neural cell damage that can be caused by excessive asparate or glutamate, ( glutamate is also known as MSG, another excitotoxin ). These exicotoxins excite or stimulate neural cells to literal death!
Some areas of the brain affected by these spiked levels of aspartate ARE NOT protected by the blood brain barrier which protects the brain. A large majority, 75% or more of neural cells in particular areas of the brain are killed before any clinical symptoms of a chronic illness are finally seen.
Aspartic Acid has a cumulative harmful effect on the endocrine system and reproductive systems as well. Several animal experiments show that exicotoxic amino acids can penetrate the placental barrier and cause damage to the fetus, the unborn child. These same excitotoxins also dramatically lower the male and female hormones testosterone and estrogen. DNA damage to sperm has been reported from Aspartame use.
In both human and animal study experiments, plasma asparate levels are shown to spike to high levels after liquid administration of Aspartame. Humans are five times more susceptible to aspartic acid and glutamic acid, (MSG) than rodents, and twenty times more susceptible than monkeys. Why? Because they concentrate these excitatory amino acids in their blood plasma to much higher levels and for a longer period of time.
These are just a few of the many chronic illnesses that have contribute to long-term exposure to these excitotoxin amino acids such as asparate acid which is 40% of Aspartame. Multiple Sclerosis, Hormonal Problems, Hearing Loss, Epilepsy, Alzheimer's Disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, (ALS - Lou Gehriig's Disease), Parkinson's Disease, Hypoglycemia, AIDS Dementia, Brain Lesions and Tumors, Neuroendocrine Disorders. I wonder, could all that cereral Lou Gehrig ate which contain glutamic acid as a preservative added caused his disease?
PHENYLALANINE - 50% OF ASPARTAME
Phenylalanie is an amino acid normally found in the brain. Persons with the genetic disorder phenyletonuria, (PKU), cannot metabolize phenylalanine. This leads to dangerously high levels of pheylalanine in the brain which can be lethal. It has been shown that ingesting Aspartame, especially with carbohydrates, can lead to excess levels of phenylalanine in the brain. Even in persons that do not have PKU. Human testing has shown that phenylalanine levels of the blood were decreased significantly in humans test subjects who used Aspartame regularly.
Even a single dose of Aspartame raises blood phenylalanine levels. This study, "Dietary Phenylalanine and Brain Function", was performed by Dr. Wurtman and Dr. Walker. They presented their findings at the 1st International Meeting on Dietary Phenylalanine and Brain Function in Washington D.C., May 8-10, 1987. [end quote*]
Two more American giants, Pfizer and Slimfast, have been sued in California and are accused of deceiving and poisoning consumers. These suits are in addition to the dozen companies sued in April including NutraSweet, Coke, Pepsi, Wrigleys, and Walmart!
The toxicity and progressive destruction to users of Aspartame/NutraSweet/Equal was established in three congressional hearings and books by world renowned physicians like Doctors H. J. Roberts, M.D. and Russell Blaylock, M.D.
More complaints have been filed with the FDA on aspartame than on all other food additives combined. FDA once published a list of 92 adverse reactions to this poison from 10,000 consumer reports - symptoms included seizures, blindness and death. FDA doesn't take the complaints any more, nor do they post the reaction list, perhaps because many high ranking FDA officials have joined the NutraSweet industry.
The rest of the story can be found here - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/7oaoy
With: "Dr. John Olney has testified before Congress that Aspartame causes brain tumors, and more about methanol - aka wood alcohol/poison - 10% in aspartame."
CONTACT: NATIONAL JUSTICE LEAGUE - http://www.nationaljusticeleague.com
Email: info@nationaljusticeleague.com
San Francisco, CA: http://www.wnho.net/press_release_9-15-04.htm
Fwd. by:
FOREIGN PRESS FOUNDATION
Blog: http://tinyurl.com/6v8ru
Editor : Henk Ruyssenaars
http://tinyurl.com/amn3q
The Netherlands
FPF@Chello.nl
* You harvest what you sow!
*Corporate News Media: Incompetent, Criminally Negligent or Complicit? - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/cqpfe
FPF-COPYRIGHT NOTICE - In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107 - any copyrighted work in this message is distributed by the Foreign Press Foundation under fair use, without profit or payment, to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the information. Url.: http://liimirror.warwick.ac.uk/uscode/17/107.html
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