The safety of aspartame has been an ongoing controversy for over 27 years. Despite claims by the sweetener industry that aspartame is "safe" because it is FDA approved, the information in this fact sheet clears up any disinformation and sets the record straight.

The consumer advocates listed in this fact sheet have been informing and educating consumers about the dangers of aspartame for many years. They are some of the most reliable sources, providing the most updated research confirming aspartame is a carcinogen and should never have been approved by the FDA to be used in the public food supply.

THE FACTS:

Aspartame is in over 6,000 products including 99% of all chewing gum and children’s medicine.

The American FDA first approved aspartame (NutraSweet ® /Equal®) Aspartame's initial approval was quickly rescinded, nonetheless, because it was shown in laboratory studies to cause brain lesions and carcinogenic tumors. After 10 years of corporate research studies, final FDA approval was secured in 1981 shortly after President Reagan appointed new FDA Director, Dr. Arthur H. Hayes.

ASPARTAME TOXIC EFFECTS

Aspartame breaks down into:

• Phenylalanine 50% - In 1987, Dr. Louis J. Elsas, Emory University, told a US Senate Committee, "In the developing fetus, phenylalanine could be magnified four to six fold… The effect would be expressed as mental retardation or potential certain birth defects."

• Phenylalanine lowers the brain seizure threshold. According to neurosurgeon, Dr. Russell Blaylock, MD, phenylalanine crosses the blood brain barrier, blocking the production of serotonin, a key neurotransmitter which controls moods and sleep patterns.

Reported psychological symptoms are:

• Suicidal Depressions - Panic Attacks and Anxiety [PAD] - Manias - Sleep Disorders - Severe Mood Disorders [rages, mood swings] - Brain Chemical Imbalance o Brain Wave Malfunctions [shows up in EEGs] - Personality Disorders - Hallucinations -

  Aspartic Acid 40% - Dr. John Olney, MD, warned GD Searle representatives that aspartic acid caused lesions, or holes, to form in the brains of his lab animals. In 1986, Dr. Olney appeared on CBS "60 minutes" with his findings, but nothing to date, has come of his research.

The methanol in aspartame breaks down into formaldehyde (embalming fluid) and formic acid, which is the same as the chemical compound of venom in insect stings. At temperatures exceeding 86 degrees Fahrenheit (the average human body temperature is 98.6 F.), methanol is implicated in birth defects and fetal alcohol syndrome in newborn infants. Before aspartame approval, 1 in 1500 infants were born with autism. Today, the number has risen to 1 in 150.

Methanol expert, Dr. Woodrow Monte, PhD, writes in Aspartame: Methanol and the Public Health: "For every molecule of aspartame, there is a molecule of methanol released." Classic signs of methanol poisoning include: lethargy, confusion, leg cramps, back pain, severe headache, abdominal pain, slurred speech, fainting, visual loss/blindness, labored breathing.

Because of its ability to pass into the brain, aspartame exacerbates or can cause the following medical conditions:

• Epilepsy, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, Multiple Sclerosis, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Lymphoma Fibromyalgia / Eosinophilia Myalgia, Mental Retardation / Birth Defects, Diabetes / Hypoglycemia, Graves Disease, Heart Disease, Lung Disease, Liver Disease, Kidney Disease, Brain Tumors [astrocytoma/glioblastoma], Pancreatic Disease, Kidney / Adrenal Disease, Arthritis, Blindness, Tinnitus, PMS, Carpal Tunnel, Lyme Disease, Muniere's Disease, Other: Rare / Hard to diagnose disorders

In animals tested from 1971 to 1974, the results showed that 13 out of 320 lab animals developed brain tumors. In addition, 73 of 145 female rats developed gross mammary tumors. Dr. Adrian Gross, FDA toxicologist, in a letter to Congress, Oct. 30, 1986, stated, "In any such study of even a few hundred test animals, it takes no more than a dozen or so of them to exhibit a particular lesion... to associate with the test agent, aspartame or its related chemicals." In addition, Pathologist Dr. Charles H. Frith spent 3 days with the FDA to review the 145 animals from this toxicity study. Sufficient slides substantiated 73 female animals with grossly observed tumor masses.

"The Bressler Report" can be read at http://www.presidiotex.com/bressler

Current aspartame research findings:

In the last two years, the Ramazzini Cancer Institute, led by Dr. Morando Soffritti, Bologna, Italy, released two studies confirming the toxicity of aspartame and its carcinogenic effects. The results of the 8-year aspartame study (March, 2006) in which 1,800 rats were exposed to different doses of aspartame over a 36 month time period concluded that aspartame, even at low dosages, is multi-carcinogenic, including the formation of leukemia and lymphoma in the laboratory animals.

The latest study at Purdue University, Artificial Sweeteners Increase Weight Gain Odds, showed that diet products increase hunger and cause weight gain. The Framingham Study showed the increased risk of heart attack and metabolic syndrome disorders.

WHAT YOU CAN DO TO INFORM OTHERS:

• Copy and distribute this Fact Sheet to everyone you know. If you are using any products containing aspartame and have been experiencing adverse physical or emotional health symptoms, stop using all diet products for a period of 4-6 weeks.

• If you are under medical treatment for any recent health concerns and are/were an aspartame user - have your doctor enter into your official medical record that you suspect that aspartame may have caused some, if not all, of your symptoms, and that you are stopping use of the diet sweeteners and want to be "monitored" by your health care team as you get better.

Very Important...
If You Care About Your Health
The Health of Your Children and Grandchildren...
Get Involved-Spread The Word !

• Write to your Congress person and write letters to the FDA and food manufacturers who use aspartame. Copy the editor of your local newspaper, stating your displeasure about the silencing of and lack of information about the facts concerning aspartame by government and industry.

• Take all aspartame products (opened or not) back to the store and exchange them for healthy "whole" foods. This sends a message to the manufacturer that consumers will no longer tolerate neurotoxins in our foods and in our children's products.

The following are the most reputable websites available on the worldwide web to educate consumers on the true facts about the dangers of aspartame. Visit these websites to learn more about the dangers of aspartame and the other artificial chemical sweeteners on the market today. As Paul Harvey said, "The Rest Of The Story."

Let the facts speak for themselves...

• Former Judge, Mary Nash Stoddard and Washingon D.C attorney, Jim Turner, Esq., founded the Aspartame Consumer Safety Network and Pilot Hotline, in 1987, http://www.aspartamesafety.com Ms. Stoddard, a broadcast journalist and qualified Expert Medical Witness authored, Deadly Deception: Story of Aspartamehttp://www.aspartamesafety.com/DeadlyDeception.htm

  Read the transcript of historic U.T. Southwestern Medical School Lecture:
  http://www.aspartamesafety.com/Transcript3.htm

  ACSN's Official Statement toPresident's Council National Hearing on Food Safety:
  http://www.aspartamesafety.com/Transcript2.htm

• Dr. Janet Hull PhD, CN:
  http://www.janethull.com is the author of:
  "Sweet Poison: How The World's Most Popular Artificial Sweetener Is Killing Us", http://www.sweetpoison.com

  "Splenda: Is It Safe Or Not?" http://www.splendaexposed.com

  The Aspartame Detoxification Program http://www.detoxprogram.net

• Bryant Holman, http://www.presidiotex.com/aspartame . Mr. Holman is the list-owner of the Online Support Aspartame Group Message Board, with over 1,000 members. If you have aspartame poisoning, these group of people can help you.http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartame

• Carol Guilford, author of "The New Cook's Cookbook", "THE Diet Book", "Carol Guilford's Main Course Cookbook" and "The Easiest Cookbook".

• Shoshanna Allison, Book Editor and Aspartame Internet Press Relations Networker.

• Author/Columnist, David Lawrence Dewey http://www.dldewey.com
  Aspartame - Sweetness Disguised as Sweetness and Death: http://www.dldewey.com/aspar.htm

  Make ure your read Mr. Dewey's articles:
  The American Health Reform Petition Campaign:
  This is a nationwide petition campaign to remove hydrogenated oils, aspartame, artificial flavorings, additives, chemicals from the food supply. Read how you can get involved.
  http://www.dldewey.com/ahr.htm

  Make sure you also Dewey's read:
  

  Hydrogenated Oils-Silent Killers
  http://www.dldewey.com/hydroil.htm

  And Get Involved...

• Do We Care? Do You Care Enough To Get Involved?
  
  The American Health Reform Petition Campaign
  Greta Ferebee
  http://www.DoWeCare.org

Dr. Janet Starr Hull, PhD

HER NEW BOOK ON SPLENDA®

Splenda®: Is It Safe or Not?
Dr. Janet Hull has a new book. Splenda® is just as deadly as aspartame.


What is the chemical makeup of Splenda®?

Sucralose also known as Splenda® is synthesized by this five-step process:

• 1. sucrose is tritylated with trityl chloride in the presence of dimethylformamide and 4-methylmorpholine and the tritylated sucrose is then acetylated with acetic anhydride,

• 2. the resulting TRISPA (6,1',6'-tri-O-trityl-penta-O-acetylsucrose) is chlorinated with hydrogen chloride in the presence of toluene,

• 3. the resulting 4-PAS (sucrose 2,3,4,3',4'-pentaacetate) is heated in the presence of methyl isobutyl ketone and acetic acid,  

• 4. the resulting 6-PAS (sucrose 2,3,6,3',4'-pentaacetate) is chlorinated with thionyl chloride in the presence of toluene and benzyltriethylammonium chloride, and

• 5. the resulting TOSPA (sucralose pentaacetate) is treated with methanol (wood alcohol, a poison) in the presence of sodium methoxide to produce sucralose.

So sucralose becomes a low-calorie sugar with a complicated process that results in Splenda’s® chemical formula:

1,6-dichloro-1,6-dideoxy-BETA-D-fructofuranosyl-4-chloro-4-deoxy-alpha-D-galactopyranoside.

This is Splenda®. Are you sure now you want to be consuming these deadly chemicals?

Sucalrose is also in many food products, including over the counter drug medications, like Rolaids antacid. Also, Listerine's new Citrus mouth wash. Make sure you read the labels.

In addition, it contains these deadly chemicals, some known to cause cancer in animals, some are even listed on the EPA as poisons:

Acetone - Acetic acid -  Acetyl alcohol - Acetic anhydride - Ammonium chloride
Benzene -  Chlorinated sulfates - Ethyl alcohol - Isobutyl ketones
Formaldehyde
Hydrogen chloride - Lithium chloride
Methanol - Sodium methoxide
Sulfuryl chloride -  Trityl chloride - Thionyl chloride - Toulene

You can read the rest of details and research findings explained in laymens terms in:

Dr. Hull's new book - Splenda®: Is It Safe Or Not? can be purchased through Amazon.com:

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More on Dr. Janet Hull PhD

Dr. Janet Hull PhD
http://www.janethull.com - is an aspartame victim herself. Her aspartame expertise is based on her professional background. She holds a Doctorate in Nutrition, a Master's Degree in Environmental Science, is an international geographer and geologist, a former university professor, firefighter and Hazardous Waste Specialist and Emergency Responder. She is a Licensed Certified Nutritionist, certified fitness professional and author. Dr. Hull's diverse background supports her unique approach to contemporary nutritional issues. She has dedicated the past ten years to sharing with others her life-threatening experience and natural recovery from aspartame poisoning.

Sweet Poison, written by author Dr. Janet Starr Hull, is a book exposing aspartame dangers. SweetPoison.com provides a variety of aspartame information including nutritional advice on aspartame detoxification, aspartame side effects and up-to-date information on aspartame dangers.

Order the books through Barnes and Noble or Amazon.Com

For more information, go to: http://www.sweetpoison.com

Dr. Hull has also written the book:10 Steps To Detoxification
http://www.detoxprogram.net

Dr. Hull has combined five primary nutritional components that remove toxins, replace nutrients depleted by toxicity, and restore a natural state of health. It is like peeling the layers off an onion, as each layer is removed, the underlying layers reveal what’s really behind disease symptoms. The deeper you go toward the ‘core’ of the problem, healing becomes long-term reality.

How Can the Detox Program Help You?

The Detox Program identifies the toxin or toxins present within the body and removes the toxins via the water stores, urine, fecal wastes, and the bloodstream. Most toxins can be removed if the program is followed for the duration the toxinsare present within the body tissues, and The Detox Program is so natural, it can be used for your lifetime as a maintenance program for future chemical exposures.

Dr. Janet Starr Hull also presents The Richardson Cancer Diet, an alternative cancer diet to help the body fight cancer. The book features cancer fighting foods, tools, nutritional recommendations, resources and more. Learn more at:
http://www.alternativecancerdiet.com

Make sure you visit Dr. Hull's sites for further information:
http://www.hullisticnetwork.com
http://www.hullisticweb.com

Read about Dr. Hull's hair analysis tests:
http://www.hairanalysisprogram.com

Subscribe to Dr. Hull's Healthy Newsletter:
http://www.healthynewsletter.com

Mary Stoddard and Washington D.C. Attorney, Jim Turner's
Aspartame Consumer Safety Network .

Mary was the first consumer advocate in 1987 before all others
in educating consumers about this deadly chemical sweetener.

Stoddard's and Turner's site provide eye opening information about the artificial sweetener, aspartame - presented in a rational, intelligent manner. Both are the original pioneers of the international anti-aspartame movement. Journalist, Mary Nash Stoddard and Washington attorney, James Turner, Esq. have been instrumental in educating the general public around the world as to the reported dangers of aspartame. Their website is where people go to when they have questions about this issue and need answers from the experts.

About Mary Nash Stoddard
Author/Broadcast Journalist/Expert Medical Witness/Food Safety Consultant

Mary co-founded the massive international anti-aspartame movement in the mid 1980's, following the brain tumor death of her forty two year old husband, Mike.

In 1985, Ms. Stoddard suffered a life threatening aspartame-related blood disorder, whereupon, The NutraSweet Co. offered her an all-expense paid vacation for two anywhere in the world, if she would agree to be tested by their doctors. She declined, with the blessing of her doctor, and the rest is history. She has conducted multi-national lecture tours and is a popular visiting professor at colleges, universities and medical schools.

Stoddard's efforts over the past nearly two decades has led to the present rejection of the sweetener by many of the food and beverage giants of industry. These companies rush to distance themselves from the liabilities associated with use of a neuro-toxic substance in their products. She has testified in court as an Expert Medical Witness and like her famous counterpart, Erin Brockovitch, has helped with a number of lawsuits on behalf of consumers. Her powerful message has reached millions around the world through the airwaves on radio and television, in print and personal appearances.

Stoddard also wrote "Deadly Deception - Story of Aspartame", a toxicology sourcebook, edited by Ms. Stoddard. The book was the first book written about the dangers of aspartame. The book documents the harmful effects of the world's most toxic artificial sweetener. The 250 page toxicology sourcebook is endorsed by doctors, scientists, medical reporters and mentioned by Dr. Robert Atkins on his radio show in New York. The companion one hour "Deadly Deception" video is further documentation - taped at a prestigious scientific conference. You can purchase both, as well as audio tapes and CD's at Stoddard's website.