EU Calls For New Investigation Of Aspartame And Stevia

By Betty Martini

April 12, 2003 - The Parliament of the European Union (EU) has adopted resolutions in line with its consistent drive to make sure that foodstuffs and drinks consumed in the EU are safe.  It has called for an investigation of aspartame (also known as NutraSweet, Equal, Canderel, E951, Spoonful, Benevia, etc.)

The EU Parliament says that "the use of aspartame increases the exposure to its metabolites methanol/formaldehyde and phenylalanine, and is reported to provoke headaches, nausea, and allergic reactions, especially in the case of vulnerable persons.  Its widespread use should therefore be re-evaluated by the Commission and the relevant scientific committees, taking into account all available data and respecting the precautionary principle.  A historical evaluation is required, as there seems to be evidence that original studies did not prove the safety of aspartame."

There is also a call for proposals to improve the labeling of products containing aspartame.  The EU Parliament wants the new directive to be implemented in the Member States within a year of its entry into force.  They are concerned about a lack of warning labels for pregnant women and children's health.

Rightly so, since aspartame is an abortifacient and a teratogen.  It also stimulates prolactin.  It is an endocrine-disrupting chemical.  It changes the menses, triggering infertility.  Then if the female consumer is off aspartame and gets pregnant, she may lose the baby if she gets back on it.

As James Bowen, M.D. says in "Aspartame Murders Infants" (www.dorway.com), "At every point in the fertility process aspartame destroys, beginning with the gleam in Mom and Pop's eyes:  it ruins female sexual response and induces male sexual dysfunction.  Beyond this, aspartame disrupts fetal development by aborting it or inducing defects.  And if a live child is born, aspartame may have heinously damaged the DNA of the baby, cursing future generations."

The manufacturer and the FDA have steadfastly refused to put a warning on aspartame, even though they have full knowledge of how it can destroy the fetus or trigger birth defects.  Louis Elsas, M.D., Pediatric Professor of Genetics at Emory University, testified before Congress on this issue.  This is online along with a position paper by H. J. Roberts, M.D., admitting that even a man consuming aspartame at conception can cause birth defects in his own child.

Why does the FDA refuse to extend this warning?  The law requires that an additive be inert or non-reactive.  Admitting that aspartame can destroy the fetus or inflict horrendous birth defects shows that aspartame is not an additive, but a deadly neurotoxic drug.  It interacts with just about every drug used to treat the problems it causes, and probably if investigated would show that no drug is safe on the market today, because when you add a chemical poison, it interacts.

The allergies mentioned by Parliament are probably related to the fact that aspartame is a chemical hypersensitization agent, so those who have used this deadly toxin have interactions with vaccines, toxins, genetically modified foods, as well as other unsafe so-called additives like sucralose (Splenda), which has a chlorinated base like DDT and can cause autoimmune disease, as well as acesulfame potassium, which triggered cancer and leukemia in original studies.  Parliament has also called for a review of the use of sucralose and aspartame-acesulfame salts within three years.

Russell Blaylock, M.D., author of Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills, says that the reactions to aspartame are not allergic but toxic, like arsenic and cyanide.  In his new book Health and Nutrition Secrets To Save Your Life, he says all it takes is one diet drink to cause significant DNA damage.  The book also includes a chapter on bioterrorism that everyone needs to read.  Dr. Blaylock is a neurosurgeon and specialist in bioterrorism.

The famed John Olney, M.D., who founded the field of neuroscience called excitotoxicity and did the studies on aspartic acid (40% of aspartame), testified to the Board of Inquiry of the FDA and explained what would happen to the brains of our children if aspartame was approved.  The Board agreed, saying not to approve aspartame.  This report and the entire Board of Inquiry report stating aspartame is not safe can be read on www.greatfallspro.com, Mission Possible Maine.

Understand there is no reason for aspartame to be on the market.  It may be sweet, but it is a sweet poison.  In "Nutrapoison" by Alex Constantine, he states that aspartame was listed with the Pentagon in an inventory of prospective biochemical warfare weapons submitted to Congress.  It also has a synergistic effect with such things as MSG -- another excitotoxin (www.truthinlabeling.org) -- fluoride, and RBGH, for starters.

It is not a diet product, but a drug that makes you crave carbohydrates so you gain weight.  See the protest of the National Soft Drink Association on DORway.  This is part of the Congressional Record and shows you the pop companies knew aspartame was a poison before they put it into pop.  They admitted it broke down at 86 degrees and quoted the law that stated it is a crime to put anything in food that decomposes or adulterates the drink.

Aspartame Disease has been declared a global plague by world expert H. J. Roberts, M.D., F.A.C.P.,F.C.C.P., who has treated aspartame victims in the trenches of medical practice for 20 years.  In the l980s, a medical publication selected Dr. Roberts as the best doctor in the US.  As a diabetic specialist, he realized aspartame was a toxin when his diabetic patients began going blind, becoming confused, and their blood sugar would not stay under control.  He says in a position paper on aspartame and hypoglycemia that aspartame can precipitate diabetes and that it even interacts with insulin.  There is no doubt that aspartame is the cause of the epidemics of diabetes and obesity.

Dr. H. J. Roberts has now provided to the world a medical text on this plague titled Aspartame Disease:  An Ignored Epidemic, which was written for consumers as well as physicians.  Because the FDA and the manufacturer have lied to the public, it has tied the hands of physicians who do not correlate the vast epidemics aspartame has triggered with the toxin and cannot treat the patient without the facts.  There is a chapter on drug interaction, detoxification, and tips for the physician.  The entire story of how a chemical poison was marketed for human consumption is in this medical text.  There is a chapter on all the epidemics and symptoms, giving the mechanism by which aspartame triggers these problems.

One of the things that has been proven beyond a shadow of a doubt over the past 20 years, is that aspartame triggers brain tumors (it breaks down to diketopiperazine, a brain tumor agent) and DNA damage.  This alone shows that aspartame is not inert and should be banned immediately.  It destroys the central nervous system, mimics multiple sclerosis (MS), and causes Lou Gehrig symptoms.  The FDA lists on their report 92 documented symptoms triggered by this toxin.

This brings us to the Gulf War Illness.  The government has been told repeatedly what aspartame causes, and that it breaks down at 86 degrees Farenheit.  Vets say that diet drinks stayed on pallets for as long as eight weeks at a time, and the troops drank them all day long.  Their problems are identical to Aspartame Disease, and match the FDA report of symptoms triggered by this toxin.  A study on Desert Storm Syndrome showed Lou Gehrig symptoms, and the payments to the troops have been reimplemented.

James Bowen, M.D. is a victim himself and suffers with Lou Gehrig's symptoms.  He was never in the Persian Gulf, but practiced in the desert, drinking gallons of Diet Koolaide laced with aspartame.  He wrote the FDA and told them aspartame was mass poisoning of the American public and more than 70 countries around the world.  The FDA sent out an agent who was upset with Dr. Bowen's writings, and did not want to accept records on another 30 cases.

If you read the trade secret information volunteered in Congressional hearings, you will note that Searle admitted in the last paragraph that they had to consider almost complete conversion to DKP, (the brain tumor agent) and if they had told the FDA of it, it would not have been approved.

Be assured that this is premeditated murder.  Searle did studies in South America and never published them, sacrificing people in poor villages.  Some died, some developed brain tumors, and others had seizures.  These studies showed that aspartame destroys the brain and central nervous system and even hardens the synovial fluids, causing agonizing joint pain, which is many times diagnosed as fibromyalgia.

Aspartame is the biggest hazard there is to aviation.  It is a seizure-triggering drug that interacts with anti-seizure medications, and many pilots have lost not only their health but their occupations.  Five American Airline pilots who were heavy users of aspartame have perished, one in flight.  Two have had strokes, one just recently.  Here, the FAA says, "The FDA approved it, so there is nothing we can do."  This is a cop out, because they could warn the pilots.

Seizures have been established beyond a shadow of a doubt.  In the 52-week oral toxicity study which was pivotal in the approval of aspartame, 7 infant moneys were fed aspartame, 5 had grand mal seizures, and 1 died.  The FDA report lists four types of seizures triggered by this neurotoxin.  Aspartame damages the cardiac system and causes sudden death.  It triggers an irregular heart rhythm and interacts with all cardiac medications.

A special note to Parliament:  Congratulations for caring enough and having the courage to take on the aspartame issue.  How was it approved in Europe?  Searle knew that in order to rubberstamp it around the world they had to get it approved in another country, and if Europe found out about the FDA wanting them indicted for fraud, it would not happen.  So they made a business deal with a Professor Paul Turner of the Regulatory Agency (Food Standards) in England.  There was a big issue in Parliament when they found out it was approved, but it wasn't rescinded.  The story was in The Guardian.

Remember, there is a war going on and the troops are already sick again, according to a new article.  I see them chewing gum and wonder if it has aspartame, in this fashion going directly to the brain.  They are using breath mints, and I'm checking to see if the soft-drink companies again sent diet drinks, knowing what happened last time.  When all this post-stress syndrome is reported, remember that aspartame also depletes serotonin because of the 50% phenylalanine, an isolate which is neurotoxic, lowers the seizure threshold, and affects serotonin levels.  This triggers manic depression, anxiety, panic attacks, hallucinations, suicidal tendencies, insomnia, etc.

One aspartame brain tumor victim told me when she was in a support group in San Antonio there were 70 vets with brain tumors.  And while there are toxins in Iraq, understand that aspartame destroys the immune system and many might not have been injuired in the war except for aspartame consumption.

Dr. Blaylock wrote a brochure on how to survive bioterrorism.  He says consumers could not sustain chemical warfare, because excitotoxins have destroyed the immune system.  And, of course, aspartame interacts with all toxins.

I've lectured in the UK twice and seen the diseases and symptoms that mirror those in the US from aspartame.  This last summer I was locked up by Immigration for 3 1/2 hours with their wanting to know if they allowed me into England, how many people would find out about the dangers of aspartame.  They confiscated all my materials and books on aspartame, although in the end they gave them back.  Who was responsible for this?  Industry is very powerful;  I ask that you not be affected by their propaganda and their power.

You have the ability to undo what was done by this business deal with Paul Turner, now deceased.  You can ban it from Europe, and the result would be like dominos around the world.  Don't let one more baby die before it breathes the breath of life!  I am happy to address Parliament if you so desire and answer any questions.  All the records of the FDA showing aspartame to be a poison are available in England for any members of Parliament wanting to see them.

In America, there are already Aspartame Detoxification Centers to help victims.  The formaldehyde accumulates in the cells and damages DNA, with most toxicity in the liver.  This is pre-embalming, as mentioned in the medical text on the global plague of Aspartame Disease.

Do not fail to read the UPI investigation online and find out just who called in their markers to get a deadly chemical poison marketed for human consumption.  You'll be surprised.  Aspartame is addictive, and methanol is classified as a narcotic.  And when industry lies and tells you there is only a little bit of methanol, remember, in molecular chemistry the formulation is one molecule of aspartic acid to one molecule of methanol to one molecule of phenylalanine.

I flew to Belgium and gave these FDA records, which the EU had never seen, to Miguel-Angel.Granero-Rosell and Peter Wagstaffe.  I knew they would side with industry, but told them repeatedly that they had to care.  Obviously they didn't, when they put out their report leaving out the most damning reports like those by Dr. Roberts.  I showed them the medical text about the size of the New York phone directory.  I showed them the flawed studies and what industry did like when Monsanto tried to show aspartame doesn't trigger seizures.  In the Rowan study, they gave 16 of the 18 subjects anti-seizure medication and didn't tell anybody, and only gave them one capsule of aspartame for a one-day study, tantamount to smelling the bottle.  But they sided with industry, and we have a 59-page report in rebuttal showing what they did.

I asked them why they outlawed Stevia, and was told there were no studies showing safety.  Stevia is an herb which has been used in Brazil for thousands of years, especially to aid diabetics, because it helps in the metabolism of sugar.  I told them we have about 500 studies showing safety, and where did they want them sent.  No answer.  They didn't want them to be available.  While this is just hearsay, when Stevia, which is the salvation of the diabetics, was outlawed in Europe, I received a call from England.  The caller said he worked with Monsanto, and they were responsible.

Aspartame was marketed by Searle and then sold to Monsanto in l985.  It has now been sold to Ajinomoto, Childs in Boston, Merisant (an investment firm of Monsanto managers), and Michael Dell's investment firm.  We are now taking case histories for class actions starting with the brain tumors, seizures, eye deterioration, and blindness.

I filed a Citizen's Petition with the FDA for recall before I left America for England.  The law requires them to answer within six months, and we have now been waiting for ten months.  It was based on the fact that their records show aspartame to be a chemical poison, and they lie to the public about safety.  Their own FDA toxicologist told Congress that aspartame violated the Delaney Amendment, because without a shadow of a doubt it can cause brain tumors and brain cancer.  The Delaney Amendment forbids putting anything in food you know will cause cancer.  It also triggered mammary, uterine, ovarian, thyroid, pancreatic and testicular tumors.  His last words to Congress were, "And if the FDA violates its own law, who is left to protect the public?"

This is the reason for Mission Possible International, a global unpaid volunteer force warning the world about this poison.  We have many operations in the UK.  This toxicologist also mentioned that because of the brain tumors, an allowable daily dose should not be able to be set, as the study was done in rats and not humans.  You cannot set an ADI of safety of a poison for humans.  The other FDA toxicologist, Dr. Jacqueline Verrett, told Congress that all studies were built on a foundation of sand and should be thrown out.  Be sure you read my letter to Ajinomoto on web who have lied to the public, and about what really happened during approval.  They refuse to answer the letter.

Europeans can serve as heros to the world. I pray to God for his Holy Spirit to help in this endeavor to save the planet from this deadly poison, aspartame.

Betty Martini, Founder, Mission Possible International, 9270 River Club Parkway, Duluth, Georgia, USA, 770 242-2599, www.dorway.com

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