From: Jaffe, Lyle D Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 7:32 AM To: Dockets, FDA Subject: FW: Re: [Aspartame Support] New member history Aspartame and Seizures: Driver -----Original Message----- From: Dr. Betty Martini [mailto:Bettym19@mindspring.com] Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 7:22 PM To: DHATTAN-CFSAN.FDA.GOV; RXH@CFSAN.FDA.GOV; inforeply@cdc.gov; Jaffe Lyle D Subject: Fwd: Re: [Aspartame Support] New member history Aspartame and Seizures: Driver Did you ever think how many thousands of lives are destroyed because the FDA does nothing about this. I don't know how you live with it. Betty >To: "bccphotec" ,aspartame@yahoogroups.com >X-eGroups-Remote-IP: 207.217.120.46 >From: "Dr. Betty Martini" >Mailing-List: list aspartame@yahoogroups.com; contact >aspartame-owner@yahoogroups.com >Delivered-To: mailing list aspartame@yahoogroups.com >List-Unsubscribe: >Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 18:57:22 -0400 >Subject: Re: [Aspartame Support] New member history Aspartame and > Seizures: Driver >X-ELNK-AV: 0 > >Dear Jim, > >I know its hard to believe in this country that a government agency like >the FDA would knowingly approve a neurotoxic drug, and a seizure triggering >drug at that and then lie to the public but that is the exact truth. And >its all a matter of public record. The FDA's lies are responsible no doubt >for hundreds of thousands of deaths. The symptoms and diseases triggered >by aspartame fill a 1038 page medical text (Aspartame Disease: An Ignored >Epidemic by H. J. Roberts, M.D., www.sunsentpress.com or 1 800 827 7991) >thats the size of the Atlanta phone directory. > >To make matters worse aspartame interacts with Dilantin and like >anti-seizure medication, and this is discussed in the text. > >The first thing I would do is go to www.dorway.com and print out the FDA >report of 92 symptoms from four types of seizures to coma and death. You >need this to show to your neurologist. Also print out the RAO Study. The >FDA actually used this as a pivotal study in the approval of >aspartame. It's a 52 week oral toxicity where 7 infant monkeys were fed >aspartame. Five had grand mal seizures and one died. The study shows its >because of the high phenylalanine. Phenylalanine as an isolate and at 50% >of the molecule goes directly into the brain and lowers the seizure >threshold. It also depletes serotonin which triggers such things as manic >depression, mood swings, insomnia, etc. > >Also, the seizure issue is discussed in Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills >by neurosurgeon Russell Blaylock, M.D., www.russellblaylockmd.com He has >written a paper "What To Do If You have Used Aspartame" which you will find >on www.wnho.net Click on aspartame. At the bottom of that paper are his >other books and one of them is called Health & Nutrition Secrets To Save >Your Life which I highly recommend. There is so much to teach a person who >has used aspartame, like for instance that it is a chemical >hypersensitization agent which means it interacts with other toxins, >vaccines and such. There are things you need to know to avoid and this >book will tell it all to you. Also, this web site has a lot of the new >press releases on it and you probably can relate to a lot of the posts. > >On www.dorway.com you can click on to the Medwatch form for the FDA for >reporting this. It needs to be on the record even though the FDA won't do >anything. In fact, if you call them and ask if aspartame causes seizures >they will tell you no even though there own records show that it does. In >fact, in l986 the Community Nutrition Institute petitioned the FDA to ban >aspartame because it was causing people to go blind ( aspartame liberates >free methyl alcohol) and causing so many seizures. Even having the >opportunity to finally remove it from the market and save millions of lives >the FDA chose to be loyal to industry instead of the consumer public. The >FDA is responsible for unsafe food and drugs. The only thing they like to >take off the market is safe supplements as they are the handmaiden of the >pharmaceutical industry. > >Yes, thank God for the Internet. Most people think if the FDA approves >something its safe to use when many times its just the opposite. Ed >Horton, Editor of the Lancet some years ago wrote that the FDA endangers >the lives of the people because they take money from industry. They go to >work for the FDA to be bureaucrats so they can end up being >plutocrats. Your health is the last thing on their mind or aspartame would >never have been approved. > >A movie comes out this month on aspartame called Sweet Misery: A Poisoned >World. You can get a copy from Cori Brackett at >Cori@soundandfuryproductions.com Also, if you would like to help warn >others the Idaho Observer is helping us in providing 24 page booklets for >distribution, called The Artificially Sweetened Times. You can get them by >the hundreds. They will tell you the history of how aspartame got approved >and much information that will explain to your physician and other friends >and family. They are wonderful to distribute in offices, churches, >etc. ( www.idaho-observer.com ) > >As a driver you can certainly understand that nobody's life is safe as long >as aspartame is on the market. We even have an Aviation Div and distribute >information to pilots. For instance, on American Airlines at least 5 heavy >users of aspartame have died, one in flight drinking a diet pop. The FAA >knows all about it and will do nothing. They say as long as the FDA has >approved it as safe their hands are tied. > >Lawsuits have now been filed against some of the largest companies in the >world for poisoning the public including Coke, Pepsi and NutraSweet. See >the press release on www.wnho.net In the end this will probably go down >in history as one of the greatest scandals in U.S. History, the mass >poisoning of the public in the US and 100 countries of the world. > >When you're on www.dorway.com put seizures in the search engine and you'll >find a lot of reports. Take these and the books mentioned to your >physician so he will understand what has happened to you. Also, be sure >not to use MSG, another excitotoxin. It has a synergistic and additive >effect. See www.truthinlabeling.org > >All my best, >Betty (Founder, Mission Possible Intl) www.dorway.com and www.wnho.net > > >At 05:02 PM 5/23/2004, bccphotec wrote: > > My first reaction to excitotoxins occured 4 1/2 years ago. I was 44 > >and had been a driver most of my professional career. The last thing > >I remembered, I had just turned a corner in a busy Phoenix > >subdivision. I regained conciousness in the ambulance, and was told I > >had suffered a seizure. Later, I was told that I made it through a > >school zone (safely,thank god), and then crossed a busy 4 lane into > >oncoming traffic. Thankfully, the vehicle I was driving and the poor > >soul I head-onned both had airbags. No serious injuries, but it > >killed my driving career. > > At the hospital, they did all the tests and scans, but could not > >find a neurologic cause for my seizure. However, my blood pressure > >was sky-high in the E-R, so they thought perhaps that was the trigger. > >90 days of Dilantin, and a lifetime of BP meds. > > Just under a year later, I had another seizure(safely sitting still) > >Another ER visit. My BP was normal, and again no neurologic cause > >found. Permanent Dilantin was the result. > > Fast forward to 6 months ago. Surfing the net, I happened across > >some seizure links, the Aspartame ones included. The more I read, the > >more it added up. I was drinking Diet Coke literally by the gallon > >daily for years before my episodes. After the first seizure, I > >figured I'd eliminate the caffeine, and started drinking Diet 7-up by > >the gallon! (leading to the 2nd episode) To make it worse, add in the > >hot climate, and my bad habit of letting drinks get warm. Needless to > >say, I stopped Aspartame ingestion immediately! > > It took me a while, but I finally convinced my doctor to check into > >some of the info and studies I have since found. Within the next 2 > >weeks, I will be going to a neurologist, and hopefully he will have > >some experience with this poisoning, or at least a sympathetic ear. > >While liability reasons dictate I will not lose all medication, I'm > >hoping for a reduction in dosage, or a change to a more stable > >substance (those who are familiar with Dilantin know what I mean) > > In the meantime, I'm opening many eyes relating the shocking facts > >and history of this poison to whoever will listen. And, I am feeling > >better than I have in years! I will be doing everything I can to help > >rid this planet of this god-awful substance. > > And, I never thought I'd be saying this, but THANK GOD FOR THE > >INTERNET! > > > > Jim H. in beautiful Black Canyon City, AZ > > > > > > > > > > > >PLEASE TRY AND RECRUIT MEMBERS - SEND THEM TO > >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartame/ > > > >PRINT OUT THIS FLIER AND HAND IT OUT TO PEOPLE: > >http://www.ojinaga.com/aspartame/ > > > >CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE!! http://presidiotex.com/aspartame > > > >FREE ASPARTAME BUMPER STICKER http://ojinaga.com/bumperstickers/freesticker/ > > > >to unsubscribe from this list, send a blank e-mail to: > >aspartame-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > > >Our chat room is at http://pub43.bravenet.com/chat/show.php/3648148879 > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > >------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> >Yahoo! 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