Posted by JohnP on January 31, 1999 at 23:34:42:
In Reply to: Re: Diet Cola posted by Phil on January 31, 1999 at 12:45:59:
100 calories is alot for those of use who are also diabetic. I'm including part of an E - Mail I received...I don't know how accurate it is but still interesting. If anyone wants the rest of the e - mail let me know.
>> Date: Thursday, December 31, 1998 13:53:09
>
> Louis Frick wrote: ASPARTAME
>
> WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE
>and the
> MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION
>F.D.A. ISSUING FOR COLLUSION WITH MONSANTO
> Article written by Nancy Markle (1120197)
>
> I have spent several days lecturing at the WORLD
> ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE on
> "ASPARTAME marketed as 'NutraSweet', 'Equal',
> and 'Spoonful"'. In the keynote address by the
> EPA, they announced that there was an epidemic of
> multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus, and they did
> not understand what toxin was causing this to be
> rampant across the United States. I explained
> that I was there to lecture on exactly that subject.
>
> When the temperature of Aspartame exceeds 86
> degrees F. the wood alcohol in ASPARTAME
> coverts to formaldehyde and then to formic acid,
> which in turn causes metabolic acidosis.
> (Formic acid is the poison found in the sting of
> fire ants). The methanol toxicity mimics multiple
> sclerosis; thus people were being diagnosed with
> having multiple sclerosis in error. The multiple
> sclerosis is not a death sentence, where methanol
> toxicity is.
> In the case of systemic lupus, we are finding it
> has become almost as rampant as multiple
> sclerosis, especially Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi
> drinkers. Also, with methanol toxicity, the victims
> usually drink three to four 12 oz. cans of them
> per day, some even more. In the cases of systemic
> lupus, which is triggered by ASPARTAME,
> the victim usualy does not know
> that the aspartame is the culprit. The victim
> continues its use aggravating the lupus to such
> a degree, that sometimes it becomes life
> threatening. When we get people off the
>aspartame, those with systemic lupus usually
> become asymptomatic. Unfortunately, we can not
> reverse this disease.