Is Aspartame Causing Your Health Problems?

Many foods and drinks contain aspartame. This is intended to inform the reader of statements and claims that aspartame can be dangerous.

Dr. Betty Martini of Mission Possible International
Dr. Martini in an article "The Case For Aspartame Disease Being Gulf War Illness, Lou Gehrigs"
quotes Bob Mackle, Director of Public Information (News from MDA) said on March 10, 2003: "ALS, also known as Lou Gehrigs disease, attacks the muscle controlling nerve cells called motor neurons, causing the muscles connected to them to waste away. There is no cure and many people with the disease succumb to respiratory failure within three to five years of diagnosis. A new study published on-line by Nature Genetics shows that genetic defects affecting a supply line within motor neurons can lead to an ALS-like disease."
To see what this has to do with aspartate (excitotoxins in aspartame), Dr. Martini quotes a book called "Excitotoxins:The Taste That Kills", by Dr. Richard Blaylock. Dr. Blaylock gives the definition of excitotoxins "A substance added to foods and beverages that literally stimulates neurons to death, causing brain damage of varying degrees. Can be found in such ingredients as monosodium glutamate, aspartame (NutraSweet), cysteine, hydrolyzed protein, and aspartic acid."

From the website Mercola.com, the article "Aspartame: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You" "Aspartame is the most dangerous substance on the market that is added to our foods." "Aspartame accounts for over 75 percent of the adverse reactions to food additives reported to the FDA." There is also a partial list of the 90 different documented symptoms as well as a list of illnesses and diseases that aspartame can worsen or trigger. It also explains what aspartame is made up of and how it can cause damage.

The Following article is from Livestrong and features references to Karen Hanrahan author of "Best of Mother Earth" and nutritionist Janet Starr Hull creator of the website "Sweet Poison" and author of a book by the same name. According to this article, it contains the signs of aspartame poisoning. Psychological, Neurological, Physical and Critical.

According to Karen Hanrahan, referenced above, one of the things that helped her change was a book "Diet for a Poisoned Planet" by David Steinman. She speaks in a post in Healthy Eating Community, that Mr. Steinman tells how aspartame was created. Its another eye-opener.

Sucralose/Splenda- The following is from the website "Sweet Poison"
Essentially, the sucralose in Splenda does not readily penetrate the blood brain barrier as aspartame does, hence creating neurotoxic havoc at the brain center. To read more click here

For a list of 92 reported symptoms from the Department of Health and Human Services, and the source of the aspartame, click here.
For a general list of foods that contain apartame, read here. Realize this is just a general list, it is recommended that you check your choices at the grocery before you put them in your cart.

This is a small amount of information about aspartame. There is much more, including articles that claim aspartame is safe. Read to inform and make an informed decision.