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>sanet-mg-digest Saturday, January 23 1999 Volume 01 : Number
774
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>In this issue:
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> Interesting
> Re: e. coli in organic food
> Forward--Fly the Flag
> \Bllfdas
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>Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 19:36:17 -0700
>From: "C. Fish/D. Pressel" <cfish@theriver.com>
>Subject: Interesting
>
>Thought this might be of interest.
>>
>>
>>
>>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, [it was] announced that there was an
>>epidemic of multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus, and [the EPA] 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 usually 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.
>>
>> On the other hand, in the case of those diagnosed with multiple
>>sclerosis, (when in reality, the disease is methanol toxicity), most of
>the
>>symptoms disappear. We have seen cases where their vision has returned
>and
>>even their hearing has returned. This also applies to cases of tinnitus.
>>
>> During a lecture, I said "If you are using aspartame (NutraSweet,
>>Equal, Spoonful, etc.) and you suffer from fibromyalgia symptoms,
>spasms,
>>shooting pains, numbness in your legs, cramps, vertigo, dizziness,
>>headaches, tinnitus, joint pain, depression, anxiety attacks, slurred
>>speech, blurred vision, or memory loss -- you probably have ASPARTAME
>>DISEASE!"
>>
>> People were jumping up during the lecture saying, "I've got this,
>is
>>it reversible?"
>>
>> It is rampant. Some of the speakers at my lecture even were
>>suffering from these symptoms. In one lecture attended by the Ambassador
>of
>>Uganda, he told us that their sugar industry is adding aspartame! He
>>continued by saying that one of the industry leader's son could no
>longer
>>walk - due in part by product usage!
>>
>> We have a very serious problem. Even a stranger came up to Dr.
>>Espisto (one of my speakers) and myself and said, "Could you tell me why
>so
>>many people seem to be coming down with MS? During a visit to a
>hospice,
>>a
>>nurse said that six of her friends, who were heavy Diet Coke addicts,
>had
>>all been diagnosed with MS."
>>
>> This is beyond coincidence. Here is the problem.
>> There were Congressional hearings when aspartame was included in
>100
>>different products. Since this initial hearing, there have been two
>>subsequent hearings, but to no avail. Nothing has been done. The drug
>and
>>chemical lobbies have very deep pockets. Now there are over 5,000
>products
>>containing this chemical, and the PATENT HAS EXPIRED!!!!!
>>
>> At the time of this first hearing, people were going blind. The
>>methanol in the aspartame converts to formaldehyde in the retina of the
>>eye.
>>Formaldehyde is grouped in the same class of dmgs as cyanide and
>arsenic--
>>DEADLY POISONS!!! Unfortunately, it just takes longer to quietly kill,
>but
>>it is killing people and causing all kinds of neurological problems.
>>
>> Aspartame changes the brain's chemistry. It is the reason for
>>severe seizures. This drug changes the dopamine level in the brain.
>Imagine
>>what this drug does to patients suffering from Parkinson's Disease.
>>
>> This drug also causes birth defects.
>>
>> There is absolutely no reason to take this product. It is NOT A
>DIET
>>PRODUCT!!! The Congressional Record said, "It makes you crave
>carbohydrates
>>and will make you FAT".
>>
>> Dr. Roberts stated that when he got patients off aspartame, their
>>average weight loss was 19 pounds per person. The formaldehyde stores in
>>the
>>fat cells, particularly in the hips and thighs.
>>
>> Aspartame is especially deadly for diabetics. All physicians know
>>what wood alcohol will do to a diabetic. We find that physicians believe
>>that they have patients with retinopathy, when in fact, it is caused by
>the
>>aspartame. The aspartame keeps the blood sugar level out of control,
>>causing many patients to go into a coma. Unfortunately, many have died.
>>
>> People were telling us at the Conference of the American College of
>>Physicians, that they had relatives that switched from saccharin to an
>>aspartame product and how that relative had eventually gone into a coma.
>>Their physicians could not get the blood sugar levels under control.
>Thus,
>>the patients suffered acute memory loss and eventually coma and death.
>>
>> Memory loss is due to the fact that aspartic acid and phenylalanine
>>are neurotoxic without the other amino acids found in protein. Thus it
>goes
>>past the blood brain barrier and deteriorates the neurons of the brain.
>>
>> Dr. Russell Blaylock, neurosurgeon, said, "The ingredients
>>stimulates the neurons of the brain to death, causing brain damage of
>>varying degrees.
>>
>> Dr. Blaylock has written a book entitled, "EXCITOTOXINS: THE TASTE
>>THAT KILLS" (Health Press 1-800-643-2665). Dr. H.J. Roberts, diabetic
>>specialist and world expert on aspartame poisoning, has also written a
>book
>>entitled, "DEFENSE AGAINST ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE" (1-800-814-9800). Dr.
>>Roberts tells how aspartame poisoning is escalating Alzheimer's Disease,
>>and indeed it is.
>>
>> As the hospice nurse told me, women are being admitted at 30 years
>>of age with Alzheimer's Disease. Dr. Blaylock and Dr. Roberts will be
>>writing a position paper with some case histories and will post it on
>the
>>Internet. According to the Conference of the American College of
>>Physicians,
>>"We are talking about a plague of neurological diseases caused by this
>>deadly poison."
>>
>> Dr. Roberts realized what was happening when aspartame was first
>>marketed. He said "his diabetic patients presented memory loss,
>confusion,
>>and severe vision loss".
>>
>> At the Conference of the American College of Physicians, doctors
>>admitted that they did not know. They had wondered why seizures were
>>rampant
>>(the phenylalanine in aspartame breaks down the seizure threshold and
>>depletes serotonin, which causes manic depression, panic attacks, rage
>and
>>violence).
>>
>> Just before the Conference, I received a FAX from Norway, asking
>>for a possible antidote for this poison because they are experiencing so
>>many problems in their country. This "poison" is now available in 90
>PLUS
>>countries worldwide. Fortunately, we had speakers and ambassadors at the
>>Conference from different nations who have pledged their help.
>> We ask that you help too. Print this article out and warn everyone
>>you know.
>>
>> Take anything that contains aspartame back to the store. Take the
>>"NO ASPARTAME TEST" and send us your case history.
>>
>> I assure you that Monsanto , the creator of aspartame, knows how
>>deadly it is. They fund the American Diabetes Association, American
>>Dietetic
>>Association, Congress, and the Conference of the American College of
>>Physicians.
>>
>> The New York Times, on November 15, 1996, ran an article on how the
>>American Dietetic Association takes money from the food industry to
>endorse
>>their products. Therefore, they cannot criticize any additives or tell
>>about
>>their link to Monsanto.
>>
>> How bad is this? We told a mother who had a child on NutraSweet to
>>get off the product. The child was having grand mal seizures every day.
>The
>>mother called her physician, who called the ADA, who told the doctor not
>to
>>take the child off the NutraSweet. We are still trying to convince the
>>mother that the aspartame is causing the seizures. Every time we get
>>someone
>>off of aspartame, the seizures stop. If the baby dies, you know whose
>fault
>>it is, and what we are up against.
>>
>> There are 92 documented symptoms of aspartame, from coma to death.
>>The majority of them are all neurological, because the aspartame
>destroys
>>the nervous system. Aspartame Disease is partially the cause to what is
>>behind some of the mystery of the Desert Storm health problems. The
>burning
>>tongue and other problems discussed in over 60 cases can be directly
>>related to the consumption of an aspartame product. Several thousand
>>pallets
>>of diet drinks were shipped to the Desert Storm troops. (Remember heat
>can
>>liberate the methanol from the aspartame at 86 degrees F). Diet drinks
>sat
>>in the 120 degree F. Arabian sun for weeks at a time on pallets. The
>>service men and women drank them all day long. All of their symptoms are
>>identical to aspartame poisoning.
>>
>> Dr. Roberts says "consuming aspartame at the time of conception can
>>cause birth defects".
>>
>> The phenylalanine concentrates in the placenta, causing mental
>>retardation, according to Dr. Louis Elsas, Pediatrician Professor -
>>Genetics, at Emory University in his testimony before Congress. In the
>>original lab tests, animals developed brain tumors (phenylalanine breaks
>>down into DXP, a brain tumor agent). When Dr. Espisto was lecturing on
>>aspartame me, one physician in the audience, a neurosurgeon, said, "when
>>they remove brain tumors, they have found high levels of aspartame in
>>them".
>>
>> Stevia, a sweet food, NOT AN ADDITIVE, which helps in the
>metabolism
>>of sugar, which would be ideal for diabetics, has now been approved as a
>>dietary supplement by the FDA. For years, the FDA. has outlawed this
>sweet
>>food because of their loyalty to Monsanto.
>>
>> If it says "SUGAR FREE" on the label -- DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT
>>IT!!!!!!
>>
>> Senator Howard Hetzenbaum wrote a bill that would have warned all
>>infants, pregnant mothers and children of the dangers of aspartame.
>> The bill would have also instituted independent studies on the
>>problems existing in the population (seizures, changes in brain
>chemistry,
>>changes in neurological and behavioral symptoms). It was killed by the
>>powerful drug and chemical lobbies, letting loose the hounds of disease
>and
>>death on an unsuspecting public.
>>
>> Since the Conference of the American College of Physicians, we hope
>>to have the help of some world leaders. Again, please help us too.
>There
>>are a lot of people out there who must be warned, *please* let them
>know
>>this information.
>>
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>Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 10:48:59 -0500
>From: "Gord Hawkes" <logcabinorchard@cyberus.ca>
>Subject: Re: e. coli in organic food
>
>E-Coli 0157 has become a very popular topic of conversation among all
>producers of fruit and vegetables. I am an apple grower in eastern
>Ontario, Canada which will receive certified organic status this year
>(we're so excited about the certification that thought I'd throw that in).
>E-Coli has become big news in the apple industry due to its presence in
>unpasteurized apple cider (juice) in a number of areas. However, I have
>been advised that its origin does not appear to be strictly related to
>cattle - any information on its origin and whether it is strictly related
>to cattle would be appreciated.
>
>
>
>- ----------
>> From: Wiediger, Alison <awiediger@Hart.k12.ky.us>
>> To: Jim and Jo at Five Springs Farm <fsfarm@mufn.org>;
>sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu
>> Subject: RE: e. coli in organic food
>> Date: Friday, January 22, 1999 12:59 PM
>>
>> The "new" dangerous e-coli only lives in the rumens of cattle that are
>> on mostly grain diets - i.e. feedlot cattle (or some confinement
>> dairies). A study by Cornell University shows that cattle being fed on
>> forage do not carry this organism. Also, cattle that are on feedlots
>> that are fed forage (hay) for as little as 5 days no longer shed the
>> organism. Some folks think that feeding hay for a few days before
>> slaughter makes a lot more sense than irradiating all meat. Also, if
>> your manure is from animals on forage based systems (pasture and hay),
>> the e-coli is not likely to be a problem in the manure.
>>
>> Alison
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Jim and Jo at Five Springs Farm [SMTP:fsfarm@mufn.org]
>> > Sent: Friday, January 22, 1999 9:22 AM
>> > To: sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu
>> > Subject: e. coli in organic food
>> >
>> > You can call it organic bashing if you want, but there is an issue to
>> > be
>> > dealt with here. The biggest problem is the relatively new e. coli
>> > 0157:H7,
>> > which is apparently able to survive in a broader range of habitats and
>> > conditions than other forms. Including the problem that it is not
>> > broken
>> > down thoroughly in the human digestive system. Organic folks are
>> > getting
>> > the rap for this since many of us do use manure on our gardens. The
>> > bacteria can live in fresh manure and become a problem in crops that
>> > it
>> > comes into contact with. We have had some questions from our CSA
>> > members
>> > after a letter in Time magazine made reference to it. This issue will
>> > not
>> > be going away, and it deserves our attention.
>> >
>> > The best answer, if you use manure in your gardens, is to hot compost
>> > it
>> > before putting it on the garden. What I am curious about, and have
>> > found
>> > nothing on yet, is 1) is it a problem only or especially in cow manure
>> > 2)
>> > if raw manure is put on a garden in the fall before a spring or summer
>> > crop
>> > is there still any danger
>> >
>> > Jim at Five Springs Farm
>> > and "The Community Farm" newsletter
>> > A Voice for Community Supported Agriculture
>> >
>> >
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>Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 11:13:46 -0500
>From: "Kate Smith" <katesmith@snip.net>
>Subject: Forward--Fly the Flag
>
>Hello Saneteers,
>The simplicity of this collective statement strikes me as powerful.
>Kate Smith, Philadelphia
>
>Forwarded from Censure and Move On....
>Here is a great suggestion from one of our volunteers, John Samuelson.
>John is 78 years old and lives in Jacksonville, Florida.
>
>If you fly the flag, let us know by mailing us at "flag@moveon.org"
>
>_______________ -WB.
>
>Fly the flag to support the President
>
> All over the country people are trying to get through to the Congress
>that they don't like what is being done our to our President and to our
>country. The Congress doesn't believe that the people will do anything, so
>they continue on their path of self-destruction and have no regard for our
>country's welfare.
>
> I want to let them know we care.
>
> I don't have great resources and I can't do all the things I want but
I
>can fly my flag to support my President. I've got one through my
>Representative that flew over the Capitol in Washington. So yesterday I
put
>it out in front of my house.
>
> I told my friends and today they are putting their's up all over the
>country. Fly a small one from your car antenna. All this doesn't cost a
>fortune but millions of flags will make a statement.
>
> So fly the flag, show your patriotism, and pass the word.
>
>John A. Samuelson
>
>
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>Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 15:58:38 -0500 (EST)
>From: Paul McEvoy <pmcevoy@lynx.dac.neu.edu>
>Subject: \Bllfdas
>
>Hello,
>
> I don't want to start up any vicious rumors, but I would like to
>resolve a question that has been in my mind for a while. I have heard
>that there may be a connection between Mad COw Disease
>(Cretzfield-Yacob?) and blood and bone meal. Someone told me a while
>ago that several organic growers had died from this disease and that it
>had been linked to these additives. It seems like there would be more
>publicity about it if this had happened. Can anyone clarify this for
>me?
>
>Thank you,
>Paul McEvoy
>Pmcevoy@lynx.neu.edu
>
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