Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  You have nutrasweet manufacturers donating several million dollars to your university. The director of that laboratory, or the president of the university, will just quietly let them know that they'd really like to see research come to a stop.
The editor-in-chief of The Chemical News went through that with fluoride. They fired him because he refused to be quiet about fluoride toxicity, and they had just received this huge grant from Colgate-Palmolive. They said, "We'll lose our grant if you don't get quiet about fluoride." He wouldn't, and they fired him. Researchers know this. |
by Michael Murray, N.D. and Joseph Pizzorno, N.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | Sweeteners
The three primary artificial sweeteners currently in use are saccharin (Sweet'N Low), aspartame (Equal, nutrasweet), and sucralose (Splenda). These sweeteners are among the most controversial of food additives. Advocates argue that the benefits provided outweigh the potential negative health effects. The perception is that consumption of these sweeteners will lead to a reduction in calories consumed. This, in turn, will lead to weight loss or prevention in weight gain. |
Mary-Ann Shearer
See book keywords and concepts |  Aspartame is also marketed as nutrasweet, Canderel, and various other brand names. Independent scientists claim that aspartame causes mental retardation, brain lesions, and neuroendocrine disorders (disorders associated with the nervous, endocrine, or hormonal systems) thus affecting the thyroid, pituitary, and adrenal glands, the ovaries and testes. In laboratory experiments, lesions (tumors) were produced in the uter-uses of rats. According to Professor Wurtman (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) it may also disturb brain function in a variety of ways resulting in epileptic seizures. |
Michael Castleman
See book keywords and concepts |  Many people who react to MSG are also sensitive to aspartic acid, an ingredient in the artificial sweetener nutrasweet and in Equal, the sugar substitute that contains nutrasweet. Try eliminating nutrasweet and see how you feel.
Elimination Diet for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Until the mid-1980s, conventional medical wisdom held that diet had nothing to do with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the most crippling form of joint inflammation, which affects more than two million Americans. Then reports began appearing that dietary changes relieved some pain and swelling in some people with RA. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts | | Searle company, nutrasweet. He got it approved through the regulatory process, but once it was approved, the government didn't want to admit that they had made a mistake. They just continued to cover it up, like the fluoride thing and the milk industry.
You're not going to criticize milk in the media, because they are smart enough to advertise in newspapers, magazines, health magazines and journals. They have all the media outlets covered. The only place that they don't have covered is talk radio and the internet. The health blogs can tell the truth. |
Mike Adams
See book keywords and concepts |  It's no surprise, then, that the "official" position of both the FDA and the American Medical Association is perhaps the epitome of medical misinformation:
"The American Medical Association has agreed with the FDA and many other regulatory agencies around the world that nutrasweet is safe for consumption by people of all ages, including children and pregnant women."
It's just like the title of the book, "Toxic Sludge Is Good For You!" Really, that's the title of a book about the public relations tactics of food and medicine companies. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  Of course, to do that, the FDA has to give up protecting the nutrasweet monopoly and actually legalize stevia as a safe food ingredient, and that's another story altogether. It seems to take an act of God just to get the FDA to do anything for the public good these days, so don't expect miracles any time soon on this front. |
Mike Adams
See book keywords and concepts | | People have looked at our ingredient in every which way possible, and we encourage that because we want consumers to be comfortable when they choose nutrasweet. That has been our commitment for nearly three decades, and it will always be our commitment. You can feel confident choosing products that contain our ingredient, but if you don't, you have other choices."
Now if that's not serious spin, nothing is. | | The relationship of these visual symptoms with the methanol content of nutrasweet has been suggested as a cause.
- George R. Schwartz, M.D., In Bad Taste: The MSG Symptom Complex
We are now aware of enough credible scientific research detailing the dangers to memory, sleep, and mood, and much more that may be suffered by some people using this sweetener that we discourage its use.
- Michael Eades, M.D., and Mary Dan Eades, M.D. | | She defends saccharin and receives money from Coca-Cola, Pepsi, nutrasweet and the National Soft Drink Association.
John Stauber, Toxic Sludge Is Good For You
Despite all the spin efforts, it is generally recognized that soft drinks are unhealthy and certainly not "wholesome beverages" as claimed by soft drink makers. Yet, every time a lawmaker attempts to ban soft drinks in schools, for example, or pass new "junk food taxes" that would help dissuade consumers from buying so many soft drinks, they are steamrolled by a seemingly unstoppable political influence machine. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
See book keywords and concepts |  Due to America's obsession with dieting, the popularity of aspartame (found in Equal and nutrasweet, as well as many processed food products) has soared. Because it is about two hundred times sweeter than sugar, much smaller amounts of aspartame are needed to sweeten the taste of foods. This artificial sweetener pervades supermarket shelves. | | Avoid diet sodas and other products containing the artificial sweetener aspartame (in nutrasweet, Equal, and other products). This additive can possibly block the formation of serotonin and cause headaches, insomnia, and depression in individuals who are already serotonin-deprived.
Q Limit your intake of supplements that contain the amino acid phenylalanine. It contains the chemical phenol, which is highly allergenic. Most depressed people are allergic to certain substances. | | Avoid alcoholic beverages, animal protein, fried foods, artificial sweeteners such as aspartame (found in Equal, nutrasweet, and other products), caffeine, and nicotine. Avoid refined foods and sugar.
Q If the bowels do not move each day, before going to bed, take a lemon enema using the juice of two lemons and 2 quarts of water. (See enemas in Part Three.)
Q Take an Epsom salts bath twice a week.
Q Work toward self-care. Keep drug dosages as low as possible, and work toward becoming as free from drugs and seizures as possible. | | Also avoid the artificial sweetener aspartame (Equal, nutrasweet), which contains phenylalanine.
Q As much as possible, avoid stress. Considerations
Q The most vital lifestyle changes you can make to reduce hypertension can be summarized as follows:
• Maintaining a normal weight.
• Eating plenty of fruits, vegetables, and low-fat dairy products.
• Eating less saturated fat and salt.
• Getting a minimum of thirty minutes of aerobic exercise per day. Walking is an excellent exercise. |
Mike Adams
See book keywords and concepts | | The ADA does, indeed, have a close financial relationship with the makers of nutrasweet. It's no surprise to learn that the ADA heavily promotes the use of aspartame and works to suppress information critical of aspartame while also stalling the approval of safer alternatives such as stevia (an herbal sweetener that will be discussed in detail later).
Flying blind with aspartame: pilots can't see their instrument panels
One group of professionals who are quite aware of the dangers of aspartame (and its potential to alter nerve system function) are pilots. |
Eric R. Braverman
See book keywords and concepts |  Phenylalanine can also be found in the sugar substitute aspartame, which is sold under the brand names nutrasweet and Equal. These artificial sweeteners have no calories, do not affect blood sugar, and are generally safe. However, they should be avoided entirely by those who have phenylketonuria. Pregnant or lactating women should always seek the advice of their doctor regarding the use of artificial sweeteners.
Increasing your phenylalanine levels can be effective for treating mild depression, and particularly in countering fatigue. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  We find scientific gobbledygook to claim that, yes, nutrasweet is good for you! Or that these chlorine atoms attached to sugar are great for you, or that mercury in your mouth somehow doesn't have a toxic effect on your body. Or that hydrogenated oils are perfectly fine for your heart health.
We stupidly say if you take those and you drink this weight loss shake made with sugar, you'll be healthy. And if you have this barbaric surgical procedure called gastric bypass surgery, you'll no longer be obese. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  It's also inexpensive to use chemical sweeteners like nutrasweet. But if you want a gum product that's going to protect your health and prevent dental cavities, the way to go is to buy a gum based on xylitol. And from my research, Spry is the number one choice out there. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
See book keywords and concepts | | Other additives, like aspartame (in nutrasweet and Equal), are made synthetically. Sweeteners derived from natural sources include sucralose, the compound used in Splenda. Sucralose is synthesized from sucrose (sugar) and appears to be inert metabolically, which would make it ideal for people with diabetes. However, sucralose might be stored in the body simply because this synthetic molecule is never found in nature and the body is not equipped to metabolize it. We would advise limiting the use of this additive/artificial sweetener. |
Joseph E. Mario
See book keywords and concepts |  Aspartame Artificial sweetener also called nutrasweet, Equal and Spoonful; composed of50%Phenylalanine and40% Asparticacidbound in 10%Methanol (methyl wood alcohol); used without labeling in 9,000 products, diet sodas Coke and Pepsi, tea and juice beverages, to sweeten coffee and cocoa, in instant breakfasts, cereals, baking mixes, baked goods, frozen and gelatin desserts, topping mixes, yogurt, milk and shake mixes, wine coolers, fruit concentrates, candies and chewing gum. |
Kelly Harford, M.C., C.N.C.
See book keywords and concepts |  Whether it's Saccharin (Sweet'n Low), aspartame (Equal, nutrasweet, Spoonful), sucralose (Splenda), Acesulfame K (Sunette, Sweet One), each of them is shrouded in controversy and reports of adverse reactions ranging from seizures to headaches to asthma attacks, to liver and kidney damage, and even weight gain. I have personally worked with a number of people who have been relieved of both depression and anxiety by going off diet soda that contains aspartame. None of these are food, they are all synthetic chemicals that have no business in your body. |
Byron J. Richards, CCN
See book keywords and concepts |  IS ASPARTAME SAFE?
The nutrasweet Company would like you to believe aspartame poses no health risk to ongoing daily consumption for a lifetime.121 The American Dietetic Association has recently published a position paper supporting the use of aspartame every day for the rest of a person's life.122 They believe that it is not possible to consume enough aspartame for it to pose a toxic health risk, even at "abuse" levels by consumers. |
Kevin Trudeau
See book keywords and concepts |  In one of his first official acts, the new FE'A commissioner actually does the unthinkable; he personally overrules the Public Board of Inquiry's findings, ignores the recommendations of his own internal FDA team, and he personally approves nutrasweet and aspartame!
October 15,1982. Searle files a petition to have aspartame approved as a sweetener in carbonated beverages and other liquids. Within a short period of time, even the National Soft Drink Association urges the FDA to delay approval of aspartame for carbonated beverages, stating it is unreliable and unstable in liquid form. | | Searle, the chemical company that held the patent to aspartame, which by the way is the active ingredient under the brand name nutrasweet. Previously, in 1980, the FDA Board of Inquiry comprised of three independent scientists confirmed that aspartame "might induce brain tumors." The FDA actually banned aspartame based on this finding only to have Searle Chairman Donald Rumsfeld (yes, this is the same Donald Rumsfeld who is currently the secretary of defense) come to aspartame's aid. Mr. Rumsfeld used his political connections, pulled some strings and got aspartame approved by the FDA. |
Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  Pescatore, Fred. The Hamptons Diet. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2004. PMC Specialties Group, Inc., website, http://www.pmcsg.com/.
PR Newswire. "Five Lawsuits Filed Against Splenda; Johnson & Johnson Under Fire Concerning False Advertising and Misleading Consumers about Splenda." Press release from the Truth about Splenda campaign, January 27, 2005. http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT= 109&STORY=/www/story/01-27-2005/0002908706&EDATE.
-. "The Sweet Truth about Sugar Substitutes," October 30, 2003.
Rael, Shelley. "Artificial Sweeteners: What's Out There? |
Kevin Trudeau
See book keywords and concepts | | The FDA approves nutrasweet for carbonated soft drinks and other liquids that are sold to consumers. Immediately the Centers for Disease Control and the FDA start to receive unprecedented amounts of complaints from people who use these products and experience horrible health issues, including depression, hypertension, dementia, nausea, sickness, headaches, migraines, dizziness, etc. Both the Centers for Disease Control and the FDA ignore these massive consumer complaints about aspartame. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts | | What that means is if you just drink a single diet cola today, or sweeten something with nutrasweet, you're accumulating damage every day. Eventually, you're going to produce this necessary pattern of DNA damage to initiate the cancer, and once you develop the cancer, the aspartic acid component of aspartame will make the cancer grow very rapidly. You've got a double effect; it's causing the cancer, and it's making the cancer move very rapidly.
Mike: Given all this evidence, how has the industry managed to suppress this information and keep this chemical legal in the food supply?
Dr. |
Kevin Trudeau
See book keywords and concepts | | This Public Board of Inquiry concludes nutrasweet and aspartame should not be approved pending further investigation on brain tumors in animals. The Board states it "has not been presented with proof of reasonable certainty that aspartame is safe for use as a food additive and for human consumption."
January 1981. Donald Rumsfeld, the CEO of Searle, states in a sales meeting that he is going to make a big push in Washington by using his friends and connections to get aspartame approved within the year. |
Earl L. Mindell, RPh, PhD with Virginia Hopkins, MA
See book keywords and concepts | | Artificial sweeteners such as nutrasweet (aspartame) found in diet sodas are also not allowed, as they are brain stimulants and may even give the adrenals the same signals that sugar does.
Some research has shown that in depressed people the balance of essential fatty acids is off. Supplementation with high-quality fish oil, as well as eating plenty of fish, walnuts, pumpkin seeds, and dark leafy greens (all sources of omega-3s), can help return the body to balance and give some relief. Harvard professor Andrew L. Stoll, M.D., has discovered that high-dose fish oil—in the neighborhood of 1. |
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