http://www.proliberty.com/observer/20001108.htm From the November 2000 Idaho Observer: Researcher believes aspartame promotes hypersensitivity syndrome Complications from sweetener may appear, continue long after exposure is removed By Don Harkins Most people are by now aware that the artificial sweetener aspartame becomes formaldehyde, a dangerous toxin for which neither the Food and Drug Administration nor the Environmental Protection Agency has identified a safe level of ingestion for humans. James Bowen, M.D., a physician who has dedicated a tremendous amount of time and resources to the study of aspartame, has identified the neurotoxin to be a catalyst for polychemical hypersensitivity syndrome (PCS). PCS is a condiction that effects increasing numbers of people who experience varying degrees of allergic reactions to chemical exposure. According to Dr. Bowen, "The Persion Gulf Syndrome is largely PCS from the massive NutraSweet [aspartame] exposure experienced by our men in combat units in the Persian Gulf." The Pentagon has repeatedly denied such allegations since PCS does not exist. The fact that nothing in orthodox medicine seems to help soldiers stricken with Gulf War Illness (GWI) is an indication to orthodox doctors that GWI symptoms are psychosomatic. "This illustrates the highly significant feature of aspartame poisoning; that it is an extreme hypersensitization agent which is highly reactive with other chemicals -- especially toxic ones like the nerve gas and nitrogen mustard gas to which our troops were exposed in the gulf when our government tried to destroy the stockpiles of these gases they had previously supplied to Saddam Hussein. This is a very poignant part of the NutraSweet issue because those who had problems with NutraSweet will now experience recurrences of those same problems when exposed to even the most minute doses of various toxic agents," explained Dr. Bowen. Dr. Bowen's findings are supported by government studies regarding formaldehyde sensitivity that were conducted many years ago. It was found then that, once a person becomes hypersensitive to the toxin, he can experience a violent physical reaction to a formaldehyde exposure of as little as one billionth of a gram. If Dr. Bowen's thesis is correct, the millions of Americans who habitually drink sodas and eat foods artificially sweetened with aspartame are not only vulnerable to the entire menu of 92 aspartame-related complications which range from impotence, hair loss, obesity and chronic irritability to death, they are leaving themselves open to a lifetime of multiple chemical sensitivity. "The reason I feel it's so important to publish this information is that those who have been victimized by aspartame really don't have a good shot at enjoying the health they had before unless they recognize the problem and know how to deal with it," Dr. Bowen concluded. The saddest joke on the American consumer is that aspartame-sweetened sodas are marketed as "diet" soft drinks. The truth is that aspartame suppresses the production of serotonin, which makes them crave carbohydrates which, in turn, causes them to gain weight. Those who wish to learn more about aspartame are encouraged to visit the most comprehensive archive of aspartame information available anywhere in the world. Hop on the Internet and go to: http://www.dorway.com and find out why you must convince the people you love to stop consuming products artificially sweetened with aspartame. The Idaho Observer P.O. Box 457 Spirit Lake, Idaho 83869 Phone: 208-255-2307 Email: observer@dmi.net Web: http://proliberty.com/observer/ ************************** Michael J. Fox Foundation: Parkinson's research fraud? By Don Harkins Last spring actor Michael J. Fox, a victim of Parkinson's disease, announced that he was quitting acting and was going to dedicate his efforts and energies to finding a "cure" for the degenerative disease. Since that time, The Idaho Observer has tried repeatedly to supply the Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) with medical proof that there is hope for Parkinson's victims. We have contacted MJFF offices in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Santa Monica, California and New York City via telephone, FAX and email. Unless a person pledges to endorse a check to MJFF that will be turned over to pharmaceutical company researchers, so far it would appear that the MJFF has no interest in "curing" Parkinson's disease. Suspicions that Fox's name is being used to advance a phony crusade against Parkinson's increased once the former actor's ties to Pepsi products were understood. According to Betty Martini, one of the world's leading authorities on aspartame and the toll it has had on society in terms of human misery, "Michael Fox has also been a Diet Pepsi spokesman and informants say he is addicted, drinking many a day." Diet Pepsi contains the FDA-approved artificial sweetener aspartame. Aspartame is an extremely volatile substance that, under ordinary storage conditions, breaks down quickly into methanol, a known neurotoxin. The methanol then breaks down into formaldehyde. The FDA has never established a safe level of formaldehyde that can be consumed by humans. According to The Consumer's Dictionary of Medicines, formaldehyde is, ".a highly reactive chemical that is damaging to the hereditary substances in the cells of several animal species." The aspartame that is used to sweeten Diet Pepsi, NutraSweet, ".is a neurotoxin that triggers neurodegenerative diseases and can precipitate Parkinson's," Martini explained. Dr. James Bowen explained that the methyl alcohol of aspartame is arranged in such a fashion that it is "500 to 5,000 times more active in producing toxicity" than the methyl alcohol that is commonly found in alcoholic beverages. The path aspartame has taken to participate in Fox's degeneration is very complex, yet supported by peer-reviewed science. In essence, aspartame inhibits the body's ability to produce dopamine. Dopamine is essential for the proper functioning of the brain which in turn controls the body's many systems. Dr. Bowen explained that Fox has apparently recognized his decreased capacity to produce dopamine and has reportedly taken therapeutic levels of pharmaceutical dopamine to combat his degenerative condition. According to Dr. Bowen, "The use of aspartame completely defeats this therapeutic endeavor." At the MJFF website it is listed that one of the companies the foundation is funding for Parkinson's research is Somerset Pharmaceuticals, the company that produces Eldepryl, or selegeline hydrochloride. Eldepryl, another FDA- approved drug, was found by the U.S. Pharmacological Conference to be contaminated with methamphetamine and a publicly unidentified neurotoxin. Annetta Freeman of Hollywood, California, was a Parkinson's victim confined to a wheelchair who was continuing to deteriorate while using Eldepryl. She got off Eldepryl and began taking Liquid Deprenyl Citrate (LDC), a clean selegeline developed by Jay Kimball of Discovery Experimental and Development, Inc. (DEDI). Today Freeman, 64, is leading an active and productive life as an advocate for Parkinson's victims and LDC. Unfortunately, the result of a 10-year conspiracy that involved Somerset Pharmaceuticals, the FDA and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), LDC is temporarily unavailable in the U.S. The FDA has admitted that there has never been, after thousands of applications, even one reported incident of LDC harming people. The FDA has admitted that there has never been one reported consumer complaint about LDC. Thousands of LDC users who have had quality of life restored to them have been denied access to the natural and comparatively inexpensive nutritive plant product that controlled their Parkinson's symptoms. Parkinsons' patients are dying slowly, painfully, expensively and without dignity because Somerset Pharmaceuticals, the FDA and the DOJ have conspired to keep LDC away from the American public. The entire story was printed in the July, 1999, edition of The Idaho Observer. MJFF offices in New York and Grand Rapids have been provided with the story and other materials that describe what Parkinson's disease really is, the method of action for LDC and the 10-year persecution of DEDI by the FDA, DOJ and Somerset Pharmaceuticals. MJFF has not even replied with a letter, a phone call, a FAX or an email to acknowledge receipt of the information. And then we find out that Fox's Parkinson's symptoms are self-induced and that he accepts payment to promote the product that can be demonstrated to have been contributory to his degenerative condition. Mr. Fox, if you are out there, we can save you. You can use your name and your influence to save a lot of people from experiencing the ravages of a painfully degenerative disease. The Michael J. Fox Foundation could be the most beneficial foundation in America and be the lightening rod behind progressive medicine and medical freedom. However, until we hear otherwise, your foundation appears to be a fraud that is placing hope in the form of well-meaning peoples' money into the hands of the people who profit from human misery. Please contact the MJFF by calling Sara Chinault at: (212) 245-8738; or by writing the MJFF at: PO Box 2010, Grand Rapids, MI 55745-200. If you want to find out more about the effects of aspartame and the symptoms of aspartame poisoning, visit Martini's site at: http://www.dorway.com The Idaho Observer P.O. Box 457 Spirit Lake, Idaho 83869 Phone: 208-255-2307 Email: observer@dmi.net Web: http://proliberty.com/observer/ ***************** From the April 1999 Idaho Observer: JAMA stats tell the tale Doctors kill more people than guns and traffic accidents by Don Harkins SANDPOINT -- Last St. Patrick's Day, Sandpoint Chiropractor Blaze Welch gave a lecture on how to get off of the disease scary-go-round at the Gardenia Center here. The purpose of the talk, which was sponsored by the North Idaho chapter of Vaccination Liberation, was to teach people that they are responsible for their own health. Dr. Welch also discussed figures from right out of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) which prove, through accurate interpretations of their own words, that in the last century we chose the wrong fork in the road with regard to our health care paradigm. Most people have been conditioned to believe in what is called the germ theory of disease -- that germs cause disease. The truth is that germs (bacteria) are everywhere and they are attracted to and proliferate in dis- eased tissues. Bacteria decompose dead matter. That is their job. For instance, when a tree dies, bacteria come in and eat the tree and it eventually becomes soil. Bacteria does not eat a live, healthy tree. The same thing is true in people -- bacteria are attracted to dead matter. Therefore, if you have dead matter in your body, bacteria will come in and get to work decomposing the dead tissue so that it may eventually become soil. In the mid 1800s, western medical science had the choice of going one of two ways. Bechamp's theory of disease maintained that every living thing has arisen from the microzyma (the fundamental unit of the corporate organism ) and every living thing is reducible to the microzyma. Bechamp believed that microzymas secrete fermentative substances that aid in digestion in a healthy body and evolve into bacteria when they encounter dead or damaged cells. Pasteur's germ theory of disease maintained that diseases come into our bodies and make germs that we must fight so that we may be rid of them. J.I. Rodale explained Pasteur's germ theory of disease by stating that, Germs live in the air, every once in awhile get into a human body, multiply and cause illness. Nothing to it at all. All you have to do is kill germs and disease is licked. Bechamp's theory placed all of the responsibility of disease prevention on the individual and his lifestyle. In a practical sense, there was no money in that and people would be empowered with the ability to resist dis-ease by taking care of themselves. Western medical science went with Pasteur's theory because it opened the door which created the world's medical and pharmaceutical industries. Since the 1850s, we have been developing new drugs to attack and kill the disease invaders and the result has been epidemics of cancers and sicknesses and diseases -- and a very rich and powerful pharmaceutical industry. Last year, commented Dr. Welch, the pharmaceutical industry did $182 billion in drug sales world wide. In contrast to that figure, it cost approximately $183 billion to treat adverse reactions from all of those drugs, said Dr. Welch. Dr. Welch read off some statistics which should cause concern to anybody who sees an allopathic doctor, has medical insurance or may end up in the hospital someday. Again, the following admissions were taken from JAMA: The top five causes of death in the United States, in order, are: Tobacco, alcohol, medical malpractice, traffic and firearms. According to JAMA, doctors kill more people than auto accidents and guns. With that in mind, one has to wonder why gun control is such a hot legislative issue when, perhaps, we should be more concerned about doctor control. The number of people that doctors kill per day from medical malpractice is roughly equal to the amount of people that would die if every day, three jumbo jets crashed and killed everybody on board, commented Dr. Welch who added, in defense of his own profession, just imagine what headlines would result if a chiropractor or a naturopath accidentally killed just one patient? Another JAMA statistic stated that 1/5 (20 percent) of all people who see an allopath will suffer an iatrogenic (doctor-induced) injury. Again, according to JAMA, 16 percent of all people who die in the hospital are determined by autopsy to have died of something other than their admission diagnosis. In other words, the doctor had no idea what was really wrong with the patient and, therefore, the patient may have died for want of appropriate care that would have been subsequent to an accurate diagnosis. Another trade publication, American Medical News, stated that 28 percent of people admitted to hospitals are there because they have suffered an adverse reaction to prescribed drugs. We are miserably losing the battle against viruses and bacteria. Antibiotics do not work. We need to take a different tack because this is obviously not working, said Dr. Welch. Dr. Welch made numerous practical and logical observations throughout his lecture. One of them is so obvious that it deserves mention here. When there is an epidemic of, say, pertussis in a school and 14 of 200 kids get sick, who gets studied? he asked. The answer, of course, is that the sick kids get studied. They get studied by the county health district and the health district accumulates its data and then tells the newspapers about the epidemic of sickness and everybody then flocks down to the health district or goes to see their doctor to get vaccinated. Would it not be more appropriate to study the 186 kids that did not get sick? asked Dr. Welch. Dr. Welch also read a quote from the British Medical Journal which states that only one percent of all scientific research papers which explore medicine are scientifically sound. So, if that is true, then not only are allopathic doctors incorrect in their understanding of the basic nature of disease, they are basing 99 percent of their conclusions, and therefore their diagnosis and treatment of people, on flawed science. The Idaho Observer P.O. Box 457 Spirit Lake, Idaho 83869 Phone: 208-255-2307 Email: observer@dmi.net Web: http://proliberty.com/observer/