Basic Information on Aspartame (Equal/Nutrasweet) Is aspartame poison? We say (and prove) YES. They say "Internet hoax"! But don't bet your life on it. After four years of yelling hoax Monsanto dumped their one-time "billion dollar seller" come dead cash-cow in March of 2000. You should, too! For those who consume aspartame-laced products and have medical problems that their doctors can't seem to cure... getting well for FREE may be a simple 60-day no-aspartame at-home self-test away. Awareness that aspartame is NOT a diet aid, and that it was never proven safe is our only real "message", and our only "product" is the suggestion to do a free self-test. For this, we spend our own time and money... because it is the right thing to do. (Especially when someone else's doing it saved my life and returned a much better but -shortened- life to me:-) The pros of aspartame come from the manufacturers (Equal, NutraSweet, Spoonful, etc) and they have pulled out all the stops in an effort to bury any negative information concerning this fake sweetener. Monsanto and the FDA, as parroted by the AMA, ADA and a whole lot of BUSINESSES that have a VESTED INTEREST in this huge cash-cow product remaining on the market, would like you, the clueless user, to consider aspartame as the "most tested" and "safe" lilly-white, pure and clean substance it can never be. If aspartame consumers decide to eliminate it from their diets, those who sell and promote aspartame stand to lose billions of dollars: 1 billion in Monsanto aspartame sales leads to 10's of billions in media adds hawking over 6000 aspartame-laced products leading to 100's of billions in expensive but inconclusive medical tests which then leads to 100's of billions in expensive but ineffective DRUGS, that may make the victim worse! (between 1996 and 1998 aspartame sales FELL by 8 million pounds, as 2 anti-aspartame web sites grew to around 8,000) The cons consist of a growing number of victims/volunteers who have the FDA's own proof that aspartame was never proven safe, and lots of other proof that it is NOT an effective diet aid. The FDA broke all the rules and trashed all common sense to approve aspartame... and they still support it against all reason. What is "OUR" stake? Those who try to inform gain nothing but a sense of joy knowing that someone has removed aspartame from their diets and their health has improved. Momentarily we get nothing, NADA, ZERO. Actually, less than that, because each of us DONATES our own resources (WEB sites, mailings, time) simply to inform others that they may qualify for a simple abstinence test where they may be able to wake up well. WWW.DORWAY.COM is a WEB site by a victim FOR victims (over 200 million of them.) There should be ample proof on this web site, with links to more, to convince any user that the three primary components of aspartame (10% methanol, 40% aspartic acid, and 50% phenylalanine) are, by themselves, NOT natural (as provided in aspartame). The many breakdown components are also "not natural" in any other substance. DORway.com has proof from the FDA, CDC, Congressional and sworn testimony, respected doctors and scientist, and more. For those with a short attention span... the three following files are most helpful. http://www.dorway.com/badnews.html The symptoms http://www.dorway.com/symptoms.html symptoms cross reference http://www.dorway.com/help.txt symptoms/breakdown/links and more I will let you, the visitor, read and decide who the liars are, and why. Want to know the WHOLE story about "Nancy Markle" and aspartame? See http://www.dorway.com/nomarkle.html proving that the WEC did take place, and that Mrs. Betty Martini was invited to speak (and did) and the REAL Email article is at http://www.dorway.com/betty/environ.txt (and has been there for over two years) A shining example of the industry "disinformation express" is the National Soft Drink Association (NSDA), originally a strong voice AGAINST the approval of aspartame in beverages, that now sides with Monsanto and the FDA! Their OLD TRUTHS! http://www.dorway.com/nsda.html 1983 NSDA Protest against aspartame! Their NEW "TRUTHS"! http://www.nsda.org/softdrinks/aspartm.html Current pro-aspartame "Nancy Markle" rebuttal! Aspartame (a.k.a. Equal, Nutrasweet) is not an effective diet aid, nor was it ever proven to be safe. Is it poison? You bet your sweet asspartame (http://www.dorway.com/graphics/betyoura.jpg ... a good graphic for a T-shirt). Discover what they say, and why it is not the truth at: http://www.dorway.com/liars.html Please suggest that folks send a blank Email to help@dorway.com ... or get the flyer from http://www.dorway.com/mpflyer.txt and pass it around. I sell nothing and have no vested interest in any sweetener. I promote the same simple, straightforward, common sense idea that got me mostly well: "If one has medical problems that their doctors cannot seem to cure (or they are too young to have old-age related problems) *AND* they consume products laced with aspartame, then try the FREE at-home 60-day NO-aspartame self-test... and simply observe the results". (then maybe you or someone you love can wake up well) **************** On aspartame ******** Very important! DON'T THROW ANYTHING AWAY! Tell people to PLEASE DO NOT TRASH ANYTHING WITH ASPARTAME IN IT! Returning it to the original point of sale is the ONLY way to get the message across to those who sell this stuff. VOTE against poisoning- for-profit by giving them an impossible to ignore negative flow of $$$! Besides, too many people are already dumping millions of tons of OTHER chemicals and drugs into our water supply... and aspartame is, in fact, a drug. Some think that it may have been the REAL culprit in the Phen- fen/Redux scandal. Not sure if aspartame is a problem... try *** TAKE THE 60-DAY NO ASPARTAME TEST *** *** TAKE THE 60-DAY NO ASPARTAME TEST *** *** TAKE THE 60-DAY NO ASPARTAME TEST *** NOW! If you hurt or have problem that the doctors can't seem to cure... AND you use aspartame (now in over 6000 products), take the FREE 60-day no-aspartame at-home self-test and see what happens. First... round up all products with aspartame as a sweetener and place them in a box, and then seal it for the duration of the "60-day no-aspartame" test (or until certain of the results of this self-test). Second, create a log. Enter all the current problems/symptoms along with types and quantities of medication being used to combat those problems and symptoms. Include entries concerning both physical and mental observations for the next 60 days... or until you are convinced that aspartame was (or is not) the cause of one more or all of your problems. During this test period READ all labels. If it says "sugar free" or "no-calorie" you might consider NOT consuming it... just to be sure. Someone mentioned that they may be teaming aspartame with sugar (yeah... with the real thing), as well as saccharin, acesulfame-k, and who knows what else. When you have completed as much of the no-aspartame test as you feel necessary... do another inventory of your problems and symptoms... as well as then current levels of medications and their types. Remember to consider mood, vision, perceptions ... everything. If you lost some or all of your problems then you just had a free cure for them. Now it will be time to return all the aspartame-laced stuff to the original point of sale for a FULL refund... even (and especially) on opened/partly consumed stuff because it cannot be resold. Then, please obtain some literature and pass this information on to others. This is the time to write letters, file a complaint with the FDA, tell your doctor(s), ask the media why they don't cover this poisoning-for-profit subject and help get this toxic poison out of the human food chain... etc. There are still almost 200 million clueless victims who need a fair shake. VERY IMPORTANT *** REPORT IT! See below for instructions on several methods. ******** For an abundance of information... There are a number of files available to those people who are interested in more info... ******************** Listing of some text files available subjects@dorway.org list of files available by auto responder aspartame@dorway.org Overview on aspartame coke@dorway.org Jennifer Cohen's article help@dorway.org symptoms, breakdown components, commented links msg@dorway.org Overview MSG, the flavor enhancer with 30 names products@dorway.org Short list of aspartame products aimed at kids mpflyer@dorway.org Mission Possible Flyer report@dorway.org How to file an official complaint with the FDA sweets@dorway.org Overview various sweeteners test@dorway.org Suggestions on how to do the no-use test calcium@dorway.org Overview calcium gelatin@dorway.org info on gelatin (beef/pig sources) milkinfo@dorway.org Overview cow's milk and dairy (and rbGH) nmflyer@dorway.org standardized flyer on milk and dairy vitamind@dorway.org info in vitamin "D" (D2 and animal D3) wholemilk@dorway.org USDA comparison of various milks/and what they omit Warning: For some reason the longer files seem to become truncated. If this happens to you... here are the source files on WEB. http://www.dorway.com/subjects.txt Files available by auto responder http://www.dorway.com/aspartame.txt Overview on aspartame http://www.dorway.com/jcohen.txt Jennifer Cohen's article http://www.dorway.com/help.txt symptoms, components, commented links http://www.dorway.com/msg.txt Overview MSG, the flavor enhancer http://www.dorway.com/products.txt Short list of aspartame products http://www.dorway.com/mpflyer.txt Mission Possible Flyer http://www.dorway.com/report.txt File an official complaint with the FDA http://www.dorway.com/sweets.txt Overview various sweeteners http://www.dorway.com/test.txt Suggestions on the no-use test http://www.notmilk.com/calcium.txt Overview calcium http://www.notmilk.com/gelatin.txt info on gelatin (beef/pig sources) http://www.notmilk.com/milkinfo.txt Overview cow's milk and dairy http://www.notmilk.com/nmflyer.txt standardized flyer on milk and dairy http://www.notmilk.com/vitamind.txt info in vitamin "D" (D2 and animal D3) http://www.notmilk.com/wholemilk.txt USDA comparison of various milks (or go to http://www.dorway.com/handouts.html and click on the links) ********* Alternative sweeteners Check out http://www.dorway.com/stevia.html (many are listed there) or http://www.holisticmed.com/sweet/ ... and two other pages. ******** Labels... be Aware. If it says "sugarfree", "no-calorie", and/or it lists ingredients such as Equal, NutraSweet, Benevia, Equal Measure, Joe Sweet (and there are many others), or it says aspartame... look for something with a safe sweetener. If it bears the MANDATORY FDA warning "PHENYLKETONURICS: Contains phenylalanine" or mentions phenylketonuria (PKU), it probably has aspartame in it. Don't switch to another, perhaps similar, improperly tested fake sweetener. EXPECT TO SEE ASPARTAME ANY PLACE THEY WOULD USE SUGAR! ******** Victim support/more answers To subscribe, go to: http://www.yahoogroups.com/subscribe.cgi/aspartame and please use your REAL NAME! aspartame-subscribe@yahoogroups.com - Subscribe to the list through email aspartame-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com - Unsubscribe from the list aspartame-normal@yahoogroups.com - Switch your subscription to normal aspartame-digest@yahoogroups.com - Switch your subscription to digest ******** FILE A COMPLAINT! FILE A COMPLAINT! FILE A COMPLAINT! *** MOST IMPORTANT! REPORT YOUR PROBLEMS TO THE FDA *** *** MOST IMPORTANT! REPORT YOUR PROBLEMS TO THE FDA *** *** MOST IMPORTANT! REPORT YOUR PROBLEMS TO THE FDA *** If you or someone you know quits ALL aspartame and gets better... it is VERY important to file a formal complaint. Best Method: For information on FDA's MEDLINE and THEIR COMPLAINT FORM visit... http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/report/consumer/consumer.htm and download the form or do it on-line: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/medwatch/ MedWatch fax number:(800) 332-0178 Second best: or call (888) 463-6332 and get a postage-paid MedWatch form that will be sent by mail or fax. Better than nothing: Obtain a simple form from http://www.dorway.com/reprtfrm.html (or http://www.dorway.com/reprtfrm.txt), fill it out and mail it as a *CERTIFIED* letter to the FDA, with a proof-copy to Betty Martini! (addresses on the form) ***** Please consider sending a copy to your doctor, insurance company, your elected officials, and your state health authority. ***** ******************************** If you have any questions about the reporting process, call (800) 332- 1088 and press "0" or e-mail medwatch@bangate.fda.gov IF THEY ATTEMPT TO STALL OR PERSUADE YOU FROM FILING A COMPLAINT, OR YOU THINK THEIR INFORMATION IS OTHER THEN FORTHRIGHT... PLEASE TELL US ABOUT IT! (at one time they directed complaints to the AIDS hotline). ******************************** DORway.com has logged over three million visitors to the main (of 770+) web pages. Monsanto and the FDA have visited thousands of times this year alone, so there is NO way they can say they "don't know anything about it". Despite the posting of FDA and CDC documents that prove aspartame was never proven to be safe, and despite all of the other information, FDA steadfastly refuses to reconsider the safety issue or to recall this cumulative toxic poison. ************************************************************ Perhaps the phrase that best applies is that "ASPARTAME is a Pandora's box of chameleon-like toxins and tumor agents that have 92 FDA acknowledged ways to ruin your life, death being one of them". *************************** Other bad news substances: http://www.notmilk.com/milkinfo.txt http://www.dorway.com/msg.txt ************************************************************ This file: http://www.dorway.com/stamdard.txt 6-25-2001 David Rietz, webmaster@dorway.com