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Hi John
I remember one time I was visiting my Mom in the nursing home where she lives and the home’s dietitian came into the room to speak with my Mom’s roommate (Jesse).
By the way, Jesse is an overweight diabetic who is on dialysis and lives on junky snack foods—Cheeetos, Doritos, Fritos, cookies, flavored crackers, you-name-it.
Of course, my ears perked right up and I listened closely to see what the dietitian would say about Jesse’s atrocious eating habits.
I was waiting for her to be horrified.
Well, I hate to say it but I ended up being the one that was horrified.
First off, all the dietitian said about the junk food was for Jesse to lay off the cookies because they had too much sugar.
What about the chips and crackers which turn to pure sugar in Jesse’s diabetic, overweight body once they’re digested?
Then Jesse commented that she didn’t like meat and vegetables, so the dietitian said she could have pasta for her dinners instead.
MORE sugar! The dialysis machine will surely be working overtime.
Then her last bit of advice was really the icing on the cake—the dietitian said that Jesse should make sure to use Equal® in her coffee and tea instead of sugar.
Well, my friend, all I can say is that dietitian would have been doing Jesse more of a favor if she told her to eat rat poison.
Here’s why I say that:
The creation of a chemical poison
Aspartame (the artificial sweetener sold under the brand name NutraSweet which is the primary ingredient in Equal® sweetener) was first synthesized in a lab back in 1965 by a chemist doing research for anti-ulcer drugs. He accidentally tasted the substance after licking his finger to pick up a paper and quickly realized it was incredibly sweet.
Aspartame is created by combining the amino acids aspartic acid and phenylalanine.
This has largely served as the basis for the manufacturer’s contention that it is allegedly “safe” and naturally derived—both of which are a crock.
First of all, the phenylalanine has been synthetically modified to bond with methyl (which is a derivative of methane—the main ingredient in natural gas)—this provides most of the sweetness. But the chemical bond between the phenylalanine and the methyl is very weak, which makes it easy for the methyl group to break away and form methanol (aka wood alcohol).
Methanol is a colorless, flammable liquid which is used as the basis for such products as antifreeze, fuel and solvents.
Oh, and now sweetener for your coffee too.
This problem is compounded by the fact that we humans are not biologically equipped to break down and metabolize methanol into its harmless derivative formic acid.
So instead, it can travel through your blood vessels and cause a variety of symptoms including but not limited to:
- Headaches
- Ear buzzing
- Dizziness; vertigo
- Nausea
- GI problems
- Weakness
- Memory lapses
- Numbness
- Shooting pains in the extremities
- Behavioral disturbances
- Neuritis (nerve pain)
- Vision problems including blurred vision,
retinal damage and even blindness
And by the way, it’s also extremely damaging to your brain and can also cause cancer, retinal damage and birth defects.
The tip of the iceberg
Since its initial approval by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a food ingredient in 1981, aspartame has been the subject of over 10,000 complaints (more than any other ingredient) and over 91 symptoms documented that are related to its consumption.
Here are just some examples of the studies showing its dangers:
- One recent study showed that aspartame
induced cancers of the liver and lung in male mice, and it was also
carcinogenic (cancer causing) in male and female rats.
- A recent comprehensive study showed that
drinking just ONE 12 oz. diet soda a day increases your risk of
leukemia by an alarming 42%! Plus the study also showed a
102% higher risk of multiple myeloma and 31% increased risk of non-Hodgkin
lymphoma in men!
- Numerous studies have linked aspartame to brain
damage as well as premature delivery in pregnant women.
- Recent research has also shown that
aspartame worsens insulin sensitivity to a greater degree than
sugar, making it a dangerous health threat to diabetics who think
they are doing a good thing by using aspartame instead of sugar.
You see, when you eat normal foods your body releases the appetite-regulating hormone leptin, which eventually clues your brain in that you are full once enough calories and nutrients have been taken in.
But when you eat aspartame, your brain is “teased” by the sweet taste and expects calories to follow. Since it never receives calories (or nutrients for that matter) this causes continuous feelings of hunger and makes it very likely that you will overeat.
Sorry, but that doesn’t sound like a good weight loss plan to me.
What to do now?
There is plenty you can do to help keep the deadly poison of aspartame FAR away from you.
You can try using organic raw honey, organic cane sugar or organic real maple syrup for sweeteners. If you’re concerned about sugar intake you can use (minimally processed) stevia for a calorie-free sweetener instead of Equal®.
Drink water instead of soda or sports drinks. Soda is THE single largest source of aspartame consumption in the world.
Keep it real
The less that you rely on processed foods in general, the better your chances of avoiding unsafe ingredients like aspartame and the better for your health overall!
Instead, feed your body REAL foods and you won't have to worry about potential poisons causing disease.
If you need help with that, just follow the Great Taste No Pain system.
- http://www.greattastenopain.com/great.asp
The GTNP manuals will teach you how to prepare delicious meals without harmful ingredients like aspartame.
When you eat foods made from real ingredients, you can completely lose your taste for the processed stuff and begin to LOVE the flavors and sweetness that occur naturally in foods.
Plus your body will benefit from the nutrients it gets from real foods, and so will your waistline!
Pamper your flora too!
A healthy intestinal flora balance is crucial for encouraging efficient digestion, protection again viruses and infections and even fighting deadly diseases.
Unfortunately, most people who eat a lot of processed foods have the exact OPPOSITE (more harmful vs. helpful) of what they should have.
Be honest.
If you've been a fan of packaged foods and/or diet or regular soda for a while,
chances are excellent your intestinal army is not as strong as it should be.And your health can suffer greatly as a result.
Super Shield probiotic formula and its 13 strains of friendly flora can help restore your balance to where it should be.
- http://www.bluerockholistics.com/product/pross.asp
Super Shield contains potent, effective strains of both the Bifidobacterium species (which live in the colon) and Lactobacillus species (that reside in your small intestine), which is what is recommended by many digestive health experts to help restore proper flora balance.
Speak up!
Last but not least, if you feel you have suffered side effects from aspartame, I encourage you to report your experience to the FDA (if you’re in the US or its territories). Just go to their website and locate the number for your state and contact them:
- http://www.fda.gov/Safety/ReportaProblem/ConsumerComplaintCoordinators/default.htm
To your health,
Sherry Brescia
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Great Taste No Pain has been a Godsend for me. I have been eating in the recommended way for almost a month. I no longer am taking Prilosec for digestive pain. I also do not have to take metformin any longer.
What a wonderful miracle for me. I have been a type II diabetic for five years, but no more.
I am satisfied with the foods I eat, no hunger cravings! I have lost seven pounds in three weeks of checking my weight weekly.
I am truly grateful for learning to eat the Great Taste No Pain way. Now I am sharing my discovery with others.
Thank you!
Dixie
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