From: Jaffe, Lyle D
Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 11:13 AM
To: Dockets, FDA
Subject: FW: could I have it???- Aspartame Disease, fibromyalgia, depression, tested for MS

-----Original Message-----
From: Betty Martini [mailto:Bettym19@mindspring.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 3:09 AM
To: m 2000 45771-hotmail.com
Subject: Fwd: could I have it???- Aspartame Disease, fibromyalgia, depression, tested for MS

Dear M Nitz,

Aspartame triggers agonizing joint pain which is many times diagnosed as fibromyalgia, a diagnostic wastebucket.  Please see Dr. H. J. Roberts position paper Aspartame and fibromyalgia and arthritis on www.dorway.com   Studies were done by Searle in l983/84 in South America but they never published them, and it showed that aspartame hardens the synovial fluids, the reason for the pain.  Also read Dr. Roberts paper on aspartame and joint pain.  In those studies where they sacrificed poor people in villages, it also showed that aspartame destroys the central nervous system.  It mimics MS.  You can read Dr. Roberts position paper Multiple Sclerosis or Aspartame Disease? on www.dorway.com/nomarkle.html   Both of these are discussed in the new medical text Aspartame Disease: An Ignored Epidemic, www.aspartameispoison.com  or www.sunsentpress.com  or 1 800 814 - 9800.  There is also a chapter on drug interaction as aspartame interacts with just about every drug used to treat the problems it causes.  Your physician should also get a copy, especially since 2/3rds of the population is on this neurotoxin.  I'll send you the class action notice and it also has on it Dr. Russell Blaylock's book Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills which also discusses these problems.  A recent study at the University of Florida several months ago showed that if you eliminate excitotoxins, aspartame and MSG the symptoms of fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue disappear.  

The phenylalanine in aspartame lowers the seizure threshold and depletes serotonin.  Lowered serotonin triggers manic depression, mood swings, insomnia, anxiety, panic attacks, etc.  

Aspartame is a chemical poison so it triggers polychemical sensitivity syndrome which is the same as multiple sensitivity syndrome.  If you listen to the lecture by neurosurgeon Russell Blaylock, M.D. on www.dorway.com  notice he says that the reactions to aspartame are not allergic but toxic like arsenic and cyanide.  So many victims believe all of a sudden they have become allergic.  You have to be very careful and not eat processed foods and many times they will  hide aspartame and MSG in artificial and natural flavors.  

Aspartame was never a diet product.  If you read the protest of the National Soft Drink Association on web, at the bottom on the last page you will see Dr. Wurtman's affidavit where he admits that this is in reality a drug that makes you crave carbohydrates so you gain weight.  And the Trocho Study shows the formaldehyde converted from the wood alcohol  accumulates in the cells and damages DNA with most toxicity in the liver, but substantial amounts in the kidneys, adipose tissue (fat cells), brain and retina.  You're being embalmed.  There is a chapter on detoxification in the medical text which was written for consumers and physicians.  There is also a detox page on www.dorway.com  

You may go through withdrawal as the wood alcohol or methanol in aspartame is classified as a narcotic and victims do suffer withdrawal symptoms.  We do have support groups you can click on to on www.dorway.com  

I'm sorry what you have been going through.  Aspartame disease has shattered hundreds of thousands of lives across this planet.  I have written a Citizens Petition for recall based on the fact that the FDA is lying to the public about its safety when their own records which you will find on on the DORway web site  show that it was never proven safe.  See the summation of the Board of Inquiry of the FDA saying not to approve it for that reason.  You can write for recall by emailing fdadockets@oc.fda.gov with the FDA docket number 02P-0317 in the subject line, and your case in the text.  We have until January 12.  Please send me a copy.  

Aspartame notoriously causes brain fog but this should disappear after you have been off of it for awhile.  We are here to support and help you.

All my best,
Betty

  Reply-To: "doy nitz" <dnitz@frognet.net>
  From: "doy nitz" <dnitz@frognet.net>
  To: <bettym19@mindspring.com>
  Subject: could I have  it???
  Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 23:22:56 -0700
  X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200

  Betty,
  I am a 34 yr. old female and I have been diagnosed with fibromylgia.I had been tested for MS
  some time ago about 1 yr. or little more.Anyway I am a dedicated Diet Coke drinker and have been for some time. I have been numb & tingly from my waist to my toes for over a year and all tests been done shows nothing.I have problems when I talk sometimes I want to say things like backwards I guess and my muscles and joints hurt so bad espically in my hips & shoulders. I am now taking allergy shots that I neverhad to do before. And I seem to put on a lot of pounds!
  I get depressed over everything.I also get very weak when I go walking for  any length of time. 
  So could I have this Aspertame Poisioning? Should I quit drinking diet drinks? And should I go to my Dr. with this letter explaining what this is? My sister in law e-mailed this letter to me cause she knows what I have been going through for over a year. So please answer me back and give me some advice.
  My e-mail addy is 
                              m_2000_45771@hotmail.com
                                                                                                         Thanks,
                                                                                                           MNitz