From: Jaffe, Lyle D
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 7:49 AM
To: Dockets, FDA
Subject: FW: The classic flack who pushes propaganda instead of facts on
aspartame 

-----Original Message-----
From: Dr. Betty Martini [mailto:Bettym19@mindspring.com]
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 5:39 PM
To: becky; SueW
Cc: inforeply-cdc.gov; RXH-CFSAN.FDA.GOV; DHATTAN-CFSAN.FDA.GOV; Jaffe
Lyle D
Subject: The classic flack who pushes propaganda instead of facts on
aspartame 

Becky, you need to be added to the Hall of Shame on www.dorway.com  You are 
the perfect example of the flack.  You believe the American Dietetic 
Association?  You don't know how to research or know about the ADA?????  No 
wonder you're with the food syndicate.  You're exactly what they need to 
push poisons.

Jesse Parker Hobson sent me a copy of her letter of resignation to Dr. 
Doris Dorelian, President of the ADA.  Here is the letter to the people you 
believe in.

Dr. Derelian:

"Your sellout to commercial profiteers shames the ADA and all its 
members.  The stench of hypocrisy is so unendurable I must resign my 21 
year Registered Dietitian status as an act of conscience.  I'll be no part 
of an organization that pimps poisons in the name of nutrition.

I have a Master's Degree in Food Science and Nutrition and my thesis was 
Maternal nutrition Critical in Fetal Development, which examined the tragic 
consequences of deficient maternal nutrition; prematurity, stillbirth, 
underdevelopment, retardation and infant morbidity, stillbirth.  The score 
is 250,000 birth defects/year and rising.  I'm horrified the ADA touts 
aspartame/NutraSweet/Equal, a known abortive and teratogen, inducer of 
birth defects, for 75,000 pieces of silver.

Spoke Dr. Louis Elsas of Emory Univ (was there for over 25 Years), Director 
of the Division of Medical Genetics and Professor of Pediatrics on 11/3/87 
in Congressional Testimony.  "aspartame is in fact a well known neurotoxin 
and teratogen which in some as yet undefined dose will irreversibly in the 
developing child or fetal brain produce adverse effects."

Your sheet FACTS ABOUT ASPARTAME advise:  "People of all ages including 
pregnant or breast feeding women, teens and children over two years old, 
can enjoy products sweetened with aspartame. "  Enjoy spontaneous 
abortions, deformed and mentally retarded babies!  Unbelievably you've 
prostituted our mission as The New York Times said:

CORPORATE SUPPORT FOR DIETITIANS GROUP IS CALLED UNHEALTHY

The stated mission of the ADA is "to improve the health of the 
public."  But the group...is being increasingly criticized for its 
aggressive pursuit of cash from trade groups like the Sugar Association, 
Coca Cola, M&M Mars, McDonalds and Sara Lee.  1.4 million was raised from 
corporations and trade groups, another $830,000 from advertisements...about 
15% of the years budget...the association's most fundamental 
position:  THERE ARE NO BAD FOODS.   (from Martini:   If you want to read 
that article it is dated Nov 15, l995)

And continued from the letter:  "Dr. Derelian agrees that the group "Does 
not believe in negative material" ... Some members do not approve of the 
association's relationship with the Monsanto Company, which hired the 
association to field calls from consumers about the use of the 
controversial bovine growth hormone (BGH).

Dr. Derelian, did you get your degree at 3 monkey U?  Research reveals BHG 
treated cows give milk far higher in pus and IGF, Insulin Growth 
Factor.  Excess IGF triggers cancer and the spleens of lab animals were 
enlarged up to 46%, a preleukemic condition!

You sing:  "Aspartame has special benefits for diabetics."  Blindness, 
convulsions, seizures, loss of diabetic control and death; all listed in 
the FDA report of 92 adverse reactions, which you ignore.  It was even 
listed with the Pentagon in inventory of potential biochemical 
weapons!  But greedblind the ADA endangers any dietary debacle:

Watered juice is just as good                     Who needs nutrition, 
food, etc?
MSG is great!                                               For undertakers
Feel placid 'bout trans-fatty acid                 Will kill 30,0000 this year
BGH is wonderful!                                        Only maims cows 
and people
Any McDonald's meal deserves our name    You said that Doris!  Ugh!
Blessed by Malaysian Palm OIl                   Brings you close to the soil
Olestra is Besta                                             For pains in 
your chesta

ADA now lobbies in state legislatures for a monopoly on nutritional 
counseling, making it illegal for a coach to tell the team to lay off fats, 
or anyone else to discuss the subject.  You plot away our freedom of speech 
with our freedom of foods!  VOL 84 of ADA REPORTS
explain your motive:  "the purported purpose is to protect the 
public.  This provides competitive advantage economically beneficial for 
dietitians.  When you pass the law... get the minimum framework... and sock 
it to them with rules and regs because you sure can.  Our board is the 
enforcement.  WE ARE THE JUDGE AND JURY".

ADA HANDS OUT  50,000 DEATH SENTENCES SAYS FORBES MAGAZINE, 
4/4/84:  "Malnutrition is said to cause 50,000 preventable hospital deaths 
per year, while affecting another half million patient 
recoveries."  MALNUTRITION IS STARVATION, and I've seen it done.  I'm 
published on pre and post surgical geriatric nutritional support, and know 
that deaths skyrocket with dietary insufficiency.  When I would advise Food 
Service Directors that certain patients required nutritional support often 
they would respond "that's the doctor's problem"  Their goal was  cost 
containment, cheap food, not patient survival.
Their chief motive was to please administration with a low budget.

You've become a bunch of Nazis, and our schools and hospitals are your 
concentration camps!  Now with Gestapo-like treachery you strive for total 
takeover.  To strangle freedom of speech, to disenfranchise thousands of 
non ADA nutritional practitioners, to encrust another layer of barnacles on 
the Ship of State, and to empower a gender and racially-skewed-elite, 92% 
white women unfamiliar with ethnic foods, who have refused the formation of 
a Black Caucus within the ADA!

Dr. Derelian, I believe these lines embody the ideals of the 
ADA.  Permission to reproduce this open letter is granted to all readers:

DIETITIAN AGENDA
Conflict-of-interest works for us
We're grabbing the money, so what's the fuss
Good food, bad food, its all the same
Grab a Big Mac and come to the game
Play for money and power and corporate perks
With the ADA, just a bunch of greedy jerks!

Sincerely,
Jesse Parker Hobson "

Becky, here's someone who knows how to research.  Learn from her, but I 
don't think you're interested in facts.  Its well known that the 
professional organizations are funded by industry and put out their 
propaganda.  The American Diabetes Assn has just been charged with 
racketeering on the issue of aspartame.  It says "1 to 50 John Doe's"  I 
wonder who will be next!

In January, l995 Julian Whitaker, M.D. wrote a supplement to Health & 
Healing titled THE AMERICAN DIETETIC ASSOCIATION MUST BE STOPPED IN ITS 
TRACKS.  He started out by saying "Folks, a female David and mammoth 
Goliath have squared off, and the fight is on.  Shari Lieberman, Ph.D., 
certified nutrition specialist (C.N.S.) and former registered dietitian 
(R.D.) has slung a $40 million defamation lawsuit at the brainless head of 
a particularly nasty giant, the American Dietetic Association (ADA).  And 
you better hope Shari wins. "

It's several pages long  so I won't type in the whole thing but I'll give 
you some of Dr. Whitaker's comments.

"Just What Is A Registered Dietitian?  The Registered Dietitian (R.D.) 
credential is certification by the association that an individual has 
minimal skills in dietetics such as food service, meal planning and basic 
"entry-level" nutrition knowledge.

The R.D. certification is not an educational degree, like a Ph.D. or an 
M.D., nor is it a license to do anything.  It also does not represent a 
consistent degree of education.  In l969, to swell their numbers, the ADA 
"grandfathered" 20,000 with R.D. certifications on those working in the 
food service industry many with no more than undergraduate degree to some 
form of Home Economics.  Three years later an ADA study conceded that the 
science training of the R.D's was hardly adequate, yet no certifications 
were withdrawn."

And this, Becky, is who you put your faith in?  But most food flacks do who 
are not interested in facts and only propaganda.

You must read about the Johnson case in Dr. Whitaker's supplement.  "R.D. 
at Work Even in Church"  He says:  "Ms. Johnson was invited to give sermons 
at two Catholic churches.  Guess what!  Some pea-brained R.D. went into the 
churches and took notes, looking for "illegal: nutritional advice!

Many of the people wanted to have a private consultation with Ms. 
Johnson.  To avoid getting her arrested, they had to drive across the 
border to Kentucky just to talk about nutrition.

You see, this licensure nonsense doesn't protect anything except the vested 
interest of the dietitians.  Even worse, with state powers, the activist 
members of this trade association become a nutrition gestapo that monitors, 
censors, and persecutes all who do not comply with their party line."

Dr. Whitaker sent a message to R.D.'s in his last paragraph.

"You R.D.'s that are angry with me, the messenger, had best check the 
message.  Your leaders don't lead - they intimidate.  Their agenda is 
simply a blueprint for tyranny.  The rank and file should either clean 
house or walk away.  There is no reason why you can't learn new things 
along with the rest of us, and earn respect, instead of hoodwinking state 
legislatures into mandating it for you.  If you continue to seek power 
instead of knowledge to coerce instead of to influence, you will only reap 
contempt from those trying to advance the field of nutrition.  Is that the 
legacy you wish to leave to your grandchildren? "

Monsanto sold NutraSweet but the ADA have often been termed their media 
flacks.  I remember the milk spill and diet soda spill in Atlanta some 
years ago.  I was asked to be a media representative.  I was giving an 
interview when a white Mercedes drove up and a woman started shrieking 
"don't listen, RBGH is safe, its safe".  I turned around and said:  "Have 
you read Monsanto's 53,000 pages on RBGH?"  She answered "no".  Then I 
said:  "Have you even read the label on Posilac"?   Again, she answered 
"no".  I said: "Then just how you do know its safe?"  She replied "Because 
I'm a dietitian".  I then said: "Well, why didn't you say so from the 
beginning, except there is another name for those who do it for money."  As 
I turned around I noticed the TV cameras were still rolling!

Did you get what Dr. Whitaker said about attacking the messenger?  And then 
he said:   "they best check the message."  Well, I'm the messenger and what 
I do is get the message from giants in medicine with incredible credentials 
who can't be bought, and who have the compassion and concern for human life 
to provide the real facts to consumers.   I take this message on aspartame 
to the public so they won't be stumbled by lies from flacks who can be 
bought like the ADA.   You seem to be more concerned that I was given an 
honorary doctorate in humanities.  You best check the message.

Now you want to talk about WHO and WNHO.  Here's the difference.  The World 
Health Organization is influenced by industry and power.  The World Natural 
Health Organization cannot be so influenced.  They publish the real facts 
by these giants like Dr. John Olney, who is one of the most renowned 
neuroscientists in the world today and founded the field of neuroscience 
called excitotoxicity.  He did the studies on aspartic acid, 40% of the 
deadly aspartame molecule and saw that it caused lesions in the brains of 
mice.  He was particularly concerned how it could destroy the brains of 
infants and children and attempted to prevent the approval of this 
neurotoxin you think is so safe because you take the word of 
prostitutes.  His CV is on www.dorway.com  Make sure you have lots of paper 
in your printer because its pages and pages of studies in the most 
prestigious journals of the world.  And be sure to check out his awards.

And then there is neurosurgeon Russell Blaylock, M.D., who wrote the book 
on excitotoxins called Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills.  His bio is 
also  on www.dorway.com too and many of his outstanding papers on 
www.wnho.net   While you're on this site you can read articles by H. J. 
Roberts, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.C.C.P. who testified before Congress and wrote 
the medical text on aspartame, Aspartame Disease: An Ignored Epidemic.  He 
is a Board certified internist, internationally known medical consultant 
and independent researcher.  He is listed in Who's Who in America, Who's 
Who In Medicine & Health Care, Who's Who In the World, Who's Who in Science 
and Engineering, and the Best Doctors In the US.  He has been knighted by 
the Order of St. George for his professional and humanitarian efforts.

Ralph G. Walton, M.D. is another one who www.wnho.net publishes.  He is 
Chairman of The Center for Behavioral Medicine, and Professor and Chairman 
of the Department of Psychiatry of the Northwestern Ohio Universities 
College of Medicine.   He did a study on aspartame and because it was 
independent and unbiased Monsanto refused to sell him the 
aspartame.  Obviously they knew what would happen if they didn't control 
the study.  Sure enough one person got a retinal detachment, another one 
was bleeding from the eyes, and some said they were poisoned.  The 
institution had to stop the study.

So Dr. Walton went on to write a research paper on scientific peer reviewed 
studies and funding.  92% of independent studies showed the problems 
aspartame causes.  He discussed on 60 Minutes in l996 when Dr. John Olney 
made world news on the aspartame/brain tumor association.  It's on 
www.dorway.com   Yes, Becky, aspartame breaks down to diketopiperazine, a 
brain tumor agent which triggered brain tumors in original studies.  See 
all these physicians in the movie, Sweet Misery: A Poisoned World 
(cori@soundandfuryproductions.com) and more including James Bowen, M.D., 
who told the FDA aspartame is mass poisoning of the American public and 
more than 70+ countries of the world.  He's also a victim with Lou Gehrigs.

So you see, the World Natural Health Organization only publishes papers of 
giants in medicine who tell the truth.  They are way out of your league, 
Becky.  They wouldn't publish your propaganda.  They would be 
appalled.  They will publish articles of "messengers" who quote the 
facts.  And talking about messengers that's who Dave Rietz of 
www.dorway.com was.  He didn't have a medical degree but he set up this web 
site to save the lives of millions of people so they wouldn't be influenced 
by liars and suffer like he did.  This is the anniversary of the death of 
Dave Rietz  (Mission Possible South Carolina) - aspartame finally took his 
life.  You couldn't come up his kneecap.  www.dorway.com remains a memorial 
to this hero of the aspartame exposure movement.  It continues to save 
lives everyday.  Probably no one will ever know how many millions of people 
are alive today because of Dave Rietz.   The site is not updated because he 
is dead so even bio's that on this web site have increased by these true 
humanitarian physicians and scientists.  Updates are on the World Natural 
Health Organization.  If he was alive today, Becky Billingsley of the Food 
Syndicate, you might have ended up in the Hall of Shame on that site.

As to the propaganda below read the rebuttal to the IFIC (industry front 
group) by Mark Gold on DORway.  He has the Aspartame Toxicity Center, 
www.holisticmed.com/aspartame and he uses medical references.  It's about 
the same nonsense.

Becky, we are granted free speech in this country but there are laws 
against stumbling the public and lying - Title 18, Section 1001.  The FDA 
actually used this law against the manufacturer of aspartame when they 
tried to have them indicted.  Unfortunately both U.S. Prosecutors hired on 
with the defense team and the statute of limitations expired.  When the 
District Attorney goes to work for the godfather expect acquittal.

January 10, l977:  In a 33 page letter, FDA Chief Counsel Richard Merrill 
recommended to U.S. Attorney Sam Skinner that a grand jury investigate 
Searle for "apparent violations of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act 
21, U.S.C. 331 (e) and the False Reports to the Government Act 18, U.S.C. 
1001 for "their willing and knowing failure to make reports to the Food and 
Drug Administration required by the Act 21 USC 355 (j) and for concealing 
material facts and making false statements in reports of animal studies 
conducted to establish the safety of (aspartame)"  The FDA called special 
attention to studies investigating the effect of NutraSweet on monkeys and 
hamsters.

Today many real nutritionists also are registered dietitians only to keep 
them  free from constant harassment.  So this is not to say that all RD's 
are like the ADA.  Some even write me to say they try to make changes but 
the ADA doesn't want them.

I've done your homework for you and would be happy to fax you the 
information on the ADA of which I quoted some.  You're an example of the 
reason Mission Possible Intl exists - because the public deserves truth and 
not propaganda like you send out.  Since a year has passed now since we 
lost Dave Rietz, a true hero who saved millions of lives by many times 
exposing attempted brain washing by people like you, I leave you with his 
words.  It is published in Dr. Roberts medical text, Aspartame Disease: An 
Ignored Epidemic.

"David Rietz expressed the sentiments of many afflicted with aspartame 
disease in his reply to a corporate apologist on the Internet:

"I am all too familiar with the deceit, subterfuge, bogus tests, fraud .. 
not to mention the players switching sides to work for the manufacturer and 
its representatives.  These bogus test results do not negate the truth.  To 
your dogma bound dismay, you will, sooner than later, have the national 
disgrace shown in the total light of day - despised in the same manner as 
those who were prosecuted for war crimes after World War II.  Mass 
international poisoning makes those crimes against humanity pale in 
comparison!"

Dr. Betty Martini, Founder, Mission Possible Intl, 9270 River Club Parkway, 
Duluth, Georgia 30097   www.wnho.net  and www.dorway.com  770 242-2599

At 09:57 AM 12/6/2004, becky wrote:
>Sorry, I'd rather believe the American Dietetic Association. Their data 
>comes from people with REAL medical degrees. And note they cite the REAL 
>World Health Organization, not the "World Natural Health Organization."
>
>Straight Answers about Aspartame
>
>What is aspartame?
>Aspartame is a low-calorie sweetening ingredient that provides the sweet 
>taste of sugar without the calories. Aspartame has been used in numerous 
>foods and beverages for more than 20 years and is enjoyed by millions of 
>Americans every day.
>
>How is aspartame handled by the body?
>Aspartame is broken down in the body to the amino acids aspartic acid and 
>phenylalanine as well as a small amount of methanol. These components are 
>also found naturally in foods such as meats, milk, fruits and vegetables. 
>The body uses these components in exactly the same way whether they come 
>from aspartame or common foods. In fact, the foods you consume every day 
>provide much greater amounts of these components than does aspartame.
>
>Is aspartame safe?
>Yes. Aspartames safety has been documented in more than 200 objective 
>scientific studies. The safety of aspartame has been confirmed by the 
>regulatory authorities in more than 100 countries, including the U.S. Food 
>and Drug Administration, Health Canada, and the European Commissions 
>Scientific Committee on Food, as well as by experts with the United 
>Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and World Health Organization.
>
>What products contain aspartame and how can I tell?
>Aspartame is used to sweeten products such as low-calorie tabletop 
>sweeteners, carbonated soft drinks, powdered soft drinks, puddings, 
>gelatins, frozen desserts, yogurt, hot cocoa mixes, teas, breath mints, 
>chewing gum and other foods, as well as some vitamin and cold preparations.
>To locate these products, look for the word aspartame on the ingredient 
>list.
>
>Who can use aspartame?
>Consumers can enjoy products sweetened with aspartame as part of a 
>healthful diet.  Aspartame can replace all or part of the sugar and 
>calories in foods and beverages.  However, it is important to keep in mind 
>that children, particularly young children, need ample calories for rapid 
>growth and development.  In addition, pregnant and breastfeeding women 
>need to consume adequate calories to nourish the fetus or infant and 
>should consult with a physician or a registered dietitian about their 
>nutritional needs.
>Individuals with the rare genetic disease, phenylketonuria (PKU), cannot 
>properly metabolize phenylalanine.  PKU is detected at birth through a 
>mandatory screening program, and these individuals must monitor their 
>intake of phenylalanine from all foods, including foods containing aspartame.
>Thats why the following statement is found on aspartame-containing 
>products: Phenylketonurics: contains phenylalanine.
>
>How do foods and beverages sweetened with aspartame fit into healthful 
>eating?
>As a sweetener, aspartame can reduce or replace the sugar and calories in 
>foods and beverages while maintaining great taste.  Thus, aspartame offers 
>one simple step to help people move closer to achieving a more healthful diet.
>Health experts agree that eating well and being physically active are keys 
>to a healthful lifestyle.  To help people achieve a more healthful 
>lifestyle, the US government provides the Dietary Guidelines for 
>Americans.  One of the guidelines states, Choose beverages and foods to 
>moderate your intake of sugars.   The World Health Organization also 
>recommends a number of dietary guidelines to combat increases in chronic 
>diseases such as obesity, high blood pressure, cancer, and diabetes.  One 
>recommendation is to limit sugars added to some foods and beverages.
>
>How do products sweetened with aspartame aid weight management?
>With nearly two out of three Americans classified as overweight or obese, 
>taking steps to assure appropriate calorie intake is important for many 
>people.  Because products with aspartame are lower in calories than their 
>sugar-sweetened counterparts, using products with aspartame together with 
>regular physical activity can help with weight management.   Simply 
>substituting a packet of tabletop sweetener with aspartame for two 
>teaspoons of sugar three times dailyin coffee, on cereal and in ice tea, 
>for exampleadds up to a savings of about 100 calories.
>In addition, a 3-year scientific study done at Harvard Medical School 
>showed that aspartame was a valuable aid to a long-term weight management 
>program that included diet and physical activity.
>
>How does aspartame help people with diabetes?
>Aspartame offers people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes greater variety 
>and flexibility in budgeting their total carbohydrate intake and helps 
>them satisfy their taste for sweets without affecting blood sugar.  People 
>with diabetes are more likely to stick with a healthful meal plan when 
>they can include foods they enjoy. In addition, consuming products with 
>aspartame can reduce calories, which helps people with diabetes manage 
>their weight.
>
>Is there any truth to the negative information about aspartame I see on 
>the Internet or in the media?
>No. Negative allegations that aspartame may be associated with numerous 
>ailments are not based on science. Unfortunately, urban myths about 
>aspartame continue to be circulated over the Internet. Aspartame-sweetened 
>products offer yet another choice for those individuals who want to limit 
>calories and moderate sugar intake but not sacrifice great taste.
>The safety of aspartame has been proven numerous times and has been backed 
>by more than three decades of research and 200 scientific studies.
>Recently, several governments and expert committees carefully evaluated 
>the Internet allegations and found them to be false, reconfirming the 
>safety of aspartame. Leading health authorities, such as the American 
>Medical Association, the American Dietetic Association, and the American 
>Diabetes Association, agree that aspartame is safe.
>
>
>The American
>Dietetic
>Association
>Knowledge Center
>
>SueW writes:
>>I got the idea of "grading" your letter from you - you felt it was
>>appropriate to criticize our approach when we presented scientific
>>information and apparently felt your criticisms were helpful so I just
>>returned the favor.  It is very true that making simple grammatical errors
>>definitely hurts an attempt to present information well.
>>Now that we have both "helped each other" by criticizing the presentation of
>>information, how about you addressing some of the scientific, cited issues
>>about aspartame brought up by myself and Dr Betty?  :)
>>Sue
>>----- Original Message -----
>This is the Becky of the Food Syndicate
>
>Becky Billingsley
>The Food Syndicate
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