ASPARTAME SWEETENER IN MANY PRODUCTS - WATCH
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Sweet Misery: The Horrors of Aspartame Revealed in
Documentary
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The new documentary, Sweet Misery: A Poisoned World, thoroughly
examines a hot-button subject many consider to be imaginary: the
toxicity of aspartame. This man-made sweetener is certainly a fact
of life and hard to avoid. Aspartame is found in more than 5,000
food products, including diet soft drinks and snacks like
puddings.
Sweet Misery starts with filmmaker and narrator Cori Brackett's
moving story about how she discovered aspartame's effect on her
health was affecting her fight with multiple sclerosis. Once she
stopped using aspartame-sweetened products, her symptoms went away
almost by magic.
But that's just the beginning of Brackett's journey across the
United States to learn more about the devastating effects of
aspartame from a laundry list of well-known medical experts,
including Dr. Russell Blaylock and Dr. Betty Martini.
Martini is the director of Mission Possible, an Atlanta-based
non-profit group that works to spread the word about the dangers of
aspartame as a toxic poison, unfit for human consumption and a slow
neurotoxin that's especially bad for diabetics.
In addition to the experts, the filmmakers use archival footage
from G.D. Searle and federal officials to describe the amount of
propaganda and "dirty tricks" big business used to get aspartame on
the market.
Some of the most moving moments were heartfelt interviews sprinkled
in between the scientific data with some of the victims of
aspartame. One victim Brackett interviewed suffers in a different
and more excruciating way than most: This middle-aged mother and
spouse is serving a 50-year sentence for allegedly poisoning her
late spouse, although many of the health signs point to her late
husband's bad reaction to aspartame.
Another key interview is Brackett's fireside chat with Arthur
Evangelista, a former Food and Drug Administration investigator,
who exposes how far major conglomerates went to legalize the use of
aspartame in the United States, and the resulting domino effect on
its use in other countries.
News with Views July 6, 2004
Dr. Mercola's Comment:
If you aren't familiar with all the diseases associated with this
artificial sweetener--diseases like multiple sclerosis and
Parkinson's disease - this movie will indeed open your eyes to a
problem that has been covered up for far too long.
For the record, aspartame is about 200 times sweeter than the
refined sugar it is meant to replace, but it is known to erode
intelligence and affect short-term memory. Once upon a time,
aspartame was on a Pentagon list of biowarfare chemicals submitted
to Congress, which just goes to show you how lethal a chemical it
really is.
Although seizures are common among aspartame users, headaches are
the most common complaint. According to a nutrition consultant,
diet could be one of the reasons 18 million Americans suffer from
migraines, with aspartame listed as a possible culprit.
Because more than 5,000 products contain aspartame, it's in your
best interests as well as your family's health to read the labels
of any processed food you're concerned about.
Your life may depend on it.
For more information about this important documentary, visit Sound
and Fury Productions.
Related Articles:
Aspartame Disease: An FDA-Approved Epidemic
Aspartame - History of fraud and deception
Aspartame is By Far, the Most Dangerous Substance on the Market
that is Added to Foods
Aspartame - Avoid It
Aspartame: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You
Governments Continue Suppression and Coverup on Aspartame
About artificial sweetener aspartame Dr. H.J. Roberts Descripes in
his book:
"Aspartame Disease: An Ignored Epidemic."
