Re: aspartame and dopamine

[Kelly Grant <kglw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ervin.....Many Thanks!!
Kelly in Calgary
----- Original Message -----
From: Ervin McCarthy <ervinmccarthy@xxxxxxxx>
To: <PARKINSN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 7:02 PM
Subject: Re: aspartame and dopamine


> Kelly, try STEVIA as sweetner from health food stores
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kelly Grant <kglw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <PARKINSN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 5:01 PM
> Subject: Re: aspartame and dopamine
>
>
> > Nancy thanks for the info.  I'm diabetic (& PD) and have been using alot
> of
> > aspartame over the years and am now wondering if I should stop
> > Kelly in Calgary
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Nancy Burnham <burnham@xxxxxxx>
> > To: <PARKINSN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 10:18 AM
> > Subject: Re: aspartame and dopamine
> >
> >
> > > Here is some information that is in a book "Surviving the Toxic
Crisis"
> > > written by Dr. Wm Kellas.  Dr Kellas has a PhD in Nutritional
> > Biochemistry.
> > >
> > > Aspartame, a relatively recently introduced artificial sweeterner, is
> made
> > > up of the amino acids phenylalanine and aspartic acid.  It tastes more
> > like
> > > sugar than either cyclamate or saccharin, and does not have the bitter
> or
> > > salty aftertaste associated with saccharin.  It is the most prevalent
> > > artificial sweeterner in uses today, and is used in a wide variety of
> diet
> > > products, esspecially diet sodeas.  It cannot be ued to cooked or
baked
> > > goods since it will decompose with heat.
> > >
> > > The manufacturers tout the fact that their product is made of these
> > natural
> > > ingredients, the two amino acids.  However, when chemically combined
> they
> > > are not the same as they would be individually, and their breakdown
> > > products, such as methanol and its metabolic byproduct formaldehyde,
can
> > be
> > > toxic.
> > >
> > > There have been a number of health problems associated with aspartame
> use.
> > > About 6000 consumers have called the FDA and volunteered information
on
> > side
> > > effects, including hundreds of cases of convulsions.  Other side
effects
> > > reported include:
> > >
> > > Headaches, depression, hyperactivity, nausea, confusion, disiness,
> rashes,
> > > insomnia, impaired bision, miuscle weakness, memory loss and diarrhea.
> > >
> > > Asparatame can ironically, cause weight gain, the opposite of the
reason
> > > most people use the additive.  The sweet taste, althought not due to
> > sugar,
> > > can stimulate the relase of insulin, which increassed the appetite and
> > leads
> > > to more food consumption.  The insulin reaction can also cause control
> > > problems for diabetics and hypoglycemics.
> > >
> > > Aspartame caused severe joint pain in 58 of 551 (10.5%) aspartame
> reactor.
> > > This pain is sometimes mistaken for arthritis, but goes away when
> > aspartame
> > > use is discountinued.  Headaches and particular sensitivity to
aspartame
> > > among those with mood disorders were also linked to aspartame use
under
> > > placebo-controlled clinical conditions.
> > >
> > > BELIEVE IT OR NOT!!       I  believe it.
> > >
> > > Nancy B  cg for Don 66/17
> > >
>