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PRESENTING: MARY NASH STODDARD - Co-Founder of the massive international anti-aspartame movement in the mid 1980's, following the brain tumor death of her forty two year old husband, Mike. Ms. Stoddard suffered a life threatening aspartame-related blood disorder in 1985, whereupon, The NutraSweet Co. offered her an all-expense paid vacation for two anywhere in the world, if she would agree to be tested by their doctors. She declined, with the blessing of her doctor, and the rest is history. She has conducted multi-national lecture tours and is a popular visiting professor at colleges, universities and medical schools. "Deadly Deception - Story of Aspartame" is a toxicology sourcebook, edited by Ms. Stoddard, documenting the harmful effects of the world's most toxic artificial sweetener. The companion one hour "Deadly Deception" video is further documentation - taped at a prestigious scientific conference. Stoddard's efforts, over more than two decades, led to the present rejection of the sweetener by many of the food and beverage giants of industry, as they rush to distance themselves from the liabilities associated with use of a neuro-toxic substance in their products. She has testified in court as an Expert Medical Witness and like her counterpart, Erin Brokovitch, helped with a number of lawsuits on behalf of consumers. Her powerful message has reached millions around the world through the airwaves on radio and television, in print and through popular personal appearances. Honors, Awards, Societies: • Expert Medical Witness [1992-present] * Guest Presenter Gulf War Veterans Annual Conference - [Las Vegas 1999] * Visiting Professor: U. T. Southwestern Medical School [1997] * Visiting Professor: American University School of Journalism [1999] * Visiting Professor: University of North Texas at Denton Dept. of Science [1990 and 2005] • Visiting Professor: University of Houston Bioneers Conference [2006] * Invited speaker: Hebrew Univ. Jerusalem - [1997] * Keynote speech: Mexican Government's Annual Conference on Sweeteners [1999] * Appointed Judge - State of Texas [1977-1984] * Broadcast Journalist - [1965-present] * President's Council on Food Safety - [1998-1999] * International Lecture Tours - [1996-present] * Testimony Senate Committee Hearing on Safety of Aspartame - Washington [1987] * Panelist at National News Conference Announcing Dr. John Olney's Brain Tumor/Aspartame Connection - Washington D.C. [1998] * Inducted Member Texas Radio Hall of Fame [2002-present] Representative of the Texas Rice Growers Association [Miss Rice] Board member: Irving Symphony Orchestra Board Member: Irving Community Theater Founding Board Member Radio Station KNON [public radio], Dallas Charter member City of Dallas Citizens Safety Committee Board Member Dallas Mayor’s Fee Task Force Vice President Operation Get Involved, [liaison committee of the D.P.D.] Board member Dallas Homeowners League President Save Open Space Texas Steering Committee Presidential Election Award for Public Service - Mexican Government State of Texas Board of Adjustment

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Skin Eruptions from Aspartame Ingestion - Dermatologist

Brief Reports

Aspartame-lnduced Urticaria

ANTHONY KULCZYCKI, Jr., M.D.

+Author Affiliations

Washington University School of Medicine;
St. Louis, Missouri

Excerpt

Aspartame (NutraSweet; G.D. Searle & Co., Skokie, Illinois), the dipeptide composed of aspartic acid and the methyl ester of phenylalanine, is a low-calorie artificial sweetener 180 times sweeter than sucrose (1, 2). Although questions have been raised about its safety (3-5), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved aspartame for use in carbonated beverages in 1983, and currently it is used extensively in diet soft drinks, chewing gums, cereals, desserts, and sugar substitutes. One case of granulomatous panniculitis resulting from aspartame has been documented (6). This report describes a case of aspartame-induced urticaria confirmed by doubleblind challenge.

A 23-year-old white

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Addendum

The case of a second patient, a 42-year-old white woman with a 4-month history of intermittent angioedema and urticaria, was also studied. This patient noted that several of her episodes developed within 1 hour of ingestion of aspartame-containing drinks. In a doubleblind, placebo-controlled challenge the patient developed urticaria on the forearms and neck within 90 minutes of challenge with 75 mg of aspartame.

Acknowledgments

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: The author thanks W. Gerald Klingler, M.D., and Rand Dankner, M.D. for referal of the patient; Jane Gold, R.N., and Mary Conboy for assisting with patient monitoring and P-K testing; and Casey Croy and Dr. Philip Korenblat for reviewing the manuscript.

Article and Author Information

Data were provided by Dr. David G. Hattan from adverse drug reaction reports as of 22 April 1985 made to the Food and Drug Administration Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
Grant support: by grant 1P50 AI 15322-06 from the National Institutes of Health.
▸Requests for reprints should be addressed to Anthony Kulczycki, Jr., M.D.; Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue; St. Louis, MO 63110.