SUFFERING FROM TINNITUS? (RINGING IN THE EARS) - DITCH THE #ASPARTAME!

1. My Response to an Article on Tinnitus (Ringing In The Ears):
   http://scienceline.org/2006/08/ask-borza-ears/
   
   
   Dear Editor:
   Our organization, Aspartame Consumer Safety Network and Pilot Hotline (since 1987) has many studies, along with personal testimonials (often the best barometer of what's going on!) in our files that prove the artificial sugars, Aspartame (and Neotame) can also be triggers for Tinnitus. I even have a letter in my files from the 1980s, written by the head of the American Tinnitus Association on its letterhead, that Aspartame causes (and exacerbates) ringing in the ears for many. Often, when the sweetener is avoided, but ingested again by accidental exposure, the ringing returns. Not difficult to explain, when one realizes that every molecule of Aspartame consists of more than 10% Methanol, or wood alcohol, which breaks down in the body into Formaldehyde, Formic Acid and other neurotoxic substances. MSG is mentioned for its Glutamic Acid Content. Rightly so. However, Aspartame is 40% Aspartic Acid, effects of which are the same as Glutamic Acid in humans.
   We must therefore conclude that whether intentionally or accidentally omitted, Aspartame is the 800 lb. gorilla in this article nobody mentioned. ATA's acknowledgement of this fact on several occasions in past publications (Newsletters, etc.) have been a great service to readers suffering from this sometimes debilitating condition. This article seems remiss in this one area, unfortunately. — Respectfully, Mary Nash Stoddard/author Deadly Deception Story of Aspartame (Odenwald Press 1998)
   Mary Nash Stoddard, June 18, 2012 at 9:48 am

#REUTERS BREAKING NOW: NEW STUDY RESULTS SHOW WEIGHT GAIN WHEN EXPOSED TO #ASPARTAME

Drinking diet soda linked to a widening waistline with age

Thank you, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio for publishing this study showing negative effects of Aspartame ingestion.

 

By Kathryn Doyle23 hours ago

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By Kathryn Doyle

(Reuters Health) – - People over age 65 who drink diet soda daily tend to expand their waistlines by much more than peers who prefer other beverages, possibly contributing to chronic illnesses that go along with excess belly fat, according to a new study.

Research in other age groups has directly associated drinking sodas that replace sugar with artificial sweeteners and increased risk of diabetes, metabolic syndrome and preterm birth, said lead author Dr. Sharon P.G. Fowler of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.

The new study only observed people over time, and did not test whether drinking diet soda actually caused gains in abdominal fat, she cautioned. "We can't prove causality but there is quite a consistency in observational studies," Fowler told Reuters Health

For older people, who are already at increased risk for heart and metabolic diseases, increasing belly fat with age just adds to health risk, Fowler and her colleagues write.

To see what role diet soda might play, the study team followed people over age 65 for an average of nine years. The study started with physical examinations and questions about daily soda intake among 749 people who were over age 65 when first examined between 1992 and 1996. By 2003-2004, 375 participants were still living and had returned for three more examinations.

People who reported not drinking diet soda gained an average of 0.8 inches in waist circumference over the nine-year period compared to 1.83 inches for occasional diet soda drinkers and more than three inches for people who drank diet soda every day, according to the results in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

The authors had taken other factors like physical activity, diabetes and smoking into account.

"It cannot be explained by the calories," said Dr. Francisco Lopez-Jimenez of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, who was not involved in the study.

People who drink diet soda may be more likely to overeat in other areas, he told Reuters Health.

"The main point is for those who drink a lot of soda, diet or not, there may be a relationship with obesity," Lopez-Jimenez said.

"I think it probably is true that for some people, if they are not being really hardcore about losing weight and getting a healthier lifestyle, if they switch over to diet soda that allows them to have an extra slice of pizza or a candy bar," which translates to actually consuming more calories than would have been in a can of regular soda, Fowler said.

But another possibility is that there is a real causal relationship at the molecular level, which she believes is the case.

Diet sodas are very acidic, more so even than acid rain, and the acidity or the artificial sweeteners may have a direct impact on things like gut microbes, which influence how we absorb nutrients, Fowler noted.

"Calorie free does not equal consequence free," she said.

Although it's still unclear if diet soda actually causes dangerous changes to health, Fowler hopes that frequent users will try to wean themselves onto other beverages, like fresh brewed coffee, tea or mineral water with natural juices added.

"It's possible to find things without sweeteners or dose the sweetener themselves," she said.

The study doesn't justify a recommendation to avoid soda, but it does very clearly show that drinking diet soda does not lead to weight loss, Lopez-Jimenez said.

SOURCE: http://bit.ly/18ZeLeD Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, online March 17, 2015.

Further information may be found:

Contact: Hon. Mary Nash Stoddard -- author Deadly Deception Story of Aspartame (Odenwald Press 98)

Founder: Aspartame Consumer Safety Network and Pilot Hotline (since 1987)

http://marystod.blogspot.com/

https://twitter.com/marystod

http://www.aspartamesafety.com/

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Mary Nash Stoddard

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ASPARTAME ACTIVISTS MAKE A STAND in WASHINGTON DC at SENATE HEARINGS

Thank you, D Magazine for publishing this informative article with a statement from a corporate spokesman re: Out of Court settlements of Lawsuits, by the makers of artificial sweeteners. Plus many more to come. How many more we'll never know, because the records are sealed. Wonder how long the spokesman kept his job after this was published? <http://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/1988/january/aspartame-activists-make-a-stand>

D MAGAZINE ⋅ JANUARY 1988

Aspartame Activists Make A Stand

BY SARA IVEYFROM D MAGAZINE JANUARY 1988

To help her lose weight, Mary Nash Stoddard of Dallas drank Tab, which contains a food additive called aspartame, an artificial sweetener marketed under the names of NutraSweet and Equal.
Within a few months, Stoddard says she began to suffer cramping pains all over her body. Then, she says, she experienced a ringing in her ears, muscle spasms, hot sweats at night, numbness in her arms, hives, and acne. One day, she temporarily lost her hearing. Terrified, Stoddard feared she had contracted AIDS.
"My husband had had a recent blood transfusion, so I thought that was how it was transmitted to me," says the forty-nine-year-old mother of three. When an AIDS test came back negative, Stoddard started making appointments with an army of doctors. A battery of tests gave her no answers. Depressed and contemplating suicide, Stoddard did the last thing she could think of. She stopped drinking Tab. To her surprise the symptoms subsided, then disappeared. Her doctor told her she apparently had a low tolerance to aspartame.
Soon, Stoddard discovered she was not alone. She learned of a group called Aspartame Victims and Their Friends, based in Florida and founded by a woman who claims she suffered optic nerve damage from aspartame. By mid-1987 Stoddard had formed a Texas chapter of AVTF, targeting the Food and Drug Administration and the NutraSweet Company, a division of Monsanto and the makers of aspartame.
Both the FDA and NutraSweet insist that aspartame is safe for everyone except a tiny minority who carry a pair of genes that cause the metabolic defect called PKU, which can cause mental retardation in infants. All aspartame products must carry a warning to this group. NutraSweet says that some lawsuits stemming from complaints about aspartame have been settled out of court and others are pending.
A one-day Senate hearing was held in Washington, DC., this past November to discuss these issues. One witness from Dallas, Larry Taylor, testified that he could no longer work as a nurse anesthetist because of seizures caused by aspartame consumption. Senator Howard Metzenbaum, D-Ohio, is drawing up a bill that calls for better labeling, funding for independent research into the effects of aspartame, and a government-supported hotline for complaints.
Meanwhile, Stoddard has turned down an offer from the NutraSweet Company to be tested by its doctors. She also has turned down the company's offer to participate in a double blind study using aspartame capsules and placebos. "I don't trust them to evaluate their own product. Why should they when it's making them millions in profits?" Stoddard says.

ASPARTAME MEDICAL EXPERT WITNESSES - WASHINGTON PRESS CONFERENCE - Psychiatrist Dr. Ralph Walton and Hon. Mary Nash Stoddard

Top Psychiatrist Research on Aspartame/Neotame Safety 

http://marystod.blogspot.com/2010/11/top-psychiatrist-research-on.html via @marystod

Hon. Mary Nash Stoddard and Dr. Ralph Walton - Panelists at Washington DC BRAIN TUMOR & ASPARTAME PRESS CONFERENCE w/Dr. John Olney; James Turner, Esq.; Sen. Howard Metzenbaum. Stoddard presented cases of Pilots with Brain Tumors from Aspartame ingestion, documented by her Pilot's Hotline in Dallas TX.