Aspartame and MS

Posted by Barb Dufty at 3/7/2010 2:47 PM
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It's easy to get sucked in by internet articles that have solutions for MS.  The medical world not only has no idea how to cure MS, but it does not even understand what causes MS in the first place.  Or why there is a higher incidence in some places that others, eg Scotland has the highest incidence of multiple sclerosis in the world, and nobody knows why.   We know so little about MS at all.  So, the field is wide open for theories and nutters.  You will read that it's all to do with how much water you drink.  Or your diet.  Or if you have vitamin D deficiency.  Or drink too much coffee.
 
So when I read that aspartame -- the ingredient in artificial sweeteners such as Equal -- is a major factor in developing MS, and you will start to improve immediately if you stop using it, I dismissed it as a mad harebrained internet theory.  I still think so.

There are a lot of people who are conviced, however.

"So let me set the record straight now. Aspartame is one of the most dangerous substances ever added to food. Not only has aspartame been proven to make you fatter, it's been proven to cause some pretty serious diseases, not the least of which are cancer and neurological diseases."  http://www.douglassreport.com.au/reports/aspartame.html?gclid=CN7xh7ntpaACFcQtpAodCU69aQ (Dr William Campbell Douglass.)

"Ingestion of aspartame adds to toxic reactions within the myelin, exacerbating Multiple Sclerosis symptoms." http://www.sweetpoison.com/multiple-sclerosis.html  (Janet Starr Hull, creator of the Aspartame Detox Program)

"Dr. Russell Blaylock, a recently retired neurosurgeon, has been warning about the hazards of ingesting aspartame for years.  In his book, "Excitotoxins: The Taste that Kills," Blaylock says that Aspartame and Multiple Sclerosis (MS) are closely related. The Multiple Sclerosis society, however, denies there is any connection between MS and Aspartame. It may be that the Society has chosen to hang on to industry funding rather than to warn its members of the toxic potential of Aspartame. Blaylock explains the biological mechanism by which Aspartame circumvents the blood-brain-barrier and gets at vital nervous tissues."  http://www.truthinlabeling.org/Blaylock-AspartameAndMultipleSclerosis-Neurosurgeon'sWarning.html 

There are many, many more.  The theory has been roundly de-bunked by reputable MS information websites.

We are sure that Don's marked improvement over the past year is due to taking Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN).  His mobility has not improved but he has improved in every other way, especially mentally.  The only thing is, I am also conscious that since he has been in the nursing home, his diabetes is completely under control and he no longer has artificial sweetener in anything - has not done so for a long while.   In the past he used to have large amounts of Equal and had lots of diet drinks.

Coincidence?  ....... I guess so ....

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