Neurosurgeon Alerts Pilots to Aspartame Danger

[formercia]

http://www.opednews.com/articles/PILOT-ASPARTAME-ALERT-by-Dr-Russell-Blaylo-090409-609.html
April 10, 2009

Neurosurgeon Alerts Pilots to Aspartame Danger

By Dr. Russell Blaylock, Neurosurgeon

In the light of deaths of American Airline pilots who heavily used aspartame Dr. Blaylock gives this warning.

We continually receive complaints from pilots about seizures, cardiac problems, vision loss, vertigo, confusion, disorientation, etc. associated with consumption of Equal/ aspartame/NutraSweet/Spoonful/Canderel/E951, etc Aspartame is a compound of phenylalanine, aspartic acid and a methyl ester which converts to methyl alcohol in digestion: wood alcohol, 1 ounce is a fatal dose, then into formaldehyde! Mission Possible Aviation.

I have reviewed reports from airline and private pilots concerning effects of aspartame on various physiological systems. Several of these are related to the nervous system, which puts this in category of great concern to the pilot as well as the general public. The more common complaints include disorientation, difficulty thinking and concentrating, visual blurring or even monocular blindness, seizures and heart failure. It is well known that the ingredients in aspartame, as well as its breakdown products, have deleterious effects on the nervous system and retina.

For example, phenylalanine is a precursor of the catecholamine neurotransmitters in the brain and elevated levels in the brain have been associated with seizures. These catecholamines are metabolized to form other excitotoxins and peroxide products that can lead to elevated free radical formation and lipid peroxidation within neurons.

--snip--

Feed the fucking bankers Ramen and Diet pop until they croak.

[ginnyinWI]

1. occular migraines.

Since menopause I've been subject to these: you have an episode of a waviness over your vision, like looking through a rainy window pane. Lasts 20 minutes, then sometime later I notice a mild headache--very mild. The problem originates in the brain, not the eyes themselves.

Anyway, when I eat aspartame I have a lot more of these. So I quit: I still get them now, but the last interval was five weeks, not two days!

[formercia]

2. Add to this, prescription medications that so many take

for cardiac or neurological conditions and the potential is scary.

[jwny81]

4. You're right.

That is pretty scary.

[Laelth]

9. Welcome to DU!

:dem:

-Laelth

[truedelphi]

5. Also add to this, the Febreeze, Lysols etc that the cleaning crews

Bombard the planes with. What is even in those products? More ethers? Some Formaldehydes? Who knows?

The overseas routes get sprayed heavily with pesticides, as well.

I very much fear for the future generations that will not know real food, real nutrition, and real clean air that contains oxygen.

[formercia]

28. Being cooped up on a long flight

inside the equivalent of a very large porta-potty with a communal waiting area.

[tbyg52]

6. I had one of those once, and it was in the early years of menopause, now that I think of it.

A sparkly pattern that I perceived as being just in front of my left eye, and about an inch across. It was actually rather pretty, if annoying....!

[ginnyinWI]

11. I describe it as "shimmering"

It's not bad when you stop being afraid of it. I can usually continue what I'm doing, except for reading more than a few words. I do think it has something to do with hormonal shifts.

[Quantess]

36. For me it only gets worse until I rest my eyes.

And now that I've stopped taking birth control pills I hardly ever get ocular migraines.

[ginnyinWI]

37. funny--

I had my first experience with these when I was taking hormones for menopause. Hormones again.

[Quantess]

39. Have you told your doctor about your possible side effect?

I complained to my doctor when it kept happening about every month or more. I was about 23, and the doctor advised me to stop taking BC pills (I was already on the lowest dose) because I may be at risk for a stroke. I was told that the vision distrubances are caused by blood vessels in the brain closing, which results in not enough blood getting to certain parts of the brain. Obviously you would want the blood flow to the brain to go back to normal as soon as possible, to avoid killing brain cells.

[ginnyinWI]

46. yes

I am not taking hormones any more and am under my doc's care. ;)

[Quantess]

54. Good for you.

:hi:

[tbyg52]

55. Hmmm. I didn't take any hormones

and I haven't taken birth control pills since a couple of years when I was in my 20's.

Then again, for me it only happened the one time.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

3. I don't know if his book was mentioned in the article... or how

many people will visit his site... so here it is just in case.


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It is almost a cliche in this day and age for someone to ask the waiter at a Chinese restaurant 'no MSG, please,' as is the waiter's knowing smirk in response. MonoSodium Glutamate (MSG), or 'The essence of taste' (as coined by the Japanese), is used as a 'taste-enhancer' in nearly every form of processed food on the market today, though 'taste addiction' may be a more correct term. But what exactly does it do? And how is it harmful?

Dr. Russell L. Blaylock answers these questions and poses some startling evidence as to the eventual consequences of a heavy MSG-diet in his book _Excitotoxins: The Taste that Kills_. In basic terms, MSG (and other, similar agents) pierces the blood-brain barrier and over-stimulates the neurons of a brain to a deadly degree. Habitual intake among animal experiments has shown the development of tumors, memory loss, and a whole host of neurodegenerative diseases as the end result of excess excitotoxin intake, including Alzhiemer's, Parkenson's, Lou Gerhig's etc.

Walk into any gas station in the United States (or grocery store, for that matter) and, upon close investigation, you will find that 75%-90% of the available food has been 'enhanced' to some degree by excitotoxins. The chemical agents are often disguised by such ambiguous terms as 'spice' and 'natural flavors' or, my personal favorite, 'hydrolyzed vegetable protein.' A consumer society must have consumer slaves to keep it functioning; MSG is the crack cocaine of the food industry...and it is legally perpetuated by slush-fund advocates and a pork-glutted FDA. As proven again and again, money talks, ... .

Blaylock's thesis is written in a technical style, but the use of repetition throughout each chapter hammer in his myriad points into the reader with precision and power. An important book for anyone concerned with the health of self and family. You are what you eat---but do you know _what_ it is you are eating, below the surface of taste/fulfillment?

[truedelphi]

7. I am going to go get that book.

Dr Betty Martini saved my life. I had scheduled an interview with her about Aspartame, at a time in my life when everything was pretty wonderful, yet I was being knocked around by an overwhelming Depression that included heavy duty thoughts of suicide.

When Martini called me for the interview, she said, "I don't want to talk about Aspartame. I want to discuss MSG."

And she went immediately into a lecture on how the components of MSG can trigger massive Depression.

I immediately thought of my own situation and said, "But what about someone like me who avoids MSG?"

She laughed in response. "Put the phone down right now, and bring any cans, boxes or jars of foods you eat back to the phone -- then read me the ingredients."

It turned out, everything I was consuming had MSG. All of it was hidden in the language on the label - hydrolised soy protein, or hysdrolised tapioca protein, etc.

I gave up eating almost 90% of the items that come from boxes, jars and cans and thus nipped my depression in something like 48 hours. I have no idea why she decided to NOT talk about Aspartame - but her decision to discuss MSG saved my life.

[Hanse]

41. The components of MSG?

What, you mean sodium? And glutamate?

:rofl:

[Delphinus]

51. Whoa!

I got rid of all my food that contained High Fructose Corn Syrup but never thought about looking for MSG.

I am another person who does not fare well with aspartame, so really watch what I eat. Again, never thought about MSG and wouldn't have known what to look for without your words above. Thanks!

[formercia]

61. My blood pressure is down to normal levels after only a couple of days

since I read the article and started looking closely at the ingredients.

We're being poisoned.

[truedelphi]

67. She also thought that many manufacturers adulterated the corn syrup with the MSG.

MSG makes things tastier. That is why so many of us have that binge effect. You want only one short bread cookie, bbut find it impossible not to consume the whole bag.

Sad thing is, since most people don't know about MSG, they end up preferring anything that contains it. The brand of cookies without MSG doesn't have quite the appeal of the cookies with MSG.

[KittyWampus]

12. Oh dear, the skeptic will be here shortly to debunk this entire thread.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

22. More bunk, less filling. n/t

[formercia]

8. 75 mg. of Demerol will make it all go away

You won't even need wings.

[bluesmail]

10. I've had moments of disorientation. Not from aspertame.

From generic prescription drugs. Generics may be less in price, but they do put me in a 'fog'. The pharmacy gets paid more for pushing the generic. This according to my doctor. What is generic? IMO and it's based only on my opinion, generics are prescription drugs that cannot pass as what they are marketed as. Ergo the lower price. For some unknown reason BigPharma needs to get rid of them w/o total loss. What's in them? My friend says it's a pill that's lower in cost produced by a different manufacturer. No one seems to know what's in these generics. I would like to know. We are what we eat. We are what we eat.

[formercia]

26. I've had problems with generics too

I had to go to Diovan for blood pressure because the generic Lisinopril, that was made in India, was causing terrible side effects.

This works to the advantage of Big Pharma because it drives business their way and gives generics, which might otherwise be safe, a bad name.

[Dr.Phool]

65. What were your side effects from Lisinopril?

I had some problems a few years ago, and spent 3 days in the hospital, and they never did figure out what was wrong.

[formercia]

66. Seizure like symptoms, panic attacks, chest pain.

I felt like I was suffocating but the paramedics said my blood oxygen was 97%.Blood pressure an Potassium levels were all over the place.$14 K in emergency room visits and an overnight in the hospital. Not much of a savings. I'd rather pay the $20. co-pay for the Diovan. Doctors shrug and scratch their heads.

[Dr.Phool]

69. I was having dizzy spells.

They ran every test known to man on me. They said they had it narrowed down to Lyme or MS, but it would take a week to get the test results back. Both came back negative, so we still don't have a clue.

But, they disappeared as fast as the came.

[formercia]

70. Lucky you.

I wouldn't wish mine on anyone.

[Sebastian Doyle]

13. K&R

Not even because I hate aspartame. Hell, at this point I'd kick a pro-aspartame thread, just to get something to the top of this forum that's not an "AMERICA FUCK YEAH!1111!!! WE BEAT UP ON A ROWBOAT FULL OF IDIOT PIRATES!!!!11111" freeper orgy.

Now that said, aspartame is toxic shit and Donald Rumsfeld name is on the patent. What else needs to be said?

[kristopher]

14. newsmax and alex jones

The guy gets a lot of play on Alex Jones and has a regular column on Newsmax (home of Dick Morris among other conservative paragons of truth).
That doesn't mean he is not correct, but it certainly doesn't add to his credibility. I mean, those aren't the places I go to for expert advice on anything - especially medicine.

FWIW.

[MajorChode]

15. Some people have yet to find a conspiracy theory they didn't like

You don't have to be completely full of shit to contribute to Newsmax and Alex Jones, but it sure is a great start.

[Bluebear]

16. So you are vouching for the absolute safety of aspartame?

[MajorChode]

17. So you are practicing your art of the non sequitur?

[Bluebear]

18. Do you care to stay on the topic of aspartame?

[MajorChode]

19. Do you care to ask a question that isn't loaded?

Or do you just want to "stay" with logical fallacies (aka bullshit)?

[Bluebear]

20. /ignore

You certainly know from bullshit.

[MajorChode]

21. Ah the bullshit artist got offended when someone called bullshit on him

Ya gotta love foil hatters.

[snooper2]

68. I do- aspartame is perfectly fine

:)

[McCamy Taylor]

23. I have avoided NutraSweet ever since it was introduced. I figured a neurotransmitter taken in heavy

amounts could not be good for the brain. Plus, it causes migraines.

[joshcryer]

25. They have a big "FAQ" that says it doesn't cause migranes, they have "studies" proving it doesn't.

I consider it junk science, however, because I can do a blind study test and it will cause me to have migraines every fucking time (and yes I've done it).

[MajorChode]

29. How exactly does your "blind study" test work?

I find it rather ironic that you're labeling other work as "junk science" when you're conducting your own "blind study".

[formercia]

31. How many ounces of Methanol does it take?

before it becomes a blind study?

[MajorChode]

33. Excellent question

This also begs the question of how much can one masturbate before it becomes a "blind study".

[joshcryer]

56. It's simple, cool aid with aspertame compared to cool aid with sugar.

The results are completely reproducable without my knowing which is which (the taste was irrelevant because as a smoker I had barely any taste).

[MajorChode]

57. Perhaps I'm not simple enough to understand your methodology

I find it hard to believe even a smoker couldn't tell the difference between the two to begin with, but even assuming as much it makes me wonder why you would bother with any type of sweetener in the first place. But even if I could use my imagination and fathom such a story, how exactly would you then know you had taken aspertame? And even if I could possibly believe all of this, what makes you think any of it is anything more than anecdotal (aka "junk science")?

[MajorChode]

32. Lots of things you are probably already eating contain neurotransmitters

Mushrooms, walnuts, chocolate, many fruits and vegetables, various meats, and hundreds (if not thousands) of other things all contain neurotransmitters.

[joshcryer]

24. Aspartame gives me serious migranes and makes me completely and utterly sick.

It's the *only* additive that I've found that does this, and yes, I've tried everything to nail it down. Anything with aspartame drank in more than 8 oz quantities just fucks my whole metabolism up. Can't sleep, can't eat, can't think, completely ruins my body.

I avoid aspartame at all costs. The effects of dehydration are less painful than drinking something with it.

[seabeyond]

27. shit, just read my fresca can. aspartame. i drink 2-3 12 oz cans a day

man.... lol

hm

been too many years if it really does cause problem already happened

[krabigirl]

30. Nothing good comes from those false sugars.

When I have a soda, which is rarely, I drink Hansen's. The regular, with cane sugar..not diet. It tastes good :)

[MajorChode]

38. I like Dublin Dr Pepper

I've even been known to go to Dublin to get it.

[Hanse]

47. Well, there's one good thing.

Sweet taste, without sugar.

As opposed to real sugar, which gives people diabetes and obesity.

[TheWraith]

34. Excuse me, but did anyone do research on this guy?

He's a favorite son of Newsmax, of fringe conspiracy theory psychotic Alex Jones, is the assistant editor of a politically conservative journal, and he's spent his career pushing unregulated and unsubstantiated medical advice in the form of "nutraceuticals" and herbal cancer cures.

[TZ]

44. Actual facts?

Come on. What does that matter here. Everybody KNOWS that aspartame is POISON. Science is wrong. What everyone believes makes it the TWOOF! Who needs actual verifiable data...
I'm no chemist and I can see about 3 chemical inaccuraces just from glancing at that article. If it looks like a duck and sounds like a duck ...QUACK!

[varkam]

50. No no, TZ, if it looks like a duck and sounds like a duck, then it is clearly...

the greatest scientific discovery of our or any generation.

Why do you hate the truth?

[redqueen]

64. +eleventy bazillion

[L0oniX]

35. Don't for get about sucralose "Splenda" ...also very bad shit!

http://www.splendaexposed.com/
The inventors of Splenda admit around fifteen percent (15%) of sucralose is absorbed by the body, but they cannot guarantee us (out of this fifteen percent) what amount of chlorine stays in the body and what percent flushes out.

...and don't even get me started on high fructose corn syrup.

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[Hanse]

40. Wow, as if there weren't enough stupid threads in GD today...

We get an especially bad one about aspartame.

"It is well known that the ingredients in aspartame, as well as its breakdown products, have deleterious effects...for example, phenylalanine..."

:rofl:

[varkam]

45. OMGZ! Teh table salt has CHLROINE GAZ IN IT!

Runz!

:rofl:

[Hanse]

48. And just how much aspartame do they put in ramen anyway?

Apparently the OP confused aspartame with MSG.

I mean I realize they're both made up of amino acids, but come on!

[varkam]

49. Oh, you and your silly facts! Why don't you go play 'S'cientist and leave the grown-ups to their...

grown-up talk?

ASPARTIM IS TEH SERIES!

[formercia]

59. If you read the article, you would understand

Don't be stupid.

[formercia]

60. Please release the vacuum from your cranium.

It makes it easier to read when your eyeballs can see daylight.

[varkam]

62. Yawn.

Boring insults make me sleepy.

[formercia]

58. TAKE THE TEST.

It won't cost you much.

Take one week, and eat healthy. No MSG, hydrolyzed vegetable protein, Soy Sauce, Aspartame or whatever clever name they come up for it. No dinner in a box or other ersatz excuse for food and see if you don't feel an improvement. My blood pressure had been going nuts. This Morning, it was normal, even before I took my meds.

Don't take test data for granted. See for yourself.

[varkam]

63. Because, as we all know, anecdote is the plural of datum.

Don't be stupid.

[conscious evolution]

71. See for yourself?

But that makes sense.
Stop making sense.
Now.