Soda warning: High sugar intake linked to pancreatic cancer

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Originally published November 9 2006
Soda warning: High sugar intake linked to pancreatic cancer
(NewsTarget) On Wednesday, research was released from the Karolinska
Institute in Sweden that showed people who drink soft drinks or add sugar
to
their coffee increase their risk of developing pancreatic cancer.

It's just as well that I switched over to aspartame when I was
diagnosed with diabetes, isn't it? My pancreas is in enough trouble
already.
--
Peter Bowditch

Aspartame.

snip evidence of paranoia and insanity

Did you have any contribution to make, Jan, or are you just adding to
global warming. This thread is about sugar and its dangers, not about
another chemical which has been safely consumed by hundreds of
millions of people every day over a period of decades.

Please try to stay on topic.
--
Peter Bowditch aa #2243
The Millenium Project http://www.ratbags.com/rsoles
Australian Council Against Health Fraud http://www.acahf.org.au
Australian Skeptics http://www.skeptics.com.au
To email me use my first name only at ratbags.com

"Peter Bowditch" wrote in message
...
"Rod" wrote:


"Peter Bowditch" wrote in message
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"Jan Drew" wrote:

http://www.newstarget.com/z021031.html

Originally published November 9 2006
Soda warning: High sugar intake linked to pancreatic cancer
(NewsTarget) On Wednesday, research was released from the Karolinska
Institute in Sweden that showed people who drink soft drinks or add
sugar
to
their coffee increase their risk of developing pancreatic cancer.

It's just as well that I switched over to aspartame when I was
diagnosed with diabetes, isn't it? My pancreas is in enough trouble
already.

Maybe you will be able to tell us all how effective your switch has been?
Like do you still have Diabetes? If so, what do you believe is the cause?

I will have diabetes until I die. There is no cure. I do have it under
reasonably good control, though, which I achieved by changing my diet,
getting more exercise, and using medication )which I might not have to
take forever). If I stop the metformin and go back to eating twice as
much food as I need I will be back to where I was in a very short
time.

Nobody knows the cause, but, like many things, it appears to be a
combination of genetics and environment. It is not caused by obesity
(my spare tyre was a result of insulin resistance, not a cause), it is
not caused by lethargy, it is not caused by eating sugar. Finding a
cause will take the search for a cure a long way forward.

You suffer from a chronic incurable disease, so you should understand
that even if all the signs and symptoms are controlled the disease is
still there. Diabetes is no different. If I went a month without my
blood glucose level ever rising above 5mmol/l at any time I would be
ecstatic. But I wouldn't be cured.

Thank you Peter, I do understand.


--
Peter Bowditch aa #2243
The Millenium Project http://www.ratbags.com/rsoles
Australian Council Against Health Fraud http://www.acahf.org.au
Australian Skeptics http://www.skeptics.com.au
To email me use my first name only at ratbags.com

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Did you not understand what you wrote? Asking if someone still has
diabetes following a change in diet certainly does suggest that you
think it's curable.



Diabetes is CURABLE.
Obesity is CURABLE.

NEITHER are a viral or bacterial or uncontrolled "extra" growth problem.
Both are a unique capability of an individual to "metabolize" or "process"
calories or glucose.

People who have a low metabolic rate, let's say short people, MUST avoid
excess food.
People who have "blood sugar" limitations MUST control sugar and carb
intake.

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http://www.newstarget.com/z021031.html

Originally published November 9 2006
Soda warning: High sugar intake linked to pancreatic cancer


ALL cancer has a link (high or low) to sugar intake.
ALL cancer.
People who breathe get it a lot as well, ALL people who breathe!

Ian

May you get what you deserve.
FYI PET scans use al manner of methods to detect "sugar" concentrations.

Stupid and nasty, a sad, sad combination.

May you get what you deserve.
FYI PET scans use all manner of methods to detect "sugar" concentrations.
YOU judged what it means.

Sugar aggravates cancer.
Sugar is not a natural substance to the human system. It takes very little
to be excessive.

May you get what you deserve because of PURPOSEFUL blindness..
FYI PET scans use all manner of methods to detect "sugar" concentrations.

"Jan Drew" wrote in message
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"Peter Bowditch" wrote in message
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"Jan Drew" wrote:

http://www.newstarget.com/z021031.html

Originally published November 9 2006
Soda warning: High sugar intake linked to pancreatic cancer
(NewsTarget) On Wednesday, research was released from the Karolinska
Institute in Sweden that showed people who drink soft drinks or add sugar
to
their coffee increase their risk of developing pancreatic cancer.

It's just as well that I switched over to aspartame when I was
diagnosed with diabetes, isn't it? My pancreas is in enough trouble
already.
--
Peter Bowditch

Aspartame.

Some people seem to have a natural affinity for self destruction. Aspartame
vs sugar, what a decision.
Some of the best advice I ever received from a top Cardiologist was as
follows.
Either drink coffee in moderation or none at all. DO NOT drink de-caf.
Either have sugar or not, do not use any manufacured sustitutes such as
aspertame, etc.. Stevia is O.K.
To abstain from liquor is about as bad for the health as excess. Consistant
daily intake is optimum. There are many theories why, but it is hard
statistics.
Masocistic exercise is as bad as zero exercise, both are deadly.
Sex is good for the heart and weight control.
Positive attitude is above ALL. NEVER concider yourself to be sick or
sickly.

Oh, yes, and forget that soda pop or salt exists in any form.

Stevia is interesting research regarding our FDA "protecting us".


http://www.nature.com/news/2005/0511...051114-15.html

April 6, 2004


LAWSUITS ACCUSE MANY COMPANIES OF POISONING THE PUBLIC WITH ASPARTAME
http://www.nationaljusticeleague.com
SACRAMENTO -- April 6th, Lawsuits were filed in three separate
California courts against twelve companies who either produce or use
the artificial sweetener aspartame as a sugar substitute in their
products. The suits were filed in Shasta, Sonoma and Butte County,
California.


The suits allege that the food companies committed fraud and breach of
warranty by marketing products to the public such as diet Coke, diet
Pepsi, sugar free gum, Flintstone's vitamins, yogurt and children's
aspirin with the full knowledge that aspartame, the sweetener in them,
is neurotoxic.


Aspartame is a drug masquerading as an additive. It interacts with
other drugs, has a synergistic and additive effect with MSG, and is a
chemical hyper-sensitization agent. As far back as 1970, Dr. John
Olney founded the field of neuroscience called excitotoxicity when he
did studies on aspartic acid, which makes up 40% of aspartame, and
found it caused lesions in the brains of mice. He made world news on
the aspartame/brain tumor connection in l996. Dr. Ralph Walton,
Professor and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry, Northeastern
Ohio Universities College of Medicine has written of the behavioral
and psychiatric problems triggered by aspartame-caused depletion of
serotonin.


Aspartame causes headache, memory loss, seizures, vision loss, coma
and cancer. It worsens or mimics the symptoms of such diseases and
conditions as fibromyalgia, MS, lupus, ADD, diabetes, Alzheimer's,
chronic fatigue and depression.


Aspartame liberates free methyl alcohol. The resulting chronic
methanol poisoning affects the dopamine system of the brain causing
addiction. Methanol, or wood alcohol, constitutes one-third of the
aspartame molecule and is classified as a severe metabolic poison and
narcotic. Recent news is full of reports of world-class athletes and
other healthy consumers of aspartame suddenly dropping dead. Sudden
death can occur from aspartame use because it damages the cardiac
conduction system.


Dr. Woodrow Monte in the peer reviewed journal, Aspartame: Methanol
and the Public Health, wrote: "When diet sodas and soft drinks,
sweetened with aspartame, are used to replace fluid loss during
exercise and physical exertion in hot climates, the intake of methanol
can exceed 250 mg/day or 32 times the Environmental Protection
Agency's recommended limit of consumption for this cumulative poison."


The effects of aspartame are documented by the FDA's own data. In 1995
the agency was forced, under the Freedom Of Information Act, to
release a list of ninety-two aspartame symptoms reported by thousands
of victims. This is only the tip of the iceberg. H. J. Roberts, MD,
published the medical text "Aspartame Disease: An Ignored Epidemic" --
1,000 pages of symptoms and diseases triggered by this neurotoxin
including the sordid history of its approval.


Since its discovery in 1965, controversy has raged over the health
risks associated with the sugar substitute. From laboratory testing of
the chemical on rats, researchers have discovered that the drug
induces brain tumors. On Sept 30, l980 the Board of Inquiry of the FDA
concurred and denied the petition for approval. In l981, the newly
appointed FDA Commissioner, Arthur Hull Hayes, ignored the negative
ruling and approved aspartame for dry goods. As recorded in the
Congressional Record of 1985, then CEO of Searle Laboratories Donald
Rumsfeld said that he would call in his markers to get aspartame
approved. Rumsfeld was on President Reagan's transition team and a day
after taking office appointed Hayes. No FDA Commissioner in the
previous sixteen years had allowed Aspartame on the market.


In 1983, aspartame was approved for use in carbonated beverages. Today
it is found in over 5000 foods, drinks and medicines.


Neurosurgeon Russell Blaylock, MD, author of "Excitotoxins: The Taste
That Kills" (www.russellblaylockmd.com) wrote about the relationship
between aspartame and macular degeneration, diabetic blindness and
glaucoma (all known to result from excitotoxin accumulation in the
retina).


All of these neurodegenerative diseases are worsened by aspartame. In
addition, we now have evidence that excitotoxins play a major role in
exacerbation of MS and other demyelinating disorders including
trigeminal neuraliga. Blaylock says that new studies show excitotoxins
trigger significant elevation of free radicals in the lining
(endothelial cells) of arteries, which means that aspartame will
increase the incidence of heart attacks and strokes (atherosclerosis).


In original studies, aspartame has triggered brain, mammary, uterine,
ovarian, testicular, thyroid and pancreatic tumors.


Defendants in the lawsuits include Coca-cola, PepsiCo, Bayer Corp.,
the Dannon Company, William Wrigley Jr. Company, ConAgra Foods, Wyeth,
Inc., The NutraSweet Company, and Altria Corp. (parent company of
Kraft Foods and Philip Morris).


Plaintiffs have asked for an injunction to stop companies from
producing, manufacturing, processing, selling or using aspartame.


Plaintiffs in all three cases are seeking a jury trial.


If you would like to schedule someone from the National Justice League
for an interview, please call or fax us at 208-246-1171.


Sincerely,
Roberta Bellon,
Public Relations


Dr. Woodrow Monte in the peer reviewed journal, Aspartame: Methanol
and the Public Health, wrote: "When diet sodas and soft drinks,
sweetened with aspartame, are used to replace fluid loss during
exercise and physical exertion in hot climates, the intake of methanol
can exceed 250 mg/day or 32 times the Environmental Protection
Agency's recommended limit of consumption for this cumulative poison."


The effects of aspartame are documented by the FDA's own data. In 1995 the
agency was forced, under the Freedom Of Information Act, to
release a list of ninety-two aspartame symptoms reported by thousands
of victims


This is only the tip of the iceberg. H. J. Roberts, MD,
published the medical text "Aspartame Disease: An Ignored Epidemic" --
1,000 pages of symptoms and diseases triggered by this neurotoxin
including the sordid history of its approval.


On Sept 30, l980 the Board of Inquiry of the FDA
concurred and denied the petition for approval. In l981, the newly
appointed FDA Commissioner, Arthur Hull Hayes, ignored the negative
ruling and approved aspartame for dry goods. As recorded in the
Congressional Record of 1985, then CEO of Searle Laboratories Donald
Rumsfeld said that he would call in his markers to get aspartame
approved. Rumsfeld was on President Reagan's transition team and a day
after taking office appointed Hayes. No FDA Commissioner in the
previous sixteen years had allowed Aspartame on the market.


Aspartic acid (aspartame) and glutamate (ingredient in monosodium
glutamate)
have been labeled as excitotoxins, which Dr. Russell Blaylock, author of
Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills, defines as "a group of excitatory
amino
acids that can cause sensitive neurons to die" (226). An article in the
Orlando
Sentinel Tribune states, "according to Blaylock, a single meal may contain
several of these additives . . . given a high enough dose can include
brain
lesions." Blaylock is concerned that "hundreds of millions of infants and
young
children are at great risk and their parents are not even aware of it"
(qtd.
In
Bonvie and Bonvie G1).


The last component of aspartame is methanol, better known as wood alcohol,
a
"deadly poison," claims Dr. Roberts. The Environmental Protection Agency
recommends less than eight milligrams per day of methanol. A typical liter
of
an aspartame diet soda contains approximately 55 milligrams. Complications
of
methanol poisoning include blindness, brain swelling, pancreatitis,
numbness,
shooting pains, cardiac changes, and death (28, 42-45). According to
Aspartame
Consumer Safety Network, when ingested, methanol breaks down into
formaldehyde,
"known to cause cancer, accumulating slowly without detection in the body"
(The Deadly Deception 2).

"Vernon" anere@anhere wrote in message
m...

"cathyb" wrote in message
oups.com...


Did you not understand what you wrote? Asking if someone still has
diabetes following a change in diet certainly does suggest that you
think it's curable.



Diabetes is CURABLE.
Obesity is CURABLE.

NEITHER are a viral or bacterial or uncontrolled "extra" growth problem.
Both are a unique capability of an individual to "metabolize" or "process"
calories or glucose.

People who have a low metabolic rate, let's say short people, MUST avoid
excess food.
People who have "blood sugar" limitations MUST control sugar and carb
intake.

P.S.
There are MANY cases when medication is absolutely necessary to keep control
of either. It's also easy to show where medication too often takes the
place of proper solutions.

"Jan Drew" wrote in message
. ..

"Peter Bowditch" wrote in message
...
"Jan Drew" wrote:

http://www.newstarget.com/z021031.html

Originally published November 9 2006
Soda warning: High sugar intake linked to pancreatic cancer
(NewsTarget) On Wednesday, research was released from the Karolinska
Institute in Sweden that showed people who drink soft drinks or add sugar
to
their coffee increase their risk of developing pancreatic cancer.

The researchers studied the diets of nearly 80,000 men and women between
1997 and 2005. Of those, 131 developed cancer of the pancreas. The group of
people who reported drinking sodas or syrup-based drinks twice a day or more
were 90 percent more likely to develop pancreatic cancer than those who did
not consume such beverages; people who added sugar to their drinks about
five times a day were 70 percent more likely to contract the disease; and
those who consumed the popular Swedish sugary dessert known as creamed fruit
were at a 50 percent increased risk for the cancer, according to the results
published in the American Jounral of Clinical Nutrition.

"The researchers have now been able to show that the risk of developing
pancreatic cancer is related to the amount of sugar in the diet," said a
statement released by the institute.

"Despite the fact that the chances of developing pancreatic cancer are
relatively small, it's important to learn more about the risk factors behind
the disease," said researcher Susanna Larsson.

Pancreatic cancer is one of the most deadly forms of the disease, and is
notoriously difficult to treat because it usually does not get diagnosed
until it has spread beyond the pancreas. About 216,000 new cases of the
cancer are diagnosed each year, mostly in developed countries and mostly in
people older than 60.

"It is perhaps the most serious form of cancer, with very poor prognoses for
its victims," Larsson said. "Since it's difficult to treat and is often
discovered too late, it's particularly important that we learn to prevent
it."

"Pancreatic cancer is just one more serious health danger that comes from
drinking soft drinks and sugar-laden beverages," said Mike Adams, a health
advocate and author of "The Five Soft Drink Monsters." "In both Europe and
the United States, these drinks are contributing, not only to cancer, but
also to the spreading obesity epidemic and the subsequent increase in type 2
diabetes cases.

"The path to true health does not include any refined sugars whatsoever,
least of all from 'sugar water' or sweetened juice drinks," he said.



It's just as well that I switched over to aspartame when I was
diagnosed with diabetes, isn't it? My pancreas is in enough trouble
already.
--
Peter Bowditch

Aspartame.

http://www.nature.com/news/2005/0511...051114-15.html

April 6, 2004


LAWSUITS ACCUSE MANY COMPANIES OF POISONING THE PUBLIC WITH ASPARTAME
http://www.nationaljusticeleague.com
SACRAMENTO -- April 6th, Lawsuits were filed in three separate
California courts against twelve companies who either produce or use
the artificial sweetener aspartame as a sugar substitute in their
products. The suits were filed in Shasta, Sonoma and Butte County,
California.


The suits allege that the food companies committed fraud and breach of
warranty by marketing products to the public such as diet Coke, diet
Pepsi, sugar free gum, Flintstone's vitamins, yogurt and children's
aspirin with the full knowledge that aspartame, the sweetener in them,
is neurotoxic.


Aspartame is a drug masquerading as an additive. It interacts with
other drugs, has a synergistic and additive effect with MSG, and is a
chemical hyper-sensitization agent. As far back as 1970, Dr. John
Olney founded the field of neuroscience called excitotoxicity when he
did studies on aspartic acid, which makes up 40% of aspartame, and
found it caused lesions in the brains of mice. He made world news on
the aspartame/brain tumor connection in l996. Dr. Ralph Walton,
Professor and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry, Northeastern
Ohio Universities College of Medicine has written of the behavioral
and psychiatric problems triggered by aspartame-caused depletion of
serotonin.


Aspartame causes headache, memory loss, seizures, vision loss, coma
and cancer. It worsens or mimics the symptoms of such diseases and
conditions as fibromyalgia, MS, lupus, ADD, diabetes, Alzheimer's,
chronic fatigue and depression.


Aspartame liberates free methyl alcohol. The resulting chronic
methanol poisoning affects the dopamine system of the brain causing
addiction. Methanol, or wood alcohol, constitutes one-third of the
aspartame molecule and is classified as a severe metabolic poison and
narcotic. Recent news is full of reports of world-class athletes and
other healthy consumers of aspartame suddenly dropping dead. Sudden
death can occur from aspartame use because it damages the cardiac
conduction system.


Dr. Woodrow Monte in the peer reviewed journal, Aspartame: Methanol
and the Public Health, wrote: "When diet sodas and soft drinks,
sweetened with aspartame, are used to replace fluid loss during
exercise and physical exertion in hot climates, the intake of methanol
can exceed 250 mg/day or 32 times the Environmental Protection
Agency's recommended limit of consumption for this cumulative poison."


The effects of aspartame are documented by the FDA's own data. In 1995
the agency was forced, under the Freedom Of Information Act, to
release a list of ninety-two aspartame symptoms reported by thousands
of victims. This is only the tip of the iceberg. H. J. Roberts, MD,
published the medical text "Aspartame Disease: An Ignored Epidemic" --
1,000 pages of symptoms and diseases triggered by this neurotoxin
including the sordid history of its approval.


Since its discovery in 1965, controversy has raged over the health
risks associated with the sugar substitute. From laboratory testing of
the chemical on rats, researchers have discovered that the drug
induces brain tumors. On Sept 30, l980 the Board of Inquiry of the FDA
concurred and denied the petition for approval. In l981, the newly
appointed FDA Commissioner, Arthur Hull Hayes, ignored the negative
ruling and approved aspartame for dry goods. As recorded in the
Congressional Record of 1985, then CEO of Searle Laboratories Donald
Rumsfeld said that he would call in his markers to get aspartame
approved. Rumsfeld was on President Reagan's transition team and a day
after taking office appointed Hayes. No FDA Commissioner in the
previous sixteen years had allowed Aspartame on the market.


In 1983, aspartame was approved for use in carbonated beverages. Today
it is found in over 5000 foods, drinks and medicines.


Neurosurgeon Russell Blaylock, MD, author of "Excitotoxins: The Taste
That Kills" (www.russellblaylockmd.com) wrote about the relationship
between aspartame and macular degeneration, diabetic blindness and
glaucoma (all known to result from excitotoxin accumulation in the
retina).


All of these neurodegenerative diseases are worsened by aspartame. In
addition, we now have evidence that excitotoxins play a major role in
exacerbation of MS and other demyelinating disorders including
trigeminal neuraliga. Blaylock says that new studies show excitotoxins
trigger significant elevation of free radicals in the lining
(endothelial cells) of arteries, which means that aspartame will
increase the incidence of heart attacks and strokes (atherosclerosis).


In original studies, aspartame has triggered brain, mammary, uterine,
ovarian, testicular, thyroid and pancreatic tumors.


Defendants in the lawsuits include Coca-cola, PepsiCo, Bayer Corp.,
the Dannon Company, William Wrigley Jr. Company, ConAgra Foods, Wyeth,
Inc., The NutraSweet Company, and Altria Corp. (parent company of
Kraft Foods and Philip Morris).


Plaintiffs have asked for an injunction to stop companies from
producing, manufacturing, processing, selling or using aspartame.


Plaintiffs in all three cases are seeking a jury trial.


If you would like to schedule someone from the National Justice League
for an interview, please call or fax us at 208-246-1171.


Sincerely,
Roberta Bellon,
Public Relations


Dr. Woodrow Monte in the peer reviewed journal, Aspartame: Methanol
and the Public Health, wrote: "When diet sodas and soft drinks,
sweetened with aspartame, are used to replace fluid loss during
exercise and physical exertion in hot climates, the intake of methanol
can exceed 250 mg/day or 32 times the Environmental Protection
Agency's recommended limit of consumption for this cumulative poison."


The effects of aspartame are documented by the FDA's own data. In 1995 the
agency was forced, under the Freedom Of Information Act, to
release a list of ninety-two aspartame symptoms reported by thousands
of victims


This is only the tip of the iceberg. H. J. Roberts, MD,
published the medical text "Aspartame Disease: An Ignored Epidemic" --
1,000 pages of symptoms and diseases triggered by this neurotoxin
including the sordid history of its approval.


On Sept 30, l980 the Board of Inquiry of the FDA
concurred and denied the petition for approval. In l981, the newly
appointed FDA Commissioner, Arthur Hull Hayes, ignored the negative
ruling and approved aspartame for dry goods. As recorded in the
Congressional Record of 1985, then CEO of Searle Laboratories Donald
Rumsfeld said that he would call in his markers to get aspartame
approved. Rumsfeld was on President Reagan's transition team and a day
after taking office appointed Hayes. No FDA Commissioner in the
previous sixteen years had allowed Aspartame on the market.


Aspartic acid (aspartame) and glutamate (ingredient in monosodium
glutamate)
have been labeled as excitotoxins, which Dr. Russell Blaylock, author of
Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills, defines as "a group of excitatory
amino
acids that can cause sensitive neurons to die" (226). An article in the
Orlando
Sentinel Tribune states, "according to Blaylock, a single meal may contain
several of these additives . . . given a high enough dose can include
brain
lesions." Blaylock is concerned that "hundreds of millions of infants and
young
children are at great risk and their parents are not even aware of it"
(qtd.
In
Bonvie and Bonvie G1).


The last component of aspartame is methanol, better known as wood alcohol,
a
"deadly poison," claims Dr. Roberts. The Environmental Protection Agency
recommends less than eight milligrams per day of methanol. A typical liter
of
an aspartame diet soda contains approximately 55 milligrams. Complications
of
methanol poisoning include blindness, brain swelling, pancreatitis,
numbness,
shooting pains, cardiac changes, and death (28, 42-45). According to
Aspartame
Consumer Safety Network, when ingested, methanol breaks down into
formaldehyde,
"known to cause cancer, accumulating slowly without detection in the body"
(The Deadly Deception 2).

"Peter Bowditch" wrote in message
...
"Jan Drew" wrote:


"Peter Bowditch" wrote in message
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"Rod" wrote:


"Peter Bowditch" wrote in message
m...
"Jan Drew" wrote:

http://www.newstarget.com/z021031.html

Originally published November 9 2006
Soda warning: High sugar intake linked to pancreatic cancer
(NewsTarget) On Wednesday, research was released from the Karolinska
Institute in Sweden that showed people who drink soft drinks or add
sugar
to
their coffee increase their risk of developing pancreatic cancer.

It's just as well that I switched over to aspartame when I was
diagnosed with diabetes, isn't it? My pancreas is in enough trouble
already.

Maybe you will be able to tell us all how effective your switch has
been?
Like do you still have Diabetes? If so, what do you believe is the
cause?

I will have diabetes until I die. There is no cure. I do have it under
reasonably good control, though, which I achieved by changing my diet,
getting more exercise, and using medication )which I might not have to
take forever). If I stop the metformin and go back to eating twice as
much food as I need I will be back to where I was in a very short
time.

You did not answer Rod's question.

insult snipped

Rod asked "Like do you still have Diabetes?"

I answered "I will have diabetes until I die".

Rod asked "how effective your switch has been?"

I answered "I do have it under reasonably good control, though, which
I achieved by changing my diet, getting more exercise, and using
medication )which I might not have to take forever)".

You did not answer Rod question, deceiver.

http://groups.google.com/group/misc....0ef4625d0259af


Maybe you will be able to tell us all how effective your switch has been?

Press the up arrow a couple of times.



Nobody knows the cause, but, like many things, it appears to be a
combination of genetics and environment. It is not caused by obesity
(my spare tyre was a result of insulin resistance, not a cause), it is
not caused by lethargy, it is not caused by eating sugar. Finding a
cause will take the search for a cure a long way forward.

You suffer from a chronic incurable disease, so you should understand
that even if all the signs and symptoms are controlled the disease is
still there. Diabetes is no different. If I went a month without my
blood glucose level ever rising above 5mmol/l at any time I would be
ecstatic. But I wouldn't be cured.
--
Peter Bowditch

"Peter Bowditch" wrote in message
...
"Jan Drew" wrote:


"Peter Bowditch" wrote in message
. ..
"Jan Drew" wrote:

http://www.newstarget.com/z021031.html

Originally published November 9 2006
Soda warning: High sugar intake linked to pancreatic cancer
(NewsTarget) On Wednesday, research was released from the Karolinska
Institute in Sweden that showed people who drink soft drinks or add
sugar
to
their coffee increase their risk of developing pancreatic cancer.

That is not all that was posted.

The researchers studied the diets of nearly 80,000 men and women between
1997 and 2005. Of those, 131 developed cancer of the pancreas. The group of
people who reported drinking sodas or syrup-based drinks twice a day or more
were 90 percent more likely to develop pancreatic cancer than those who did
not consume such beverages; people who added sugar to their drinks about
five times a day were 70 percent more likely to contract the disease; and
those who consumed the popular Swedish sugary dessert known as creamed fruit
were at a 50 percent increased risk for the cancer, according to the results
published in the American Jounral of Clinical Nutrition.

"The researchers have now been able to show that the risk of developing
pancreatic cancer is related to the amount of sugar in the diet," said a
statement released by the institute.

"Despite the fact that the chances of developing pancreatic cancer are
relatively small, it's important to learn more about the risk factors behind
the disease," said researcher Susanna Larsson.

Pancreatic cancer is one of the most deadly forms of the disease, and is
notoriously difficult to treat because it usually does not get diagnosed
until it has spread beyond the pancreas. About 216,000 new cases of the
cancer are diagnosed each year, mostly in developed countries and mostly in
people older than 60.

"It is perhaps the most serious form of cancer, with very poor prognoses for
its victims," Larsson said. "Since it's difficult to treat and is often
discovered too late, it's particularly important that we learn to prevent
it."

"Pancreatic cancer is just one more serious health danger that comes from
drinking soft drinks and sugar-laden beverages," said Mike Adams, a health
advocate and author of "The Five Soft Drink Monsters." "In both Europe and
the United States, these drinks are contributing, not only to cancer, but
also to the spreading obesity epidemic and the subsequent increase in type 2
diabetes cases.

"The path to true health does not include any refined sugars whatsoever,
least of all from 'sugar water' or sweetened juice drinks," he said.



It's just as well that I switched over to aspartame when I was
diagnosed with diabetes, isn't it? My pancreas is in enough trouble
already.
--
Peter Bowditch

Aspartame.

snip evidence of paranoia and insanity

Snip what you cannot handle.

Aspartame.

http://www.nature.com/news/2005/0511...051114-15.html


April 6, 2004


LAWSUITS ACCUSE MANY COMPANIES OF POISONING THE PUBLIC WITH ASPARTAME
http://www.nationaljusticeleague.com
SACRAMENTO -- April 6th, Lawsuits were filed in three separate
California courts against twelve companies who either produce or use
the artificial sweetener aspartame as a sugar substitute in their
products. The suits were filed in Shasta, Sonoma and Butte County,
California.


The suits allege that the food companies committed fraud and breach of
warranty by marketing products to the public such as diet Coke, diet
Pepsi, sugar free gum, Flintstone's vitamins, yogurt and children's
aspirin with the full knowledge that aspartame, the sweetener in them,
is neurotoxic.


Aspartame is a drug masquerading as an additive. It interacts with
other drugs, has a synergistic and additive effect with MSG, and is a
chemical hyper-sensitization agent. As far back as 1970, Dr. John
Olney founded the field of neuroscience called excitotoxicity when he
did studies on aspartic acid, which makes up 40% of aspartame, and
found it caused lesions in the brains of mice. He made world news on
the aspartame/brain tumor connection in l996. Dr. Ralph Walton,
Professor and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry, Northeastern
Ohio Universities College of Medicine has written of the behavioral
and psychiatric problems triggered by aspartame-caused depletion of
serotonin.


Aspartame causes headache, memory loss, seizures, vision loss, coma
and cancer. It worsens or mimics the symptoms of such diseases and
conditions as fibromyalgia, MS, lupus, ADD, diabetes, Alzheimer's,
chronic fatigue and depression.


Aspartame liberates free methyl alcohol. The resulting chronic
methanol poisoning affects the dopamine system of the brain causing
addiction. Methanol, or wood alcohol, constitutes one-third of the
aspartame molecule and is classified as a severe metabolic poison and
narcotic. Recent news is full of reports of world-class athletes and
other healthy consumers of aspartame suddenly dropping dead. Sudden
death can occur from aspartame use because it damages the cardiac
conduction system.


Dr. Woodrow Monte in the peer reviewed journal, Aspartame: Methanol
and the Public Health, wrote: "When diet sodas and soft drinks,
sweetened with aspartame, are used to replace fluid loss during
exercise and physical exertion in hot climates, the intake of methanol
can exceed 250 mg/day or 32 times the Environmental Protection
Agency's recommended limit of consumption for this cumulative poison."


The effects of aspartame are documented by the FDA's own data. In 1995
the agency was forced, under the Freedom Of Information Act, to
release a list of ninety-two aspartame symptoms reported by thousands
of victims. This is only the tip of the iceberg. H. J. Roberts, MD,
published the medical text "Aspartame Disease: An Ignored Epidemic" --
1,000 pages of symptoms and diseases triggered by this neurotoxin
including the sordid history of its approval.


Since its discovery in 1965, controversy has raged over the health
risks associated with the sugar substitute. From laboratory testing of
the chemical on rats, researchers have discovered that the drug
induces brain tumors. On Sept 30, l980 the Board of Inquiry of the FDA
concurred and denied the petition for approval. In l981, the newly
appointed FDA Commissioner, Arthur Hull Hayes, ignored the negative
ruling and approved aspartame for dry goods. As recorded in the
Congressional Record of 1985, then CEO of Searle Laboratories Donald
Rumsfeld said that he would call in his markers to get aspartame
approved. Rumsfeld was on President Reagan's transition team and a day
after taking office appointed Hayes. No FDA Commissioner in the
previous sixteen years had allowed Aspartame on the market.


In 1983, aspartame was approved for use in carbonated beverages. Today
it is found in over 5000 foods, drinks and medicines.


Neurosurgeon Russell Blaylock, MD, author of "Excitotoxins: The Taste
That Kills" (www.russellblaylockmd.com) wrote about the relationship
between aspartame and macular degeneration, diabetic blindness and
glaucoma (all known to result from excitotoxin accumulation in the
retina).


All of these neurodegenerative diseases are worsened by aspartame. In
addition, we now have evidence that excitotoxins play a major role in
exacerbation of MS and other demyelinating disorders including
trigeminal neuraliga. Blaylock says that new studies show excitotoxins
trigger significant elevation of free radicals in the lining
(endothelial cells) of arteries, which means that aspartame will
increase the incidence of heart attacks and strokes (atherosclerosis).


In original studies, aspartame has triggered brain, mammary, uterine,
ovarian, testicular, thyroid and pancreatic tumors.


Defendants in the lawsuits include Coca-cola, PepsiCo, Bayer Corp.,
the Dannon Company, William Wrigley Jr. Company, ConAgra Foods, Wyeth,
Inc., The NutraSweet Company, and Altria Corp. (parent company of
Kraft Foods and Philip Morris).


Plaintiffs have asked for an injunction to stop companies from
producing, manufacturing, processing, selling or using aspartame.


Plaintiffs in all three cases are seeking a jury trial.


If you would like to schedule someone from the National Justice League
for an interview, please call or fax us at 208-246-1171.


Sincerely,
Roberta Bellon,
Public Relations


Dr. Woodrow Monte in the peer reviewed journal, Aspartame: Methanol
and the Public Health, wrote: "When diet sodas and soft drinks,
sweetened with aspartame, are used to replace fluid loss during
exercise and physical exertion in hot climates, the intake of methanol
can exceed 250 mg/day or 32 times the Environmental Protection
Agency's recommended limit of consumption for this cumulative poison."


The effects of aspartame are documented by the FDA's own data. In 1995 the
agency was forced, under the Freedom Of Information Act, to
release a list of ninety-two aspartame symptoms reported by thousands
of victims


This is only the tip of the iceberg. H. J. Roberts, MD,
published the medical text "Aspartame Disease: An Ignored Epidemic" --
1,000 pages of symptoms and diseases triggered by this neurotoxin
including the sordid history of its approval.


On Sept 30, l980 the Board of Inquiry of the FDA
concurred and denied the petition for approval. In l981, the newly
appointed FDA Commissioner, Arthur Hull Hayes, ignored the negative
ruling and approved aspartame for dry goods. As recorded in the
Congressional Record of 1985, then CEO of Searle Laboratories Donald
Rumsfeld said that he would call in his markers to get aspartame
approved. Rumsfeld was on President Reagan's transition team and a day
after taking office appointed Hayes. No FDA Commissioner in the
previous sixteen years had allowed Aspartame on the market.


Aspartic acid (aspartame) and glutamate (ingredient in monosodium glutamate)
have been labeled as excitotoxins, which Dr. Russell Blaylock, author of
Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills, defines as "a group of excitatory amino
acids that can cause sensitive neurons to die" (226). An article in the
Orlando
Sentinel Tribune states, "according to Blaylock, a single meal may contain
several of these additives . . . given a high enough dose can include brain
lesions." Blaylock is concerned that "hundreds of millions of infants and
young
children are at great risk and their parents are not even aware of it" (qtd.
In
Bonvie and Bonvie G1).


The last component of aspartame is methanol, better known as wood alcohol, a
"deadly poison," claims Dr. Roberts. The Environmental Protection Agency
recommends less than eight milligrams per day of methanol. A typical liter
of
an aspartame diet soda contains approximately 55 milligrams. Complications
of
methanol poisoning include blindness, brain swelling, pancreatitis,
numbness,
shooting pains, cardiac changes, and death (28, 42-45). According to
Aspartame
Consumer Safety Network, when ingested, methanol breaks down into
formaldehyde,
"known to cause cancer, accumulating slowly without detection in the body"
(The Deadly Deception 2).




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Peter Bowditch

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http://www.newstarget.com/z021031.html

Originally published November 9 2006
Soda warning: High sugar intake linked to pancreatic cancer
(NewsTarget) On Wednesday, research was released from the Karolinska
Institute in Sweden that showed people who drink soft drinks or add
sugar
to
their coffee increase their risk of developing pancreatic cancer.

It's just as well that I switched over to aspartame when I was
diagnosed with diabetes, isn't it? My pancreas is in enough trouble
already.

Maybe you will be able to tell us all how effective your switch has been?
Like do you still have Diabetes? If so, what do you believe is the cause?

I will have diabetes until I die. There is no cure. I do have it under
reasonably good control, though, which I achieved by changing my diet,
getting more exercise, and using medication )which I might not have to
take forever). If I stop the metformin and go back to eating twice as
much food as I need I will be back to where I was in a very short
time.

Nobody knows the cause, but, like many things, it appears to be a
combination of genetics and environment. It is not caused by obesity
(my spare tyre was a result of insulin resistance, not a cause), it is
not caused by lethargy, it is not caused by eating sugar. Finding a
cause will take the search for a cure a long way forward.

You suffer from a chronic incurable disease, so you should understand
that even if all the signs and symptoms are controlled the disease is
still there. Diabetes is no different. If I went a month without my
blood glucose level ever rising above 5mmol/l at any time I would be
ecstatic. But I wouldn't be cured.


Actually, a pancreas transplant effects a virtual "cure" of diabetes, but it
trades off for a life-long chemical suppression of the immune system. More
promising is the artificial pancreas, a microprocessor managed implanted
device that determines blood sugar level every few minutes and calculates
and delivers an appropriate insulin dose in real time. All you would have to
do is refill the device's reservoir with an injection of Humulin-R every
three or four months. The ultimate treatment would be to discover a way to
produce stem cells with your own DNA profile and a way to use them to
produce a whole new pancreas that your body would not reject. While we're at
it, let's fantasize a way to alter the DNA of that pancreas to defeat the
genetic process that caused your original organ to cease producing enough
insulin, and a way to alter the DNA of your whole body to reverse "insulin
resitance."

All of this is so likely to occur as to be inevitable, possibly within your
lifetime. So keep your HgB A1C down and your fingers crossed. When it
happens, you want to still have your kindeys, retinas, and feet.
--


--Rich

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