- Dear Support Groups and Lists:
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- This is a warning letter from Dr. Roberts. He wants
every school board and health department in every city to have a copy.
Please readers stop and put a copy in an envelope to these entities in
your area. Even if you're in a different country it doesn't make any difference
as aspartame is in 100 countries of the world. You may save thousands of
lives. Note to media below Dr. Roberts letter.
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- Dr. Betty Martini
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- H.J. ROBERTS, M.D.,F.A.C.P. hjrobertsmd@aol.com
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- WARNING: SCHOOL CHILDREN AT RISK!
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- The momentum for reducing the amount of soda pop consumed
by children, especially from dispensing machines at schools, has increased.
It is justified by the documented contribution of the sugar therein
to serious disorders, especially obesity and other problems.
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- Imaginative entrepreneurs now seek to substitute an array
of palatable "sugar free," "caffeine free," and "calorie
free" drinks having appealing brand names. They plan to actively
promote them to students and school systems, using celebrities such
as professional athletes as pitchmen.
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- Unfortunately, there is a major public health problem
when aspartame commonly known as NutraSweet® and Equal®
is&nb the sweetening agent. I have repeatedly stated my professional
opinion, based on the scores of children in my data base of aspartame reactors,
that they should not take aspartame products including beverages, foods,
vitamins, drugs, gum and supplements.
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- Each of the components of this chemical (phenylalanine;
aspartic acid; the methyl ester, which promptly becomes FREE methyl alcohol)
and their multiple breakdown products can damage the developing brain.
Aspartame-induced disorders in children include headache, confusion, convulsions,
irritability, depression, intellectual deterioration, antisocial behavior,
rashes, asthma and unstable diabetes. Addiction to aspartame products
also has become a problem. The details appear in my publications,particularly
Aspartame Disease:An Ignored Epidemic (www.sunsentpress.com).
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- There also are reservations about the long term use of
sucralose, another popular sweetening agent, in these substitute drinks
because of the adverse effects noted in animal studies.
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- In view of this perceived imminent public health threat,
I believe that parents, physicians, other health care professionals, school
boards and consumer advocates have an obligation to monitor and guide
their communities regarding such exposure. They can expect formidable
corporate and bureaucratic resistance, particularly from the FDA and groups
supported by this huge industry.
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- H. J. Roberts, M.D., FACP, FCCP Palm Beach Institute
for Medical Research West Palm Beach, Florida
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- hjrobertsmd@aol.com
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- ©2004 H. J. Roberts, M.D.
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- Note to Media: If you wish to interview Dr. Roberts
and want his unlisted phone number please call me at 770 242-2599. Otherwise,
he will answer you by email. Other information on aspartame is on www.dorway.com
and www.wnho.net The latter has his recent excellent article, Aspartame
Disease: An FDA Ignored Epidemic.
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- Dr. Betty Martini, Founder, Mission Possible International
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