Type II Diabetes is a real blow to the unsuspecting victim who has enjoyed the sweet things in life and must, without warning, forego such pleasures for the rest of their life.
Many would have us believe that sugar replacement substances like Aspartame provide the same experience as sugar without the negative impact on our health.
I do not accept this assertion and personal experience combined with literature on the history and effects of these Substances has provided sufficient evidence for me that the while sugar is a real killer for millions each year and robs us of health in many ways, these products may well provide an even greater threat on an individual basis with diseases like multiple Sclerosis.
It has long been known that Aspartame has been associated with a range of serious diseases and research has established links between Aspartame and Alzheimer's, Dementia, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, premature birth and many other conditions.
The primary cause is the methanol toxicity.
Research has been hampered in this field as animal experiments have failed due to the fact that humans are alone in that they do not have a mechanism which converts methanol to formic acid, which does not harm us.
Dr. Woodrow Monte wrote a book on the subject called While Science Sleeps: A Sweetener Kills which highlights the production of formaldehyde in those consuming Aspartame. Formaldehyde being the substance used to preserve specimens in bio-labs.
I first heard about the formaldehyde problem after the first Gulf War, when returned troops presented with MS like symptoms and a range of other conditions which were then associated with Aspartame containing liquid refreshments shipped to them and left in the sun. A situation which resulted in excessive formaldehyde production in these refreshments.
MILITARY ADMITS GULF WAR ILLNESS IS FROM ASPARTAME
Here is an excerpt from Dr. Mercola's writing about Dr. Monte's results :
The artificial sweetener industry (and makers of artificially sweetened products) has fervently claimed that aspartame is harmless, and that there's "no biological explanation" for the health problems reported by so many after consuming Aspartame.
But as explained by Dr. Monte, there is indeed a biological and scientific explanation for aspartame's pathway of harm, and as the latest research suggests, it' s related to the effects of methanol and formaldehyde, both of which are extremely toxic.
Aspartame is primarily made up of aspartic acid and phenylalanine—the latter of which has been synthetically modified to carry a methyl group. This is what prov ides the majority of the sweetness. That phenylalanine methyl bond, called a methyl ester, is very weak, allowing the methyl group on the phenylalanine to easily break off and form methanol.
You may have heard the claim that aspartame is harmless because methanol is also found in fruits and vegetables. However, in these whole foods the methanol is firmly bonded to pectin, which allows it to be safely passed through your digestive tract. This is not the case for the methanol created by aspartame. There, it's not bonded to anything that can help eliminate it from your body. That's problem number one...
Problem number two relates to the fact that humans are the only mammals who are NOT equipped with a protective biological mechanism that breaks down methanol in to harmless formic acid. This is why animal testing of aspartame does not fully apply to humans.
According to Dr. Monte, the fact that methyl alcohol is metabolized differently in humans compared to other animals has been known since 1940. And according to the featured paper, rhesus monkeys do not appear to have the same defenses again st methanol toxicity as mice do. This basically negates much of the animal research that has been used to "prove" aspartame's safety.
A link to Dr. Mercola's Exhortations
The rise of Aspartame
Efforts were made last century to ban aspartame, at a time when there were only five products with aspartame in them. There are now many thousands of such products.
Guess who is behind it.
Monsanto purchased the rights to produce aspartame, the active ingredient in NutraSweet, and you can imagine the rest, but here is a history of this crime against humanity.
How Aspartame Became Legal - The Timeline
I have merely touched on the subject of toxicity by artificial sweeteners and referred to a few of the many who are producing information on this subject and advise any who are inclined to consume these products to ensure that the products they choose are not likely to produce decades of vegetative existence at the expense and trauma of the those who would have to care for them.
I have a loved one who has been reduced to such an existence and while this must be truly horrific to her, it is seriously traumatic for me. I don't recommend it to anyone.
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This is a huge problem and may end up being bigger than the sugar problem in time. They got the fat/sugar debate wrong and they may realise the artificial sweeteners are in fact deadlier.
I tend to sway to Stevia where I can. But I'm a sugar free soda drinker and I've got to stop, because I feel these man made chems to simply sweeten should not be entering our bodies.
Great post! Thank you.
I think the artificial sweetener already decorate various soft drinks and food. I also very often see the children prefer to finish drinking soda than drinking mineral water. They drink it up to several bottles a day. It is exacerbated by bad lifestyle and rarely exercise. Currently young people who indicated diabetes symptoms are very much before they are old. thank you for the long explanation about aspartame.
Now a days common disease Diabetes...
whole world
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Its a great scientific information. Its awareness and great help of humanity. Thanks for sharing such a valuable post.
Awesome post :)
Intresting post, thanks.
better prevent than cure @graviton
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prevention is better than cure, stay fit stay humble, eat less cholesterol foods the diabetes won't affect you
The rise of Diabetes Type II in the developed world is at an all time high. Sugar is found in massive quantities in most processed foods. With our greater wealth, consumption of processed foods increases and with more sedentary lifestyles, one of the consequences if the onset of diabetes.
The use of artificial sweeteners like saccharin, acesulfame, aspartame, neotame, and sucralose may have reduced some of the effects of sugar, their consumption have also led to new issues as you rightly mention in your post.
So what shall we do?
Try to figure out what you consume at a granular level - portions, composition, etc. Consume in smaller quantities. Try to stick to fresh food. Minimise consumption of processed food. Exercise regularly.
thanks
Great contribution. Thank you.
Excellent informative post. How do scientists and the people behind companies like monsanto sleep at night. They are committing crimes against humanity FFS!
There are a lot of foods things that can affect type 2 diabetes. The easiest way is for a person to do dedicated food diary and testing. For myself it is mostly corn products that affect my diabetes numbers along with processed carbohydrates. (wheat products, and bread). I like fruits and fresh juice, and juice products, I do very little artificial sweeteners (none that I know of), and I try to avoid High Fructose Corn Syrup. And I watch my weight, so far going on 10th year and no significant adverse problems from the type 2 diabetes.
Thank you for your constructive contribution. This is the kind of reply I look for.
awesome this issue is really serious now a days every second person suffer with diabetes
Many would have us believe that sugar replacement substances like Aspartame provide the same experience as sugar without the negative impact on our health... Most believe believe that!
Nice write up, well done. This begs this question of what are the recommended alternatives? I mean what will you advise a patient suffering from such case to take?
I am no authority on anything, but I believe it safe to say that water is what we aught to drink.
Man tends to live excess, and taste is no exception.
I believe that humanity has reached far beyond credulity in the exploitation of natural resources in the quest for all things sweet and tasty. With excesses in all things, from food to transport to drugs and pleasure, from accumulation of wealth to indifference to the suffering of others, Man, on the whole, is the most intelligent and yet stupid creature.
In fact, in the history of life on earth, species longevity is inversely proportional to intelligence. In other words, the less intelligent a species, the longer that species avoids extinction.
In our efforts to serve the profit motive, we destroy species, ecosystems, natural resources of every kind, water resources, all life in the oceans, the habitat of virtually all animals, the quality of the air and atmosphere and the prospect for a future for our race.
We accustom ourselves to things we aught not and then struggle to rid ourselves of the craving for them when we discover that these things are sapping our life.
By destroying the quality of natural water ways, we require filtration systems to provide drinkable water, and in the process we eliminate the key constituents which provide essential nutrition.
As water passes through the natural process from rain to table, it collects minerals which feed the plants we eat, which in turn provide those minerals to us in bio-available form.
Our foods are without these essential nutrients and so is our water and we are much the poorer for it.
Nevertheless, water is the only suitable substitute for the rubbish we drink today in my opinion.
Frightening, especially as I am drinking Coke Zero as I read this!
the use of artifical sweetners is really harmful in diabetes it causes memorey weakness and loss i have worked in a pharmcy for two year and from their i got to know this fact and thanxs for sharing!
So much in tune bro, also check out my recent post on this same ailment, this was a very captivating information, thanks for sharing with the community @graviton
Thank you for this post. It is also addictive, IMO trying so hard to remove this chemical from my diet. Some days are better than others, determined to rid it from my life forever. Thanks for reminding me of why it’s so important. 🐓🐓
thanks for posting this....
Thanks @graviton for the succinct way you have explained the problem the human body has with the methanol and formaldehyde, the toxic by-products of the use of Aspartame. I find it interesting that humans cannot convert methanol to formic acid like other animals do.
diabetes is most common disease in world even in Pakistan because we don't take it serious but we should take necesssory steps for solving this matter thanks for sharing and thank you so much
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THIS SORT of disease are spreading like the smoke of cigrette now a days
emang diabetes is very feared lately, because in because of illness though we seek to and fro this but he will not heal totally against humans
Thanks for the post. I am fast becoming angry at the corporate world that will chase profit above all else, and the world applauds them as they do so. Its not personal, its only business, its capitalism...etc.
Natural, its the only way, and even that is now becoming a shady area with chemicals and hormones....whats next? Growing what we need for ourselves...seems the only viable future possibility?
Anyway, thanks for the post
First of all, I congratulate you for taking the time to say that the sweeteners are not totally harmless. I have some observations: The correct nomenclature is Type 2 diabetes instead of type II, and it is not true that a person diagnosed with diabetes enjoyed sweet foods and must abruptly forget about them. Diabetes is a multifactorial condition and eating habits are only one of several factors that determine the appearance of the disease. Now the diet of a person with Diabetes is quite flexible and is oriented so that the patient knows the composition of the foods for of this way to adjust schedules and medication, although it is certain that the sugared foods should not constitute a predominant component in their diet, are allowed in certain circumstances with some adjustments.
In relation to sweeteners the main problem is the abuse of them, the daily recommended amounts for the adult do not exceed a daily spoonful, and this recommendation is not respected by anyone.
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Thank you kindly :)
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