Bittersweet: Is this the beginning of the end for aspartame?
Is the writing finally on the wall for aspartame, the artificial sweetener used in diet and sugar-free drinks and foods?  There's been a very effective campaign to keep the lid on a devastating catalogue of diseases linked to the sweetener.

But now, a study by Purdue University found that artificial sweeteners disturb our natural abilities to monitor calorie intake.  Not much use if you are trying to lose weight!  Government agencies have known for decades that aspartame is deadly.  It was once on the Pentagon list of bio-warfare chemicals submitted to Congress.  The ingestion of two teaspoons is considered lethal in humans.  The evidence is becoming too overwhelming for the authorities to continue to ignore this sweetener.  It's now been linked to multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's, migraine and headache, brain cancer, chronic fatigue and epilepsy.

For more information on Aspartame see www.healthychoices.ukhq.co.uk/Aspartame.html. 

Source: WDDTY E-News 30/7/04

 

Fluoride:  Let the people choose
In a disarming act of democracy, the UK's Department of Health is allowing local people to help decide if their water supply should be fluoridated in areas not yet fluoridated. 

The Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs) have received instructions from health officials on how they should consult local residents.  They should advertise in local newspapers their plans to fluoridate the local water supply, and then have a three-month consultation process.  Only if the response were "predominantly in favour of fluoridation" would the water company be told to start fluoridation.

For the sake of your own health and the health of your children, make sure you find out all the facts on artificial fluoridation, when this consultation comes to your area.  You can download a fact sheet at www.healthychoices.ukhq.co.uk/Articles/Fluoridation.pdf.

Those of us unfortunate enough to be living in already fluoridated areas should find out about their local campaign to rid their water supply of this Class 2 poison.  See www.fluorideinbeds.org (Bedfordshire, UK) or www.fluoridefree.com (Irish Republic).

Source: WDDTY E-News 30/7/04

Joint supplement may worsen prostate risk

Many osteoarthritis sufferers use both glucosamine and chondroitin sulphate. However, according to Dr Charles E Myers Junior, who is a leader in prostate cancer research, chondroitin may actually help spread prostate cancer. Chondroitin sulphate provides relief by binding with versican, a protein food in joints. However, the same protein is found on the surface of prostate cancers and Myers believes the same binding action can cause extra growth and even metastatic spread. There is no evidence that glucosamine causes any such problem.

Source: ICON E-Newsletter 27/7/04

Chemicals in smoking form 'deadly saliva'

A new study at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology shows that smoking not only removes the protective effects of saliva but turn it into a lethal mixture in the mouth. 'A mixture of saliva and smoke is actually more lethal to the cells in the mouth than smoking alone', said the project lead scientist.

Source:  ICON E-Newsletter 27/7/04

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