Aspartame, Multiple Sclerosis and Lupus

Explanations including… that wood alcohol in aspartame converts to formaldehyde and then formic acid,( ant sting poison) and causes metabolic acidosis. That methanol toxicity mimics multiple sclerosis and that people were being diagnosed with it in error. That multiple sclerosis was not a death sentence but that methanol toxicity is.

Aspartame is sold under the brand names Nutra-Sweet and Equal and is found in such popular products as Diet Coke, Diet Pepsi, Diet Snapple and Sugar Free Kool-Aid. Hundreds of millions of people consume it worldwide. And Dr. Soffritti’s study concluded that aspartame may cause the dreaded “c” word: cancer.

In 1948, Wolff and Chaikoff published a landmark paper (1), on the thyroid effect of increasing amounts of iodide (Potassium salt), injected intraperitoneally in rats. The authors stated: Organic binding of iodine within the glands can be almost completely blocked by raising the level of plasma inorganic iodine (PII) above a certain critical level, which for the rat amounts to about 20 to 35 percent. This effect became known as the Wolff-Chaikoff (W-C) Effect.

That’s right! The official word is in. “Fluoride jeopardizes health even at low levels deliberately added to public water supplies. It poses risks for thyroid patients, diabetics, kidney patients, high water drinkers, and others.”

From 1900 to the 1960s almost every single U.S. physician used Lugol (iodine) supplements in his or her practice for both hypo- and hyperthyroid, as well as many, many other conditions-all with excellent results. By avoiding iodine therapy, you could be missing out on the very link that could get you well.

Challenging some of the dermatology profession’s most cherished dogmas.

According to research being presented at the European Congress of Endocrinology in Glasgow, Scotland, there is evidence from animal studies that the chemicals used in sunscreens and some anti-aging products may disturb thyroid function.

Dr. Ralph Moss discusses the importance of sunlight, especially for those suffering from disease such as cancer.

The human body was designed to live in harmony with sunlight. Research shows that human civilization evolved under natural sunlight for thousands of years. In fact it is clear that we need natural sunlight in order to be healthy. Yet, in the past 30 years we have seen the emergence of the first UVA-UVB sunscreen, developed in 1980 by Coppertone. It begs the question — what was life like before sunscreen?

Spare a thought for the male hornyhead turbot. For despite its name, it is changing gender. And the sunscreens that symbolize bronzed sex appeal may be partly to blame. Scientists have found that male hornyhead turbot and English sole, feeding near sewage outfalls on the Californian coast, are being feminized – and a chemical found in sunscreens is the likely culprit.