Essay the Second ;-D

A Spoonful of sugar helps the POISON go down.

Jim Krossik was an employee at Searle's first Aspartame plant in Phoenix. He developed neural toxicity from breathing the Aspartame dust in the air in the plant and passed out on the plant floor. When he recovered and returned to work, he found that all employees were required to wear a face mask lest they breathe the deadly Nutra Sweet dust! He complied but absorbed enough through his skin that he passed out on the floor dead! The autopsy report revealed a "severe alcoholic cardiomyopathy" as its only finding. Jim used no alcoholic beverage.

What was the culprit of Jims death? Nutra Sweet Dust, formally known as Aspartame. As Betty Martini said “Aspartame is an "approved sweetener" because of a few greedy and dishonest people who place profits above human life and well-being.” She is exactly right--aspartame is nothing but a poison.

Thesis: Why you shouldn't consume anything with aspartame in it.

1. Because it mimics or worsens certain diseases.
A. It mimics diseases like: Arthritis, Lyme Disease, and Attention Deficit Disorder.
B. It worsens diseases like: Diabetes, Epilepsy, and Fibromyalgia.

2. Because it causes many symptoms and reactions.
A. Aspartame accounts for over 75% of all adverse reactions reported to the FDA. Reactions like: Panic attacks, Depression, Migraines, Marked personality changes and, even worse, Death.
B. There are 92 documented symptoms of Aspartame Poisoning.
C. According to data released in 1995,the amount of human brain tumors rose 10%.

3. Because 10% of aspartame is methanol which turns to formaldehyde in your body.
A. The EPA recommended limit for methanol consumption is 7.8 mg/day. However, a quart of aspartame-sweetened soda has 56mg.
B. Formaldehyde is grouped in the same class of drugs as cyanide, fluoride, mercury, lead and arsenic-- which are all deadly poisons.

4.It has harmed hundreds upon hundreds of animals used for testing.
A. For over eight years, the FDA refused to approve aspartame because of the seizures and brain tumors it produced in lab animals.
B. Early tests of the substance showed it produced microscopic holes and tumors in the brains of experimental mice and epileptic seizures and possible eye damage in monkeys.

5. It is advertised as a diet sweetener, but Aspartame actually leads you to gain weight.
A. It makes you crave carbohydrates.

Freezing and about to fall over, Bekki Phillips