THE TRUTH ABOUT ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS - NONE ARE ANY GOOD!

 If you're someone who likes artificial sweeteners, this is written with you in mind. As you probably already know chemicals are not your friend. Therefore why would we knowingly offer the use of chemical additives put in our food into our bodies. As a person who is a survivor of Multiple Sclerosis and suffer daily with the dreadful effects it presents, I am vigilant trying not to ingest and remove anything from my diet that exacerbates the symptoms this disease can present. The only way to combat any enemy is to be armed with knowledge. It's been 17 long years since my diagnosis, but as much as I am humanly able to "fix" my life, I am dedicated to living my best possible outcome.

All "artificial" sweeteners are made from chemicals. Bottom line they're legal poisons some have grown accustomed to thinking will do them some good - especially in the weight loss/maintenance area. The truth is, the ill health effects are now becoming evident after years of acceptance in the foods we eat. Aspartame for example has been associated with cancer and brain tumors. Don't get me wrong, I'm not even promoting the use of sugars either, especially the fructose, glucose, cheaply made compounds in processed foods. etc. we've also been overwhelmed with in foods we buy. The following article should serve as a deterrent for anyone who has accepted these toxic powders in their food supply. When you think about it, the only person who cares about you is you - or at least we better begin embracing that thought. Below is some of the data from Mark D. Gold's website.

"A few of the 90 different documented symptoms listed in the report as being caused by aspartame include: headaches/migraines, dizziness, seizures, nausea, numbness, muscle spasms, weight gain, rashes, depression, fatigue, irritability, tachycardia, insomnia, vision problems, hearing loss, heart palpitations, breathing difficulties, anxiety attacks, slurred speech, loss of taste, tinnitus, memory loss and joint pain.
According to researchers and physicians studying the adverse effects of aspartame, the following chronic illnesses can be triggered or worsened by ingestion of aspartame ⁽²⁾:

• brain tumors
• multiple sclerosis
• epilepsy
• chronic fatigue syndrome
• Parkinson's disease
• Alzheimer's disease
• mental retardation
• lymphoma
• birth defects
• fibromyalgia and diabetes

http://www.ivanfraser.com/articles/health/aspartame.html

http://rockcreekfreepress.tumblr.com/post/35324640/aspartame-sweet-but-dangerous

I don't know about anyone else, but suffering without a diagnosis for over 20 years and coping with an escalation of symptoms for the last 17 is enough for me to know "I DESERVE THE BEST LIFE IMAGINABLE!" Multiple Sclerosis has led me on a more determined path to "OWN MY LIFE AND WHAT I DO WITH IT." I also do no prescribe to the thought there is no cure...it's out there and this diagnosis empowered with knowledge and the other resources needed will get me closer to that magnificent day. WHAT ARE YOU CHOOSING TO DO THAT WILL CHANGE THE COURSE OF YOUR CIRCUMSTANCE? It all begins for each of us with the spark of a though!

BE BLESSED!

President Obama Signs the Fair Sentencing Act

 http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/08/03/president-obama-signs-fair-sentencing-act

 http://www.drugpolicy.org/docUploads/AftertheRockefellerDrugLawsFeb_2010.pdf

I DO NOT CONDONE ILLEGAL DRUG SALES, but there has been such a disparity in the sentencing laws concerning cocaine and crack. I'm old enough to remember the Rockerfeller Laws of the '70's when it was passed in New York. I wonder how many thousands of young, mostly African Americans were and are still in jail because of this major imbalance in the criminal justice system. Lives that will never be the same.There will now be a better balance for justice across the board as opposed to the imbalances that have lingered for so long.

In Speaker Pelosi's words, "Under current federal law, possessing five grams of crack cocaine is subject to the same mandatory minimum sentence as selling 500 grams of powder cocaine. This creates a 100:1 crack-powder sentencing disparity! Today, the President signed a bill the House passed last week, the Fair Sentencing Act–long overdue legislation that addresses this disparity in favor of fairness and justice for the American people. The bill reduces the sentences for crack and powder cocaine, eliminates the mandatory minimum sentence for simple possession of crack cocaine, and includes tough new criminal penalties targeting the serious drug offenders who bring the most destruction to our families and our neighborhoods. It strengthens the hand of law enforcement while bringing greater balance to our sentencing and criminal justice system. That’s why it won the support of both Democrats and Republicans, it was even co-sponsored by conservative Senators Sessions and Coburn. And that’s why it has the backing of law enforcement, prosecutors and judges, civil rights organizations, and faith leaders."