By Lily Burdock - June 9, 2008
1 Timothy 6:9-10
9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
10For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they
have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
When I was diagnosed with a pituitary adenoma last summer after months of struggles, my first question to the doctors was, “What caused it?” Their answer was a resounding, “We just don’t know.” In my research since, I find that answer not only unacceptable, but deceitful as well. I also discovered that 25% of the population has undetected pituitary tumors, that are not discovered until postmortem during autopsies. Yes, you read that correctly. One in four people probably already have a tumor, but they just don’t know it yet.
I do not have what most consider a higher education, as I only obtained a high school diploma. Yet in a matter of a few months of research, I uncovered so much disturbing information about tainted foods, pharmaceuticals and corrupt doctors, it was enough to send my head spinning! How could I, a mere high school grad, uncover mountains of evidence, but all those powerful, well-educated doctors not have any idea? In reality, I think they just would not or felt they could not speak the truth!
I was able to discover in just an hour of research that in 1977, the FDA’s Bressler Report documented the dangers of aspartame. Yes, you read that year correctly… 1977. A large pharmaceutical company was pushing for government approval of aspartame. According to the Bressler Report, they knew that aspartame was dangerous, that it caused tumors, as well as causing atrophy of males in laboratory testing. Yet somehow, aspartame was still approved for human consumption, and quickly made its way into the mainstream food supply via diet soft drinks, chewing gum, candy, and other sugar free and diet foods.
Not knowing the danger, I consumed my fair share of aspartame as a sweetener in my coffee, diet drinks, and chewing gum. Now, some thirty years after the Bressler Report and subsequent approval of aspartame, here I sit with a pituitary adenoma. To say that I’m angry or upset is an understatement. I feel betrayed. How could something like this happen in the US? We are supposed to live in the greatest country in the free world!
I now believe that many of the doctors out there do know the truth, but are not at liberty to speak freely. Their reputations are at stake. If they speak out strongly about dangerous foods or pharmaceuticals, they risk their very livelihoods, their perks, and their bonuses. The drug companies do not want people to really know about the dangers contained in those little plastic bottles any more than the big food manufacturers want you to know what the ingredients may do to your health over time. If the majority of doctors stay mum, and only a minority of them speaks out, it’s very easy for the those willing to tell the truth to be labeled as quacks. Then they can be easily dismissed and quieted.
Isn’t our government supposed to be protecting us from the big, wicked, greedy corporations who worship the almighty dollar? Consider what Lincoln said so succinctly at the Gettysburg Address: “…government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth”? And what about the Constitution? When I uncovered so much information about the corruption in our government and the conflicts of interest between them, big pharma, and the food industry, I began to realize that our government has become something polar opposite of what our founding fathers had intended for the US.
Consider this… How many of us are eating foods on a regular basis that are far from their original form. Over-processed, prepackaged, and genetically modified foods are now mainstream. These foods are slowly making us sick; the aspartame example is just one of many. And what do we do when we get sick? We go to a doctor or hospital and they prescribe drugs or expensive treatments and surgery to help us. Is this not a new form of enslavement? Haven’t we become enslaved to pharmaceuticals and doctors? I truly believe we are in bondage to our diseases that are very likely caused by the tainted foods we are eating daily. It’s a vicious cycle.
This vicious cycle is not only putting us on the road to bankruptcy, but also disabling us for full service to our Lord and Saviour. It’s taking money we could be giving to the work of the Lord – missionaries, outreach, etc., and instead feeding it to the big corporations. It’s also limiting our ability to serve due to illnesses, disease, and untimely deaths.
One thing to always keep in mind is there is much money at stake. Who benefits from this? No doubt big corporations’ profits on aspartame and other chemical additives are astronomical. These corporations would have an awful lot to lose if the American people woke up from their extreme complacency and rejected these practices by the food industry.
Warn your family and friends. Please let them know the dangers of aspartame and other artificial sweeteners. I write this from first-hand experience. I want to help you spare your family and friends from the same struggles that I have endured. Protect yourselves and reject their poisons. If you don’t believe what I’ve said, please do an internet search and research for yourself. There are literally thousands of resources out there for you to see. And don’t believe what you read in the mainstream media. Remember what I mentioned about the amount of money at stake? Well, they have advertisers… usually the big food corporations or pharmaceutical industry. So you better believe they will be very careful with their criticisms!
References:
http://www.naturalnews.com/022234.html
http://dorway.com/dorwblog/?page_id=15
http://www.presidiotex.com/bressler/
http://www.dorway.com/bressler.txt
http://www.idealspine.com/pages/ajcc_october_2005_updates_on_aspertame.htm
http://www.dorway.com/betty/olneyup2.html
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