Further to my post of yesterday, I received or had copied to me the following:
We are not in any way associated with Betty Martini whose rants embarrass us all. She is what one of my colleagues called “a self-appointed general”
There is a list on Yahoo, The Aspartame Victim’s Support Group that at all times, for the last 10 years has had 1,000 people who list and share their experiences with aspartame.
I replied:
Testimonials are the stock in trade of the quack. They are of no worth in determining cause. Give me double blind studies.
Then the following was copied to me:
Mary… do you know what he’s talking about…
A more sophisticated person replied, also copying to me:
He’s saying all you’re giving him are ‘anecdotal’ accounts - not double blind human tests with a large number of subjects made up of a ‘control’ group and an ‘aspartame’ group. Walton’s was too small by scientific standards.
You get mired down in debating this guy, it could go on forever and you won’t win because he is there to prove his predetermined point and to make you look bad. Like Martini, he will out-argue you and drag you down. We don’t have to prove anything to this character. Those who believe will survive. Those who don’t won’t. Don’t waste valuable time arguing with him. He isn’t worth it.
These are obviously sincere people who have themselves had bad experiences that they attribute to aspartame — but they are badly lacking in scientific understanding. The fact that some academic researchers will hop onto any bandwagon that will give them publications is a serious disservice to them.
Because of their lack of scientific background, they fail to understand that I am asking only for normal scientific caution and so interpret my comments as evilly motivated in some way. I noted at the beginning that I myself do not use ANY artificial sweeteners that I know of so my personal inclination would be to agree with them. I just ask for a conventional standard of proof before I do so.
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackWe have lists and lists and more lists of scientific studies in the archives of the group. It would take you days to read them all. If you are as “scientific” as you claim you are, then you would read them all and critique them, instead of making this sweeping statement that all 1000 of our “sincere” members are “unscientific”, as opposed you this very elevated opinion you have of yourself. You are starting to really remind me of Bill O’Reilly.
Bryant
We are trying to establish where Betty Martini recieved her doctoral degree and in what.
Any information would be appreciated.
Rob McConnell,
Host & Executive Producer,
The ‘X’ Zone Radio Show
Betty Martini’s Honorary degree is a Doctor of Humanities, from a small Bible College I believe in Idaho or Washington, not sure which. She was immensely invaluable in our efforts in New Mexico in the Legislature, and came all the way from Georgia at her own expense with suitcases full of literature and DVD’s for the legislators, much as she did in New Zealand. New Mexico has come closer to banning aspartame/methanol/formaldehyde/diketopiperazine than any other state, and much thanks go to Betty Martini in this regard. Were it not for the corporate lobbyists, the real villains in all of this, we would have achieved at least a labeling law.
Aspartame is much like asbestos, leaded gasoline, DDT, etc.: the corporations claim it is safe, and influence a few regulatory bodies to do the same, and until enough bodies pile up and perhaps a few compensatory lawsuits, it will stay on the market. For those cronies and apparatchiks who claim it is safe, be my guest, sit down and drink a case of diet sodas and chew some sugarless gum for the next six weeks: you will never be the same!
For the real truth, not the corporate BS from Ajinomoto, the world’s largest manufacturer of aspartame, also of another neurotoxic additive: monosodium glutamate, just google and read Dr. H.J. Roberts’ article: ASPARTAME DISEASE: AN FDA APPROVED EPIDEMIC.
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