| mpmorin 2005-04-05, 6:13 pm |
| Masonic Research Laboratory is researching sudden cardiac death. A coworker
is going to visit this laboratory in NYC because she has conditions related
to it.
"Betty Martini via MedKB.com" <forum@MedKB.com> wrote in message
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> Subject: For Immediate Release - Sudden Cardiac Death - Role of
> Aspartame in death of Athletes by Russell Blaylock, M.D. Contact
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> Sudden cardiac Death : The Role of Aspartame. MSG and Other Excitotoxins
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> By Russell L. Blaylock, M.D.
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> Over 460,000 people per year are now dying of a disorder called of sudden
> cardiac death according to CDC statistics. This is a condition striking
> otherwise healthy people, who have experienced no obvious symptoms of
> heart
> disease prior to their deaths. An alarming number of these deaths are
> occurring in young athletes, both in high schools, colleges, as well as
> among professional athletes.
> While cardiologists have found coronary disease and suspect previous scars
> from silent heart attacks in a number of these individuals, one mechanism
> is getting no attention at all, and that is excitotoxic damage caused by
> food additives and the artificial sweetener aspartame. This is despite
> growing evidence that the excitotoxic mechanism plays a major role in
> cardiac disease.
> Previously, it was thought that excitotoxin food additives, such as
> monosodium glutamate and aspartic acid in aspartame, cause their damage in
> the cardiovascular centers in the brain stem and/or by over stimulating
> sympathetic centers in the hypothalamus of the brain. Both of these
> mechanisms have been shown to result in sudden cardiac death in
> experimental animals.
> A particular deadly combination occurs in young athletes, which includes
> low magnesium intake, high calcium intake, low intake of omgea-3 fatty
> acids and excitotoxin food additives. Strenuous exercise- especially in
> extreme heat is known to deplete the body's magnesium stores, as is
> consumption of carbonated drinks and taking calcium supplements. In
> addition, adrenalin secretion, increased during exercise, increases heart
> muscle irritability and magnesium loss as well.
> When calcium supplements are taken in the face of existing magnesium
> deficiency, both magnesium and calcium is driven into the bones, resulting
> in a sudden magnesium depletion crisis. Low magnesium is known to produce
> both seizures and cause sudden cardiac arrest. In a classic experiment, it
> was found that stressing animals who were magnesium deficient resulted in
> an almost 100% mortality from sudden cardiac arrest. Adding magnesium cut
> mortality dramatically.
> A considerable amount of evidence has shown that low omega-3 fat intake
> significantly increases the risk and severity of cardiac arrhythmias, the
> main cause of sudden cardiac death. Likewise, a number of studies have
> shown that Americans are significantly deficient in these protective fats.
> Finally, recent research has shown that the brain is not the only tissue
> having glutamate receptors. Numerous glutamate receptors have been found
> within the heart's electrical conductions system, as well as heart muscle.
> When an excess of food-borne excitotoxins, such as MSG, hydrolyzed
> protein,
> soy protein isolate and concentrate, natural flavoring, sodium caseinate
> and aspartate from aspartame, are consumed, these glutamate receptors are
> over stimulated, producing cardiac arrhythmias.
> When magnesium stores are low, as we see in athletes, the glutamate
> receptors are so sensitive that even low levels of these excitotoxins can
> result in cardiac arrhythmias and death. This is especially so when
> combined with the other factors mentioned. Under such condition, free
> radicals and lipid peroxidation products build up within the muscle cells,
> leading to the same outcome.
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> High consumption of aspartame adds an additional cardiac muscle toxin,
> methanol. A number of studies have shown that consuming aspartame and MSG
> (and similar excitotoxins) together greatly magnifies the toxicity. Young
> people live on junk foods, most of which contain a number of excitotoxin
> additives. Several studies have shown that the levels beings consumed by
> our youth equal those causing the damage in experimental animals. Humans
> are 5X more sensitive to these toxins than any animal.
> These same factors operate in older individuals as well. Most over age 50
> years are depleted of magnesium, have low omega-3 fat intakes, are under
> stress and take a number of medications that worsen nutrition, especially
> magnesium levels. Because they are more likely to also have coronary
> artery
> disease and other medical conditions, their risk of sudden cardiac death
> is
> even higher.
> Both athletes and those over age 45 years should take magnesium
> supplements, antioxidants, omega-3 oils, eat more vegetables and avoid
> foods and artificial sweeteners containing excitotoxins such as aspartame
> and MSG. This will do a lot more than trying to rescue a person with an
> external defibrillator after the fact.
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> Dr. Blaylock's web site is www.russellblaylockmd.com He is author of
> Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills and Health & Nutrition Secrets to Save
> Your Life. He can be seen in the movie, Sweet Misery: A Poisoned World
> on aspartame. You can get a copy from cori@soundandfuryproductions.com
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> Dr. Betty Martini, Founder, Mission Possible Intl, 9270 River Club
> Parkway,
> Duluth, Georgia 30097 770 242-2599 www.dorway.com
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