Warning to Glenn Beck: Don’t Drink Diet Coke

[snowbird]

Kurt Nimmo
Infowars.com
October 9, 2010

On Friday, Glenn Beck announced on his radio show that he will be taking a brief leave of absence for medical reasons. “There is something wrong with my voice, and we’re not sure what it is,” Beck said, according to a transcript on his website. “They’re going to be doing CAT scans and MREs or MRIs and PET scans and they’re going to be doing blood work like crazy.”

As a Mormon, Beck is forbidden to drink coffee, but he drinks a large amount of Diet Coke.


In July, the Fox News host admitted that he is suffering from macular dystrophy, an eye disorder that causes vision loss. “Yes, I have a problem with my eyes,” Beck told an audience of 6,000 in Salt Lake City. “A couple of weeks ago, I went to the doctor because I can’t focus my eyes … So I went to the best doctor I could find… he did all kinds of tests, and he said I have macular dystrophy.”

Glenn Beck may not know it, but it is almost certain he is another victim of Rumsfeld Plague. On September 29, the New York Times published a long article about Beck. “His Mormonism forbids coffee, but he consumes a lot of Diet Coke and chocolate,” writes Mark Leibovich.

http://www.infowars.com/warning-to-glenn-beck-dont-drink-diet-coke/

[Judee]

Here’s what Glenn Beck needs to know — aspartame is linked to blindness. It is made up of 50% phenylalanine, 40% aspartic acid and 10% methyl alcohol. Methyl alcohol inevitably affects vision. Back when the government imposed prohibition on the country, thousands of people went blind due to the use of wood alcohol/methanol in spirits.



The late Dr. Morgan Raiford, a specialist in methanol toxicity, warned about the danger of blindness associated with the consumption of aspartame. “This product [NutraSweet] has some highly toxic reactions in the human visual pathway and we are beginning to observe the tragic damage to the optic nerve, such as blindness, partial to total optic nerve atrophy. Once this destructive process has developed there is no return of visual restoration,” Raiford wrote in an aspartame factsheet. “When this drug enters the digestive tract, largely the upper portion [the] aspartame molecule spins off a by product known as methanol or methyl-alcohol.”

I remember when aspartame first 'came out'. I tried a can of soda that had aspartame in it, and immediately developed a blinding headache. Another time, someone gave me some coffee latte concoction, and I got a horrible blinding headache. Upon checking the box, I found out it contained aspartame. I guess I was fortunate that my body gave aspartame a resounding NO -- DON'T TOUCH IT! I'm sure nothing will come of this story however. There is far too much money involved here to allow any kind of truth to come out. Mr. Beck's doctors will come up with all kinds of reasons for his medical problem, and none of them will involve aspartame.

[Alpha]

Here's an update to this story....



Beck Sidekicks Attempt To Debunk Diet Coke Controversy (http://www.prisonplanet.com/beck-sidekicks-attempt-to-debunk-diet-coke-controversy.html)


Gray and Burguiere laugh away dangers of aspartame despite Beck’s own listeners urging Fox News personality to ditch sodas in bid to cure his poor eyesight

Paul Joseph Watson

Prison Planet.com (http://www.prisonplanet.com/)
Monday, October 11, 2010


Glenn Beck radio show sidekicks Pat Gray and Stu Burguiere waded in on the controversy surrounding Beck’s poor health today after an article which was featured on the Drudge Report warned that Beck’s poor eyesight was probably related to the amount of aspartame he consumes in drinking large amounts of Diet Coke.


Watch the clip.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKeRItOehCE&feature=player_embedded


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Full Article (http://www.prisonplanet.com/beck-sidekicks-attempt-to-debunk-diet-coke-controversy.html)

[Judee]

Doesn't surprise me Alpha. With someone like Beck, there could be a liability issue. I know I wouldn't want to mess with the likes of Monsanto, et al! But if that isn't the issue, and Mr. Beck really does believe that aspartame is safe and healthy, then good luck to him. :rolleyea:

[pyrite]

i have a friend that uses that stuff like crazy...her and her son have migraines, and are very obese........have joint pains all kinds of the symptoms.....but wont stop using it

[fabucat]

In my experience, diet coke or Pepsi tends to take the edge off of the Adderall. I don't know why. Betcha Glenn, as a person with ADHD, takes that (by prescription) as well.

In any case, the stuff I've read about diet soft drinks in this forumn & heard on the Thom Hartmann show has curtailed my consumption quite a bit.