That’s how I felt a few days ago when I met with a room filled with lab coats and a dozen or so lay persons. We tried to appear professional, informed and knowledgeable. I tried to make light conversation with the young woman next to me hoping she would calm down and lose the “deer in the headlight” aura she projected. I was under the impression that there would be two neurologists, an IR and a handful of lab rats. Instead there were four neurologists, a hematologist, two IR’s, the director of the local NMSS, and an assortment of other doctors in their respective specialties.
Due to the number of people in the area requesting information about CCSVI and “the Liberation Procedure” (their term, not mine), this eclectic group was put together to gain insight. Four of us were part of the same study who all had well documented diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis and unbroken chains of medical records. I had been diagnosed earlier than the other three. I was also born well before the others. I have a recording of the entire proceedings but I wanted to share a couple of observations. After a brief presentation by DRs. James and Montalbano, one of the neurologists began to reduce the entire venous connection to MS as a pipe dream not based in any logical scientific study. I began to wonder why I was there. Apparently so did one of the doctors because he said, “your presence is not necessary as we have copies of your records, written by other physicians. We cannot expect “patients “to understand medical terminology.” The silence was deafening. After about an hour, in reality about 15 seconds, I said, “If I may, I would be most willing to explain why patients are important in making their healthcare decisions in concert with their own physicians. Have you read our records, sir?” The hematologist of all people said she would be interested in asking some questions. Finally we were getting somewhere as all of us answered their concerns very well in my opinion.
After about 15 minutes, Dr. Ego felt he could conclude the session by dazzling us with his superior knowledge of Multiple Sclerosis. I have to admit it was impressive, though it didn’t appear that the other doctors understood half of what he said. Finally I said, “How can you discount what you see before you? Two of us are considered to have SPMS. Neither of us use a wheelchair or cane. You can see the remarkable difference in my records of two years ago and today, including all of my MRI’s and reports. Aren’t you even curious?” Someone said, “Would you submit to a neurological exam?” I agreed and she asked me to come up front. I was standing in the front of all the brass when I realized that the neurologist who wanted to examine me was one of my old neurologists. I had not seen her for at least 8 years. She was quite thorough, even having me take off my shoes and glasses. She never smiled. I was getting nervous. When she was finished, they all agreed that I “appeared” to have no clinical signs of MS. Finally Dr. Rivers said, ” I was this woman’s neurologist many years ago. She had RRMS. I read her chart and wanted to be here to see for myself. She went on to explain the MS symptoms I had as her patient. When there was an objection, she said,” I have never seen this level of improvement in an MS patient. After reading the doctor notes of successive physicians, and her severe level of disability two years ago, I concede that this dimension into the causal factors of MS demands more consideration.”
I went back to my seat, without my shoes. I would have to do something stupid! All in all, I think some progress was made. I mentioned Dr. Hubbard and his willingness to speak with them. I left them with contact information and website links. The young woman next to me ran and got my shoes.
Woodrow C. Monte, PhD, a food scientist, researcher, and Professor Emeritus of Food Science and Nutrition at Arizona State University, has just published a comprehensive book, “While Science Sleeps, a Sweetener Kills,” which is now available on Amazon.com. The book specifically solves the mystery of the cause of Multiple Sclerosis.
The book presents Dr. Monte’s lifetime of research into the nutritional causes of the major diseases of civilization. His own research, along with the research of hundreds of other scientists, is presented in language the average reader can understand and apply to very easily avoid many of the worst diseases that currently kill the majority of people in the civilized world. Dr. Monte has carefully and thoughtfully pieced together the scientific evidence found in hundreds of scientific studies to show convincingly that the single culprit is methanol – a molecule found primarily in canned fruits and vegetables, tomatoes, cigarette smoke, smoked foods, and the artificial sweetener aspartame. Methanol is converted by the enzyme known as Alcohol Dehydrogenase Class 1 (ADH1) into formaldehyde inside the body’s most sensitive tissues.
It is methanol that makes the aspartame taste sweet, and within ten minutes of consuming it, the methanol is released from its chemical bond. Each liter of diet soda contains the amount of methanol found in a pack of cigarettes, and evidence is mounting that diseases traditionally associated with smoking – most recently, heart disease and stroke – are now being associated specifically with aspartame consumption.
The human body converts dietary methanol into formaldehyde in the stomach, liver, veins and arteries, lungs, pancreas, skin, breast, and brain. Dr. Monte makes a compelling case that it is this process, and the disease that results, that is responsible for the epidemics of a variety of cancers, heart disease, diabetes, autoimmune diseases like Lupus and Multiple Sclerosis, autism, and Alzheimer’s disease that have exploded over the past thirty years since the introduction of aspartame in the summer of 1981.
The book also contains information and documentation showing that the product’s manufacturers and their friends in the Food & Drug Administration knew the dangers posed by aspartame, yet buried the evidence and released it for public consumption despite the risk. Furthermore, they knowingly marketed it to those research had demonstrated were particularly vulnerable to its harmful effects – diabetics and pregnant mothers. Since that time, adult onset diabetes has more than doubled worldwide, with diabetics dying from the major diseases of civilization at a much higher rate than the average population.
Deaths from Alzheimer’s disease, in which formaldehyde inside the brain destroys memory function, have increased 10,000% since 1981. Neural tube birth defects are up around 70% in the same period of time despite efforts to compensate with recommended folic acid.
Dr. Monte has decades of experience in food science and nutrition as a researcher, teacher, inventor, industry consultant and consumer advocate who is committed to food additive safety and the prevention of food borne diseases. He is a dedicated scientist with both a Ph.D. and M.S. in Food Science and Nutrition and a B.S. in Biology. He has been a Registered Dietician, Certified Nutrition Specialist AIN, professional member of the American Chemical Society and emeritus member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 1985, he was chosen by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars as a Senior Fulbright Scholar. His testimony before Congress was instrumental in the prevention of Sulfites from receiving status of US FDA GRAS (Generally Regarded As Safe) and the implementation of mandatory labeling for most foods that contain this dangerous additive. More information about Dr. Monte and his work can be found on his website: http://www.WhileScienceSleeps.com.