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Post by silver on Aug 3, 2013 20:17:37 GMT -5
I regularly tweet things I think are important and once I read one of the symptoms of the use of aspartame, I felt I ought to post a thread / notice about the side effects and dangers of its use, since more than a couple of you have mentioned having those hearing issues. I'm going to post the link to a whole article with a couple of videos and this list of problems it has been proven to create: Aspartame is not your friend. In 1991, the National Institutes of Health listed 167 symptoms and reasons to avoid the use of aspartame, but today it remains a multi-million dollar business. Known to erode intelligence and affect short-term memory, the components of this toxic sweetener may lead to a wide variety of ailments including: Brain tumors Birth defects Diseases like lymphoma, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, fibromyalgia, and chronic fatigue Emotional disorders like depression and anxiety attacks Epilepsy/seizures Migraines Numbness Hearing Loss and ringing in the earsBlindness, blurred vision and other eye problems Stomach disorders products.mercola.com/sweet-misery-DVD/?e_cid=20130802_DNL_YRP_3&utm_source=dnl&utm_medium=email&utm_content=yrp3&utm_campaign=20130802
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Post by silver on Aug 3, 2013 20:20:08 GMT -5
I stopped using anything with aspartame in it years ago, fairly recently realizing after reading the labels on chewing gum or bubble gum that they pretty much all contain aspartame. I read labels whenever I see a new product I might want to buy. I buy nothing with aspartame in it.
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Post by silver on Aug 4, 2013 10:56:28 GMT -5
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Post by silver on Aug 7, 2013 18:43:05 GMT -5
Are Your Ears Ringing?
You know us doctors … we seem to have different words for everything.
We don’t say “your ears are ringing.” We call it tinnitus. And we don’t call it “hearing loss.” We use words like sensorineural or auditory loss.
Problem is, all those fancy new words aside, standard medicine doesn’t seem to be able to do a darn thing to fix hearing.
Fortunately, you can protect your hearing as you age. You can even make ringing stop. While some doctors will put you on anti-depressants or tranquilizers to help numb your mind, I’ve found some natural remedies can make tinnitus disappear.
A deficiency of one nutrient in particular can affect your hearing more than any other. Almost 70% of Americans are deficient in this mineral, and that number is increasing…1
I’m talking about magnesium. You need magnesium for hundreds of processes in your body, and it’s a powerful antioxidant and can even relieve headaches.
But did you know it can improve tinnitus and hearing loss?
A study of military recruits found even a small amount of magnesium every day helped protect the ear from noise-induced damage. Those who got magnesium were less likely to experience permanent hearing damage, and when they did experience hearing damage, it wasn’t severe.2
This could be because when the cells in your ear are low on magnesium, it causes you to release catecholamines and prostaglandins, which steal energy from the hair cells in your ears. These cells are connected to your cochlear nerve and they need all the energy they can get to protect themselves after noise exposure.
Also, after loud noises you have a 70% reduction in blood flow to the inner ear.
Why is that important? Because low magnesium reduces microcirculation in your inner ear. So not having enough magnesium and living in our loud modern world is like a double whammy to your hearing.
So magnesium can help your hearing, but here’s what you need to know:
1) You can get more magnesium by eating avocados, nuts, seeds, dairy products and dark green, leafy vegetables. But modern farming practices have depleted much of the mineral content in our soil, so there’s not much magnesium in vegetables any more.
However, don’t substitute grains… even though wheat for example has some magnesium, eating grains can block your absorption of minerals.
2) If you can’t get enough magnesium through food, you can take a supplement. I recommend at least 100 mg a day to help your hearing, but you can take as much as 600 mg a day. Take it with vitamin B6. This will increase the amount of magnesium that accumulates in your cells.
3) Magnesium comes in many different forms. Magnesium carbonate and taurate aren’t absorbed very well, and magnesium oxide can irritate your stomach. Look for magnesium that is bound to citrate, malate, or aspartate so it will get through your gut.
4) Remember that some magnesium sources have been found to be contaminated. You have to be very careful that what you take comes from a reputable brand. I won’t buy any of my raw materials from China anymore because some of them are contaminated with things you don’t want in your body.
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