Medical/scientific aspects of immune illness

Best Mannatech Medical/Scientific Evidence Web Site — Now Updated
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  Using a thorough medical/scientific literature search, I just
  finished assembling the best Medical/Scientific evidence for
  the Mannatech Ambrotose products. I then placed all of the
  evidence on the Web in easily readable color-formatted Web Site
  text.

    goto:   http://clever.net/at/immune-system/breakthroughs.html

  There, in part, you will see the text of 22 Published Journal
  Research Articles summarazing research findings of work done
  principally at the University of Texas Houston Medical Center.

  Please especially read Section IX:

    "Summary of Journal Article Citations".

  This research summary was written by Dr. Ralph W. Moss, Ph.D.
  — author of eight books and three documentaries on
  cancer-related topics. He is an advisor on alternative cancer
  treatments to the National Institutes of Health, Columbia
  University, and the University of Texas.

  This new Web Site also includes newly released research
  articles on the benefits of Mannatech Ambrotose products on
  ADD/ADHD, Alcoholism and Obesity. Soon to come are research
  articles on CFS/CFIDS and Fibromylagia. Very positive evidence
  now also exists for big help with MS and depression. These new
  research results will be added later as they are released.

  I also added the text of some key US Patents, key book
  references and a very helpful discussion of the immune system
  by the Cancer Research Institute.

  Finally, please also note the new involvement with Mannatech
  products of the National Academy of Child Development!!! See
  their excerpted discussion of their new Mannatech Phytochemical
  study in the Web Site section on ADD/ADHD.

  These products work so effectively in so many disease areas by
  enhancing the immune system. I believe the evidence is there.          

  Please go have a look — and judge for yourself.

  For further information or product help, please contact me at:

     gene…@juno.com OR carolc…@juno.com

  Thanks  
  Gene

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                   H. J. Roberts, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.C.C.P.
                            300 27th Street
                   West Palm Beach, Florida  33407-5299

561 832-2408                             Diplomate, American
561 832-2400 (Fax)                       Board of Internal Medicine
                                         RECERTIFIED

          PROFESSIONAL OPINION OF H. J. ROBERTS,M.D.,F.A.C.P.,F.C.C.P.
          CONCERNING HEADACHES CAUSED BY THE USE OF PRODUCTS CONTAINING
                          ASPARTAME (NUTRASWEET R)

     Aspartame products should be considered as a causative agent or
aggravating factor in persons having unexplained headache.

     Similarly, patients who are subject to migraine and other types of
recurrent headache ought to avoid exposure to ALL products containing
aspartame … even in small amounts, such as gum.

     This corporate-neutral summary statement has been prepared as general
information in response to numerous requests from concerned persons and
consumers.  There is no bias or malice intended against any company,
distributor, researcher or individuals who hold a contrary view.  Medical
advice should be obtained by persons with persistent headache.

                    STATISTICAL INFORMATION

     Headache has been the most frequent adverse reaction to aspartame
products.  It was a major complaint in one out of two persons among the
nearly 1,000 aspartame reactors in my data base.  This is five times
greater than the accepted incidence of headache in the population.

     Headache also predominates in the more than 10,000 persons who have
volunteered their severe reactions to the Food and Drug Administration
(FDA.

                    CLINICAL CONSIDERATIONS

     There is nothing mysterious about the confirmation of
aspartame-induced headache.  First, it generally improves or ceases within
several days after abstaining from these products.  Second, the headache
tends to recur shortly after resuming them – that is, within minutes or
several hours.  This sequence is common after unknowingly ingesting
aspartame (including drugs and vitamins), even while taking medication to
prevent migraine.  

     The following considerations are pertinent:

     *  There is a three-to-one preponderance among women.

     *  Close relatives also are more prone to aspartame reactions,
        especially headache.

     *  Some reactors emphasized that they had not been previously subject
        to any type of headache.

     *  About half of the patients with aspartame-induced epilepsy
        (seizures) in my series — more than 150 – had experienced
        severe headache before their first convulsion.

     *  Numerous patients with aspartame-induced headache were initially
        suspected of having some morbid disease.  Their diagnoses
        included brain tumor, aneurysm of a cerebral artery, and various
        types of neuropathy ("neuralgia") involving the cranial and
        cervical (neck) nerves.  Nearly all had costly CT scans or
        MRI studies of the brain — especially when there were concomitant
        neurologic and psychiatric complaints (e.g., confusion, memory
        loss, dizziness, visual impairment, personality change) later also
        proved to be due to aspartame products.

     *  Aspartame reactors not infrequently develop headaches after
        ingesting other chemicals.  They include monosodium glutamate
        (MSG),nitrites ("hot dog headache"),   and phenylethylamine
        ("chocolate headache").

     *  Persons with hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid), hypoglycemia
        (low blood sugar reactions), diabetes, hypertension, and MSG
        sensitivity are at greater risk for aspartame-induced headache.

                              CAUSATION

      Each of the three components of aspartame — phenylalanine; aspartic
acid; the methyl ester, which promptly becomes free methyl alcohol or
methanol — and their multiple breakdown products after exposure to heat
or during prolonged storage is potentially neurotoxic, especially for the
developing brain.  Accordingly, aspartame products should be avoided by
pregnant or nursing mothers, infants and children because of many possible
adverse developmental and long term brain effects. I have reviewed the
likely mechanisms for aspartame headache in my publications.

             PROFESSIONAL AND CORPORATE DENIAL

     Persons who suffer aspartame-induced headache are likely to encounter
denial of this association by physicians, the FDA and manufacturers.  This
situation is reinforced by corporate-sponsored "negative scientific
studies".  I have repeatedly challenged the nature of such studies,
especially when the aspartame was administered in capsules or as
freshly-prepared cool solutions rather than "real-world"  products —
namely, commercial soft drinks and other products that undergo marked
changes during exposure to high temperature or after one or more months
of storage.

                    REFERENCES

This position paper is based on considerable personal observations and
much research.  They appear in more than a score of articles and in these
books:

     *  ASPARTAME (NUTRASWEET@):  IS IT SAFE? (Philadelphia, The Charles
        Press)                      
     *  SWEET’NER DEAREST:  BITTERSWEET VIGNETTES ABOUT ASPARTAME
        (NUTRASWEET@) (West Palm Beach, Sunshine Sentinel Press,
        P.O. Box 17799, 1 800-814-9800)

I also have reviewed Aspartame Disease in a two-cassette talk:  IS
ASPARTAME  (NUTRASWEET@) SAFE?  A MEDICAL,, PUBLIC HEALTH AND LEGAL
OVERVIEW — 1995 (Sunshine Sentinel Press, address above).  

Related books by the writer  can be found on the Internet at
http://www.icanect.net/sunpress

@l997 H. J. Roberts, M.D.
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I have participated in the standard "Please put me on your mailing list" letter and found it to be worth
my time (I get 1 or 2 handfulls or letters every day) but I also found that it’s results were nowhere
near what I expected due mainly to people not sending in the money but rather spreading the letter
without paying for it. I participated in that mainly as an experiment and found that there are a
tremendous amount of people willing to do it. I thought about how to, first, eliminate the "non-pay"
problem and, second, to create a monthly income. I came upon the solution and decided to start a new
program. I decided that there were 3 things that this new program needed in order to work for everyone
and they were: 1.) It needed to be very simple and easy for anyone to do, and, 2.) It needed to be
inexpensive enough for even the poorest of people, and, 3.) It needs to be DUPLICATABLE. I think you
will find this program to meet those requirements. I have put lots of thought into it and I ask that you
PLEASE do NOT modify it. This WILL WORK if you follow it. This system is based on the unconditional
"loaning" of money to people. Simply say, "I am loaning you this $2 as an act of goodwill to help you in
your financial need, you may pay me back if and when you can." You should find 5 or more people who will
send $2 to the 5 needy people on this list AND MAINTAIN 5 or more people who will do the same. You
should put your name on postition number 5 and move each of the other names up one position. The name
originally on position number 1 gets removed. You should be able to contact each of your 5 or more
people to see if they are going to be active this month. If not then you need to find one or more people
to be active in order to maintain at least 5. I am not speaking about the 5 people on the list but
rather the 5 new people you have found. I would highly suggest having more than 5 in any given month.
Now I know that this would be extremely easy to do since I can think of at least 20 people myself who
will do this consistently. The key is to maintain at LEAST 5 active people. If you don’t then you can’t
expect for the rest of the people to do it either and you can’t expect for this system to work. This
system is a no-brainer, and if someone can’t afford the $10 + stamps for this then they truly ARE in
need! It is OK to use the internet to find people but I think it would be easier to find them through
people that you know. This way it will be easier for you to contact them every month to ask about their
being active, unless someone is willing to give you their e-mail address. Here are some numbers:
————————————————————————— ————————–
Monthly income model per level and total for maintaining 4 active members @ $2 each:

Level 1:  $2 x 4 people = $8,  Total now $8
Level 2:  $2 x 16 people = $32, Total now $8 + $32 = $40
Level 3:  $2 x 64 people = $128, Total now $8 + $32 + $128 = $168
Level 4:  $2 x 256 people = $512, Total now $8 + $32 + $128 + $512 = $680
Level 5:  $2 x 1024 people = $2048, Total now $8 + $32 + $128 + $512 + $2048 = *** $2728 ***

Yearly income: $2728 x 12 months = $32,736
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Monthly income model per level and total for maintaining 5 active members @ $2 each:

Level 1:  $2 x 5 people = $10,  Total now $10
Level 2:  $2 x 25 people = $50, Total now $10 + $50 = $60
Level 3:  $2 x 125 people = $250, Total now $10 + $50 + $250 = $310
Level 4:  $2 x 500 people = $1000, Total now $10 + $50 + $250 + $1000 = $1310
Level 5:  $2 x 2500 people = $5000, Total now $10 + $50 + $250 + $1000 + $5000 = *** $6310 ***

Yearly income: $6310 x 12 months = $75,720
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Monthly income model per level and total for maintaining 6 active members @ $2 each:

Level 1:  $2 x 6 people = $12,  Total now $12
Level 2:  $2 x 36 people = $72, Total now $12 + $72 = $84
Level 3:  $2 x 216 people = $432, Total now $12 + $72 + $432 = $516
Level 4:  $2 x 1296 people = $2592, Total now $12 + $72 + $432 + $2592 = $3108
Level 5:  $2 x 7776 people = $15552, Total now $12 + $72 + $432 + $2592 + $15552 = *** $18660 ***

Yearly income: $18660 x 12 months = $223,920
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Monthly income model per level and total for maintaining 7 active members @ $2 each:

Level 1:  $2 x 7 people = $14,  Total now $14
Level 2:  $2 x 49 people = $98, Total now $14 + $98 = $112
Level 3:  $2 x 343 people = $686, Total now $14 + $98 + $686 = $798
Level 4:  $2 x 2401 people = $4802, Total now $14 + $98 + $686 + $4802 = $5600
Level 5:  $2 x 16807 people = $33614, Total now $14 + $98 + $686 + $4802 + $33614 = *** $39214 ***

Yearly income: $39214 x 12 months = $470,568
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Keep in mind that it does not matter what day of the month that someone chooses to be active. It DOES
matter that they are active on that day EVERY month. The key to this is DUPLICATION! You must treat this
as a business. If you treat it like a hobby that is how it will treat you. You could even organize small
meetings with your people and their prospects and work with your leaders.
Think of how easy this would be for you, how reasonable this is, and of how good the chances are of it
working for you. You may need to hire someone to open all the envelopes.

NOTE: I decided on $2 instead of $1 because it is more feasible and it won’t matter much for someone to
send $2 as opposed to $1. Also I was against $5 as that becomes too expensive to duplicate.

Mail $2 every month with a piece of paper saying "I am loaning you this $2 as an act of goodwill to help
you in your financial need, you may pay me back if and when you can" to the following needy people:

#1 Robert Jezil
   114 Jefferson Ave.
   Slidell, LA 70460

#2 Phil Walther Jr.
   9495 Annapolis Lane North
   Maple Grove, MN 55369

#3 C. E. Burkman
   170 University Ave. W
   Suite 12-129
   Waterloo, Ontario
   N2L 3E9

#4 A. Bailey
   1207 Reeves Road
   Plainfield, IN 46168

#5 J. Martin
   P.O. Box 2292
   Reston, Va. 20195  

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