Heath Ledger: Was death due to psycho drug in Diet Coke and Interaction?

Feb. 3, 2008 - PRLog -- Heath Ledger was a Diet Coke drinker according to reports.   He also suffered from bipolar symptoms, and was on Ambien CR plus anti-depressants (SSRI's) and even illegal drugs.

Aspartame marketed as NutraSweet, E951 or 951, Equal, Canderel, etc. is a psycho drug that changes brain chemistry.  Ralph G. Walton, M.D.. Medical Director, Safe Harbor Behavioral Health. Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine. says: "The dipeptide component of the molecule can alter brain chemistry, significantly changing the ratio of catecholamines to indolamines, with resultant lowering of seizure threshold, production of carbohydrate craving and in vulnerable individuals leading to panic, depressive and cognitive symptoms."

Dr. Walton said further:   "The neurochemical impact of aspartame on the brain is fairly complicated. Not only does it decrease the availability of the building block for serotonin (L-tryptophan), but one of the two amino acids that comprise aspartame, phenylalanine, is a precursor for another very important neurotransmitter, norepinephrine. Papers which I published in 1986 and 1993 discuss what I believe is the clinical impact (accentuating depressive illness) of altering the balance between these 2 neurotransmitters (norepinephrine and serotonin). There is evidence that the therapeutic effect of antidepressants can be blocked by parachlorophenylalanine - a form of phenylalanine- one of the major constituents of aspartame. Administration of this substance has also been associated with aggression and binging.

So it is certainly established that aspartame changes brain chemistry, and interacts with anti-depressants. The phenylalanine in aspartame depletes serotonin triggering bipolar, suicidal tendencies, panic attacks, paranoia, hallucinations, schizophrenic, mood swings, insomnia, anxiety, etc.


H. J. Roberts, M.D., authored the medical text:  Aspartame Disease: An Ignored Epidemic, www.sunsentpress.com   and it has chapters on the issue and  goes into bipolar and the many psychiatric and behavioral problems.  In one paper he reports:  "The phenylalanine in aspartame dissociates from the ester bond and increases dopamine levels in your brain. This can lead to symptoms of depression because it distorts the serotonin/dopamine balance."  He goes into in depth information on all the components of aspartame and the mental problems.

Dr. Roberts says  aspartame interacts with all antidepressants.   On page 468/469 he gives some general considerations why aspartame may either reduce or potentiate drug action by various mechanisms.  A few possibilities are listed:

*  Alteration of the blood proteins to which drugs attach.
*  Alteration of drug receptors on cell membranes.
*  Changes in the sites at which impulses are transmitted along nerves and to muscle.
*  Metabolic abnormalities in the elderly that are known to enhance their vulnerability to drug reactions. This problem increases in the case of persons taking multiple drugs (polypharmacy) prescribed by several physicians.
*  Interference with drug action by amino acids and protein.  An example is the erratic therapeutic effects when patients with parkinsonism who were controlled on levodopa began to use aspartame products. The antagonism of levodopa by dietary protein presumably reflects impaired transport from serum across the blood brain barrier by neutral amino acids.

Regarding antidepressant drugs he specifically states that aspartame may interfere with the action of important drugs used to treat depression, particularly imipramine (a tricyclic antidepressant).  Further he states the monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOI's), another group of antidepressant drugs can have additional adverse effects when aspartame is consumed.  These include phenelzine (Nardil), isocarboxazide (Marplan) and tranylcypromine (Parnate).  It is pertinent that hypertensive crises have occurred in patients so treated after they consumed foods and beverages  containing tyramine and tryptophan.  This response probably represents vasospasm caused by amino acid-derived sympathomimetic substances such as norepinephrine and tyramine.

With reference to Prozac he says the serotonin elevating action of fluoxetine (Prozac) for treatment of depression could be counteracted by aspartame.  It can block tryptophan entry into the brain, thereby inhibiting synthesis of serotonin.

James Bowen, M.D., reports:  "Because aspartame in the processes of digestion and metabolism, forms about ten other known severe poisonings, and intermediate metabolites, it's potential for drug related interactions is immeasurable" .. "Aspartame is a known destroyer of DNA. The mitocondrial DNA (MtDNA) is especially damaged, yielding the present epidemic of disease aspartame consuming mothers pass on to all future generations. Aspartame also directly damages the mitochondria, thus having a "double whammy" effect on mitochondrial function! The summation of these many known severe toxicities and its immune, genetic, mitochondrial, and metabolic damages, make clear  aspartame will not only cause many diseases, which the FDA and CDC have already noted but it has pathways of approach to interact adversely with every conceivable pharmaceutical."

It's  obvious why Heath Ledger was taking antidepressants; he was consuming a psycho product that triggers mental illness and has caused an epidemic of bipolar.   Read Dr. Walton's recent article which goes into bipolar:    http://www.mpwhi.com/aspartame_and_psychiatric_disorders.htm

Last summer Abby Cormack from New Zealand made world news when she was poisoned by aspartame from Wrigley's gum.  She was about to be diagnosed as bipolar when she decided to research her problems and found www.dorway.com  Read her story:  http://www.mpwhi.com/abby_cormack_story.htm
Aspartame experts reviewed her medical history and here is that report as well.  http://www.mpwhi.com/experts_on_aspartame_and_abby_cormac...

Several years ago Time Magazine's front page cover article announced a million children had bipolar.  Keep in mind  this is an adult disease so a dead giveaway  this psycho drug may have been the cause since aspartame knows no age. Some pharmaceutical companies have voluntarily agreed to remove cough syrups and such sold over-the-counter because of the alarm of problems including death discussed by a pediatric organization.  Check most of them and you'll see that flavored cough syrups and chewable products usually are sweetened with aspartame which triggers sudden death.  Here is a SIDS death, where the baby was using aspartame products:  http://www.wnho.net/sweetened_horror_story.htm

A study in Boston last summer  and this recent one http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=healthNews&storyid=2008-01-23T003235Z_01_N22536594_RTRUKOC_0_US-HEART-MEAT.xml link diet sodas with cardiac problems.
Aspartame triggers an irregular heart rhythm, interacts with cardiac medication, damages the cardiac conduction system and causes sudden death.

Neurosurgeon Russell Blaylock, M.D., wrote Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills, www.russellblaylockmd.com  The aspartic acid in aspartame is the excitotoxic component and it has a synergistic and additive effect with MSG.  www.truthinlabeling.org   Dr. Blaylock explains:  "One of the intriguing associations with excitotoxins of all types is the occurrence of sudden death.  We know that one of the primary sites of actions of these excitatory substances is the hypothalamus and that sudden cardiac death can be induced by stimulating the hypothalamus.  

For the rest of the story go to:  http://www.rense.com/general80/heath.htm

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