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December 4, 1995

Mr. Alan Paul
Editor-In-Chief
Editorial Office
Muscular Development - Fitness - Health
2120 Smithtown Ave., Ronkonkoma, NY 11779

Re:  "Aspartame: Healthier than Sugar" by Brian Leibovitz,
Ph.D.

Dear Mr. Paul,

I was shocked that aspartame was portrayed as an acceptable 
substitute to sugar in the April 1995 issue of Muscular Development 
- Fitness - Health. I have seen many serious acute and chronic 
illnesses contributed to by the short- and long-term use of 
aspartame. There are thousands of persons throughout the U.S., who, 
like myself have seen adverse reactions from aspartame, and are 
working to warn people to stay away from it. Therefore, I ask that 
you give equal time to an appropriate expert for presentation of the 
non-industry point of view.

I have utmost respect for much of Dr. Leibovitz' work, but I believe 
that he totally misses the problem with aspartame. While I don't 
expect Dr. Leibovitz to agree with me on every item related to the 
aspartame situation, I would hope that he would at least investigate 
the situation thoroughly by speaking with people who collect adverse 
reactions, speaking with people who have experienced serious health 
problems from aspartame, and reading the scientific literature. 

I have enclosed a review of Dr. Leibovitz' article. It is currently in 
draft form as I intended to make it into a general review of the 
aspartame situation over the next few months. Many health 
professionals, including Nutritionists have known all along that 
aspartame was hazardous. Now, a growing number of those 
professionals are seeing the consequences of medium- and long-term 
aspartame use and have begun to warn their clients off of the junk. 
Dr. Atkins recently changed his books and warned his readers to stay 
away from aspartame. I hope that both Muscular Development - 
Fitness - Health and Dr. Leibovitz consider the growing evidence of 
danger from aspartame and take the appropriate steps as well.

Sincerely,



Mark D. Gold

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