b'IN MEMORIAMDR. BETTY GELLER MARTINIAugust 1, 1940February 14, 2023BY SCOTT C. TIPSK nee-high to a grasshopper,asmygrandmotherwould say with a twinkle in her eyes in gross exaggeration about us children or someone of diminutive size. Yet, she would also be the first to say that size doesnt matter, which was certainly the case for petite Betty Martini who packed a pow-erful and mighty force in her small frame. In fact, no one really had the time to even notice her size because they were too busy trying to catch up with her in intelligence, feistiness, dis-cipline, good manners, dedication to freedom, and just about any other virtuous human qual-ity you could imagine. Betty was truly a force to be reckoned with.Dr. Betty Martini, ne Geller, was an NHF Lifetime Member who fought for over 33 years to remove the toxic artificial sweetener aspartame from our food supply. At one time a victim herself of unintentional aspartame poisoning through prescribed medications, Betty knew firsthand the devastating effects of this poisonous chemical. She dedicated her life, time, money, and energy to educating others about its dangers and eradicating as-partame from all food, for which we will be forever grateful.However, before that, in 1970, Betty estab-lished a pioneering concept in clinics, which she named Physicians on Call, consisting of a network of five Emergency Care clinics in Atlanta, Georgia, staffed with medical doc-tors, and open 24/7. Services were provided without charge to those patients who could not afford to pay. Bettys clinics were the 20 H ealtHF reedomN ews /s priNg2023'