Splenda: Safe Sugar Substitute or Sweet Deception?

SPLENDA: SAFE SUGAR SUBSTITUTE OR SWEET

DECEPTION?

By Lisa Weiss

Why Should I Question Splenda?

o No calorie sweetener for coffee, tea, baking

o “Made from sugar so it tastes like sugar”

o Too good to be true?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s7w6UHmiDw

What is Splenda?

http://www.d-et.com/eng/sucralose.aspo Sucraloseo Discovered in 1976o Comes from sucrose (sugar) but

chlorine is substituted for three hydrogen/oxygen molecules

o Not recognized by the body as a carbohydrate

o 600 times sweeter than sugar

How Safe is Splenda?

o Over 20 years of evaluationo FDA approvals in 1998, 1999o Approved for use in over 80

countrieso Multiple studies found sucralose

poorly absorbed (15%)o Only 2-3% metabolizes

So What’s the Problem?

o Discovered while researching pesticides

o No large scale human studieso Most studies conducted by

manufacturerso FDA denied approval for 10 yearso Studies show up to 27% not

excreted o Chlorine highly toxic if broken

downo Numerous side effects in case

studieso Actually does contain some

calories

Conclusion

Trusted organizations prove Splenda

is safe.

Toxic chlorine may be

absorbed into the body.

Splenda should be used minimally, if at all.

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