You Know, Sucralose (Splenda) Isn't Safe Either!
by Dr. Joseph Mercola
And you thought Splenda was the answer to the dangers of aspartame!
Splenda – best known for its marketing logo, “made from sugar so it
tastes like sugar” – has taken the sweetener industry by storm. Splenda
has become the nation’s number one selling artificial sweetener in a
very short period of time. Between 2000 and 2004, the percentage of US
households using Splenda products jumped from 3 to 20 percent. In a one
year period, Splenda sales topped $177 million compared with $62
million spent on aspartame-based Equal and $52 million on
saccharin-based Sweet 'N Low.
McNeil Nutritionals, in its marketing pitch for Splenda, emphasizes
that Splenda has endured some of the most rigorous testing to date for
any food additive. Enough so as to convince the average consumer that
it is in fact safe. They claim that over 100 studies have been
conducted on Splenda. What they don't tell you is that most of the
studies are on animals.
As of 2005, only six human trials have been conducted on Splenda
(sucralose). Of these six trials, only two of the trials were completed
and published before the FDA approved sucralose for human consumption.
The two published trials had a grand total of 36 total human subjects.
Thirty-six people sure doesn't sound like many, but wait, it gets
worse: only 23 of the total were actually given sucralose for testing
and here is the real killer: The longest trial at this time had lasted
only four days and looked at sucralose in relation to tooth decay, not
human tolerance.
Considering that Splenda bears more chemical similarity to DDT (both
are organochlorines) than it does to sugar, are you willing to bet your
health on this data? Remember that fat-soluble substances, such as DDT,
can remain in your fat for decades and devastate your health.
We have more people on our site that have reported adverse reactions to
Splenda than were formally studied in the research submitted for FDA
approval.
(Click here for more information on the dangers of sucralose.)
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