Splenda

The_WoIverine

I'm very aware there will be many who won't agree with this and only care about the FDA approved products and the studies made by whichever sources they rather believe. But for those who are interested in this kind of news, go ahead and check out the new studies that link splenda to leukemia.

local10.com/health/splenda-linked-to-leukemia-study-finds?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_WPLG_Local_10

aub6689

While this is interesting, mice are not humans.

We found saccharine caused cancer in laboratory rats, there was a huge upheaval and concern and it was replaced by many other sweeteners because it "caused" bladder cancer. I don't remember if anyone else remembers when the warning labels had to be placed on anything with saccharine in them.

Then, we found out later that the mechanisms through with this occurred could not be extrapolated to humans and moreover that the levels of saccharine the rats were ingesting were largely impossible in humans.

We've demonized sweeteners to a large extent, but each one is different. The research has been largely incongruent with negative findings. One of my professors is currently working on clinical trials looking at glucose response to sweeteners and their findings are largely inconclusive as well.

It will be interesting to see what further research studies find, but given that other studies say high circulating insulin promotes cancer growth, what is the better option?

AJ_G

This isn't even a peer-reviewed study, it was just a press release saying this is what they found lol. I was wondering why I couldn't find a single link to the actual study on the internet. Please check your facts before you post nonsense like this. Don't just jump all over something because it happens to agree with your preconceived notions.

You know the potential for being spun is high when you get a press release with a shocking scientific claim but no meaningful data whatsoever. And when it turns out to come from an Italian Institute that has been a virtual punch bag for relentless criticism from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), among others, it’s time to double your skepticism.

Indeed, triple it: Normally, when academics find something that might be of deep concern to public health, they submit their research to peer-reviewed scientific publications, which then fast-track the findings online if, that is, their academic reviewers find the study rigorous enough for publication. Moreover, these publications also send out an embargoed copy of the paper to journalists, along with a press release. In theory, this gives time for journalists to read through the paper, examine the data, and formulate questions for the authors of the research or other outside experts.

But why be transparent when you can be theatrical? In a move that bypasses good but boring scientific practice and goes straight for the klieg lights and the razzle dazzle of the media, Dr Morando Soffritti, Director of the Ramazzini Institute in Bologna, Italy offers only a press release saying that he found mice were at increased risk for cancer after being fed Splenda, the popular non-calorie sweetener. And that’s about it.

Yi5hedr3

Doesn't surprise me. Slenda is chlorine. Something NOT to be ingested!