Beware NutraSweet!!

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  • astridfeline
    astridfeline Posts: 1,200 Member
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    HFCS from commercial corn growing practices is also linked to environmental impacts such as the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico

    http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2007/7/16/161412/560

    OK, off the soapbox now...sorry...
  • barracudamuscle
    barracudamuscle Posts: 313 Member
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    I was only kidding! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • astridfeline
    astridfeline Posts: 1,200 Member
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    I was only kidding! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

    phew!! you never know what people will eat ...:blushing:
  • haleyvision
    haleyvision Posts: 16
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    I read your link astridfeline (http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2007/7/16/161412/560 ). I dont understand why they're using corn for fuel, it sounds good in theory, but what happens when there is a drought and they cant produce enough? It appears all that run-off is just as bad for the environment.
  • butterjoy
    butterjoy Posts: 303 Member
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    IS SPLENDA OKAY?
  • astridfeline
    astridfeline Posts: 1,200 Member
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    I read your link astridfeline (http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2007/7/16/161412/560 ). I dont understand why they're using corn for fuel, it sounds good in theory, but what happens when there is a drought and they cant produce enough? It appears all that run-off is just as bad for the environment.
    I have seen in the news that corn for biofuel is being blamed for world food shortages. Run-off I think is exactly the problem: nitrates from the fertilizers run off into the Mississippi River, which then goes into the Gulf of Mexico, creating the marine dead zone. I haven't had time to examine the issues thoroughly since it's finals time, so I hope I have the details right. I'll put this on my list of "things to do"!
  • sr2000
    sr2000 Posts: 230 Member
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    The closer to nature, all natural, unaltered, unprocessed, un-messed with the better. The same is true for ALL the foods we eat, why not follow the same guidelines for sweeteners. Use sweeteners in the purest form, but use sparinly. We probably wouldn't eat a chemically formed carrot, why eat a chemically formed or processed unnatural anything? I know is is nearly impossible to eliminate processed food from our life, we all want to have a eggo with syrup once in awhile, but as we all know we should limit those "bad foods" for the best health possible. I guess it goes back to "everything in moderation"
    Scary about that company that is ruling the agriculture in our country isn't it? I recently read about it myself and am going to dig deep to find the most organic, unalterd seeds for my garden this year.
  • yellow_pepper
    yellow_pepper Posts: 708 Member
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    Splenda hasn't been around enough for there to be any meaningul studies on it. Whenever we eat a food additive, we're taking a chance on it. The question is whether you think the benefits outweight the costs. And that's a highly personal choice.
  • haleyvision
    haleyvision Posts: 16
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    Who knows? There isnt AS much publicity about splenda as aspartame, but there were a couple websites talking about it...

    Splenda is not a natural substance, it is an artificial chemical sweetener manufactured by adding three chlorine atoms to a sugar molecule.
    excerpt from.... http://www.truthaboutsplenda.com/factvsfiction/index.html

    Splenda is the trade name for sucralose, a synthetic compound stumbled upon in 1976 by scientists in Britain seeking a new pesticide formulation. It is true that the Splenda molecule is comprised of sucrose (sugar) — except that three of the hydroxyl groups in the molecule have been replaced by three chlorine atoms... the bonds holding the carbon and chlorine atoms together are more characteristic of a chlorocarbon than a salt — and most pesticides are chlorocarbons.

    Artificial sweeteners are not subject to the same gauntlet of FDA safety trials as pharmaceuticals. Most of the testing is funded by the food industry, which has a vested interest in the outcome. This can lead to misleading claims on both sides.
    excerpts from... http://www.womentowomen.com/nutritionandweightloss/splenda.aspx

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