Splenda is Dangerous?????

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kryssy77
kryssy77 Posts: 219
in Health and Weight Loss
Do you think this is right? Look at this website it scares me!!

http://www.redicecreations.com/specialreports/sucralose.html

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  • MacMadame
    MacMadame Posts: 1,893 Member
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    That article was written in 2005. It's 4.5 years later and Splenda is still on the market because no well-designed clinical studies support taking it off the market.

    It's just scaremongering.
  • Mindful_Trent
    Mindful_Trent Posts: 3,954 Member
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    Over 100 studies showed no signs of carcinogenicity, reproductive toxicology, neurotoxicology, or genetic toxicology as a result of sucralose administration over all clinical study parameters. The only signs that sucralose can cause problems occured when amounts much much higher than normal daily amounts a human would consume were administered to test animals.

    See the link below - it's a great academic review of Sucralose (Splenda) with lots of references. This is where I got the information I just stated from.

    http://www.kon.org/urc/frank.html
  • dmul
    dmul Posts: 3
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    You could make the same comment about Aspartame (NutraSweet, Equal,...) still being on the market in North America, but Aspartame is banned in Europe for children's products. In the mean time, the big beverage makers are moving to something new.
    Sweeteners made from Stevia.
    http://www.startribune.com/business/36351544.html
    That being said, I doubt anyone really knows what's totally safe, myself included.
  • MacMadame
    MacMadame Posts: 1,893 Member
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    Aspartame is banned in Europe for children's products.
    They have a different attitude towards these issues in Europe and are much quicker to ban things even stuff that has been proven to be particularly safe. They are more likely to ban something "just in case".

    Anyway, IMO Dr. Mercola is a flake who engages in a lot of psuedo-science to support his often outrageous claims.
  • kryssy77
    kryssy77 Posts: 219
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    Over 100 studies showed no signs of carcinogenicity, reproductive toxicology, neurotoxicology, or genetic toxicology as a result of sucralose administration over all clinical study parameters. The only signs that sucralose can cause problems occured when amounts much much higher than normal daily amounts a human would consume were administered to test animals.

    See the link below - it's a great academic review of Sucralose (Splenda) with lots of references. This is where I got the information I just stated from.

    http://www.kon.org/urc/frank.html

    thanks for this!!! Sets my mind at ease cause I LOVE SPLENDA!!! lmao

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