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Sugar or sugar substitutes?

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  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    Sorry, I thought splenda was a sugar alcohol, but it's sucralose.
  • mensasu
    mensasu Posts: 355 Member
    I posted this to my facebook page several months ago. The links to the articles are hopefully still good.

    Artificial sweeteners are dangerous. Aspartame messes up brain function and more (http://www.sweetpoison.com/aspartame-side-effects.html) and now a recent Duke University study showed that Splenda...

    * Reduces the amount of good bacteria in the intestines by 50%. (This weakens your immune system)
    * Increases the pH level in the intestines.
    * Contributes to weight gain.
    * And affects the P-glycoprotein (P-gp) in the body in such a way that it interferes with absorption of prescription drugs
    (can you imagine NOT getting the full benefit of any life-saving drugs you're taking or might take?) http://www.naturalnews.com/024543_health_Splenda_weight.html

    They are putting Splenda into everything these days (Coke zero, yogurt and anything that says sugar free and aspartame free). Scary.

    Saccharin causes cancer in canadian rats :smile: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saccharin

    Non-artificial sweeteners are not necessarily any better.

    High Fructose Corn Syrup is being blamed for the fattening of America.
    Then there is Inulin, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inulin, http://www.naturalnews.com/022356_inulin_food_ingredients.html which Suzanne Somers :ohwell: puts in her SomerSweet.

    And I just learned about Coconut Palm Sugar.

    What I have found is that if you stay away from all sweeteners its much easier - the "sugar cravings" disappear.
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