Splenda sweetener downgraded from "safe" to "caution".

[Big A]

Here are two articles about it, definitely not something you should be using, it was being developed originally as a pesticide!

Think twice before dumping that Splenda into your coffee…

The safety rating of the little yellow packet has gone from “safe” to “caution.” But it wasn’t the FDA who finally spoke up. Another agency has stepped in.

The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) downgraded Splenda’s safety rating because of a new discovery. We’re shocked that it took a “new discovery” to sound the alarms. But it’s better than nothing.

The Food and Drug Administration approved Splenda–sucralose—in 1998. Since then, it’s come under a ton of scrutiny. And for good reason.

Manufacturers created Splenda because everyone finally realized that other artificial sweeteners are dangerous. But what was the point? Splenda actually has more of a toxic chemical—chlorine—than even aspartame.1 Yet aspartame has an “avoid” rating.2

Another quote:

Gross but true… Sucralose (Splenda) was actually discovered by researchers while trying to create a new insecticide. You will find Splenda in numerous consumer products. Make sure to check labels for sucralose. Not to be confused with sucrose, actual table sugar. Products that include Splenda are some Arizona Iced teas, some diet sodas, Diet V8 Splash, Gatorade, Ocean Spray juices, Tropicana juices, and even Breyers ice cream.

http://institutefornaturalhealing.com/2013/06/splenda-the-little-packet-of-death/

Here is from another article:

Splenda is not as harmless as McNeil wants you to believe. A mixture of sucralose, maltodextrine and dextrose (a detrimental simple sugar), each of the not-so-splendid Splenda ingredients has downfalls. Aside from the fact that it really isn’t “sugar and calorie free,” here is one big reason to avoid the deceitful mix…Think April fools day:

Splenda contains a potential poison

Splenda contains the drug sucralose. This chemical is 600 times sweeter than sugar. To make sucralose, chlorine is used. Chlorine has a split personality. It can be harmless or it can be life threatening.

In combo with sodium, chlorine forms a harmless “ionic bond” to yield table salt. Sucralose makers often highlight this worthless fact to defend its’ safety. Apparently, they missed the second day of Chemistry 101 – the day they teach “covalent” bonds.

When used with carbon, the chlorine atom in sucralose forms a “covalent” bond. The end result is the historically deadly “organochlorine” or simply: a Really-Nasty Form of Chlorine (RNFOC).

Unlike ionic bonds, covalently bound chlorine atoms are a big no-no for the human body. They yield insecticides, pesticides, and herbicides – not something you want in the lunch box of your precious child. It’s therefore no surprise that the originators of sucralose, chemists Hough and Phadnis, were attempting to design new insecticides when they discovered it! It wasn’t until the young Phadnis accidentally tasted his new “insecticide” that he learned it was sweet. And because sugars are more profitable than insecticides, the whole insecticide idea got canned and a new sweetener called Splenda got packaged.

To hide its dirty origin, Splenda pushers assert that sucralose is “made from sugar so it tastes like sugar.” Sucralose is as close to sugar as Windex is to ocean water.

http://thepeopleschemist.com/splenda-the-artificial-sweetener-that-explodes-internally/

That last line of above quote is epic, Splenda to sugar as winded is to ocean water, lol

[Guest Spider Monkey]

No more Gatorade?

Unless you drink purified water and only eat organic foods you grow yourself, pretty much everything else seems to be hazardous to your health.

[Captroop]

Thank God. Now maybe they'll stop putting it in so much stuff I like. I had it once and it tore my insides up. That crap is poison. I can't believe they've been putting it in so many children's foods and advertising it as safe for kids. They'll probably all be sterile and have cancer before they turn 25.

[Bloodflood]

Good thing Alice has probably never had anything diet or low calorie in his life.

[dos poptarts]

Can't believe I just pie'd DatAlice.....

 

Anyway, I avoid all artificial sweetners. Haven't touched the stuff in years. Not sure why anyone would purposely put these in their foods/drinks.

 

Haven't tried coconut sugar yet. Agave nector just isn't my taste. 

 

[pstall]

Avoid avoid avoid.

[Captroop]

Stevia I've heard is the shiz as far as sweeteners go. Gotta do some research though.

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[Jase]

here's an idea

 

consume real sugar in moderaton

[rodeo]

Some insight into this group.

 

 

The American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) has been monitoring the activities of The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI). After a lengthy investigation of CSPI's activities, we have come to some very grave conclusions about this group, which is regularly trusted by Americans as a source of information about food safety. Our findings reveal that CSPI is knowingly engaging in deceptive practices as they attempt to persuade the public and the media that their food safety scares are legitimate.

http://healthfactsandfears.net/healthissues/newsID.542/healthissue_detail.asp

 

The Center for Science in the Public Interest isn't a science organization but a special interest advocacy group for public policy. Although it assumes the mantle of science in order to obtain legitimacy for its activities and programs, most of the CSPI's "science" hardly reaches the level of a high school science project.

 

"CSPI is knowingly engaging in deceptive practices as they attempt to persuade the public and the media"

http://www.alcoholfacts.org/MichaelJacobson.html

[TANTRIC-NINJA]

Good stuff...i try to avoid aspertaine..and will sneak a splenda in here n there. Not so much anymore.

[OneBadCat]

Stevia I've heard is the shiz as far as sweeteners go. Gotta do some research though.

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Stevia tastes like dog crap in my opinion.

 

 

Just buy sugar in the raw or use white sugar in moderation.

[Big A]

Stevia I've heard is the shiz as far as sweeteners go. Gotta do some research though.

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Pretty much what I've been reading, stevia seems to be one of the safest from most of what I read. I know rodeo pointed to some concerns over the credibility of many claims by CSPI, but the science behind why sucralose is bad for you is very sound and a quick internet search will reveal endless sources all saying the same thing. Aspartame is on the avoid list and sucralose is much worse and seems to be some lobbying behind it getting a pass.

Here is a list of 3 worst and 4 best sweeteners, stevia and using honey top the list

http://www.rodale.com/sweeteners

Personally I use stevia and xylitol. Xylitol is from the sugar alcohol group and seems to be pretty safe, but I did find that like many of the other sweeteners, any use other than low amounts can have some side effects, then again for xylitol it was stuff like diarrhea while aspartame was cancer like lymphoma.

[rodeo]

Xylitol is outstanding if you prefer your poop to be explosive. Sugar alcohols (xylitol, sorbitol, maltitol, etc) are laxatives.

[Chimera]

Good stuff...i try to avoid aspertaine..and will sneak a splenda in here n there. Not so much anymore.

aspartame?

Its fine as long as you don't have pku