Thursday, October 18, 2007
Advertisers have marketed Splenda as a healthy, non-caloric alternative to sugar since the product launched its American campaign in 1998 after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the sugar substitute. Although the contents of the yellow packets end up sprinkled in the cups of every calorie-conscious coffee drinker around the country, Splenda’s reputation as a healthy sweetener could be in jeopardy. Dr. Janet Starr Hull, author of “Splenda: Is It Safe or Not?” and founder of www.splendaexposed.com, says despite the claim that Splenda, known scientifically as sucralose, is formed from sugar, only one part of the molecular makeup of the sweetener is in fact sugar. She says that the other three atoms are chlorine, which acts as a filler. Hull adds that incorporating products that contain diet chemicals such as Splenda actually reverses the effects of weight loss. She says when you fill your body with synthetic products, the low nutrient content sends the body into starvation mode. Hull notes that even though ingredients may be different, sugar substitutes shouldn’t be fully incorporated into your diet. “There are differences, but the common denominator is that these diet sweeteners are chemicals,” Hull says, “and no animal was meant to eat chemicals.”
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