Question:
how safe is splenda
i have read that if you use splenda to sweeten things are in diet drinks, you may as well be adding ddt??? has any one read any thing about this?? i love my diet rite cola, and crsytal light. help please give me some feed back. i want to be healthy now that i am 2yrs out by pass)) and love it. i am 58yrs and feel 30 well may be 40-lol.. tam n tex — tammy B. (posted on March 8, 2005)
March 7, 2005
Personally I think its as safe as any other no cal sweetner. The other
makers of sweetners are seeing their marketing share drop and are doing
everything to prevent it. Life is full of risks, and sugar may one day be
found to cause cancer. Certinally MO does.
<P> I refuse to worry about everything, heck I heard the plastics in
a new car, that give it that new car smell can be bad for you. The feds are
going to require scrubbers on bakeries ovens, the bread smell is a hazard
too, no joke. With all this going on I am ignoring the small hazards. Just
look how many people die yearly or are crippled for life in car accidents.
Yet few refuse to go for a drive.
— bob-haller
March 8, 2005
I've used it ever since it came out and I LOVE IT!! I bake with it and use
in my drinks and adore it. However you can tell a bit of a difference when
you bake with it...but I still like it. Give it a whirl...thank goodness
more restaurants are coming around and are stocking Splenda...gotta love
it!
Best of luck to you!
Tiff (Lap RNY 2/17/04 245lbs; 145 lbs)
— Tiffany B.
March 8, 2005
I heard that Big Sugar was behind some of those allegations. It wouldn't
surprise me.
— Jeanie
March 8, 2005
I "google'd" your question and found an overwhelming number of
references to this connection. They seem overly simplistic to me. To put
the claim in perspective, have a look at http://www.
kuro5hin.org/story/2002/5/5/24155/41542ed (take the space out between www.
and the rest). I have noooo earthly idea whether Splenda's bad for you or
not, but to say it's related to ddt is like saying monkeys and humans are
the same. Interesting comparison, but, like . . . c'mon, now. ;-)
— Suzy C.
March 8, 2005
I remarked on this site years ago that I wondered how anything with an
choline molicule added could be considered safe. At least that is my
understand of Splenda. But I do use it. At this URL there are some links
you may be interested in looking at.
http://search.hp.netscape.com/hp/search?fromPage=HPPAVTop&query=Splenda%20safe%3f&x=4&y=3
— Danmark
March 8, 2005
I have asked all my Dr's and Nurse Friends Due to the fact I have dealt
with Cancer and fighting to keep strong and healthy they told me its not
true. Splenda is made from part of Surgar cane and its not linked to DDT.
Good luck
Dionna
— Dionna_Dupuis
March 8, 2005
I just found this. I had never heard of the DDT connection before.
http://search.hp.netscape.com/hp/boomframe.jsp?query=Splenda+safe%3F&page=1&offset=0&result_url=redir%3Fsrc%3Dwebsearch%26requestId%3D7e6934c8bfcb948a%26clickedItemRank%3D3%26userQuery%3DSplenda%2Bsafe%253F%26clickedItemURN%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fsuewidemark.com%252Fsplenda.htm%26invocationType%3D-%26fromPage%3DHPPAVTop%26amp%3BampTest%3D1&remove_url=http%3A%2F%2Fsuewidemark.com%2Fsplenda.htm
Chlorinated Pesticides
According to Consumers Research Magazine "Some concern was raised
about sucralose being a chlorinated molecule. Some chlorinated molecules
serve as the basis for pesticides such as D.D.T., and accumulate in body
fat. However, Johnson & Johnson emphasized that sucralose passes
through the body unabsorbed."
Of course, this assertion about not being absorbed is complete nonsense. As
shown above, a substantial amount of sucralose is absorbed, so the argument
is not valid.
According to the HAD, "The manufacturer claims that the chlorine added
to sucralose is similar to the chlorine atom in the salt (NaCl) molecule.
That is not the case. Sucralose may be more like ingesting tiny amounts of
chlorinated pesticides, but we will never know without long-term,
independent human research."
— Danmark
March 8, 2005
there have been over 100 studies since 1976 on the safety of splenda. I
trust it more than any of the other artificial sweeteners. Of course, I
live life on the edge, I had a surgery that kills 1/200 people who have
that procedure.
— **willow**
March 9, 2005
THANKS GUYS ALL ANS. GOOD THATS WHY I LIKE THIS SIT SO MUCH GOOD INFO. LOVE
YALL GOD BLESS, COULDN'T DO WITH OUT ALL OF YOU.. TAM N TEX.
— tammy B.
March 9, 2005
Willow thats kinda funny sad....
— bob-haller
March 9, 2005
I guess I was trying to say is life is full of risks. There is a lot of
junk science out there. Lawyers out to make a buck by filing junk lawsuits
based on faulty research, media reports that distort and give only part of
the story to make ratings and needlessly alarm people.
check out the website www.junkscience.com to learn more about it.
— **willow**
Click Here to Return