splenda: safe sugar substitute or sweet deception?
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By Lisa Weiss. Splenda: Safe Sugar Substitute or Sweet Deception?. Why Should I Question Splenda?. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s7w6UHmiDw. No calorie sweetener for coffee, tea, baking “Made from sugar so it tastes like sugar” Too good to be true?. What is Splenda?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
SPLENDA: SAFE SUGAR SUBSTITUTE OR SWEET
DECEPTION?
By Lisa Weiss
Why Should I Question Splenda?
o No calorie sweetener for coffee, tea, baking
o “Made from sugar so it tastes like sugar”
o Too good to be true?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s7w6UHmiDw
What is Splenda?
http://www.d-et.com/eng/sucralose.aspo Sucraloseo Discovered in 1976o Comes from sucrose (sugar) but
chlorine is substituted for three hydrogen/oxygen molecules
o Not recognized by the body as a carbohydrate
o 600 times sweeter than sugar
How Safe is Splenda?
o Over 20 years of evaluationo FDA approvals in 1998, 1999o Approved for use in over 80
countrieso Multiple studies found sucralose
poorly absorbed (15%)o Only 2-3% metabolizes
So What’s the Problem?
o Discovered while researching pesticides
o No large scale human studieso Most studies conducted by
manufacturerso FDA denied approval for 10 yearso Studies show up to 27% not
excreted o Chlorine highly toxic if broken
downo Numerous side effects in case
studieso Actually does contain some
calories
Conclusion
Trusted organizations prove Splenda
is safe.
Toxic chlorine may be
absorbed into the body.
Splenda should be used minimally, if at all.
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