More Fake Sugar: Sucralose (brand name Splenda)

[liveonearth]

Sounds like, from this and other articles, that sucralose is not as toxic as aspartame, however because the product is brand new and relatively untested (certainly no long term testing on record), there's no guarantee that it won't hurt you. The best things to eat are the things that we evolved eating. "Natural" foods that have been chemically altered are not to be considered "safe" until time-tested.

http://www.mercola.com/2000/dec/3/sucralose_dangers.htm

Comments

Agreed

[neptunia67.livejournal.com]

Manufacturers of aspartame toted it as safe (and still do, despite study results to the contrary). I don't trust sucralose at all. If it's made in a lab, it shouldn't go into my body, IMHO.

I'm reading Fast Food Nation right now. It's a good read, although a bit depressing. Watched Supersize Me for the first time the other night too. Blech.