Splenda (Sucralose)
Excerpt from Death by Modern Medicine by Dr. Carolyn Dean
Equal is an aspartame sweetener made by Merisant
Company. Splenda is Equal's
major competitor and is being hauled into court by the makers
of Equal for
false advertising. Spenda claims that it's "made from sugar,
so it tastes
like sugar," but Merisant says Splenda is deceiving people
into believing
they are eating natural sugar but without the calories.
In a cat fight that will probably expose both products for
what they really
are, ABC News on December 1, 2004, said that the lawsuit against
Splenda
says that it is "made from dextrose, maltodextrin and
4-chloro-4-deoxy-alpha, D-Galactopyranosyl-1, 6-dichloro-1,
6-dideoxy-beta,
D-fructofuranoside."
Dr. Joseph Mercola, who posted news about the lawsuit on his
extensive
health Web site www.mercola.com,
offered the following incisive comment:
Talk about the proverbial "pot calling the kettle
black!.it's no wonder why Merisant is going after
McNeil: Splenda sales have soared way past Equal since it
was introduced in the United States some four years ago.
I do find it quite odd that the manufacturer of an artificial
sweetener whose primary toxic ingredient is aspartame
(a.k.a. Equal) is suing another manufacturer of an
equally artificial sweetener with the equally toxic
sucralose (a.k.a. Splenda). As far as I'm concerned, they
are equally dangerous, equally misleading and equally
detrimental to your health.
Dr. Mercola lists the following problems that are associated
with Splenda in animal research:
Shrunken thymus glands (up to 40 percent shrinkage)
Enlarged liver and kidneys
Atrophy of lymph follicles in the spleen and thymus
Reduced growth rate
Decreased red blood cell count
Extension of the pregnancy period
Aborted pregnancy
Diarrhea
We don't know the long-term effects on humans, because the
studies have not
been done. The people who have been using this product for four
years are
the experiment.
Excerpt from Death by Modern Medicine by Dr. Carolyn Dean