Splendid Splenda?
Posted on June 20th, 2005 in Sarah | 3 Comments »
truthaboutsplenda.com (Website by the unbiased Sugar Association)
Sucralose Toxicity Info (Article on the health aspects of consuming chlorinated sucrose derivatives – there are also articles on the dangers of aspartame on this website… see below)
NPR Market Place (A 2/08/05 broadcast from NPR when Splenda took the sugar industry to court, claiming they had been the target of false and misleading reports.)
Take it with a grain of…er… sugar if you must, but I always favor educated decisions.
While you’re being educated, here’s a Snopes article on Aspartame (which is not in Splenda).
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Hmmm…. the sugar industry going to battle with Splenda. I’m sure their report will be unbiased. Next, we’ll be showing you a story about how beef causes cancer, sponsored by the poultry industry.
Ha ha ha!
“Splenda is an artificial sweetener made from a chemical compound that includes chlorine.”
Guess what… so does sodium chloride… salt.
You may also want to check out this page warning us about the dangers of Dihydrogen Monoxide.
Yeah, I had a laugh, too, about the unbiased information presented by the Sugar Association. I didn’t even know there was such an association. If anything, false advertising isn’t cool. The Dihydrogen Monoxide thing was a real science experiment on gullibility by a 9th grader. Smart kid