Sucralose aka Splenda...the dangers of it.

Ever go for foods that say artificial sugars or sugar free but notice the item "Sucralose" in it? Your thinking "Hey, i'm eating healthier because it's 0 grams of sugar. But little did you know its actually worse for you than sugar. Doing some research on it, here's some information I found out. Such beverages as diet sodas/diet foods or "zero sugar" items have it.

-The artificial sweetener sucralose, which is sold under the name Splenda™, is one of the up-and-coming "next generation" of high-intensity sugar substitutes. It is non-caloric and about 600 times sweeter than sucrose (white table sugar), although it can vary from 320 tp 1,000 times sweeter, depending on the food application. The white crystalline powder tastes like a lot like sugar, but is more intense in its sweetness.

-Sucralose is not yet approved for use in most European countries, where it is still under review.

Few human studies of safety have been published on sucralose. One small study of diabetic patients using the sweetener showed a statistically significant increase in glycosylated hemoglobin (Hba1C), which is a marker of long-term blood glucose levels and is used to assess glycemic control in diabetic patients. According to the FDA, "increases in glycosolation in hemoglobin imply lessening of control of diabetes.

Research in animals has shown that sucralose can cause many problems in rats, mice, and rabbits, such as:



* Shrunken thymus glands (up to 40% shrinkage)
* Enlarged liver and kidneys.
* Atrophy of lymph follicles in the spleen and thymus
* Increased cecal weight
* Reduced growth rate
* Decreased red blood cell count
* Hyperplasia of the pelvis
* Extension of the pregnancy period
* Aborted pregnancy
* Decreased fetal body weights and placental weights
* Diarrhea

According to one source (Sucralose Toxicity Information Center), concerning the significant reduction in size of the thymus gland, "the manufacturer claimed that the sucralose was unpleasant for the rodents to eat in large doses and that starvation caused the shruken thymus glands.

The FDA acknowledges that sucralose "is produced at an approximate purity of 98%." While that may sound pretty pure, just what is in that other 2%? It turns out that the final sucralose product contains small amounts of potentially dangerous substances such as:



* Heavy Metals (e.g., Lead)
* Arsenic
* Triphenilphosphine Oxide
* Methanol
* Chlorinated Disaccharides
* Chlorinated Monosaccharide

Although manufacturing guidelines do specify limits on these substances there is no guarantee that such limits will always be met. (Again folks, this is the FDA we're talking about that allows those bullshit medicines with 100's of side effects to go on the market and had been paid off in the past to allow other horrible items to go on the market that is nothing but damaging to our health)

The Sucralose Toxicity Information Centerconcludes that:

While it is unlikely that sucralose is as toxic as the poisoning people are experiencing from Monsanato's aspartame, it is clear from the hazards seen in pre-approval research and from its chemical structure that years or decades of use may contribute to serious chronic immunological or neurological disorders.

Some people look at me like I'm crazy when I read the labels on foods. I look at it like i'm informing myself. Sometimes it takes longer to decide what food you are going to eat and what to pick out then it takes to read the labels. Stop being lazy take a moment to see what you are putting in your body's people. LEARN.