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Which of the artificial sweeteners are best and worst for you?
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3 comments:
None of them are good for you. Check out the book "Sweet Deception" for more info. Sucralose (which is Splenda in disguise) is, at this time, thought to be the least dangerous. But still, sucralose/Splenda is a sugar molecule with a chlorine molecule attached to it. I'm pretty sure that ingesting chlorine can be harmful.
Sucralose (Splenda) is thought to be the least dangerous of them all. To chemically synthesize sucraolse they remove one of the carbon molecules and add in a chlorine molecule. The reasoning behind this is to make the molecule to big to fit through the gap junctions in the samll intestine. Ideally, it passes through the body being undigested. It is a very tightly bound molecule and a very small percent is said to actaully be broken down in the body.
I agree, none of them are good for you. Although, if you need a sweetner, I think sugar or sugar cane are the safest (in very modest amounts). See, many people use artificial sweetners because they think they can consume more and not gain weight. Although, some find this true, many do not. Artificial sweetners are often used because commercially they are cheaper than sugar, because, Sucralose for example, is 600 times sweeter than sugar so, it is used in very small amounts. The problem is that there is not enough research on this product to know if is safe for long term use.
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