On Sep 24, 6:56=A0am, anonym...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> I read the full paper, the rats were fed huge amounts of splenda.
> Splenda is made up of tiny amounts of sucralose the sweentener and bulk
> fillers to make its sweetness and bulk similar to table sugar.
> Sucralose is 600 times as sweet as sugar thus the use of fillers.
>
> The rats were fed huge amounts of splenda and no provision in the method
> used was made to seperate any possible effect of the sucralose from the
> much larger amounts of the filler used.
>
> Leaving aside that the anounts used were many many times what a human
> would consume daily, we do notknow the source of those effects that did
> occur.
Yes, that is a problem with such testing but it suggests the
possibility
of toxicity. Some people will consume Splenda on a regular basis over
their whole lifespan (from womb to the last meal prior to death)
so chronic toxicity may possible. Of course,
the challenge will be to measure it and that may not be readily
done even if the harm is real.
A year or two ago, I accidently consumed some Splenda and I noticed
what I thought to a taste of bleach on my breath. It seemed
quite real and yes you can claim this observation was "just
all in my head." Or perhaps my sense of taste and smell
is better than most.
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