Is Splenda Safe
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Is Splenda Safe ?
Although Splenda is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, I believe that Splenda has far to many unanswered questions, and too few studies on long term effects to be safe.
The artificial sweetener sucralose, which is sold under the name Splenda, is being marketed as "healthy"and"natural", yet it still proves to be unsafe. The chemical name for sucralose is: 1,6-Dichloro-1,6-dideoxy-beta-D-fructofuranosyl-4chloro-4-deoxy-alpha-D-galactopyranoside. (www.mercola.com2000/dec/3/sucralose_dangers.htm) Sucralose begins with a natural product, sucrose, commonly known as white table sugar...