Splenda not so splendid

[Randy]

Artificial Sweetener Explodes Internally - Avoid It In 2007

Shane Ellison M. Sc.
NewsWithViews.com
Thursday, January 4, 2007

If there were a contest for the best example of total disregard for human life the victor would be McNeil Nutritionals makers of Splenda™. Manufacturers of Vioxx™ and Lipitor™ would tie for a very distant second.

McNeil Nutritionals is the undisputed drug-pushing champion for disguising their drug Splenda™ as a sweetener. Regardless of its drug qualities and potential for side-effects, McNeil is dead set on putting it on every kitchen table in America. Apparently, Vioxx™ and Lipitor™ makers can’t stoop so low as to deceptively masquerade their drug as a candy of sort. There is no question that their products are drugs and by definition come with negative side-effects. Rather than sell directly to the consumer, these losers have to go through the painful process of using doctors to prescribe their dangerous goods.

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Splenda™ was strategically released on April fools day in 1998. This day is reserved worldwide for hoaxes and practical jokes on friends and family, the aim of which is to embarrass the gullible. McNeil certainly succeeded. The splendid Splenda™ hoax is costing gullible Americans $187 million annually.[1] While many people “wonder” about the safety of Splenda™ they rarely question it. Despite its’ many “unknowns” and inherent dangers, Splenda™ demand has grown faster than its supply. No longer do I have to question my faith in fellow Man. He is not a total idiot, just a gullible one. McNeil jokesters are laughing all the way to the bank. Splenda is not as harmless as McNeil wants you to believe. A mixture of sucralose, maltodextrine and dextrose (a detrimental simple sugar), each of the not-so-splendid Splenda™ ingredients has downfalls. Aside from the fact that it really isn’t “sugar and calorie free,” here is one big reason to avoid the deceitful mix…Think April fools day:

Splenda™ contains a potential poison

Splenda™ contains the drug sucralose. This chemical is 600 times sweeter than sugar. To make sucralose, chlorine is used. Chlorine has a split personality. It can be harmless or it can be life threatening.

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To hide its’ origin, Splenda™ pushers assert that sucralose is “made from sugar so it tastes like sugar.” Sucralose is as close to sugar as Windex™ is to ocean water.

The RNFOC poses a real and present danger to all Splenda™ users. It is risky because the RNFOC confers a molecule with a set of super powers that wreak havoc on the human body. For example, Agent Orange, used in the U.S Army’s herbicidal warfare program, is a RNFOC. Exposure can lead to Hodgkin’s lymphoma and non-Hodgkins lymphoma as well as diabetes and various forms of cancer! Other shocking examples are the war gas phosgene, chlordane and lindane.[2] The RNFOC is lethal because it allows poisons to be fat soluble while rendering the natural defense mechanisms of the body helpless.

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Footnotes:

1, Joseph Mercola, Kendra Pearsall. Sweet Deception. Nelson Books. ISBN: 0785221794. Copyright 2006.
2, Agent Orange
3, Caroline W. Sham. Splenda A Safe and Sweet Alternative to Sugar. Nutrition Bytes. 2005. Vol. 10. Issue 2. Article 5.

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[Randy]

Sucralose is a compound that is made supposedly from sugar. A sugar molecule is a carbon atom surrounded by 6 pairs of oxygen-hydrogen atoms (hydroxyl (OH) groups). Three of these pairs are removed and replaced with 3 atoms of chlorine. This is now a totally new substance never having appeared on earth before and in NOT a natural compound. Do not let their misuse of the word 'Natural Source' fool you.

These chlorinated carbons are referred to as 'chlorocarbons' but I am more familiar with the term 'organochlorines' through years of environmental research where they are well known as 'persistent organic pollutants'. Organochlorines are all molecules that have a center atom of carbon (thus making them organic) surrounded by various numbers and combinations of chlorine atoms. These organochlorines (chlorocarbons) contain the famous and terrible pollutants we know as DDT, PCBs, Dioxins and many others. Given Splenda's chemical constitution it too is an organochlorine! Be Aware!

Sucralose is now being used in many different Children's Vitamins, even those thatare claiming to be the most pure in source and content. This brings back a memory of watching a commercial for the safety of DDT in the 1950's. While children were at a table having a picnic lunch they were completely fogged with DDt, to the point where you could not see them. When the fog cleared the camera zoomed in a a little boy who was still happily eating his sandwich and smiling. The similarities are truly disturbing!!!

Here is an interesting link, however, comments by Dr. Joseph Schwartz from McGill University regarding Splenda's safety are definitely debatable.

http://www.alive.com/4401a12a2.php

Another link on sugars is a good one, however, the true safety of using sugar alcohols, such as sorbitol and xylitol, is also definitely debatable. Using pure crystallized organic sugar cane juice, organic maple syrup and unpasteurized organic honey are the only safe natural sugars that are time tested and safe. Their exclusive and moderate use would likely eliminate diabetes.

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