Thread: December 2010 Loaders

Originally Posted by niknikb

I couldn't find it. I'm still new to this place and I haven't quite gotten the hang of all the features and navigation. Can you link me?

I don't know how to link but I've copied and pasted:
BEWARE: SUCRALOSE = SPLENDAfrom www.vegan-nutritionista.com:

Sucralose is made by chemically altering the structure of sugar molecules by adding chlorine atoms in place of hydroxyl groups.(Everything You Need to Know About Sucralose, International Food Information Council ) Sucralose is therefore chlorinated sugar; a chlorocarbon.

Chlorocarbons are poisonous; they're used in bleach, disinfectants, insecticide, poison gas, and hydrocholric acid. (http://www.holisticmed.com/splenda/bowen.html) Because it technically started as sugar, sucralose can be marketed as "made from sugar."

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The US FDA approved sucralose in 1998, but it has not yet been approved in most European nations. In the pre-approval stage, the FDA conducted short-term tests that actually found the potential for toxicity, but it was approved anyway.

According to the "New Scientist" November 23 1991 edition on page 13, the pre-approval tests conducted on animals (you know how much I hate these tests) showed toxicity:


•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