As you might guess by the name of this blog, I am skeptical of things that taste sweet, but are not sugar. Fake sugars are a good way to trick your body, but I'm really not sure that tricking your body is a good thing. Now there is more information out on the newest artificial sweetener that you knew would be out at some point.
The latest salvo comes from Duke University researchers, who have published a study that says Splenda — the grainy white crystals in the little yellow packets — contributes to obesity, destroys “good” intestinal bacteria and prevents prescription drugs from being absorbed.
Gosh, its bad for you. Splenda looks like sugar to your tastebuds, but enzymes that use the glucose and fructose are more discerning than that. All the regular hydrogens have been stripped off and replaced with chlorine atoms.
But wait a second, there is more to this article and this study than just the bad things about Splenda.
But the Duke study was financed by the Sugar Association, the lobbying group for the natural-sugar industry and a chief competitor to and legal adversary of Splenda.
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One of the lead researchers of the study, Dr. Mohamed B. Abou-Donia, said Monday that the Sugar Association had “no input” into the study’s findings and conclusions.
Ah, hahaha. You knew it had to be something like that.
But really, I've never seen the point of artificial sweeteners. If you're trying to cut down on your intake of sugar, suck it up and stop eating it. Eating these things that taste sweet get your body ready to deal with sugar, but when nothing resembling sugar comes, things are bound to get a little (if not a lot) off kilter. If something tastes good that usually means that its okay to eat, but that only worked before society got around to inventing things that taste good and will kill you; lead acetate for one, ethylene glycol for two. Our bodies have evolved to eat glucose and fructose, and intentionally misleading our bodies on something this fundamental to our biology, just doesn't seem like a good idea.
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So if lead Acetate tastes good but will kill me, Does that mean your blog is nice but will ultimately kill me? :)
I fear splenda too, but mostly because it bubbles and sizzles when added to cool water or iced tea. But try convincing my mother of that.
I did not know Splenda did that... that's really weird. I'm going to have to try that myself.
Splenda is hands-down one of the freakiest substances out there. I personally take no offense to the taste, but the combination of the fizzing in tea and the density of laundry detergent is just offputting, to say the least. We are not supposed to be consuming things that make sudsy bubbles...
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