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As of 2006, only six human trials have been published on Splenda. Of these six trials, only two of the trials were completed and published before the FDA approved sucralose for human consumption, and the two published trials had a grand total of 36 total human subjects.

36 people sure doesn’t sound like many, but wait, it gets worse: only 23 total were actually given sucralose for testing, and here is the real kicker — The longest trial at this time had lasted only four days, and looked at sucralose in relation to tooth decay, not human tolerance.

Even more shocking, the absorption of Splenda into the human body was studied on a grand total of six men! Based on that one human study, the FDA allowed the findings to be generalized as being representative of the entire human population. Including women, children, the elderly, and those with any chronic illness — none of whom were ever examined.

You know, this is a confusing topic. You start researching these things and it ends up with one company with big giants in the background competing and downplaying another company with big giant backers in the background. If you read this article to the end, it appears to be promoting another substance called "stevia", which leads me to Wiki where it suggest that Coke and Pepsi are behind the product which uses this element.

Ultimately we're better off not consuming sugar or sugar substitute which is also confusing in itself.

http://www.steviainfo.com/?page=news_detail&id=0

Okay, I'm going to check out Truvia now. Damn corporations!. I was hooked on Splenda but now I'm suspicious, gee, thanks for the clip.

Stevia (pronounced STEH-vee-uh, btw) is a natural substance – it's an herb that grows naturally in Central and South America. Coke and Pepsi may well be investigating whether they can use stevia extract as a noncaloric sweetener, but that doesn't make stevia inherently suspect.

There's a real scarcity of evidence that any artificial sweetener actually helps anybody lose weight, or even not gain weight, considering how much research you KNOW these companies are doing trying to prove it. It's quite possible the brain automatically compensates for the calories it expects to get associated with a sweet taste and doesn't by having you eat a few more calories elsewhere.

Stevia is the best available, though I prefer liquid to powder. Have sent the clip off to a few fellow diabetics. Thanks Lexica. Important clip.