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    Its Splenda

    Hey I just thought I would drop a line to see if anyone has ever used Splenda as a sugar replacement. I was at a resuraunt last week and got a diet coke and put one packet up Splenda in it and it was awesome. Almost like regular coke. Splenda is made from real sugar and doesn't have any nasty after taste like sweet and low or equal. This makes eating your oatmeal and other foods a little easier. Best of all you can cook with it and it measures the same as sugar. This means you could like bake Splenda brownies, or a Whey and splenda cake..I am sure the women in the forum will have plenty of baking uses for this. But anyways this product is awesome and taste just like sugar, but a little pricey.

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    Yeah I use splenda with my oatmeal every morning, its great! I buy the box kind, which is around $7CAD...it lasts me about 6-8 weeks.

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    I love it but it's too expensive. It has allowed me to almost completely cut sugar out of my diet.
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    I love the stuff. It makes food easier to eat that normally you put sugar on..cause its just like it, but without the sugar if that makes sense. LOL... I bought the big bag of it for like 7.99 US

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    Stevia is better..altho I am guilty of using splenda and other artificially sweetened products

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    Originally posted by Testosterone
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    http://www.mercola.com/2000/dec/3/sucralose_dangers.htm

    thank you I was going to post this as well and other similiar warnings.

    personally I only use Stevia for the minimal things that need to be sweetened.
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    The amount you would have to eat to have the same results as a rat would be a ton of the stuff. They probably fed a rat the stuff in huge doses all day and thats all they ate. It would probably be like us eating like a 5 pound bag a day for who knows how long. I would think its highly unlikely that it will cause any bad sides. After all its FDA approved. We all know the government is good at making sure we only use products that are good for us. Like cigarettes

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    Sorry, but the tests performed on rats and mice in order to get those results are sickening. Let's shove, daily, your body weight or more of a product, and only that product, into your system for a month and we'll see what kind of problems you have.

    Unless you're eating a boxload or three a day, you're fine.

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    Aspartame was the first to come & slowly disappeared
    Than came Acesulfame K, which also slowly disappeared (Although both of above mentioned sweeteners ARE APPROVED BY FDA)
    In not so far future, Sucralose is also going to follow same suit.
    IMO, Stevia is the best bet.
    The problem with FDA is it approves just about anything without conclusive LONG TERM studies on humans.
    It's not that Sucralose is dangerous, It has full potential to be a dangerous sweetener.
    Originally posted by TrojanMan60563
    After all its FDA approved. We all know the government is good at making sure we only use products that are good for us. Like cigarettes
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    I am sure there are many things that if consumed in super super high quantity it could be dangerous. Probably even things that are not man made products. IMO too much of anything is not good. That statement is almost always true.

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    Originally posted by Testosterone
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    http://www.mercola.com/2000/dec/3/sucralose_dangers.htm
    Well I tend to trust the primary literature a lot more. Which indicates that sucralose is the safest artificial sweetener. You can find stuff like this, that seems to make a convincing case, about almost any substance on the internet.

    What I don't understand is why so many prefer stevia when there is also very little research on it. The only reason to prefer it seems to be that it is "natural." Not a good assumption to make IMO. Is there any conclusive safety evidence?

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