Splenda

claraluz · September 8, 2004

Betty,

I am so glad you are feeling better. The Splenda may very well have been the cause of your symptoms. Perhaps your body is particularly sensitive to it.

And certainly I am not saying it is not harmful. I'm just not sure we know that it is harmful to the majority of people. It would take well-designed research to prove that conclusively.

Nancy

DeLarla · September 8, 2004

Like I said before, I never even read the article. Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby!

Anything can be bad for you. You could choke on a piece of raw carrot and drop dead, but I like the hippy natural thing. Naked, sugar, real boobs, etc. I limit myself to a spoon of sugar in my morning Decaf. Last night I had a candy bar and too many Pringles, but the night before I ate like a banded angel.

We wouldn't be here if we were obese, and I know sugar didn't cause me to be obese since it wasn't allowed in my home when I was a child. I became obese on wholesome foods (the only kind my mother bought.) No chips, cakes, pies, goodies, just meats, cheeses & veggies.

As an adult, I went to OA and abstained from sugar and alcohol for two years - it had zero affect on my weight. Blah blah blah about sugar in carbs.... I just wanna be normal, and normal people eat normal sugar, not 10 packs of artifical stuff a day to get a fix.

Sorry if I sound bitchy, but I am. It's 2:00 a.m. and I'm supposed to be sleeping but I have insomnia (once a month due to my precious monthly 'female" visitor.'

Iluvharleys · September 8, 2004

I don't think I am sensitive to it, after all I have been using some form of it since the 70's. Maybe I have been using it too long, I really don't have an answer. I know I feel much better now after being off of it for 6 days. I know I won't use it again. I will see how things go, and keep you all posted. I really don't think any of you need to stop using it just because I had problems with it. I actually wonder what results they would come up with if they did a study on folks that had been using it for as many years as I have, hmmmm....interesting thought.

Betty

GeezerSue · September 8, 2004

"Dr." Janet Starr Hull is a graduate of Clayton College of Natural Health, accredited by such interesting organizations as:

* American Association of Drugless Practitioners

* International Iridology Practitioners Association

* American Herbalists Guild

* National Association of Nutrition Professionals

* American Naturopathic Certification Board

We can all sign up and "earn" online degrees in pretty much whatever we want to "study."

This doesn't automatically make her wrong. But her "credentials" are less than reassuring. It would be nice if someone who had a real degree and went to real science classes would chime in on the topic.

PamRN · September 9, 2004

GSue is right on...

I have accreditation, earned by attending classes &/or lectures.

At the last seminar I earned accreditation for, a girl who sat near me text messaged with her cell phone the whole time we were there... she's accredited too.

Beware of any info that moves you to make changes until you research the article and it's author.

Just keep in mind that:

Internet information is only as legit as it's author.