Re: splenda

[Guest guest]

Tonight was the first time, but I saw a commercial on TV advertising

splenda!!!

My store has the granulated and packets, but not the tablets yet.

carol

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Marie. Your points are good ones. I posted the website address in

part because I had been told that since Splenda was " made from sugar, " it

couldn't cause any problems and was a completely safe and natural product.

(Or did I hear that partly because I wanted to hear it?) Anyway, now it's

back to weighing benefits and risks, which seems to be the case with all

aspects of diabetes.

I saw a TV report on research which indicates that newborns differ

significantly in how they react to their first taste of sugar water. Some

are indifferent, while others start sucking that sugar water as if it were

heaven in a bottle. The conclusion was that having a sweet tooth is

probably at least partly genetic. Interesting. I guess some of us have a

harder battle to fight than others:-)

[Guest guest]

Splenda has not been on the market long enough to know for sure how

safe it is.

However, holistic sites are against anything that is not in the pure

form or natural so we must consider the biased views there as well as

the biased views of the mfgr. Too bad items are allowed on the market

" before " being sufficiently tested for side effects and long term use

problems.

Best thing is to learn to enjoy foods without a sweetner but must

confess I do use a little Splenda on oatmeal mixture for breakfast.

Caution is definitely in order when using items not in the natural

state and the unknowns regarding them.

Marie.