Yes, it is made from real sugar that is chlorinated (read all about it on wikipedia.org). The point is that this fact means nothing safety-wise or nutritionally wise--You could chemically manufacture all kinds of dangerous things out of all kinds of safe household things. hence, the fact that it's "made from sugar" really has no bearing in any sphere of discussion.
Right now, the medical profession seems to think that it is the only one that is safe. There was one report that came out recently, it was in the papers, and the Tv news as well. All of these artificial sweeteners are different, and work in different ways as well.
Actually all artificial sweetners work in the same way. They have a molecular shape that allows them to bind with the receptors that communicate sweetness to the body but doesn't allow it to be broken down by the body's enzymes so it ends up passing through the body.
Like all artifical sweetners the concern becomes the long term residency and the effects it has on the body over that time, and there are currently no truly reliable studies for Splenda in this area.
Personally if it were me, I wouldn't be eating anything made from any chlorinated hydrocarbon if I could avoid it as they have a bad habit of being found to be toxic or carcinogenic.
Actually all artificial sweetners work in the same way. They have a molecular shape that allows them to bind with the receptors that communicate sweetness to the body but doesn't allow it to be broken down by the body's enzymes so it ends up passing through the body.
Like all artifical sweetners the concern becomes the long term residency and the effects it has on the body over that time, and there are currently no truly reliable studies for Splenda in this area.
Personally if it were me, I wouldn't be eating anything made from any chlorinated hydrocarbon if I could avoid it as they have a bad habit of being found to be toxic or carcinogenic.
The molecules can be very different indeed. It only requires one area of the molecule to bind to the site. Various molecules bind differently. It isn't so much that there is just a "physical" shape that equals each other. Each molecule has it's own strength bond. That is why, for example, carbon monoxide bonds much more strongly the the hemoglobin molecule than does the "normal" oxygen molecule that it evolved for. The same thing is true for LSD, and other hallucinogens. They bind more strongly to the receptors in the brain, and each one does so somewhat differently, and with a different amount of strength.
The part of the molecule that "hangs" out of the bond can react on its own, depending on its nature, with other molecules in the system.
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Originally posted by meelash
Yes, it is made from real sugar that is chlorinated (read all about it on wikipedia.org). The point is that this fact means nothing safety-wise or nutritionally wise--You could chemically manufacture all kinds of dangerous things out of all kinds of safe household things. hence, the fact that it's "made from sugar" really has no bearing in any sphere of discussion.
Right now, the medical profession seems to think that it is the only one that is safe. There was one report that came out recently, it was in the papers, and the Tv news as well. All of these artificial sweeteners are different, and work in different ways as well.
Like all artifical sweetners the concern becomes the long term residency and the effects it has on the body over that time, and there are currently no truly reliable studies for Splenda in this area.
Personally if it were me, I wouldn't be eating anything made from any chlorinated hydrocarbon if I could avoid it as they have a bad habit of being found to be toxic or carcinogenic.
Originally posted by Telomar
Actually all artificial sweetners work in the same way. They have a molecular shape that allows them to bind with the receptors that communicate sweetness to the body but doesn't allow it to be broken down by the body's enzymes so it ends up passing through the body.
Like all artifical sweetners the concern becomes the long term residency and the effects it has on the body over that time, and there are currently no truly reliable studies for Splenda in this area.
Personally if it were me, I wouldn't be eating anything made from any chlorinated hydrocarbon if I could avoid it as they have a bad habit of being found to be toxic or carcinogenic.
The molecules can be very different indeed. It only requires one area of the molecule to bind to the site. Various molecules bind differently. It isn't so much that there is just a "physical" shape that equals each other. Each molecule has it's own strength bond. That is why, for example, carbon monoxide bonds much more strongly the the hemoglobin molecule than does the "normal" oxygen molecule that it evolved for. The same thing is true for LSD, and other hallucinogens. They bind more strongly to the receptors in the brain, and each one does so somewhat differently, and with a different amount of strength.
The part of the molecule that "hangs" out of the bond can react on its own, depending on its nature, with other molecules in the system.