Splenda and Aspartame - Diet & Nutrition Message Board

sweeterz12321 · 02-11-2005, 05:47 PM

i heard that sugar substitute is bad but then splenda is said to be made from sugar itself. does anyone know the risks or have any input on this?

Lenin · 02-12-2005, 11:50 AM

Splenda is no more related to sugar than cyanide (CN) is to charcoal (C). A SlIGHT chemical change yieds an ENTIRELY new molecule, with entirely different properties.

The best way to evaluate artificial sweetners is whether or not the trillions of doses used over the past decades has created any obvious problems.
Seems only saccharine qualifies as a problem: cancer!

KHPtotherescue · 02-14-2005, 09:40 AM

I'm a diabetic-Type 1 and have to use sweetener in place of sugar. I've heard about the effects that aspartame can give people. My dietician suggested that I stop using it also. So I tried to switch over to the Splenda . I tried for almost two months to use the product. It made me sick to my stomach. I even vomitted some products that contained it. However, when I use aspartame nothing like that happens. So I'm stuck at a rock and a hard place. The theory is that aspartame is dangerous; but I've never gotten bad headaches from it; nor do I have any illnesses associated with it. I'm just going to have to use it because the Splenda and I don't get along.

jurry · 02-14-2005, 02:26 PM

Simply, Splenda is not sugar. It is made from sucralose which is not sugar. it replaces some moleculs with Chlorine during the manufacturing process.

Lenin · 02-15-2005, 06:27 AM

KHP,
Splenda tends to give me a headache, whereas I have no problems with aspartame, so aspartame is my choice.
I also think aspartame tastes a little better than Splenda, but sweetness is a very personal perception. I think anyone trying to make a decision should dissolve a packet of each in an ounce of water and have somebody admisnister a BLIND test. Perhaps even add some cyclamate if you are near enough to the Canadian border (it's sold everywhere there.)

Use the one that tastes best.