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How safe is SPLENDA (Sucralose)?
SPLENDA (sucralose) is be demoted from 'safe' to 'caution' after an animal study sucralose Italian linked to a higher risk of developing leukemia. The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) says he expects the revision of the Italian study before deciding what grade of long term security to assign to Splenda in his guide of chemical kitchen to food additives.
Hundreds of millions of people in the world use artificial sweeteners, which are commonly found in a wide range of food and drinks, including food for diabetes, cakes, milkshakes, soft drinks and even drugs.
The ever-growing problem of obesity and diabetes type 2 in the developed countries and average incomes has led to a growing demand for calories from food and beverages. However, the growth of the market an artificial sweetener brought, it's consumers about potential health consequences.
Dr. Morando Soffritti, Director of the Ramazzini Institute in Bologna (Italy) and the different 843 laboratory mice fed team doses of sucralose when they were fetuses until their death.Post-mortem has shown an association between consumption sucralose leukemia risk and duration of life - sucralose more they consumed, more their risk of leukemia.
Dr. Soffritti said:
"Our early studies in rats show increases in several types of cancer and in our most recent studies of aspartame, that we observed a statistically significant increase in liver and tumors of the Lung in male mice. This shows the aspartame causes cancer in various parts of the body in two different species. Aspartame health problems are the main consumers to switch to the widely promoted alternative: sucralose.Now that we have found evidence of a link between the sucralose and cancer in mice, similar research must be repeated urgently on rats, and large-scale observational studies should be put in place to monitor any potential risk to human health."
Dr. Soffritti said the children and pregnant women should avoid consuming artificial sweeteners until appropriate studies clearly show that there is no risk of cancer.
On a release online, CSPI said that the feeding studies only long-term sucralose in animals, before the Italian, have been conducted by Johnson & Johnson, makers of Splenda.
As the current state of things, here's the CSPI categorization gives artificial sweeteners: Splenda - cautionSaccharin - avoidAspartame - safeCSPI of potassium - avoidRebiana - avoidAcesulfame adds that it would be useful to have other tests on rebiana.
Executive Director of CSPI Michael F. Jacobson, said:
"Sucralose may be safer than saccharin, aspartame and acesulfame potassium, but the next Italian study warrants close scrutiny until we can be confident that the sweetener is safe for use in food products."Although concerns exist regarding the health risks associated with artificial sweeteners, CSPI estimates people are better drinking sweet rather than regular diet sodas. The CSPI says that the health consequences of regularly drinking soft drinks responsible for sugar, which include obesity, gout, tooth decay, heart disease and type 2 diabetes, are probably more important.
Water is the best - soft drinks with any kind of sweetener natural or artificial commonly contain dyes food and caramel coloring that is contaminated with 4-methylimidazole, a carcinogen. CSPI encourages consumers to drink the water, Seltzer (soda water, sparkling mineral water), water not sugars, flavoured, unsweetened iced tea or soda mixed with natural fruit juice.
CSPI has included some new natural sweeteners in its chemical Cuisine guide: extracted from Monkfruit (also known as Luo Han Guo or Lo Han Kuo) - contains mogrosides. Mogrosides are 200 times sweeter than sugar. However, they can leave an aftertaste of liquorice - like. Excerpt from Monkfruit currently has a rating of 'caution' because it has not been scientifically tested.MONATIN - from a South African shrub. MONATIN is supposed to be 3,000 times sweeter than sugar. MONATIN currently has a rating of 'caution' because it has not been scientifically tested.Sucralose is approximately 600 times as sweet as table sugar (sucrose), three times sweeter than aspartame and twice as sweet as saccharin.
Written by Christian Nordqvist
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