Splenda Sugar Substitute Ripoff to consumers Consumer Alert created by tweaking sugar with chlorine, animal studies on sucralose have shown Enlarged liver and kidneys, Shrunken thymus glands, Aborted pregnancy and much more! Nationwide

I WAS SUFFERING MIGRAINES, DIGESTIVE PROBLEMS AND SHORT-TERM MEMORY LOSS.

I WAS ALSO DRINKING DIET COKES AND EATING ARTIFICIALLY SWEETENED ITEMS  TRYING TO KEEP MY WEIGHT DOWN SO I WON'T GET THE DIABETES THAT RUNS IN MY FAMILY.

I WAS GETTING SICKER UNTIL I SAW SOMETHING ON THE "700 CLUB: TV PROGRAM ABOUT ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS CAUSING PROBLEMS IN PEOPLE -- ESPECIALLY NATIVE AMERICANS.

I AM NO BELIEVER IN TELEVANGELIST NONSENSE BUT PAT ROBERTSON WAS DESCRIBING EXACTLY WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO ME. FOR ONCE, ONE OF THEM TOLD THE TRUTH.

I STOPPED EATING AND DRINKING ITEMS CONTAINING ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS AND I GAINED SOME WEIGHT BUT I THINK A LOT BETTER NOW AND WHAT WOULD IT GAIN ME TO BE THE THINNEST CORPSE IN THE BOX?

I ALSO CUT OUT MSG AND INCREASED TUMERIC AND SPICES IN STEAD  OF SALT AS MUCH AS I COULD. YOU ALSO HAVE TO READ LABELS CLOSELY THESE DAYS.

James said We'll pass! It seems as though many people didn't get his memo.

Take a trip to the grocery store and you will see that Splenda is everywhere. People are buying it too, and why shouldn't they?

I've yet to see an objective study that proves it is any more dangerous than any of the other sweeteners out there (including sugar). The only so-called evidence out there against Splenda is the list James posted. A lot of the opposition to Splenda actually comes from its competitors (no surprise there) or someone with something to sell.

As for Dr. Mercola, don't believe for a moment that this guy is objective. This is the internet; anyone can call himself a doctor. Furthermore, his website is a business; he has something to sell and (amazingly), it competes with Splenda!

One last thing: these people that get all worked up over Splenda's chlorinated sugar molecule have a lot to learn about chemistry. Manipulated molecules are everywhere; man does it and so does nature; the fact is, some manipulated molecules are safe, some are not, and it doesn't matter whether their origins are man or nature. So don't panic just because someone says that Splenda is chlorinated sugar.

(And for those that would wonder, no, I have no vested interest in this issue. I just simply detest knee-jerk responses to new things.)