Newport Beach Chiropractor: Dangerously Sweet Splenda

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental health did a recent study on mice to determine the negative effects of Splenda (sorry PETA). Splenda is a high-potency artificial sweetener sucralose and the fillers maltodextrin and glucose. This study involved mice and consumption of equivalent dosage of Splenda in their daily diet. Here are just some of the negative effects of Splenda on these poor animals:

1. Reduction of Beneficial Fecal microflora

2. Increased fecal pH which means an increase in pH of gut flora

3. Enhanced expression genes which reduce the absorption of drugs.

4. Gastrointestinal DNA damage was discovered in the animals

5. Low immune system

As for humans, consider all the above and more. Splenda suppresses beneficial bacteria and directly interferes with the bioavailability of nutrients at doses that are approved by the FDA for use in the food supply! Sucralose ingestion might have clinical significance for humans in the management of many medical conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, cardiovascular disease, obesity, and cancer, in which gut flora play an important role.

There are no substitutes for real and sweet fruits and veggies!