2006-11-02 11:52:50 · 9 answers · asked by summer 4 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
Saccharin was recently removed from a government list of potential cancer-causing agents.
Sucralose has a brand name of Splenda, and is made from rearranged molecules. The FDA looked for carcinogenic, reproductive and neurological effects of usage and found none.
2006-11-02 12:58:29 · answer #1 · answered by Pey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. This sounds like Nutrisweet press kit spin.
Nutrisweet has been found to cause microscopic holes in the brain tissue of mice. Nutrasweet is uber-bad news.
Splenda is, so far as is known, clean.
http://cancer.about.com/od/cancercausesfaq/f/splenda.htm
"The Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of sucralose, brand name Splenda, to be on the consumer market. This safety of the product is based on the review of over 110 studies involving animals and humans. The FDA looked for carcinogenic, reproductive and neurological effects of usage and found none. The bottom line is that the FDA has found no cancer causing properties in the usage of Splenda."
the dirt on nutrasweet http://www.aim4health.com/nutrasweet.htm
2006-11-02 19:55:04 · answer #2 · answered by martino 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm putting a link to a page on About.com which discusses this. The bottom line is that Splenda has been tested pretty thoroughly and at this time, it hasn't been found to cause cancer.
2006-11-02 19:59:06 · answer #3 · answered by IrritableMom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont know.
but splenda is made from chemicals in a factory.
2006-11-02 20:00:10 · answer #4 · answered by KAYY! 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They say no, but I don't trust those words. Won't touch it. Using a small amt. of sugar if I must I believe that is safer.
2006-11-02 19:59:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yah, but then again almost everything causes cancer now
2006-11-02 19:54:15 · answer #6 · answered by GFAD 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes. It contains aspartame, which was originally developed to kill ants.
2006-11-05 14:46:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
just eat regular sugar. what don't they say causes cancer these days?
2006-11-02 19:54:33 · answer #8 · answered by Artemiseos 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
from what I heard, yes
2006-11-02 19:54:26 · answer #9 · answered by a person 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋