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To Shirley,Sorry to have you learn this now but Splenda is NOT a sugar. It is a chemical just the same as aspartame. The makers claim that it was made from sugar but that is not the truth. Splenda is now being sued by the sugar industry for trying to claim that their fake sugar is made from sugar and therefore tastes like sugar. In other words, don't believe everything you read. Splenda was made by alternating the chemical makeup of sugar. Because of that process, once you alter a chemical makeup, it is no longer sugar - it is just another chemical. So while they claim all of that, it is actually a fact that Splenda is another chemical sugar just like aspartamine, or nutra sweet, etc. Sure, it's sweet but for those of us who are super sensitive to chemical sugar tastes, you can tell it is a chemical. When it first came out and I didn't know I would need to read every damn label that I am going to buy, I opened a snapple, not seeing that it said splenda on the side and it was so nasty! I am just overly sensitive to the chemically/bleach like taste that I get. You can't tell me that is natural and now we have proof that it is now. This info just came out as of December of 07, in many medical and health journals. If you want something that is natural, that is a real sugar itself and is really safe and really healthy, I highly recommend Xylitol, something my dad and I have been trying to educate the public about for some time now. It's actually a healthy bacteria that when ingested orally, can kill the harmful bacteria in your mouth that causes plaque and cavities. When I first started using it, I had a cavity that would need to be removed in a month. I thought, great, just what I need. Well after a month of using it in it's candy and gum form - it also comes in toothpaste, and it comes in a form to bake with and put into coffee, tea, use like you would other sugar; my cavity was completely gone, no trace of it. My dad was shocked! This was real proof that this amazing natural sugar did amazing things for the body and for dental hygiene. For anyone interested, check it:

Xylitol—An Amazing Discovery for Health

A healthy, natural sweetener

Pure Xylitol is a white crystalline substance that looks and tastes like sugar. It is a naturally occurring 5-carbon

sugar alcohol

found in many fruits and vegetables and produced in small amounts by

the human body. For commercial use, it is manufactured from xylan

hemicellulose sources such as Birch trees, cane bagasse and corn

cobs/stalks. It is the sweetest of the polyols with the same sweetness

as sugar (sucrose) but with 40% fewer calories and none of the negative

tooth decay or insulin release effects of sugar.

Classified on labels as a carbohydrate, Xylitol has been

used in foods since the 1960's and is approved in the U.S. as a

food additive

in unlimited quantity for foods with special dietary purposes and is safe for

use by those with diabetes or hypoglycemia.

Over 25 years of testing clinical testing confirms that Xylitol is the best

sweetener for teeth. Its use has been shown to reduce instances of tooth decay

by up to 80%. Sugarfree

chewing gums and candies made with this sweetener have already received official endorsements from six national dental associations.

Health Benefits:

1. Xylitol is one of bacteria's natural enemies. When certain harmful

bacteria enter the body, they attach to the membranes of the nose

and throat. They begin to culture and grow, causing infection and sickness.

When

exposed to Xylitol (specifically Strep pneumo and H Flu), these harmful

bacteria lose their ability to adhere to infected membranes and are not

able to grow. Unlike most antibiotics, which kill the majority of

bacteria and leave the resistant " super bacteria " behind, Xylitol

merely flushes harmful bacteria away.

2. Significant dental benefits.

These benefits have been confirmed in numerous field studies conducted

throughout the world and has lead to official endorsements by the

dental association in Finland, Norway, Sweden, England, Ireland,

Estonia and the Netherlands of products containing high levels of this

sweetener.

Xylitol has been clinically proven to:

Fight and lessen the occurrence of Inner Ear and Sinus Infection Fight and Reduce

PlaqueFight CavitiesReduces the secretion of Plaque Acids

Facilitate the Remineralization of Tooth Enamel

Xylitol is also:

Recommended by Dentists, Medical Doctors, Periodontists, Pediatricians and many health organizations and health professionals worldwide.

Recommended as a sweetener for diabetics and people with hypoglycemia

.. It has a LOW GLYCEMIC INDEX (7) and has little effect on blood sugar

levels.

Recommended as a natural replacement for fluoride. Clinical studies show that Xylitol helps reduce

cavities up to 80%. It reduces plaque and allows fluoride to more easily penetrate teeth.

Another good link to buy candies, gum, etc is this company - they have great rates, prices and they ship fast. I highly recommend them:

http://www.xlear.com/xylosweet/. Click under XYLOSWEET to find out how to order toothpaste, candies, etc. All good things. Whitney :)On Jan 6, 2008 11:06 AM, heidi <

heidilhlokey@...> wrote:

I was reading a website mentioning MSG and Aspartatem can make our

symtoms worse. It gave a web site then another one to lok at by a Dr JD

smith from UF pharmacotherapy in gainsville interesting reading only

one page long but he stated if we get rid of all MSG anmd aspartame

prooooducts our symptoms will be less than what we have now.One thing

that has it so now switch to rice milk is soy protein.Gives a whole

bunch of names of it at www.msgmyth.com click on fibromyaalgia nad it

takes you to the link by trhe UF profesor nad then gives the names.Very

interestingreading.Will have to modify my eating life style even

more. gentle hugs heid

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