Splenda reduces the amount of good bacteria in the intestines by 50%......

[Guest guest]

Hot off the presses. More data to back up why splenda is illegal.

FYI

http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/news.html?d=150785

MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 22, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ,

chairman of the national consumer education group Citizens for Health

expressed shock and outrage after reading a new report from

scientists at Duke University. " The report makes it clear that the

artificial sweetener Splenda and its key component sucralose pose a

threat to the people who consume the product. Hundreds of consumers

have complained to us about side effects from using Splenda and this

study, published this past week in the Journal of Toxicology and

Environmental Health Part A, confirms that the chemicals in the

little yellow package should carry a big red warning label, " said

.

Among the results in the study by Drs. Mohamed B. Abou-Donia, Eman M.

El-Masry, Ali A. Abdel-Rahman, E. McLendon and S.

Schiffman is evidence that, in the animals studied, Splenda reduces

the amount of good bacteria in the intestines by 50%, increases the

pH level in the intestines, contributes to increases in body weight

and affects the P-glycoprotein (P-gp) in the body in such a way that

crucial health-related drugs could be rejected. noted that the

P-gp effect " could result in crucial medications used in chemotherapy

for cancer patients, AIDS treatment and drugs for heart conditions

being shunted back into the intestines rather than being absorbed by

the body as intended. "

Here is the research from the artical.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18800291?dopt=Abstract

" Splenda alters gut microflora and increases intestinal p-

glycoprotein and cytochrome p-450 in male rats. "

" Evidence indicates that a 12-wk administration of Splenda exerted

numerous adverse effects, including (1) reduction in beneficial fecal

microflora, (2) increased fecal pH, and (3) enhanced expression

levels of P-gp, CYP3A4, and CYP2D1, which are known to limit the

bioavailability of orally administered drugs. "

[Guest guest]

Wow! This is great info..I have been waiting for a report like this to

show my friends who are absolutely hooked on this stuff! Now there is

solid evidence to back my avoidance of the product:)

thanks for sharing!

na

UC-July 07

SCD-March 08