Food Safety and Benefits -- Sucralose, Cocoa

[Guest guest]

Authoritative reporting on the safety and benefits of various

foods can be found at the following websites:

1) The US Food and Drug Administration (US FDA).

News report about the FDA's approval of Sucralose:

http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9804/01/sweetener/

2) The non-profit consumer advocacy group,

Center for Science in the Public Interest, which rates

Sucralose as " GREEN " . Sucralose is the only

fully safe non-caloric sweetener so rated GREEN:

http://cspinet.org/reports/chemcuisine.htm

3) Cornell University reports Cocoa benefits here:

http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/Nov03/HotCocoa-Lee.bpf.html

4) Science Daily reports Cocoa benefits here:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/11/031106051159.htm

and here:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/11/031119080419.htm

Research by the FDA, CSPI, and Cornell University give the green

light to the health and safety of these food items. All of these

public resources are acknowledged authorities. They are all

publicly responsible and highly reputable. Their evaluations

carry considerable weight in scientific circles. They all back up

the validity of their recommendations. Those recommendations come

from peer-reviewed scientific research studies published in the

scientific literature. Those studies are further corroborated in

government reports and recommendations, adding further weight to

the preponderance of scientific evidence in favor of the public

safety for the above foods.

-- Warren