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Thursday, August 4
You Know, Sucralose (Splenda) Isn't Safe Either!
by
Linda Thieman
on Thu 04 Aug 2005 04:20 PM CDT
 You Know, Sucralose (Splenda) Isn't Safe Either!
by Dr. Joseph Mercola
And you thought Splenda was the answer to the dangers of aspartame!
Splenda – best known for its marketing logo, "made from sugar so it
tastes like sugar” – has taken the sweetener industry by storm. Splenda
has become the nation’s number one selling artificial sweetener in a
very short period of time. Between 2000 and 2004, the percentage of US
households using Splenda products jumped from 3 to 20 percent. In a one
year period, Splenda sales topped $177 million compared with $62
million spent on aspartame-based Equal and $52 million on
saccharin-based Sweet 'N Low.
McNeil Nutritionals, in its marketing pitch for Splenda, emphasizes
that Splenda has endured some of the most rigorous testing to date for
any food additive. Enough so as to convince the average consumer that
it is in fact safe. They claim that over 100 studies have been
conducted on Splenda. What they don't tell you is that most of the
studies are on animals.
As of 2005, only six human trials have been conducted on Splenda
(sucralose). Of these six trials, only two of the trials were completed
and published before the FDA approved sucralose for human consumption.
The two published trials had a grand total of 36 total human subjects.
Thirty-six people sure doesn't sound like many, but wait, it gets
worse: only 23 of the total were actually given sucralose for testing
and here is the real killer: The longest trial at this time had lasted
only four days and looked at sucralose in relation to tooth decay, not
human tolerance.
Considering that Splenda bears more chemical similarity to DDT (both
are organochlorines) than it does to sugar, are you willing to bet your
health on this data? Remember that fat-soluble substances, such as DDT,
can remain in your fat for decades and devastate your health.
We have more people on our site that have reported adverse reactions to
Splenda than were formally studied in the research submitted for FDA
approval.
(Click here for more information on the dangers of sucralose.)
15 Things You Might Notice if the Auto Industry Operated Like Big Pharma
by
Linda Thieman
on Thu 04 Aug 2005 04:00 AM CDT
 15 Things You Might Notice if the Auto Industry Operated Like Big Pharma
by Mike Adams, The Health Ranger, NewsTarget.com
What if you had to buy your next car from an auto industry that operated like the big drug companies?
1.
Your average car would cost $4.5 million, representing a 30,000 percent
markup over cost, which is typical for prescription drugs. Automakers
would justify this price by saying they needed the money to fund
research and development, but in reality, most of their research would
be funded by taxpayer dollars through government grants and university
research centers.
2. That exact same car could be purchased in Mexico or Canada for under $5,000.
3.
Automakers would lobby Congress to outlaw or regulate alternative forms
of transportation such as bicycles and airplanes, forcing Americans to
rely exclusively on cars. Explanation: The drug industry works hard to
discredit alternative medicine, herbs and nutritional supplements,
hoping to force consumers to rely on drugs alone.
4.
Cars with no safety systems (no seatbelts, no airbags, no crumple
zones) would be declared perfectly safe by federal regulators. Car
companies, rather than address this lack of safety features, would
focus on publicizing the dangers of riding bicycles. Explanation: The
FDA currently approves deadly drugs as "safe." Meanwhile, drug
companies ignore the dangers of their own drugs and, instead, try to
get people to believe that herbs or vitamins are dangerous.
5.
The manufacturers of those cars with no safety systems would grow tired
of being sued by customers who were injured in their cars, and they
would lobby Congress to pass "legal reform" that would immunize all car
companies against class action lawsuits. Explanation: Drug companies
are currently trying to get Congress to pass laws that would make it
illegal for consumers to sue for damages. This would shield them from
the financial consequences of their dangerous products that kill
hundreds of thousands each year.
(Click here to read the complete article.)
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