MissThundercat
Are the cis okay?
Re: Rep Retirement Lodge #154: Olympics
Too much of the artificial sweeteners can have a laxative effect. The only sweetener to me that doesn't cause excess gas is Stevia.Odds are that the truth about the danger falls somewhere between the two extremes.
Your body already handles a number of chlorinated compounds every day and provided that your consumption is low enough odds are that you will not see any adverse reactions. No new compound is without risk, and if you consume an excess amount of splenda, particularly over a multi-year period, the odds of having some adverse health effect increase significantly.
Personally, I try and avoid artificial sweeteners as much as possible, but I'm not at all concerned about the occasional or even chronic low level consumption of splenda (or any other artificial sweetener).
My rule of thumb is that if you wouldn't consume an equal amount of the full sugar version, you shouldn't consume that much of the artificially sweetened version either.