The Facts about Artificial Sweeteners With so many people
becoming health conscious these days, it’s important to have
factual information on the things you eat. If you don’t know all
the facts, you could be ingesting something that you think is
good for you, but actually does more harm than good. When it
comes to the different types of artificial sweeteners you use to
improve the taste of your food, there are many to choose from
that claim to be good for you, but are they really? Splenda,
also known as sucralose, is an artificial sweetener that is much
sweeter than good old sugar. The good news about sucralose is
that it doesn’t contain any calories, and it is a good sweetener
to use for cooking and baking. It has been found by the FDA to
have no harmful effects such as toxic or carcinogenic, and there
is no risk of developing reproductive or neurological issues
from consuming sucralose. The bad news about Splenda is that the
additional agents that are added to it, maltodextrin, to give it
bulk so it can be