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developed a new Splenda mini-site to add the new stories each month. For all stories submitted after 14 April 2005, please visit the MINI-SITE.

Splenda - the sugar substitute you need to be wary about
On 5 August 2004, we received this note from M.W. of Noblesville, IN, concerning their use of sucralose.
"I don't have a lot of time, so I'll keep this short. I'm a 33-year old male in good health.  I don't have any diagnosed health problems or take medications. I don't even drink coffee. Aspirin is the hardest drug I use.

When I discovered Splenda, I thought it was a Godsend. But after a few months, I realized I felt terrible. I couldn't understand how my health had gone bad so quickly.  I had shortness of breath and chest pain that felt like electric shocks running up and down my left arm, lasting about 48 hours after consuming it. I didn't realize it was the Splenda. On a hunch, I typed in "splenda poisoning" into Google and found your website. I stopped using it that day and, within three days, I was totally back to normal.

After I had been fine for about 6 months, I decided to try Splenda once more just to see if I had any problems. I thought that maybe I had consumed too much, and had reached some form of Splenda-toxicity. Sure enough, within 30 minutes, all the symptoms were back.

I've told everybody I know that uses it what happened to me. I've told about 50 people and nobody has ever had any problems with it. One person even said I was crazy. But I'm telling you, the reaction was so severe I know I would be dead by now if I hadn't quit using Splenda. Thank God for your website because I might not have put it together in time. I was heading for a heart attack or a stroke from using Splenda.

It alarms me to see so many manufacturers using this stuff. Splenda is going to start showing up in everything if it isn't stopped.  Someone needs to organize a class action lawsuit!!"

Thank you M.W. for sharing your story with our visitors.



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