| "I have recently experienced many of the listed side effects from Splenda.
I belong to a local gym where they were giving away boxes of a popular name brand low-carb bar that is sweetened with Splenda (sucralose). I took a box and ate one bar a day as a meal replacement for about a week. I noticed the following symptoms almost immediately--mild to moderately severe abdominal cramps, nausea, body aches in my neck, shoulders and joints, dizziness, and just a general sense of feeling ill.
I had no idea why I was feeling so bad and was on the verge of calling my doctor when I happened to ask my boss if he would like one of the bars. He asked how they tasted and I told him they were actually pretty good, very sweet. Being a very health-conscious person, he read the ingredients and made a comment about them being sweetened with Splenda. He had read that some people have adverse reactions such as cramps and/or diarrhea from Splenda.
It suddenly made sense that the cramps and other symptoms had been going on since the beginning of the week right after I started eating the bars.
I went to several websites and researched Splenda's side effects and am convinced that this caused my problems. Not to mention the fact that I have not had any more symptoms since I stopped eating the bars!"
Thank you M.B. for sharing your story with our visitors.
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