After reading one of your reader's stories on Splenda, I figured I'd share mine. I quit smoking a short time ago and wanted some type of substitution. Well, since I love candy, I found these sugar-free Crystal Lite candies. I don't usually like sugar-free candy, but these tasted good.  I thought how good these would be as a replacement.

Well, day one of eating these candies I noticed some gurgling in my stomach causing really bad gas. At work, no less. I thought it was maby the Caesar wrap I had at Blimpie. The gas carried on until betime when I had a not-so-pleasant BM.

Now, it's day two. I'm at work having a nicotine fit and eating the candies. I eat my lunch (leftovers from the night before) then go for my daily iced tea with the gang at work. On the way back to my desk, I had the worst cramping I can remember.  I ran to the bathroom where I stayed for twenty minutes. When I got back, I called my wife and told her about it. She said her mother had the same reaction with Splenda and has since stopped using it. That is when I went to the web and found your website.

Well, it's still day two and I've been back and forth to the bathroom three times while writing this e-mail.  I am not enjoying this and shall remove Splenda from my diet.

All I can say is now I know WHY you can lose weight by adding Splenda to your diet. Geez!"

Thank you P.C. for sharing your story with our visitors.

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