Everyday Systems: nosdiet: message 561 of 3212

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On Sat, Mar 06, 2004 at 03:13:37AM -0000, Saleta <beclismom@...> 
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> I have heard that splenda, because it is made from sugar, is really 

> the best sugar substitute out there. I have read the posts on diet 

> soda and aspertame (spelling??) but what about this one? All I have 

> heard is that sugar is pout throuhg this big process and all the 
> positive ions are reomved leaving only the negitively charged ions. 


While I'm probably the last person anyone wants to chime in on a sugar
substitute right now :-), I can help a little with the "what the heck
is it" part: Splenda is a brand name for sucralose, which is chlorinated
sugar -- three hydroxyl groups out, three chlorine atoms in. You might
go "Eek! Chlorine? Bleach?", but it's the same chlorine as in table 
salt
and tomatoes. Replacing the hydroxyl groups with chlorine means that
sucralose goes in one end and comes out the other undigested. 

Splenda's rare here so I don't really know anything about it beyond
that. 

-Rich

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