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Industries in Glass Offices Shouldn't Throw Stones
Stats ^ | Feb. 15, 2005 | Trevor Butterworth

Posted on 02/15/2005 1:14:03 PM PST by Gustov

The Sugar Association pays for a “consumer” Web site to scare the public with pseudo-science about Splenda.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Food; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: equal; splenda; sucralose; sugar
Can you believe Big Sugar has the chutzpah to claim a competing sweetener is unhealthy?
1 posted on 02/15/2005 1:14:10 PM PST by Gustov
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To: Gustov

Instead of trying to make the competition look bad, the sugar industry should promote the fact that there are only about 16 calories in a teaspoon of refined sugar. Most people cringe when they add a couple of teaspoons of sugar to a cup of coffee thinking they just put on four pounds of fat.


2 posted on 02/15/2005 1:55:35 PM PST by Cagey
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To: Gustov
I don't think sugar has ANY fat content, only calories. And not many, at that. It's all the other crap that is used when a product contains sugar. I would rather eat sweetener from a plant than some lab experiment loaded with chemicals. And last time I checked, you don't get fat if you eat in moderation, no matter what it is.
3 posted on 02/15/2005 9:21:18 PM PST by teenyelliott (Soilent green is made of liberals...)
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To: teenyelliott

Why does sugar never spoil?


4 posted on 02/15/2005 9:22:48 PM PST by eddie willers
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To: eddie willers

I have no idea, but I'm sure you can tell me.


5 posted on 02/15/2005 9:24:59 PM PST by teenyelliott (Soilent green is made of liberals...)
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To: teenyelliott
I have no idea, but I'm sure you can tell me.

No, LOL.

I know it sounds like the set up for a joke... but you sounded so knowledgeable about sugar, I just thought I'd ask. :o)

6 posted on 02/15/2005 9:28:19 PM PST by eddie willers
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To: Gustov

Paging Pepe and Alfie Fanjul of Palm Beach!


7 posted on 02/15/2005 9:29:31 PM PST by Clemenza (Alcohol Tobacco & Firearms: The Other Holy Trinity)
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To: teenyelliott

Pure honey is a better sweetner. Your body metabolizes it faster than regular sugar.


8 posted on 02/15/2005 9:30:16 PM PST by Clemenza (Alcohol Tobacco & Firearms: The Other Holy Trinity)
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To: eddie willers

I really don't know, but salt and pepper don't go bad either. I'm sure there are other things as well along those same lines.

I figured you were going to tell me there was some sort of preservative involved, so I was consuming chemicals anyway, making me look like a dumba**.

All things are good in moderation.


9 posted on 02/15/2005 9:31:47 PM PST by teenyelliott (Soilent green is made of liberals...)
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To: Clemenza

You know, I really don't use much sugar. I do use a lot of honey, though. It is great to cook with (honey and soy sauce make a fabulous marinade), and it is perfect for making homemade bread.


10 posted on 02/15/2005 9:33:59 PM PST by teenyelliott (Soilent green is made of liberals...)
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To: teenyelliott

I'll Google the question some time when I'm bored.

It's just that anything with sugar in it spoils so rapidly, that I wondered why it, itself, is immune.


11 posted on 02/15/2005 9:35:47 PM PST by eddie willers
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To: eddie willers

Most candy doesn't spoil, but baked goods do. Flour doesn't spoil, so it must just be baked goods made with dairy products that go bad. Perhaps the substances discussed have no water content. Things with any moisture at all would go bad, things with no misture would not. Just a guess. FReepmail me if you ever look it up.


12 posted on 02/15/2005 9:49:59 PM PST by teenyelliott (Soilent green is made of liberals...)
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To: teenyelliott
FReepmail me if you ever look it up.

10-4

13 posted on 02/15/2005 9:54:02 PM PST by eddie willers
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To: eddie willers
Granulated sugar does not spoil, but if it gets damp it will likely cake up or get lumpy. If it does, it can simply be pulverized again until it regains its granulated texture. per From this site.
14 posted on 02/16/2005 9:45:14 AM PST by SouthWall (People believe President Bush will kill the terrorist, and Kerry will talk to them.)
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To: Cagey
Having recently been diagnosed as Type II diabetic, I have to hope that Splenda is safe for human consumption. Sugar has many virtues, but it's not allowed to such as me.

When I was diagnosed, I made a study of low-sugar / low-carbohydrate diets and the rationales for them. Apparently, sugar, despite its low calorie content -- far lower than most people would suppose -- can be a "fattener" by virtue of its ability to trigger a metabolic shift into a depressed mode, where very few calories of any sort are consumed. As others here have said, the occasional use of sugar by a non-diabetic is just fine, but its overuse can catapult you into a metabolc cul-de-sac in which, no matter how few calories you eat, the pounds just refuse to come off.

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15 posted on 02/18/2005 3:27:19 PM PST by fporretto (This tagline is programming you in ways that will not be apparent for years. Forget! Forget!)
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