Then these "researchers" are chemicalphobes. Sucralose is made from table sugar (sucrose) by a process that substitutes three chlorine atoms for three hydroxyl groups on the sucrose molecule. The chlorine bonds won't break. The addition of chlorine to the sucralose molecule is what makes sucralose free of calories. Sucralose is an essentially inert molecule and it passes through the body without being metabolized. Chlorine in the form of chloride is a safe and natural element that is present in many of the foods and beverages that we eat and drink every day.
The manufacturer’s own studies showed that Splenda caused shrunken thymus glands and enlarged livers and kidneys in rodents.
I've heard this before but no one has ever been able to show the study. My bet is these afflictions appeared only after the animals had been fed amounts of sucralose that have no relationship to real world human consumption. Almost everything can be bad for you in unreasonable amounts. The FDA would never have approved this product if this were a genuine concern. If you stuff a lab rat with enough of anything all sorts of bad things will happen.
For an all-natural, calorie free sugar substitute that actually has nutritional benefits (better insulin regulation, etc.), try Stevia, particularly Stevia extract
] It's interesting that you would recommend a product that hasn't been approved by the FDA but that lab tests on animals have raised the possibility that it may have harmful effects on the male reproductive system.
For the record: I eat red meat, bacon, eggs, real milk (not that watered down stuff), half and half in my coffee, and a plate of brownies (from scratch) and a gallon of whole milk is manna from heaven for me. So I do have a sweet tooth, I don't indulge it daily, but when I do, it's real sugars.
I still have a 32" waist, weigh 175 or so pounds, and am 5'10", and am in my upper 40's.
I’m just curious what you also think about trans-fats.