Recently, they were at a potluck and someone brought hot dogs & beans. Son had a serving and immediately began to get woozy. They found out later that one of the ingredients in the hot dogs was a little bit of Splenda. The amount he ingested had to have been very tiny but it was enough to put him out of commission for hours. He also experienced the same thing once when he started to chew a piece of sugarless gum. It took six hours to get back to normal that time.
This is the web site where I found a lot of information on Splenda poisoning: The site tells of many problems caused by Splenda and other artificial sweeteners. They are varied and can be serious. They sure were for my son!
Sorry, the web site didn’t post. Here is my second try.
http://splendasickness.blogspot.com/2006/03/spaced-out-unfocused-light-headed-or.html
Sucralose (trichlorogalactosucrose, or better known as Splenda) is an artificial sweetener from native sucrose that was approved by the FDA on April 1, 1998 (April Fool's Day). This observation of a potential causal relationship between sucralose and migraines may be important for physicians to remember this can be a possible trigger during dietary history taking. Identifying further triggers for migraine headaches, in this case sucralose, may help alleviate some of the cost burden (through expensive medical therapy or missed work opportunity) as well as provide relief to migraineurs.
Enter sucralose and (adverse effects or toxicity) into PubMeds's query box. If anyone has a better search strategy, please let me know.
Sucralose: lack of effects on sperm glycolysis and reproduction in the rat.
Here's an excerpt from a long abstract:
Increased kidney weights, possibly associated with increased water intake, were observed primarily among animals receiving 3% sucralose (no renal histopathology has been detected). Decreased thymus weights occurred in F(1) males and in both F(1) and F(2) females at the 3% level.