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Originally Posted by justme  I avoid all artificial sweeteners. In my opinion they are worse that using real sugar as far as over all health goes. |
Hi, I too was uncertain about this and wrote to the govenment. They sent back this email. In it, the first link opens to a .pdf. Hope this helps.
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From: NHLBI Health Information Center <NHLBIInfo@nhlbi.nih.gov>
Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:55:04 -0500
Subject: Question CRM:00140094
Dear Sir or Madam:
On behalf of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Health Information Center, we are responding to your request for information on suclarose.
For information on suclarose you may contact the American Dietetic Association at 1-800-366-1655 or visit their Web page at
http://www.eatright.org/ada/files/Sucralose.pdf.
NHLBI follows recommendations of the FDA at
http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/200...weeteners.html.
If you have additional questions on Sucralose, you may wish to contact the FDA by telephone at 1-888-INFO-FDA (1-888-463-6332) or by e-mail at the following Web address:
http://www.fda.gov/comments......html.
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