America’s favorite artificial sweetener could have some bitter health effects, including damage to your DNA.
Splenda is the brand name for sucralose, often added to diet sodas, baked goods, chewing gum, gelatins and frozen desserts.Splenda is 600 times sweeter than sugar and is the best-selling artificial sweetener in America, with sales roughly double those of its nearest rival, Sweet’n Low.
“Other studies have found that sucralose can adversely affect gut health, so we wanted to see what might be happening there,” Susan Schiffman, Ph.D., study author and adjunct professor at North Carolina State University,What they found was alarming: “Sucralose-6-acetate significantly increased the expression of genes associated with inflammation, oxidative stress and cancer,” the study authors wrote.
Splenda is 600 times sweeter than sugar and is the best-selling artificial sweetener in America, with sales roughly double those of its nearest rival, Sweet’n Low.The new study adds to earlier research that finds sucralose and sucralose-6-acetate can also cause intestinal damage.
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