From: Michael M. Butler (mmb@spies.com)
Date: Mon Apr 28 2003 - 11:13:36 MDT
On Mon, 28 Apr 2003 11:32:54 -0400, gts <gts_2000@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Unlike sucrose, sucralose passes through the gastrointestinal tract about
> 90% undigested.
AFAIK, it's 100% undigested. What you wrote might not contradict that; the
other 10% might exit through some other path.
> As such it can't really do any harm, and one can hardly
> argue that the chloride atoms should do harm anyway -- chloride atoms are
> half of table salt (NaCl).
Beg pardon, but this utterance has a high "bogue factor". The danger from,
e.g., chlorinated hydrocarbons has little to do with free chlorine, but
rather with molecular charge distribution and metabolic pathways that lead
to mutagenic effects. That said, the objective data I've been able to find
seems to indicate that trichlorosucrose ("Sucralose[tm]") does not show any
particular signs of being harmful. It was heavily tested for something like
ten years before FDA approval and it *still* is slow to conquer the "big
label" soft drinks. *Sigh*.
-- I am not here to have an argument. I am here as part of a civilization. Sometimes I forget.
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