Is Splenda Safe? The Skinny on Sugar Substitutes

Sugar Swap
Are Artificial Sweeteners Safe?
By Edward C. Geehr, M.D., & Dorothy Foltz-Gray, Special to LifeScript
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Most Americans don’t think twice about tossing back a diet soda, an easy sacrifice compared, say, to
giving up a bag of chips. But the controversy swirling around the artificial sweetener Splenda, used
in many diet drinks and other foods, may quell our sugar-free indulgence – and help us rethink how
to handle sweet-tooth issues. We all know that sugar calories are empty ones. But are we risking
our health – and even our waistlines – by leaning on sugar substitutes? A recent study at Duke
University offers alarming new answers…