Saturday, February 16, 2008

Sweetness: Splenda & Saccharin May Be Making You Fat


Define: irony.

Consuming products containing artificial sweeteners in an effort to avoid caloric consumption and lose weight. However, due to an unknown metabolic effect, this results in increased hunger and a lower rate of burning calories.

Translation: It makes you fat!

Conclusion: Consuming exotic food additives may have unknown, unintended and unhealthy consequences for consumers.

You probably think I'm joking. However, this comes straight from an article at the Economist magazine and they think putting a pinch of salt in someone's cup during high tea is the apex of comedy.

Translation: they're pretty damn serious.

Now people have one more excuse for their bad behavior.

Bernie, why'd you wolf down the whole chocolate cake?
Sorry Tom, it was the Splenda made me do it!
So kiss your artificial sweeteners goodbye. Or not, and simply keep shoving the stuff down your maw.

At least it won't cause cancer.

Will it?

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