I was driving home from CA to Phoenix yesterday thinking about what I need to get started on CDS knowing there will be naysayers as there always are... <sigh>
Something occurred to me... the molecular makeup of Splenda.
Naysayer: CDS is like drinking bleach you know. You can die from that.
Me: Really? Hmmm... do you ever drink "chlorinated" water? You know, water from the tap?
Naysayer: Uh, well, I guess so... in a pinch.
Me: Well then, even IF it was similar to "drinking bleach" as you say, you already DO drink some chlorine in your drinking water. You also bathe in it, unless you have a shower filtering system like I do. BTW, do you or have you ever used Splenda or the generic version sucralose?
Naysayer: Why yes! I try to avoid sugar at times so I've tried stevia but I like Splenda better. I even use it in cooking. It's great. It's in many of the sugar free drinks I buy. In fact, I buy the little yellow packets and use it in my iced tea nearly everyday and sweeten my coffee with it too.
Me: Well then, guess what the chemical makeup of Splenda is?
Naysayer: ?
Me: It contains THREE Chlorine atoms. Did you know that.
Naysayer: huh?!
Me: Yep. Look it up. It's true.
Naysayer: <checks the internet>
www.intechopen.com/chapters/72790
2.3.3 Sucralose
Sucralose is an artificial sweetener and sugar substitute having the molecular formula of C12H19Cl3O8 and molecular mass 397.64 g/mol. In the European Union it is known with the E number E955 and marketed under the name Splenda.
Chlorination of sucrose leads to formation of sucralose. Sucralose is approximately 320–1000 times sweeter than sucrose and three times as sweet as aspartame and acesulfame potassium, and twice than sodium saccharin
