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Just can across this article, link from another of Puken Luken’s posts.
Bitter Battle over Truth in Sweetners

The major part of the article talks about the artificial sweetners, Equal and Splenda and their court battle over advertising.
I refuse to use either one. At least when i am aware that they are in something. Both give me headaches. Just give me sugar - it has been used for hundreds of years. If Americans would simply use a bit of will power, and take responsibility for their actions….but oh, is that such a dream.

Just in case you did not know, the jury is still out on the possible health effects on consuming Equal and Splenda. So use it at your own risk.

The more interesting part of the article is about a natural sweetener that the good folks at the FDA (bought and paid for by you industry of choice) refuse to let into the country.

It is a mystery why stevia, a South American plant more than 300 times
sweeter than sugar, remains illegal for use as a sweetener in the
United States. This essentially zero-calorie natural product has been
used for decades in many countries and is deemed safe by the WHO. Could
it be that the mighty U.S. sugar and corn syrup industries have
pressured the FDA not to approve it?

Some U.S. stores are now carrying stevia as a dietary supplement. But
stevia growers are bit players in the billion-dollar sweetener market
dominated by slick ad campaigns.

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