"taopants" > wrote in news:1169731913.366442.189610
@m58g2000cwm.googlegroups.com:

> I just looked down and saw that karl rec'd stevia as well. So I
> unintentionally repeat. avoid splenda-- To me it is just more of the
> all too prevalent artifical evil. The Splenda compound is sugar
> with a chlorine molecule attached to it. as told to me by a rep when I
> was a waiter. Of course I could be wrong/heard it wrong. So research
> it yourselves
>

You're right. See <http://www.holisticmed.com/splenda/>. Every artificial
sweetner is medically worse than sugar, which has its problems too.
Splenda is relatively new, and so is assummed to be safe until proven
otherwise.

Stevia does seem worth checking out.

Ozzy