Okay...I decided to try Splenda and so I bought some... I made my pitcher of tea but, when I poured the Splenda in, it foamed and bubbled like an 8th grade chemistry experiment. Is this normal!?!?
I have used splenda for years and it fizzes in everything so my reply would be.............what she said .
I think you hit the nail on the head with the 8th grade chemistry class. Isn't splenda derived from chlorine?
Here is what I found on a site called "Dr. Gourmet": http://www.drgourmet.com/ingredients/splenda.shtml Splenda is the brand name for an artificial sweetener called sucralose. It is manufactured from sugar by moving some atoms around on the sucrose (sugar) molecule to make sucralose. Think of the sucrose molecule as your left hand and the sucralose molecule as your right hand. Both are hands and they work pretty much the same way. The difference is that the sucralose molecule is not absorbed into the body, so there are no calories. (And no side effects.) You can use sucralose almost like sugar – for the most part it measures, bakes and cooks just like sugar. The Blueberry Muffins recipe uses sucralose, as well as dessert recipes such as Crème Caramel and Key Lime Pie, yet all three have different cooking processes. In the recipes that I have used this product, it does work very much like sugar, however it is not perfect in every case. I made chocolate sauce, for example, where the results were not as good as in other recipes. The mouthfeel was different enough that granulated sugar made the better recipe.
and dont forget the fun of knowing you are drinking Chlorine. I guess it will clean out the digestive system and that is where you are losing the calories.
Is there chlorine in calgon? Tawiii, soon we will be unable to do anything without the fear of some kind of chemical. Wait, I think we are almost there.
If I thought it would make a difference I would post a link..........But we both know it wouldn't make a difference. Try this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Sucralose_structure_nih.gif
Chemicals are not all bad for you. I like my life with them when used responsibly. If you were to attempt to live without them, if you could, your life would probably be a lot shorter. That said, a considerable amount of my employment is in the chemical industry.
We both know what won't make a difference? Actually, you apparently posted something factual rather than just a pithy one liner. Good for you! :jester:
I do that more than you know. You have just made a conclusion that I don't so you don't bother to even consider. Not to worry, you're not the only one.
If you google splenda, you would not use it, Tawiii, thanks for the info. No need to put THAT chemical in your body, if you care about it.
