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From: Kennita Watson <>
Subject: Re: Reversal of aging by NFkappaB blockade
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:54:35 -0700

"Chris Manning" <> wrote:

> a 'no added sugar' version of 'Ocean Spray Cranberry Classic' and I  
> bought a
> bottle of that. I'm not sure whether it was there on my earlier  
> visit as the
> label is very similar. I noticed that the ingredients include  
> something
> called 'sucralose' which I assumed would be a sugar. However I did  
> a Google
> search and found that it is a chlorinated sugar:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sucralose
>
> Alarm bells rang when I read that, despite the reassuring studies,  
> since I
> know that organochlorine compounds are usually poisonous or  
> carcinogenic. No
> point in drinking something for its anti-cancer properties if it  
> contains
> additives that might *cause* cancer! I will finish the bottle but  
> I'll try
> and get Lakewood again and steer clear of Ocean Spray.

As you wish, but the article also says "... extremely insoluble in  
fat; it can
not accumulate in fat like chlorinated hydrocarbons. In addition,  
sucralose
does not break down or dechlorinate."

When I think about getting upset because
something belongs to a certain class of
chemicals, I remember that the precise
chemistry matters.  Sodium -- highly toxic.
Chlorine -- highly toxic.  Sodium chloride
-- necessary for life.  Sucralose seems to
suffering from guilt by association.  But
feel free to add stevia, or to just deal
with the bitterness....

Live long and prosper,
Kennita

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