Re: Sucralose Warnings

I never use artificial sweeteners fasting, cleansing or even during the occasional pig fest. I would rather have refined Sugar as bad as it is than a man made poison. At least Sugar will break down into glucose, although we have to deal with its empty calories, contribution to insulin resistance and its weakening of the immune system.
The big issue is that we need to break our addiction for the taste and sensation of sweets. Even relatively safe sweeteners like Stevia keep us craving sweet things. We can get plenty of healthy carbohydrates for glucose production from fruits, vegetables and whole grains. Even mineral rich sweets like Maple syrup, Sucanat, raw sugar, molasses, sorghum and ribbon cane syrup need to be used in only small quanities for optimum health. We have altered the natural balance of our body chemistry through the overuse of refined foods. Now our bodies crave things like Sugar and transfats that are actually harmful. Our natural homeostasis, balance, needs to be restored for optimum health, but its so hard when our addicted bodies cry out for all the wrong things.