I have noticed that a number of UK supermarkets and retailers including Marks & Spencers and Sainsburys are removing aspartame from their own brand products such as diet drinks. This is fairly old news for the health conscious as aspartame is so toxic. (If you are unaware of the risks to your health of ingesting aspartame visit Dr Mercola’s brilliant website). But for those of us on an anti candida diet its worth checking the labels as they seem to be replacing aspartame with sucralose (also called Splenda). Sucralose is a derivative from sugar so we need to avoid it all costs. Anything which ends ‘ose’ I believe is from sugar eg dextrose, fructose etc.. Actually I tried to find out more about sucralose from Dr Mercola’s site before writing this post but every single article was unavailable to me. This is the message I got:
Attorneys acting on behalf of the manufacturers of sucralose, Tate & Lyle PLC based in London, England, have requested that the information contained on this page not be made available to Internet users in England.
It says it all doesnt it? I’ve done some internet research on the possible dangers and toxicity of sucralose and lets just say that I wont be drinking or eating it even when I’m off the candida diet! I’ll be using natural sweetners in the future such as honey or maple syrup. I cant believe the lawyers would go to such extreme lengths to stop us accessing the information at Mercola when the info is readily available on other sites!
5 responses so far ↓
Djinn // September 2, 2007 at 11:05 am |
I think it’s worthwhile trying to avoid all sugary type substances. The only two I seem to be able to tolerate are xylitol and maltitol (in very small quantities!). Fructose is okay, providing you limit the amount you ingest. Better to get it from fruit and veg.
Katie // September 4, 2007 at 7:38 pm |
Hi Djinn
Thanks for your comments. Yes I agree. I cant tolerate malitol at all (very antisocial effects on me!)
Vini // April 9, 2008 at 4:29 pm |
I know this is an old article but I wanted to respond incase anyone comes across it .
There is a small minority of people who believe that Pure Sucralose actually kills Candida. YES you did hear me correctly KILLS CANDIDA. This doesn’t include Splenda now as they have added things to their “pure sucralose” which have a negative effect.
The Candida eats the sucralose and then dies. Simple as that. You still get the die-off still but it’s apparently very effective and quick.
I wouldn’t advise taking it for months though as I’ve heard that Sucralose is a bit dodgy in the long run.
Be warned though – I’m not a doctor!
V
Scott // November 12, 2009 at 4:54 pm |
Vini – that is interesting. I bought some whey protein a few months back, not realising it had sucralose in it (I saw the ingredient list and mistook it for sucrose)
Whilst taking this protein, I did develop mild body aches, this appears to be a candida die off symptom for me as it also appears to happen when i take xylitol.
So there could be some truth in sucralose being anti-candida. NOT that I would ever take it purposely, I still believe it’s toxic and I sure won’t make the mistake of getting it mixed up with sucrose again.
Katie – if you’re still reading this, the good news is that Tate & Lyle no longer appear to stop us reading the relevent articles on mercola. I was pretty peed off with this to start with and that they could censor us this way. I even emailed mercola and tate & lyle to ask for further info and state my opinion. mercola’s office referred me to tate & lyle and t&l didn’t bother getting back to me. Typical.
Katie // November 15, 2009 at 11:31 am |
Hi Scott
Thanks for your update. It sounds like the situation regarding surcalose is unclear. I am going to go back to Dr Mercola to read the mysterious articles about Tate & Lyle.
regards
Katie x