Are artificial sweeteners harmful?

I keep hearing that sweeteners like "splenda" and "sweet and low" is bad for your health. is this true? if so how?

No, it's fine. As long as you don't use too much. One packet of artificial sweetener is about as sweet as 3 packets of regular sugar, so don't go overboard.

They used to say "Found to cause cancer in lab rats" but they fixed that problem when they realized one packet in a small white mouse is equivelant to a million packets (a little exaggerated) in an average-sized human.

So sweeten away!!

yes it has so many chemicals that hurt your body worse then sugar

No, it is relatively safe.

The sugar lobby, one of the strongest in the nation, is purporting this myth.

Did you know white sugar is bleached to make it snow white? White sugar is bad too.

ive heard that they can cause cancer and are very hard for ur body to digest but i still think there better in terms of if ur watching ur wieght the regular sugar

Ya, they are bad for you.
I am going on 80, Have been using them since I was 19.
As sure as God made little green apples, I'm gonna die, You can bet your last dollar on that.

Certain ones are.

I RECENTLY FOUND OUT THAT SWEET N LOW ACTUALLY HAS A WARNING ON THE PACKET THAT SAYS IT CAN CAUSE CANCER IF YOU USE IT FOR A LONG TIME!!!!! KINDA SCARY ISN'T IT!!!

I believe sweet and low and equal are bad for you because they are artificial but splenda is made from real sugar so they say it is harmless.

Splenda: Well, it's table sugar that's been treated with pesticide-grade chlorine (bleach). It can cause all SORTS of problems, including possible genetic damage to unborn foetuses.

Sweet & Low: Long known to be carcinogenic

Nutrasweet: a reversed amino acid that many people have an allergic reaction to (in epileptics it can cause seisures); also possibly connected to symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis in some people.

Also, because of the sweet taste, artificial sweeteners still cause insulin release, so they really don't help with losing weight.

yes they are harmful. sweet and low has been linked to cancer. splenda may be safer, but really it's affects in the long term won't be known for 20-30 years.

some types are. but the argument is still contoversial over to what extent the harm could be. usually the ones up for defending are aspartame (like in equal) and sorbitol...

stick to a controlled serving of plain sugar i say.

Artificaial sweetners are very bad for you, especially aspartame (like NutraSweet and Equal). It's too much info to put here, but you should go to the links below and read up on the dangers of aspartame and the 92 different health side effects that are even reconized by the FDA.

Yes, they are worse than sugar...
check out this site:
http://www.holisticmed.com/aspartame/

yes it is