//www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO4swQO4eEs Artificial sweeteners have gotten a lot of bad press, particularly aspartame, and the demand for diet soft drinks seems to be plummeting. Coke reported a profit decline of 55% from the previous year in the fourth quarter of 2014, and in February of 2015 Pepsi reported a 24% drop in year-over-year earnings for the same period. So, PepsiCo. has decided to listen to the people, and Pepsi is getting rid of aspartame from its diet sodas. Is this cause for celebration? Has the war against artificial sweeteners really been won? Not so fast…Pepsi is really just trading one unhealthy artificial sweetener for another, as Splenda (aka sucralose) steps in to take aspartame’s place. The Truth About Splenda Splenda, or sucralose, is associated with many of the same negative side effects as aspartame—seizures, headaches, weight gain, respiratory problems, and heart palpitations. Artificial sweeteners such as saccharin, Splenda, and aspartame, have been sho
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