France Bans Splenda Ads

re: France Bans Splenda Ads

curious7 — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 01:01:40 GMT

You see here is a good example of the Government being in bed with Big Business. Our Government is not concerned about truth, or your health.

My advice read more, research more, and become proactive about your health, and that of your family.

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KAC — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 11:12:02 GMT

Anything made in a chemical laboratory not found in nature should not be eaten or legally sold as food period!! There is no such thing as a man-made chemical being good for the body. How many centuries will it take for everyone to figure this out? There is too much greed in this world to better mankind, I guess.

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mediapusher — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 11:53:10 GMT

This is proof that Europeans are much smarter, wholesome and more spiritual than U.S.A. culture. I really don't like what the United States is becoming.

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texmex — Thu, 17 May 2007 08:11:11 GMT

As much as I am chauvinist (normal I am french) France doesn't always mark points in nutrition. There are still tons of advertising for milk, and milk products, meat and transformed meat products.

For the french readers, order the books from Thierry Souccar, he is trying to make french people aware by the BIG agro firma manipulations. Try first http://www.lanutrition.fr/, still smaller than mercola.com but same spirit.

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Aleahsa — Tue, 15 May 2007 23:19:57 GMT

I have read Dr. Mercola's information about Aspartame and it's dangers. I live in Canada. We have most of the sweeteners that the U.S. has but some we have may be strictly Canadian.
I would like to know if there is the same danger with the product
Sweet N' Low ( which contains cyclamate, as far as I know) as there is with Äspartame ?
I hope Dr. Mercola or someone on here can give me an authoratative answer.
Thanks.
Leigh Anne

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Aaron_203 — Tue, 15 May 2007 19:23:05 GMT

How long until this happens in the U.S?

HAHAHA

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Dr. David Spitz — Tue, 15 May 2007 11:18:00 GMT

Cheers to the French.....anyway...I promised I'd never go back to France...but, if they keep wising up like this,,,I may consider a visit to the Arch de Triumph.....

Dr Dave

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howzat — Tue, 15 May 2007 08:34:14 GMT

Surprise, Surprise, Splenda is not French ergo the ban

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SamVed — Tue, 15 May 2007 07:44:53 GMT

France is the first counrtry where they amended their Constitution so as to explicitely include the Precautionary Principle, is it not? I believe it was a couple of years ago.

Here's a good summary of the Precautionary Principle:
http://www.panna.org/resources/panups/panup_20031023-rp342.dv.html

"The principle of precautionary action says, first, that the burden of proof of safety should be borne by the proponent of a new technology, not by the public; and second, that, where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of scientific certainty should not be used as an excuse for postponing measures to prevent environmental degradation."

I was told that the French are also making use of this in terms of liability: if a corporation (chemical industry, genetically modified crops, etc) makes a mess of your property, you are far more likely to get reparations. If they pollute water or whatever, the mind set in France is that the polluter is expected to clean-up the mess.

Here in the US of A, judges--not mentioning politicians and the media, still massively side with corporate polluters.

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mmc88121 — Tue, 15 May 2007 03:47:25 GMT

Thank goodness the French equivalent of the Consumer Protection Agency is doing their job. It just might make it easier for the American on to do its job.

Mary

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alfalfa — Tue, 15 May 2007 02:02:18 GMT

What information can folks offer on vegetable glycerin? A detox booklet I have includes it as the sweetener in baking recipes that use no flour (using egg protein powder and ground nuts instead of flours.) From what I can find, vegetable glycerin is considered low glycemic.

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LM36 — Mon, 14 May 2007 23:28:57 GMT

Has anyone heard of Neotame..?(Russ) It is apparently a derivative of aspartame but much sweeter. I am concerned that it could become a replacement to Aspartame and we already know the dangers associated with this excitotoxin.

Anytime I see products advertised as "No sugar added", the red flag pops up and I think "danger" because it usually means Splenda or some other artificial sweetener has been used.

re: France Bans Splenda Ads

Russ Bianchi — Mon, 14 May 2007 23:23:49 GMT

I never thought I'd live to say the 'French Are Correct', but here is a case and point, based in sound science, and facts.

I do not think it hurt either that Splenda Brand's (sucralose) parent company is the largest and oldest BRITISH sugar company on the face of the globe either (Tate & Lyle)...or at least this is what one of the possible SPIN talking points will be, from these ingredient DEATH MERCHANT'S PR FIRM, for headline countering, in the days or months to come.

The bottom lines REMAINS, sucralose is HIGHLY TOXIC, CAUSES CANCER & DEATH in humans, at any level of consumption, is NOT heat stable as claimed, and is NOT a sugar molecule, but a highly synthetic piece of chemistry attaching three chlorine molecules to the based hydrocarbon, that was once refined sugar.

Sucralose/Splenda does not, and never did exist in nature, until created in a UK laboratory.

Read Dr. Mercola's SWEET DECEPTION, and never use the little yellow packets, unless your serving tea or coffee to diabetic Osama bin Laden.

Such artificial sweetener "hospitality" will hasten Osama's departure to his just reward, as barker for a gay, transgender, and tranvestite strip club in Vegas (owned by Christians & Jews) for eternity.

And who says there is not 'divine justice'?

;-)

Uncle Russ

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re: France Bans Splenda Ads

Josh Rubin — Mon, 14 May 2007 20:40:47 GMT

At least someone has their head on straight!