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3 of 8 found the following review helpful:
 "Dr." Hull is not a medical doctor Jul 14, 2008
CAVEAT EMPTOR. This book is not based on any credible science. "Dr." Hull is not a medical doctor. Just check her site by Googleing her name. But, like my daddy said, most americans will believe almost anything. So good luck "Dr." on making money the old fashion way: Dupe the ignorant (selling your stup1d books and your detox pills), just hope you can sleep at night. And if you have children, I hope you have the courage to tell them that you are a con artist.
6 of 12 found the following review helpful:
 Very informative and helpful if you're not a splendaholic Mar 15, 2008
People who are hooked on Splenda hate this book, I understand. I was interested in it because my wife and I both experienced the side effects of Splenda at different random times.
First, there is a common misconception about the author's connection of chlorine to the ills of Splenda. Splenda and salt both contain chlorine, but Splenda is a synthetic chlorocarbon like DDT, salt is a natural chlorocarbon. The difference between the two is significant. Dr. Hull points out that naturally occurring chlorine breaks down quickly when released into the environment, while synthetic chlorine take years to break down and can even become toxic before they break down. Thus synthetic chlorine is used in DDT, because if its ability to last and become toxic. Unfortunately synthetic chlorine is also used in Splenda, which is alarming for a host of reasons that Dr. Hull lays out in this book. So the argument that since salt contains chlorine
In my own family I can say that we have had direct experience with Splenda and its side effects. I always got mild headaches when I had artificial sweeteners, but it was after a bout with meningitis that I became particularly vulnerable. Now even small amounts of Splenda give me a migraine. My neurologist said that this was common with many of his patients. What shocked me most was how many things actually contained Splenda. Chewable vitamins, many sport drinks, chewing gum, I can't name how many times I have eaten something, gotten a headache, then gone back to check the ingredients and find sucralose in it.
Years later my wife started law school and started to drink Splenda drinks while she studied. We noticed that she would get very anxious every time she drank it. We cut it out of her diet and she was back to normal. Again, if she accidentally ingests Splenda she feels anxious. Several times she has eaten something, felt anxious, only to go back and find sucralose contained in something she had eaten.
There are people out there who consume Splenda in alarming amounts, Splendaholics if you will. These people have more than two teaspoons of Splenda daily. I find that they hate hearing about the truths revealed in this book, so don't even bother trying to tell them about the dangers of Splenda, they will have to find it out for themselves. For those who are open minded though, this book is very helpful.
12 of 24 found the following review helpful:
This book is so ridiculous!!! Oct 05, 2007
My husband was just diagnosed with diabetes and was sent to a dietician who put him on a very low carb diet and also told us to strictly use Splenda when making salad dressings, putting in ice tea, coffee and so on and so on.
The author of this book obviously doesn't know what she is talking about. If she had consulted a dietician on the subject of whether Splenda was safe or not, she would haven't written a book against it.
I am going by what our doctor and dietician recommends and not by some quack who writes just to make money!
3 of 11 found the following review helpful:
 Kt99l May 14, 2007
I think this book was informative and intresting, But on some issues took it to far such as Table Salt. I think the real epodimic in America is not Just sugar. It has to do with people eating enormous amounts of sugar and then eating a greasy burger with few veggies and a fast burning carb bun. And throw in greasy fries And a Coke on top of that every day or everyother day of the week. I don't trust chemical additives. I think sugar is safer in smaller amounts. Mcdonald in my understanding does not have anything on the menu that does not have sugar in it. In todays world people try to eat quick rather than eat right. That maybe good for now but when they have a massive heart attack they will slow down.
26 of 34 found the following review helpful:
the sugar industry fights back... Mar 04, 2007
This book and others like it posit that in the case of Splenda, the government is colluding with big industry to put an unsafe product on the market to line the pockets of manufacturers and politicians. That may well be true but it's funny to say that and ignore what's obvious to anyone who's studied the ag industry in the US:
1) The sugar industry in the US is huge. It receives a subsidy that costs US taxpayers/consumers approximately $2 billion annually (see the Cato Institute report, "A Sweet Deal for the Sugar Industry"). This subsidy--like many of the other farm subsidies--was originally intended to help small farmers but now (acc. to the GAO) goes primarily to large, corporate farms. To make sure this subsidy stays sacrosanct, the sugar industry dolls out hefty sums of money every campaign cycle. (For a more detailed description of the sugar industry's campaign donations, visit the Open Secrets website.)
2) The sugar industry is taking a big hit as more people learn about the dangers of a high-sugar diet and the Splenda craze hits full swing
3) The sugar industry is fighting back with a PR blitz to improve its image with consumers (a la the tobacco industry and the oil companies) at the same time it is attacking the image of its competitors and fighting health experts: "In a legendary battle two years ago, the industry tried without success to stop the World Health Organization from recommending people consume no more than 10 percent of their daily calories from added sugars." (Quoted in the Sacramento Bee article from July '05).
4) Books like Dr. Hull's come out with scary but scientifically-questionable claims about sugar's chief competitor
I'm not questioning Dr. Hull's motives, just stating that it's worth taking everything in this debate with a grain of salt. Exceptions do exist, e.g. Ralph Nader, but for the most part these days it seems like everyone claiming to be the little guy fighting the big guy is actually being paid by the big guy's equally big competitor.
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