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Old 11-18-2003, 02:05 PM   #18
russotto
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Well, stuff that isn't digested by your body usually doesn't collect... rather, it ends up being excreted. Hence the "anal leakage" reported from large quantities of Olestra.

The people who have the big scarey websites about acesulfame K, sucralose, and aspartame tend to be people who have a problem with just about everything (e.g. the Center for Science in the Public Interest). Doesn't mean they're wrong, just means they're no more credible than Monsanto or other corporate enemy of the day. Personally, I find that aspartame gives me a headache.

Stevia extract, being a plant product, could be as safe as grape juice or as bitter almond oil. Well, if it was the latter we'd probably know by now :-)
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