Week 2 Ilab

Week 2 iLab

Splenda is a sucralose-based artificial sweetener resultant from sugar by the British company Tate & Lyle and American company Johnson & Johnson. Sucralose was found in 1976, by Tate & Lyle and researchers at Queen Elizabeth College. Caloric content is not contained in Sucralose, and Splenda has much lower caloric content than regular forms of sugar. A relatively small amount of sucralose is contained in Splenda, little of which is absorbed. Almost all caloric content in Splenda comes from dextrose or highly fluffed maltodextrin, which are “bulking agents” that give Splenda its size. Splenda contains about 95% maltodextrin and dextrose which the body digests, pooled with a small quantity of typically indigestible sucralose. Sucralose is recognized as a diabetic sugar substitute and is safe to ingest, but some Splenda products can contain carbohydrates or sugars that should be assessed independently. “Based on its strong safety background, experts, researchers, and government bodies agree that people can consume a variety of foods and beverages sweetened with sucralose on a daily basis without concern.” ("Everything You Need to Know About Sucralose | IFIC Foundation," 2014) Splenda is substitutes for sugar that can essentially help you lose weight, since it doesn’t have any calories. In reality, Splenda may possibly in fact cause you to gain calories. Every time you drink or eat something that contains sugar, your body identifies the calories and heats up in order to begin burning them. When eating or drinking something that contains Splenda, your body doesn't identify the calories in it and, as a result, it doesn't begin to burn any calories. You may cause yourself to overindulge in an effort to feel full. In the end, this can in fact cause you to gain weight.