Originally published November 3 2005
Newsweek takes a limited look at the Splenda story
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
"Sugar Shock" blogger Connie Bennett talks about the shortcomings of a recent article in Newsweek that covered only the business side of Splenda, without investigating issues like public safety.
Initially, I was excited about the fact that the Nov. 7 issue of Newsweek ran a series of articles called "Sweetness and Fight," which spotlight Splenda, which now dominates the $337 million U.S. retail market for sugar substitutes.
After all, the stories had such promising titles as Splenda in fight with sugar industry, Splenda war turns more sour and Sweet success for Splenda results in tight supply.
But, the stories proved disappointing, because they didn't delve deep enough into the Splenda story.
Unless I missed something, not one article discussed whether or not Splenda is safe.
What's more, I couldn't even find any mention of potential side effects from Splenda.
Rather, the articles tended to address the money side of the artificial sweetener, with one article focusing on its taste versus sugar.
These articles sadden me, because I believe people deserve to get the full, complete Splenda story.
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