On Wed, 5 Jan 2000, Ben Balzer wrote:

> This chlorine is not absorbed, but normal Chloride ion can be harmful- the
> chloride in salt is harmful, not just the sodium.  I quote Loren Cordain:
> "As you may know its not just the Na ion, but the
> accompanying Cloride ion which also wreaks havoc via its acidifying effect.

As I understand it, Ben, no chloride ion is liberated when
sucralose is ingested, again because the body's sucrase enzyme
cannot initiate the breakdown of the disaccharide.  It has been a
while since I looked into this (purely academic interest, since
I've never used splenda), so maybe you have some more recent
information that supersedes it.  As I understand it, the altered
sucrose leaves the body intact; the maltodextrin "filler" is of
course digested as usual.

Todd Moody
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