Thread: Atkins Snacks
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Old 02-05-2004, 06:41 PM   #9
ladysycamore
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Originally posted by wolf
The Atkins Endulge bars (Chocolate and Chocolate Crunch) are actually tolerable. They don't taste entirely like REAL chocolate, but are an admirable substitute. Also, they have the advantage of being made with Splenda instead of Nutrasweet, so are not as chemically evil. (I checked the splenda.com website and was unable to confirm something I "heard" about the product ... is that the stuff that's the left-handed isomer of sugar?)
Not sure, but I found some no-so-positive sites about it:

The Potential Dangers of Sucralose

Splenda is Not A Healthy Sweetner

Sucralose Toxicity Information Center

The first two sites are by the same author.

*trying to ween herself from those sweetners, but it's hard to do when just about everything contains it!*
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