Medical News Today report that Heartland Sweeteners have introduced the first sweetener to include a probiotic – Nevella® with Probiotics.
What a neat idea to ensure a steady supply of good bugs, but what a pity that, in this case, the beneficial bacteria have been paired with an artificial sweetener of very dubious safety – sucralose (Splenda)!
Like aspartame, sucralose has been found by independent researchers, particularly in Europe, to be harmful to human health, linking it to weight gain, disruption of sleep patterns, sexual dysfunction, increases in cancer, multiple sclerosis, lupus, and diabetes. The problem appears to be that the body does not recognize these sweeteners as a source of nutrition, and therefore struggles to process them, resulting in their storage in vital organs such as the brain and liver, where they can form the basis for eventual cell mutation.
More lowdown on sucralose.
