Sucralose Should Be Allowed In College

It’s the middle of summer on a blazing hot day, all you want is a cold refreshing drink. You purchase a crisp, ice cool Sparkling Ice but you can't drink it because you can't digest the sucralose correctly. As a 14 year old customer, I believe that the sucralose in Sparkling Ice should be replaced with natural sugar for three reasons, sucralose causes some blood cell tumors as shown in studies with male rats, the sugar will have a more natural and less artificial taste, and sucralose decreases the amount of good bacteria in your gut.

Contrary to the well-accepted belief, sucralose has been found to cause blood cell tumors in male rats. Sucralose, sold under the name Splenda, was approved by the FDA as a sweetening agent in 1998, followed by approval as an all purpose sweetener in 1999. In 2016, the same laboratory that conducted the aspartame studies, reported an increased incidence of blood cell tumors in male mice fed high doses of sucralose. Though, the mice were fed high doses that doesn't mean humans could consume high doses as well. If people drink the sucralose on a regular basis this is only causing a greater risk for health issues whereas if it were sugar, there would be no risk other than diabetes which is a lot less harmful then a blood cell tumor. …show more content…
Scientists don’t know the full effects but any chance is a risk. Not only are gut bacteria important in the digestive process, but they can also impact immune system function. Establishing and maintaining healthy gut bacteria cuts the risk of developing many chronic diseases as well but with the sucralose killing all the good bacteria that is only causing more of a risk and the possibilities are

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