Sucralose is used to sweeten many popular brands of nutritional supplements. Take a look at the ingredients label to see if it has been added to yours.
The artificial sweetener Sucralose shrinks the thymus gland and inflames the liver. The thymus gland is part of your immune system. The Thymus gland is one of the seven major endocrine glands. Located in front of the heart and beneath the breast bone, the thymus gland regulates the immune system. It is largely composed of lymphatic tissue.
In animals examined for the study, Sucralose (Splenda) reduced the amount of good bacteria in the intestines by 50 percent, increased the pH level in the intestines, contributed to increases in body weight and affected P-glycoprotein (P-gp) levels in such a way that crucial health-related drugs could be rejected.
Mercola.com feb 2009