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Originally Posted by Rick500
I thought sucralose was sugar bound with a couple chlorine atoms.  |
I thought that too. Someone told me Sucralose was sucrose bonded to a Chlorine atom "in the same way sodium is bonded to chloride in salt" and thus won't break down, to which I took up two issues:
- Sucrose has a net neutral charge; you cannot form a strong ionic bond with something having a net neutral charge, you can only form a covalent or (gasp) hydrogen bond!
- Even if it was, ionic bonds dissociate when dissolved in a polar solvent like water; sucrose is stable, such a dissociation would result in sucrose in the digestive tract!
In both cases, because of the stability of sucrose, tacking a negative ion to it would result in a good way to give yourself slow chlorine poisoning, and you better damn well drink it with green tea so the antioxidants can bond to the free chlorine atom!
Me? I won't touch any sugar substitute. It's a retarded fad, people drink tons of diet whatever "because I'm fat but I'm doing something about it" while nomming down 14 inch subs with double meat and extra cheese and mayo.
Energy drinks advertise that they're sugar free. Think about this for a minute, okay? We are going to dump tons of mild toxins and herbal extracts into your body to crank up nerve, digestive, and circulatory activity, and
not supply a ready source of energy to go with it. This is like sucking half the oil out of your engine, and then blasting nitrous oxide into your air intake while racking your car up to 2000RPM past redline (it'd be like taking the fuel away, but your body won't just conk out; it'll damage itself instead).
Anyway lessons learned: don't use Splenda in beer.
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