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You’ve been conned for years, maybe even decades — and it’s not your fault.

Perhaps you thought you’d been making a healthier choice by substituting those friendly little blue, pink and yellow packets for sugar (particularly if you’re a dieter with a sweet tooth).

Forgoing “real” sugar in your coffee, drinking diet sodas … trying to watch those calories.

Today, you find artificial sweeteners in everything from yogurt to baked goods. Big business continues to tell you that they’re “sugar-free”, they’re “a healthy alternative to sugar”.

Tragically, the truth is this:
artificial sweeteners such as Splenda and Nutrasweet are NOT healthy — or safe.