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Giving artificial sweeteners to kids is a REAL problem when it takes 10 years or more to publish potential health risks. Take for example, Aspartame - originally released as NutraSweet. Over 10 years after being approved by the FDA, despite serious safety concerns from scientists, the Center for Disease Control finally published its first list of consumer health complaints from aspartame use. Over 33 years after FDA approval, the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) reversed it's previous statements supporting the safety of Aspartame, and in 2007 published that aspartame is indeed a health threat![1] As Janet Starr Hull (author of Sweet Poison) says, "Well, it just goes to show how the "truth and publicity" about aspartame has been grossly manipulated by the "system.""

We say toss out artificial sweeteners! Judging from Aspartame's history, your child with be a grown adult with children by the time science reveals all the problems with these fake sweeteners. Including: 

Aspartame (derived from the two amino acids aspartic acid and phenylalanine) - which has been linked to cancer and neurological side effects.[2]

Saccharin (from phthalic anhydride) - which has been linked to bladder cancer in rats.[3]

Sucralose (chlorinated sugar - three chlorine atoms replace three hydroxyl groups) - which belongs to a class of chemicals called organochlorides, some of which have been labeled toxic and linked to cancer. In a recent animal study, after a 12-wk administration of Splenda exerted numerous adverse effects, including (1) reduction in beneficial fecal microflora, (2) increased fecal pH, and (3) enhanced expression levels of P-gp, CYP3A4, and CYP2D1, which are known to limit the bioavailability of orally administered drugs. [4]

If you don't recognize their generic names, you'll likely recognize their brand names: Sweet'N Low (saccharin), Equal and NutraSweet (aspartame), and Splenda (sucralose). 
 
Artificial sweeteners are not REAL, so leave 'em on the grocery store shelf!
 
 
Sources: 
1. Hull, J.S. (1998). Sweet Poison: How the World's Most Popular Artificial Sweetener Is Killing Us - My Story. New Horizon Press
2. Magnuson BA, Burdock GA, Doull J, et al. (2007). "Aspartame: a safety evaluation based on current use levels, regulations, and toxicological and epidemiological studies". Crit. Rev. Toxicol. 37 (8): 629–727
3. Reuber, M. Carcinogenicity of saccharin. Environ Health Perspect. 1978 August; 25: 173–200
4.  Abou-Donia MB, El-Masry EM, Abdel-Rahman AA, McLendon RE, Schiffman SS. "Splenda alters gut microflora and increases intestinal p-glycoprotein and cytochrome p-450 in male rats."  J Toxicol Environ Health A. 2008 71(21):1415-29