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[punkyjam]

Curious lang po ako.... since napapabalita ang magic sugar... ano ba ang side effects nito kunyari nakakain ang isang tao neto? Magic sugar dba kadalasan e nakukuha sa mga palamig yun?

[LAD]

according don sa napanood ko na balita.... sasakit daw ang tsan mo.. dizziness and uneasiness....

i wonder kung generic ito sa lahat.... how about allergic reactions?

[Technogear]

ano ba itong magic sugar? may scientific evidence ba na nakaka-cancer ito? o sadyang propaganda lang para hindi bumagsak ang industriya ng asukal sa bansa kaya ito pinagbawal?

[SCRepublic]

kung di mo pa alam yung magic sugar... eto yung napapabalita sa TV tsaka sa media na nagkakaroon ng side effects ang tao bumili ng palamig at mga sago sago..e pinagbabawal po etong gamitin...



 
Don’t use magic sugar—health chief
Carla Gomez

Inquirer Visayas
March 16, 2010

BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental, Philippines—Health Secretary Esperanza Cabral has cautioned the public against the use of magic sugar allegedly being smuggled into the country.

“From what I hear, magic sugar is being smuggled in from Indonesia to the southern provinces,” Cabral said.

Cabral was in Bacolod City for the groundbreaking of the Bacolod Heart, Lung and Kidney Center at the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital compound on Monday.

She described magic sugar as an artificial sugar also called sodium cyclamate that could cause dizziness, vomiting and stomach ache.

Cabral said the magic sugar has not been registered as a food by the Food and Drug Administration.

“It is banned in the United States because of some studies that show that it increases the incidence of cancer, such as urinary bladder cancer,” she said.

The Bureau of Food and Drugs, in its advisory, said “magic sugar as food sweetener is prohibited due to its evidence of carcinogenicity in animals."

Meanwhile, Cabral said the El Niño dry spell has not really caused a lot of health problems in the country.

“We have the usual summer diseases like measles, chicken pox, prickly heat. And we are watching out for paralytic shellfish poisoning in areas where there are algae blooms, such as red tide,” she said.

Cabral also warned of diarrheal diseases caused by spoiled food.

“In the summer when it is very warm. Food spoils very quickly so we need to make sure that the food that we eat is not spoiled,” she said.

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[Bubbles]

para din syang ordinary sugar...



mas matamis nga lang sa average sugar (daw) yoko nga malasahan.. baka magkakacancer pa ako...

[leerzej23]

Magic sugar is sodium cyclamate which is (chemically) not fit for human consumption. It is carcinogenic in nature.

The alternative sweeteners used in powdered fruit juice including in coffees, juice drinks, coke light, zero, diet coke, diet pepsi usually contain aspartame, sodium saccharine or acesulfame potassium. Though both still has carcinogenic effects but it is BFAD approved since it is not as toxic as "magic sugar" and due to its sweetness level (160-200 times of sugar for aspartame and acesulfame potassium; 600 times for sodium saccharine) which mean you only need a little dosage for it to be sweet. Unlike sodium cyclamate which is only 50 times sweeter, you need a lot which in turns, not good for your health.

All alternative sweeteners are generally toxic, but due to health issues like diabetes and obesity, it is now accepted. There is a good alternative sweetener that is organic and safe - Erythritol, but it is 30% less sweeter than sugar and it is expensive and not that popular in the philippines.