Diabetes Support Group

and as we saw with prior overreactions to saccharine, cyclamates-- may have little bearing in humans.

Many innocuous ingredients (to humans, primates, and larger mammals) can have adverse effects in rodents--especially those specifically bred to be sensitive to tumor formation and other chronic conditions for research. Their purpose is solely for hypothesis generation to be taken for further human study once a plausible biologic pathway has been established in related studies. Unfortunately, the media picks up on these animal studies and sensationalizes them.