Hi, Ebbie.B, welcome to the Board

There's a lot of **** in the press about low carb right now, so if you want to think round that and look at all sides of the story, you've come to the right place

Splenda is one of the few sweeteners approved for use by low carbers, since it is derived from sugar but without the carb downside of the "real thing" or of other (chemical) artificial sweeteners.

I'm far from being an expert, but do check out the articles on this site which explain far better than I can

And don't forget - the media are correct only on average around 10% of the time