"Magic Sugar" chemically known as Sodium cyclamate was accidentally discovered in 1937 by Michael Sveda. It's potency is 30-50 times sweeter than sugar paving its way to become an artificial sweetener for diabetic patients. The patent for sodium cyclamate was first bought by DuPont and later sold to Abbott Laboratories; wherein it was used for masking the taste of drugs such as antibiotics and pentobarbital.
In 1996, a study conducted on 240 rats fed with a mixture of saccharin and cyclamates developed bladder tumors. This equates to humans ingesting 350 cans of diet soda per day. Another study was also made pointing that cyclamades appear to affect the cells involved in the production of spermatozoa. This led to the US FDA's decision of banning the sale of and usage of sodium cyclamate in the US on 1969. UK followed the decision the next year after.
In the Philippines where most of the FDA rules are being followed, usage and selling of sodium cyclamate is also banned. DOH Health Secretary Esperanza Cabral says that a person who ingest sodium cyclamate could experience dizziness, vomiting and stomach ache.
Source: Wikipedia.com and Inquirer.Net
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