She was fired after not endorsing Splenda-filled salads to people with diabetes. Why? | Neil Barsky

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Hanna's lawsuit says that she told higher-ups at ADA that she was uncomfortable endorsing recipes "that promoted the use of non-nutritive sweeteners, like Splenda, sprinkled on whole foods like vegetables and beans"; that the ADA's own guidelines banned "approval of recipes that used non-nutritive sweeteners on whole foods"; and that she and her team had only approved Splenda-based recipes in the past in situations in which "the non-nutritive sweeteners were being used to cut down on sugar and calories".
33% : The World Health Organization has said that non-sugar-sweeteners such as Splenda may contribute to "risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and mortality in adults".
31% : The result is what the former head of the World Health Organization has called "a slow-motion disaster", that led to the deaths of 2 million people in 2019.

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