Is Splenda® Really As Safe As They Say It Is? The giant food and drug corporations, as well as your own government, would like you to think so. That's just one of the many questions answered in Sweet Deception: Why Splenda, NutraSweet, and the FDA May Be Hazardous to Your Health. This well-researched and compelling book reads like a good novel you can't put down - and exposes the tragic facts about artificial sweeteners.