People are tricked into thinking that these are good for you using words like "fat free" or something like this. In my nutrition class which is taught by my pathology teacher these artificial sweeteners can potentially cause hypoglycemia because the body is tricked into thinking it is sugar and thus gets rid of the actually sugar thats in your blood which then drops your blood sugar. Use over a long period of time theoretically could cause that hypoglycemia. be aware.

Mike

Great point Mike. Any type of artificial sweetener is not good for us. The health food store pointed me into the direction of Stevia. It is a natural sweetener extracted from the Stevia plant, the leaf part of it, which is a herb. It was listed in a diabetic cookbook as an alternative to those manufactured sugars. It has 0 calories!

Stevia is good,I have tried it. Aspartame (Nutrasweet) has been shown to cause panic attacks in those with tendencies so I can't touch that. Splenda has been tested and tested and has no side effects and does not cause the hypoglycemia issue. I am diabetic and Splenda has been a godsend for me.

Love and Light

Rene'

I don't like the taste of any artificial sweeteners, aspertame, and others to name a few (common in diet drinks and sugar-free gum). I get really nauseous from it, so I'd prefer to stick to the real thing, just in a limited amount. Hey, whatever works. Thanks for the info anyway, sounds like a fun class to me

~S

Hmm, I Had to laugh because I consume a lot of aspartame and I never thought it could contribute to anxiety! figures =-) My mom is a diabetic and I was raised on sugar-free koolaid, pop and just everything was either saccharin, aspartame or splenda. In fact right now I'm drinking some decaf tea with aspartame! I'm going to have to look into this because I am trying to cut out products that are bad for anxiety.

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Originally posted by Shiksa™:
I don't like the taste of any artificial sweeteners, aspertame, and others to name a few (common in diet drinks and sugar-free gum). I get really nauseous from it, so I'd prefer to stick to the real thing, just in a limited amount. Hey, whatever works. Thanks for the info anyway, sounds like a fun class to me

~S

I agree with you, Shiksa. I don't like the taste either. I also heard they were bad for you so I steer clear.

Love and prayers,
Tina

All Artificial sweeteners, are bad for you even splenda, is ARTIFICIA. Your body is real, it needs real food.

Now Alternative sweetners like
Stievia is a real plant, in the South Amercain Rainforests I grow them in my herb garden.
Xylitol is from hard wood trees, it is natualy in fruits, and vegitables as well. particularly good for diabetics, and really good for your teeth!

Beware of natural sugars like High Fructose Corn Syrup it is made of firmented corn, and is highly toxic, and has been found to be a primary cause in the outbrake of diabetes, in the past 20 yers. It is in nearly everything, even bread

Other natural sweetners, honney, and maple syrup, are good alternatives to sugar. but actualy raw sugar it self is not a bad thing
It is the bleaching to make it white that makes it a toxic chemical that your body dosn't recognize any better than artificial sweetners.

Thank God over the years people have made it easier to find the better more REAL foods you can even find raw sugar in WAll-Mart and unbleached flour. It is getting easier to live healthy.

All REAL Things in Moderation. God Bless ya

When I was coming off excessive sugar intake, I was tempted to replace sugar with artificial sweeteners, but I'm glad I didn't now, after reading about everyones experiences.

Just like I aquired a sweet tooth, after alot of perserverence, I did manage to find alternative foods which don't contain so much sugar, which I enjoy eating (and FEEL BETTER after eating). For me, the high sugar diet was a form of self medicating in attempt to alter my mental state (which didn't work too well!)

Now that I'm more in tune with my body's reaction to stimulants, like sugar, I actually PREFER less sugary foods. A while ago, I thought, "No way! I love sweets!"

This lesson is so important, and can take a long time to implement, so perserverence is really important, I think.

You can still have s sweet or two. I use a diabetic dessert cookbook. For example, I make my own bananna bread, cookies using stevia.

CFE is right. Steer clear of the high fructose corn syrup, that stuff is SO very bad.

Also ANYTHING that says "particially hygrogenated" whether it is corn oil, soybean oil, it is just plain BAD! It is hard to find stuff that does not have that in it, but you can. That is added to foods to keep shelf life and increase palletability. Think about twinkies ! Yuck!

Dr. Weil has some great books to read on nutrition, what to eat, what to avoid. If you are looking to change your eating habits, his books are a great place to start.

CFE,

I don't mean to argue but look at the research on Splenda. It is not artificial, everything in it is natural. Promise.

Shiksa,

Have you tried Splenda? As an add in to coffee it does have a little taste but you get used to it real fast and only taste sweet after that. But in ice cream, 7up plus, and other things made with it you cannot taste the difference at all. My husband still eats sugar and he can't tell at all.

Totally Frank... I used to have a severe sweet tooth. Now that I forced myself to limited amounts, I can't take very sweet stuff. I guess it's better that way anyway. Makes me feel older and grown up.

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Originally posted by Frank in Japan:
When I was coming off excessive sugar intake, I was tempted to replace sugar with artificial sweeteners, but I'm glad I didn't now, after reading about everyones experiences.

Just like I aquired a sweet tooth, after alot of perserverence, I did manage to find alternative foods which don't contain so much sugar, which I enjoy eating (and FEEL BETTER after eating). For me, the high sugar diet was a form of self medicating in attempt to alter my mental state (which didn't work too well!)

Now that I'm more in tune with my body's reaction to stimulants, like sugar, I actually PREFER less sugary foods. A while ago, I thought, "No way! I love sweets!"

This lesson is so important, and can take a long time to implement, so perserverence is really important, I think.

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Originally posted by Rene98:
CFE,

I don't mean to argue but look at the research on Splenda. It is not artificial, everything in it is natural. Promise.

Shiksa,

Have you tried Splenda? As an add in to coffee it does have a little taste but you get used to it real fast and only taste sweet after that. But in ice cream, 7up plus, and other things made with it you cannot taste the difference at all. My husband still eats sugar and he can't tell at all.

I heard it's all natural too, but I just never liked the taste. I guess some people are ultra-sensitive. To me, if it doesnt taste like the real thing, then it tastes bad. But I will give it another try - it has been at least 2 years. Thanks!

hey theregirls n dudes, i love splenda, it is made from real sugar! i am also a diabeic. i eat lots of fresh fruit. i am eating blueberries with skim milk and splenda as i write this. anita

I've heard they are now using aspartame as an ant poison!

Splenda is poison too (it's made by chlorinating sugar ) but has been causing less of a problem in people than aspartame ever did. Of the human studies that were done on Splenda, only two were published before Splenda received FDA approval. In both those trials combined, there were 36 human subjects and only 23 of those were actually given Splenda for testing. The longest trial lasted just 4 days, hardly enough time to see what its effects were going to be since most people will use the product longer than 4 days. In other words, Splenda hit the market way before they knew anything about it. The human studies that are being done now include the people who are consuming it. They still don't know enough about Splenda to claim it's safe.

Still, I don't know what people with diabetes would do without Splenda. Stevia is probably the best bet in an artificial sweetener but is hard to find and expensive when you do so it's no wonder people choose the Splenda over it. I will still vote for plain ol' sugar over all of it, just in moderation. Another poster mentioned raw sugar. Is that the stuff called "Sugar in the Raw" that's served at Starbucks with your cappucino? Good stuff but again, hard to find and expensive when you do.

Raw sugar is simply unbleached cane sugar, I have never been to a Starbucks, so can't tell you. The bleaching of things like sugar, flour, rice, is an asthetic thing this cultuer started, it is not healthy, nither is clorinated water, so people drink bottled water, or filter it out at the faucet. This country is on it's way to getting healthyer, but you have to read the lables

I have never seen 7up plus. Sugar is not the worst thing about pop. The carbonation, is it's biggest problem. The Carbonation imbalances the PH in your body, so badly that your body will pull the calcium, out of your bones, to rebalance it. I have seen 7up with added calcium to try to re balance that problem, I am not sure what kind of calcium they are using some calcium in not used by the human bodys well.

I will agree with Craw on the Splenda, as far as All Natural, sand is all natural, and putin many things, High Fructose Corn Syrup, is all natural, but it's fermentaion, and the way it is produced, is pure poison.

God Bless our messes