Artificial Sweeteners?

CynthiasChoice

AnvilHead wrote: »

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24944060/

CONCLUSIONS:

The current meta-analysis provides a rigorous evaluation of the scientific evidence on LCSs and body weight and composition. Findings from observational studies showed no association between LCS intake and body weight or fat mass and a small positive association with BMI; however, data from RCTs, which provide the highest quality of evidence for examining the potentially causal effects of LCS intake, indicate that substituting LCS options for their regular-calorie versions results in a modest weight loss and may be a useful dietary tool to improve compliance with weight loss or weight maintenance plans.

I'm curious about your thoughts on the Suez et al study I mentioned. The conclusion you posted ^ from Miller & Perez's 2014 literature search and analysis did not have the opportunity of reviewing the data from the 2015 Suez study.

CynthiasChoice

Blush...just saw my glaring grammatical error.

starryphoenix

mph323 wrote: »

starryphoenix wrote: »

My mom tells us stories of her treating people with Splenda / sucralose related illnesses. She was once one of those people too. The stuff makes all of us feel bad.

Aspartame makes me feel sick, gives me headaches and gives me insomnia.

Invalid. It doesn't make me feel bad at all, and if you take the time to read through this thread you'll find that it doesn't make others feel bad either. It makes YOU feel sick, this isn't true for "all of us".

By all of us I meant my family.

mph323

starryphoenix wrote: »

mph323 wrote: »

starryphoenix wrote: »

My mom tells us stories of her treating people with Splenda / sucralose related illnesses. She was once one of those people too. The stuff makes all of us feel bad.

Aspartame makes me feel sick, gives me headaches and gives me insomnia.

Invalid. It doesn't make me feel bad at all, and if you take the time to read through this thread you'll find that it doesn't make others feel bad either. It makes YOU feel sick, this isn't true for "all of us".

By all of us I meant my family.

Fair enough, that wasn't clear in your original post. I rescind my "invalid".

whatlunasaid

I have been using Lakanto monk fruit sweetener (Golden). It doesn't have the aftertaste of aspartame or stevia, IMO. I'm enjoying having sweet drinks again. But I just started using it and supposedly it has a lot of xylitol in it, so it is not pure monk fruit. Boyfriend only uses Equal. He says all others have an aftertaste.

dfwesq

whatlunasaid wrote: »

I have been using Lakanto monk fruit sweetener (Golden). It doesn't have the aftertaste of aspartame or stevia, IMO. I'm enjoying having sweet drinks again. But I just started using it and supposedly it has a lot of xylitol in it, so it is not pure monk fruit...

Monkfruit is another natural sweetener that's worth considering. The ones I've seen don't have any xylitol added though.

ETA: I looked up Lakanto, and it seems to have erythritol rather than xylitol in it - probably why it can be labeled as having zero calories.

Christine_72

Lefty1290 wrote: »

You will pry my diet soda and Sweet N Low from my cold, dead hands.

Maybe you should seek help

whatlunasaid

dfwesq wrote: »

whatlunasaid wrote: »

I have been using Lakanto monk fruit sweetener (Golden). It doesn't have the aftertaste of aspartame or stevia, IMO. I'm enjoying having sweet drinks again. But I just started using it and supposedly it has a lot of xylitol in it, so it is not pure monk fruit...

Monkfruit is another natural sweetener that's worth considering. The ones I've seen don't have any xylitol added though.

ETA: I looked up Lakanto, and it seems to have erythritol rather than xylitol in it - probably why it can be labeled as having zero calories.

Thanks for the correction! Regardless, Lakanto does taste good to me. When I run out I may try a more pure version though.

jonchew

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