Zero Calorie Sweeteners

psychod787

ServusChristi wrote: »

There's 1/4c of Splenda.

They bulk up powdered splenda with Malthodextrose.. ie sugar. True pure sucralose is not digestible bu the body. That's why liquid sucralose is 0 cals, while a packet of splenda is 4 cals.

ServusChristi

psychod787 wrote: »

ServusChristi wrote: »

There's 1/4c of Splenda.

They bulk up powdered splenda with Malthodextrose.. ie sugar. True pure sucralose is not digestible bu the body. That's why liquid sucralose is 0 cals, while a packet of splenda is 4 cals.

Yes, the bulk of it is filler, of course.

countcurt

Artificial sweeteners do not cause weight gain. Sugar doesn't cause weight gain either. An excess of caloric intake over the amount one's body requires for fuel? Now THAT causes weight gain.


There are some studies that suggest correlation between artificial sweetener intake and weight gain. There are studies to suggest that people who replace products containing sugar with products containing artificial sweetener are likely to take in more calories. Which, as noted above, leads to weight gain.


But those calories don't enter the body by osmosis or some other bend in the space-time continuum. They enter the body when that person eats too much.

And, yes, the artificial sweetners contain fairly minuscule amounts of calories. As noted above. But changing from Diet Coke to water to wash down your three slices of cheesecake will likely have an even more minuscule impact on your weight management efforts.

GottaBurnEmAll

bemyyfriend0918 wrote: »

Almost everything has some calories in it, even things listed as zero calorie. Diet soda has 1-2 calories, coffee has 1-5 calories, mustard, tums, mints, and gum all contain 2-10 calories per regular serving.

Perhaps the worst offenders of this that I’ve found are artificial sweeteners and cooking spray. The calories in those can really add up. 1 packet of Splenda has 6 calories! And when I use six in each coffee, that really adds up. Cooking spray has quite a bit too. It’s “zero” for a 1/3 second spray...ummm who actually does that? It’s more like 15 calories per second of spraying, and most people tend to spray for a few seconds. At that point, using plain butter I can measure is better.

In short, when it comes to things like gum, mints, diet soda, and coffee I rarely log it. Those calories are 1-2 for normal size quantities, so I don’t bother. If I’m over by 6 calories a day it won’t make much of a difference.

When it comes to things like cooking spray and Splenda, I log every bit of them, because it’s easy to go over with those. If you’re using half a cup of Splenda a day, that’s probably 100 calories or more, and can add up.

I’ve heard that the liquid sweeteners don’t have any calories, maybe give those a try or just start tracking the Splenda. I used to use Splenda but I stopped using it, and now just use smaller amounts of regular sugar. A packet of Splenda contains 6 calories...a packet of sugar is 15. Not too much of a miracle when you look at it that way.

Protip: Cooking spray is 9 calories per gram. An easy way to accurately account for your use of it is to weigh the can, spray your pan, then weigh the can again. Subtract the second weight from the first, and you know how many grams you've used. There are several entries in the food data base that reflect 9 calories for a 1 second spray which you can use to log your usage, or you could create one for your personal use.

CarvedTones

GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »

bemyyfriend0918 wrote: »

Almost everything has some calories in it, even things listed as zero calorie. Diet soda has 1-2 calories, coffee has 1-5 calories, mustard, tums, mints, and gum all contain 2-10 calories per regular serving.

Perhaps the worst offenders of this that I’ve found are artificial sweeteners and cooking spray. The calories in those can really add up. 1 packet of Splenda has 6 calories! And when I use six in each coffee, that really adds up. Cooking spray has quite a bit too. It’s “zero” for a 1/3 second spray...ummm who actually does that? It’s more like 15 calories per second of spraying, and most people tend to spray for a few seconds. At that point, using plain butter I can measure is better.

In short, when it comes to things like gum, mints, diet soda, and coffee I rarely log it. Those calories are 1-2 for normal size quantities, so I don’t bother. If I’m over by 6 calories a day it won’t make much of a difference.

When it comes to things like cooking spray and Splenda, I log every bit of them, because it’s easy to go over with those. If you’re using half a cup of Splenda a day, that’s probably 100 calories or more, and can add up.

I’ve heard that the liquid sweeteners don’t have any calories, maybe give those a try or just start tracking the Splenda. I used to use Splenda but I stopped using it, and now just use smaller amounts of regular sugar. A packet of Splenda contains 6 calories...a packet of sugar is 15. Not too much of a miracle when you look at it that way.

Protip: Cooking spray is 9 calories per gram. An easy way to accurately account for your use of it is to weigh the can, spray your pan, then weigh the can again. Subtract the second weight from the first, and you know how many grams you've used. There are several entries in the food data base that reflect 9 calories for a 1 second spray which you can use to log your usage, or you could create one for your personal use.

If you are going to spray quickly, zero the scale with the can on it, spray and then set the can back on the scale and see the amount you used as a negative number. Not sure I really trust my scale, or most scales, for anything under 3 or 4 grams, not that it really matters all that much. I think rounding versus truncation throws you off until you get up into higher numbers where it is less significant.