Artificial Sweeteners - What do you all drink?
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MichelleSilverleaf wrote: »Carlos_421 wrote: »jonesybgonsy13 wrote: »I’ve heard because it doesn’t know how to properly process and digest it it gets stored as body fat, is this true?
Not picking on you, OP, as I've heard this statement before. But it just baffles me. If your body doesn't "know what to do" with something, it doesn't default to digesting it and storing it as fat! If I eat something that my body truly can't process, like a piece of teflon, it just...doesn't get digested, and passes through more or less unchanged.
Correct. Anything your body "doesn't know what to do with" ends up in the toilet, unprocessed.
Heavy metals being an exception. Same with collodial silver.
Yeah, didn't want to go in that direction. Your digestive system doesn't really "know" anything, and just applies a set of chemical and physical processes to whatever is introduced to it.
I think poisons are a whole different matter anyway. Even if the stomach could decide what to digest, I'm not sure it'd stand a chance against a poison like that anyway. It's like, letting a useless tourist pass through the gates vs. an invading army. I don't think the stomach has much of a choice. Heck, you can breathe in heavy metal particles and damage your lungs.4 -
I should add to my own post that stevia is a natural sweetener. (The OP asked about artificial sweeteners)
Stevia is the name of the plant it comes from.
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RelCanonical wrote: »
Well I suppose the point I was making was that to me, diet coke (and other diet drinks) dont taste sweet, they taste quite bitter, sort of metallically and chemically ish.5 -
RelCanonical wrote: »
Well I suppose the point I was making was that to me, diet coke (and other diet drinks) dont taste sweet, they taste quite bitter, sort of metallically and chemically ish.
Nah, I get ya, I'm just heavy on the sass today. Blueberries taste metallic to me. Never got how they could be sweet.3 -
RelCanonical wrote: »RelCanonical wrote: »
Well I suppose the point I was making was that to me, diet coke (and other diet drinks) dont taste sweet, they taste quite bitter, sort of metallically and chemically ish.
Nah, I get ya, I'm just heavy on the sass today. Blueberries taste metallic to me. Never got how they could be sweet.
Blueberries got quite popular in the UK around 10years ago, I absolutely hate them, no sweetness at all, actually barely any flavour at all, I dont get why they are so popular.2 -
brittanystebbins95 wrote: »I don't drink them simply because I can't stand the taste. Even stevia, which I used to find okay, I can hardly stomach the flavor. I don't really drink much other than water, though, and occasionally iced coffee. In which case I'll just suck it up and use real sugar. I'm lucky though and have never had any problems with bloodsugar, and I don't eat a lot of sugar in a day as it is
Ya, I can't stand the taste of artificial sweeteners and can only tolerate tiny amounts of stevia.
I have zero guilt about the 1/2 teaspoon sugar I put in my tea.1 -
I can't start the morning without an ice cold Diet Mountain Dew. I don't drink coffee so I need something to get me going. I really enjoy the taste and I don't think a couple small bottles a day is anything to worry about. It hasn't made me crave sweets or affected my blood sugar, so I consider it safe.3
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I've mostly given up artificial sweeteners except for the occasional erythritol or malitol, but even those are rare. Believe it or not, I will do a shot of Coca Cola once or twice a year. Small hit of sugar (usually before a long-distance ride) and my soda craving is satisfied.0
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RelCanonical wrote: »RelCanonical wrote: »
Well I suppose the point I was making was that to me, diet coke (and other diet drinks) dont taste sweet, they taste quite bitter, sort of metallically and chemically ish.
Nah, I get ya, I'm just heavy on the sass today. Blueberries taste metallic to me. Never got how they could be sweet.
Blueberries got quite popular in the UK around 10years ago, I absolutely hate them, no sweetness at all, actually barely any flavour at all, I dont get why they are so popular.
Are you eating in-season blueberries sourced locally? Makes a big difference in taste.
I buy frozen wild blueberries when out of season.3 -
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Why not just drink water? Cheap and easy and it doesn’t taste that bad once you get used to it. I would never put artificial sweeteners in my body precisely because they’re artificial.
Artificial simply means it does not occur naturally. Being artificial does not automatically make something dangerous to ingest. Coloring, preservatives, flavoring and additives are also artificial and youd be hard pressed to have a diet that completely omits those things.8 -
People only used to do things "naturally", which is why they mostly lived only to the age of 35. There is no reason to be afraid of artificial things, unless they are proven harmful, and the said can be said about natural things. There are many naturally occurring substances that are very harmful. It's why there are scientists working every day testing products for their safety.
I actually do not enjoy regular soda anymore. I always go for the diet version. My theory is that because people are so used to the taste of sugar, that just because the diet version tastes different, it automatically is worse. You are allowed to not like the taste of something, I absolutely can not stand the taste of celery. However, i do think many people dont like it because it's different and they expect it to taste the same as regular soda. I for one find regular soda to be too "heavy" and leaves a film in my mouth like an aftertaste, similar to what others have said about diet.
As for something tasting "chemically", please understand that everything in this world is made of chemicals... natural or not.6 -
People only used to do things "naturally", which is why they mostly lived only to the age of 35. There is no reason to be afraid of artificial things, unless they are proven harmful, and the said can be said about natural things. There are many naturally occurring substances that are very harmful. It's why there are scientists working every day testing products for their safety.
I actually do not enjoy regular soda anymore. I always go for the diet version. My theory is that because people are so used to the taste of sugar, that just because the diet version tastes different, it automatically is worse. You are allowed to not like the taste of something, I absolutely can not stand the taste of celery. However, i do think many people dont like it because it's different and they expect it to taste the same as regular soda. I for one find regular soda to be too "heavy" and leaves a film in my mouth like an aftertaste, similar to what others have said about diet.
As for something tasting "chemically", please understand that everything in this world is made of chemicals... natural or not.
I don't disagree with your point, but people definitely lived longer than 35. It was just that so many died in infancy that it greatly lowered the average age. If you made it to adulthood, your chances of making it to old age was much higher. That being said, to back up your point, there are so many "artificial" things we take for granted that improve our lives and lower our infant mortality rates, but people seem to have no problem with those and don't question them. Additionally, people seem to think that something must be horribly artificial if they don't understand a sweeteners chemical components. Many sweeteners are just amino acids combined to appear very sweet to our palate, but to the body, they don't really seem them as anything but amino acids, which are a building block for protein. In this case, you could argue that "artificial" sweeteners aren't really that artificial.4 -
I feel lucky in that I don't have a palate for carbonated soft drinks--in any form. They are okay I guess (taste great with rum!), but not something I crave. I do keep a couple of cans of each type of soft drink (lemon-lime, cola, diet, etc) to offer company.
I mostly drink water, coffee, and dry wine--in that order!
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RelCanonical wrote: »People only used to do things "naturally", which is why they mostly lived only to the age of 35. There is no reason to be afraid of artificial things, unless they are proven harmful, and the said can be said about natural things. There are many naturally occurring substances that are very harmful. It's why there are scientists working every day testing products for their safety.
I actually do not enjoy regular soda anymore. I always go for the diet version. My theory is that because people are so used to the taste of sugar, that just because the diet version tastes different, it automatically is worse. You are allowed to not like the taste of something, I absolutely can not stand the taste of celery. However, i do think many people dont like it because it's different and they expect it to taste the same as regular soda. I for one find regular soda to be too "heavy" and leaves a film in my mouth like an aftertaste, similar to what others have said about diet.
As for something tasting "chemically", please understand that everything in this world is made of chemicals... natural or not.
I don't disagree with your point, but people definitely lived longer than 35. It was just that so many died in infancy that it greatly lowered the average age. If you made it to adulthood, your chances of making it to old age was much higher. That being said, to back up your point, there are so many "artificial" things we take for granted that improve our lives and lower our infant mortality rates, but people seem to have no problem with those and don't question them. Additionally, people seem to think that something must be horribly artificial if they don't understand a sweeteners chemical components. Many sweeteners are just amino acids combined to appear very sweet to our palate, but to the body, they don't really seem them as anything but amino acids, which are a building block for protein. In this case, you could argue that "artificial" sweeteners aren't really that artificial.
Your right. Thank you for clearing that up!2 -
Water and tea, made and drunk the Brit builder way. I'd rather chew my calories where poss.2
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I use Truvia once or twice a day for coffee. Have heard good things about baking with it so might give it a go0
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I'm on Team Splenda here.
I used to be an "all-natural must be better" person until I was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease. That's when I learned that those herbal remedies sure are cute and comforting but they can't do heavy lifting. That and the multiple times they jacked up my liver enzymes. Safe, my *kitten*.
Give me toxic chemicals that are tightly regulated and monitored. At least with them I know what I am getting.8
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