Artificial Sweetners?

freightdiva

Hi all I love sweetners I have used in the past in this order Sweet N Low then Equal then Splenda and now Truvia is all the hype right is Truvia now a better choice or is this just a way to change from the Splenda that I have come to love? I am looking for a heathier option that is low calorie. I don't want to use honey/agave and or raw sugar because of the calories? Any thoughts?

forestdancers

I use stevia. It is no cal and natural. It tastes a bit like Nutra Sweet but with none of the bad stuff.
I find Krisda brand tastes the most natural.

neuroticalme

Truvia, which is made from the Stevia plant, has an interesting taste. I've found it goes best with teas, especially green...which would make sense why stevia is such a popular sweetener in Japan. The good thing about it is that it's a plant derived sweetener, like sugar. But you may have to adjust for taste.

Try different brands. I think Truvia dissolves the best, and may have the better overall taste, but there's lots of other stevia products out there, too.

givprayz

Nutrasweet is not a good thing to put in your body. While it seems ok in small amounts, it is not safe for children, pregnant women, or in large amounts.
Splenda is apparently safe for human consumption, though there are MANY people who will deny that. I have yet to see any valid studies of any size that have found Splenda to cause damage to human cells, and the "study" that found that people who use Splenda eat more calories than people who use regular sugar was a complete farce, since it didn't control for anything and the people self-selected their groups.
Stevia is, as others have said, a natural plant extract that has been used for hundreds, maybe thousands, of years. It seems just as safe as any herb we commonly use in cooking, and I don't think anything in the processing of it is too concerning.
Overall, I don't worry about Splenda or stevia use, but try to avoid much Nutrasweet. I wish companies, especially pop makers, would change their formulas to use Splend or stevia instead of Nutrasweet, which I would be happy to have removed from the market.
Sweet 'n Low is saccharine, which was much maligned for years, but is also apparently safe in normal quantities, but I avoid it because it tastes bad.