Artificial Sweeteners- Vote now

lessertess

Artificial sweeteners: Big Yes. I love Crystal Light, use it in teas, and have an occassional diet coke. I'll also use it occassionally to sweeten oatmeal. I don't like it for cooking though. If anything it helps me curb my appetite for sweets. If I'm craving sugar, most of the time a diet soda will help me curb the craving.

There is no valid scientific evidence at all that there's any health dangers. (yes, there are some people who are allergic but there are people who are allergic to peanuts too) However, there's a world of evidence that sugar is addictive and causes everything from cavities to obesity. (recent study shows that sugar was found to be more addicitive than cocaine--I don't know if the study has been validated but it sounds reasonable to me) And although honey and some other sweeteners may be better in terms of less processing they still have calories which still contribute to obesity.

dothompson

I'm right with you.

I think regular soda tastes awful without the lingering nodes of the artificial sweetener aftertaste.

I'm writing this as a joke, but I really mean it.

Fitness_Chick

Artificial sweeteners: Big Yes. I love Crystal Light, use it in teas, and have an occassional diet coke. I'll also use it occassionally to sweeten oatmeal. I don't like it for cooking though. If anything it helps me curb my appetite for sweets. If I'm craving sugar, most of the time a diet soda will help me curb the craving.

There is no valid scientific evidence at all that there's any health dangers. (yes, there are some people who are allergic but there are people who are allergic to peanuts too) However, there's a world of evidence that sugar is addictive and causes everything from cavities to obesity. (recent study shows that sugar was found to be more addicitive than cocaine--I don't know if the study has been validated but it sounds reasonable to me) And although honey and some other sweeteners may be better in terms of less processing they still have calories which still contribute to obesity.

:huh: Actually? I believe there is.....:flowerforyou:

pparker2214

I am only given a certain amount of calories per day and I HATE wasting them on pop. Diet soda or not! However, in the debate of artificial sweetners vs. sugar.. I have to pick sugar!

I've heard that the body doesn't know how to break down man made artificial sweetners and that it usually stores this in the abdominal area of the body.. Also apparently when aspartame reaches room temperature, it hardens. I've heard that it causes physical and psychological health concerns like bone deterioation (sp?) and depression...

Sugar may be linked to diabetes and obesity, but it's from nature. Overuse of it is the symptom of a different problem and it's not the cause of the aforementioned conditions.

Now having said that.. some advances we've made to make our lives easier are great, but you must agree that some man made stuff isn't best for our bodies and we should go with what God and Nature have given us.

JMO! :happy:

cherapple

Sugar may be linked to diabetes and obesity, but it's from nature. Overuse of it is the symptom of a different problem and it's not the cause of the aforementioned conditions.

I disagree. That's like saying cocaine is natural because it comes from the coca plant. Sugar cane may be a plant, but the way that it's heavily processed into white sugar takes away its status as natural. The end product looks nothing like the plant it comes from. A "natural" food goes through as little processing as possible.

isadoraworkman

I'm all about maple syrup...all you do is boil it