Allergic to Truvia

jumpthemoon

Ok. Well, I just determined that I am allergic to Truvia. I have severe reactions to artificial sweeteners (sorbitol, splenda, etc. - I'd get horrible migraines) but was told that "Truvia/Stevia" were more "natural" so I tried it. I only had two packets this morning. One in my plain yogurt with fresh blueberries to "sweeten" it up a little (ok per the 17 day diet) and one packet in my hot green tea. This was about 9:30am. Just about 15 minutes ago - I had to run to the bathroom (fortunately a private one- phew!) at work because my stomach decided it all needed to "come up." :sick: Not trying to be graphic, but just no worse feeling - especially at work. As soon as basically my entire breakfast was "gone" I felt 90% better. Of course now I'm starving again! Trying so hard to eat healthy and may just have to suck it up and use regular (more natural) sugar. It's not like I eat tons of it, but I really wanted to try to clear my system. I'm going to use my brown (non-processed) sugar tomorrow in my tea and see how that goes. I do not want to get sick again. UGH! Sorry for the vent and TMI.....What do I do with my breakfast intake now? Does it zero back? Sigh...... :frown:

rml_16

Honey is very good in tea, too. And REALLY good in yogurt.

I would still count the calories for your breakfast. Hope you feel better.

digitalsteel

You might want to try stevia instead of truvia. Truvia is a combo of stevia + sugar alchohol. If you are sencitive to sugar alchohols, perhaps stevia on its own wouldnt be a problem.

SoDamnHungry

Artificial sweeteners aren't really good for you anyway. Just use the regular sugar in moderation. That sucks, though, since artificial sweeteners are hidden in a lot of foods.

Well, at least 75% of the calories are probably out of you...

tobirhae

I stick with regular sugar, I just try to limit it. I have the same migraine issues with artificial sweeteners. I agree with the previous poster about trying honey in place of sugar. Good luck!

jumpthemoon

Thanks everyone! I was trying so hard to follow this diet and thought "what could 1 or 2 packets of Truvia do?" Of course, a packet of Splenda, Equal, etc. gives me a massive headache, so why I thought this would be different because it is considered "natural." Maybe I'll just suck it up and call it experience - LOL! I agree with the Honey solution. That was my other thought when I was supposed to cut sugar out. I'll try that too as I love honey. I am going to go back to using natural sugar (unprocessed) for my coffee though. For the amount I actually put in, I can walk it off going across my office to the other side of the building - ha ha ha! Fortunately, I keep a package of Goldfish crackers at my desk and even though they are a "starch/carb" a small handful (about 15) helped to settle my stomach. Such a wonder food!

Well, back to work. Thanks again for all your support and comments!

Jeanne

rml_16

Honey is good as a replacement for regular sugar in some things and not in others. I'm not a coffee drinker, but I would imagine sugar is better than honey in that case. But in tea and yogurt, at least, it's a great sub.

I really don't eat or drink many things that need extra sweetening, so I don't use a lot of sugar or honey in general. For my fruit smoothies, I use Peanut Butter & Co. Dark Chocolate Dreams, but regular PB works, too. :-) I used to use honey but I like that little chocolate taste.

casbar911

I also get migraines from Splenda, aspartame and other "substitutes" even the truvia- how ever if you get the plain Stevia (in the raw etc) It doens't have the sugar alchols as previously stated and it doesn't bother me at all!! I actually grow a stevia plant and grind up my own for at home use good luck but hey if you cant then just use reg sugar but less of it.