Zero Calorie Sweetener vs. Natural Sugar

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  • MelMel7j
    MelMel7j Posts: 34
    I use real sugar. Artificial sweeteners are a bad habit to get into and I tend to talk myself into things like Diet Coke because of the 0 calories. But I personally believe that artificial sweeteners are not helpful in any way to my weight loss goals. IMHO...

    That being said... moderation in all things is the key!
  • now_or_never13
    now_or_never13 Posts: 1,575 Member
    I would just go with whatever option you prefer. I use sweeteners but only in my coffee (and when I drink Diet pop). If you have the calories and want to spend them on sugar go for it. If you don't want to spend the calories on sugar use sweeteners as long as you have no issues with them.
  • aweigh2go
    aweigh2go Posts: 164 Member
    I use sugar. The way I see it, it's 15 calories a teaspoon. I drink at most 2 cups of coffe a day so that's 60 calories. However, I do 4 minutes of jumping jacks each morning to negate the calories from the sugar.
  • LilMissDB
    LilMissDB Posts: 133
    I would personally rather just have the natural sugar then something that may (or may not) have unknown side effects.

    How do you know that sugar doesn't have unknown side effects? Just because something is natural doesn't mean it is healthy. There has certainly been a lot of research done regarding artificial sweeteners and all of the studies that have decent quality suggest that they are not harmful.
  • laurenz2501
    laurenz2501 Posts: 839 Member
    Go with an organic sugar (not the refined, white stuff). 15 calories isn't going to break your diet, plus it tastes SO much better than artificial sweeteners.

    Good idea. I haven't been able to find a sugar solution either. I think Truvia and Splenda are both disgusting. I bought a box of Truvia and ruined a huge mug of coffee. HORRIBLE! :mad:
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