Artificial Sweeteners

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  • laurynwithawhy
    laurynwithawhy Posts: 385 Member
    For years I was soooo against artificial sweeteners. I actually wrote my thesis paper on aspartame and the negative health effects. The research wasn't really conclusive. Then I decided I didn't want to be fat anymore. I switched to diet soda and low sugar/artificially sweetened stuff and dropped a bunch of weight. I'm not saying it's necessary - you can eat a healthy diet without artificial anything and lose weight, but for me it was really helpful. My opinion is - great weight loss tool, possibly terrible for your health. It's a trade off I'm willing to take - for now!
  • pterradactyl
    pterradactyl Posts: 35
    I don't really have an opinion on them--I used to drink tons of diet pop, and I still prefer sweet and low for iced tea over anything else. I don't think they are that great though, at least for certain people. A lot of people I know react pretty badly to sweeteners with headaches and stuff. My biggest surprise was when I lost five pounds at the start of the year by switching from diet sodas to regular, for whatever reason.
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    As long as you are not consuming ridiculous amounts daily and do not have a sensitivity or PKU, they are fine.
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,216 Member
    NEWS FLASH

    It's true Coke a Cola was found guilty for paying off 93 governments of the 106 countries who deemed aspartame safe so that they could sell their products in those countries.......just think, if everyone knew how bad aspartame truly was as all holistic Dr's know from birth, the USA would go from 44th on the world health meter to 42nd....shame it's all a big secret and all worldwide studies are composed of lies and bad bad Dr's. :devil: just kidding, it was 92 countries.
  • Lupercalia
    Lupercalia Posts: 1,857 Member
    I'm not a fan--I don't like the weird aftertaste, mostly, and try to avoid processed foods in general. That said, I do use a whey supplement that contains sucralose. I don't live off whey shakes--I use them as intended, to supplement, so I'm ok with that bit of "bad" stuff in my diet on a regular basis. To each his own, IMO.

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