Artificial Sweeteners?

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  • x_JT_x
    x_JT_x Posts: 364
    If you want to put some in your tea or coffee or oats, then there is absolutely nothing wrong with doing so. You won't get sick, you won't get cancer and you certainly won't get fat.


    Unless you happen to have an intolerance, allergy or however you want to define it, to them. I cannot take Splenda (sucralose). If I do, even so little as a piece of Trident gum, I will have what my oncologist has described as "rip the muscle off the bone' leg cramping that night. It only happens when I ingest sucralose. Never any other time. And it is brutal. I avoid sucralose like the plague.

    So, sorry. But your blanket statement that there is absolutely nothing wrong with artificial sweeteners and absolutely nothing can/will happen to you if you ingest them, is wrong.
  • Alexandra289
    Alexandra289 Posts: 330 Member
    I genuinely think that cutting out artificial sweeteners has been as beneficial to my diet as cutting down on sugar and saturated fat. I think cravings come from the chemicals you put in your body. The more you eat it, the more artificial stuff you want. The only time I have any real desire to eat junk is when a social situation calls for it. Apart from that I never find myself going down to the shop to buy biscuits and sweets any more. I think cutting out the artificial stuff as much as possible has been a massive change for me, but of course it affects everyone differently.

    Also, I've been using a natural sweetener xylitol which I really like!
  • Alexandra289
    Alexandra289 Posts: 330 Member
    If you want to put some in your tea or coffee or oats, then there is absolutely nothing wrong with doing so. You won't get sick, you won't get cancer and you certainly won't get fat.


    Unless you happen to have an intolerance, allergy or however you want to define it, to them. I cannot take Splenda (sucralose). If I do, even so little as a piece of Trident gum, I will have what my oncologist has described as "rip the muscle off the bone' leg cramping that night. It only happens when I ingest sucralose. Never any other time. And it is brutal. I avoid sucralose like the plague.

    So, sorry. But your blanket statement that there is absolutely nothing wrong with artificial sweeteners and absolutely nothing can/will happen to you if you ingest them, is wrong.

    This is interesting to see. I used to get bad cramp in my calves during the night very often (so unbelievably painful!). Had it for the first time the other night and realised that I hadn't had it at all recently. Then I wondered if it was something to do with my food as that evening I'd been out with friends eating pizza, chocolate and sweets for the first time in ages. Definitely something to do with what I'd been eating I'm sure!

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