Truvia?

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I personally don't use artificial sugar. I've been at the bedside to diabetes and cancer if I had a choice: I choose diabetes. But really if you are diet conscious a coke with real sugar once in a while won't hurt anything. If it tastes bad at first and is something you have to get used to...to me it sounds like a bad idea.

BUT, my mother has a stevia plant. The leaves are soooo sweet. She makes sun tea and puts the leaves in with the tea and lemon slices = AWESOME and only a couple of calories if that. :drinker:

I like truvia, to me its about the same as splenda, so whats ever on sale, I buy.

I use Agave nectar. I have done a lot of reading on it and it does not seem to affect your blood sugar that much. I tried Stevia before it hit the grocery store shelves and it was so sweet that it hurt my tongue. Another good source I have used is Xylitol. Found in the health food store. You can bake with it and use it spoon for spoon like sugar. Not a chemical.

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BUT, my mother has a stevia plant. The leaves are soooo sweet. She makes sun tea and puts the leaves in with the tea and lemon slices = AWESOME and only a couple of calories if that. :drinker:

Your mother's got a Stevia plant? Where does she live, is it possible to get one in Chicago? I thought they only live in certain climates. I'd love to have one of those plants in the house and use the leaves for my daily tea.

Burpee sells them - you can have a houseplant... :bigsmile:

http://www.burpee.com/category/herbs/stevia.do?ch=SEM

Stevia is great ..sweeter than sugar so it goes a long way and its NATURAL! Splenda contains aspartame, which is, if everyone didn't know already FORMELDAHYDE! Yes, what they use to embalm dead bodies. .SO you are basically preserving fat cells in your body. Also, anything sweetened with Splenda, Nutrasweet, Equal or Sweet N Low has the effect to make you want more than a serving. The problem with all 'diet' food, really. You're better off drinking soda with cane sugar or eating regular, NON sugar-free foods. Sugar free does not mean fat free, and the other way around. Sugar free drinks and food tend to be higher in fat, whereas fat free foods are higher in sugar. .you just have to chose your evil. That all being said, if you realize you're losing weight but you still have cellulite or fat in weird places, its because of the artificial sweeteners preserving it! Oh and aspartame is known to cause cancer. Stevia on the other hand is natural. It may cost a little more but its definitely worth it! Just don't use too much or it has a bitter taste. I buy the packets. .a half packet is about as sweet as a teaspoon of sugar. Or you can buy the liquid drops, they dissolve quickly so they're great in drinks! Whew, that was a lot!

If you are going to make a change, make the change. Don't switch to something designed to "fake" your body into thinking it can eat the same things, but science has just taken out the calories.

I HIGHLY encourage everyone to pick up the following books by Michael Pollan: "In Defense of Food", "The Omnivore's Dilema", and "Food Rules." Also rent the documentary "Food, Inc." If you haven't made a change before these, you'll totally change the way you look at food in America. Warning some parts will make you feel icky for the things you buy every day...:P