Artificial Sweeteners

I use Splenda in my coffee every day. I tried using Stevia thinking it was more "natural" but my tastebuds like Splenda better. I am still losing too. I have friends who cannot use artificial sweetners for various reasons, one of them being no weight loss but I am fortunate that I can still enjoy my coffee and lose weight.

Yes, but I'm sure you will find many who claim that it cannot be done. I drink diet soda every day.



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Yep, I use splenda every day and I've lost weight just fine.

Yes, if the artificial sweetener is helping you create calorie deficit.

However, if you use pure sugar and are at a calorie deficit you will probably lose weight, too.

Yep. Every day.

There's another thread going right now that says they'll kill you. Literally. And give you MS and cancer and a host of other diseases. They have no facts or evidence to back up that claim. But that's how they "feel". So it's "true for them."

Please don't fall for such nonsense.

Yes, if the artificial sweetener is helping you create calorie deficit.

However, if you use pure sugar and are at a calorie deficit you will probably lose weight, too.

PREACH!

if with artificial sweetners or diet sodas etc you're still under a calorie deficit, you can lose weight

Cheers, I am drinking a sugar free 7 up and had strawberry ice cream with real sugar!

Omg. Now imagine if you combined those.

Yep. Every day.

There's another thread going right now that says they'll kill you. Literally. And give you MS and cancer and a host of other diseases. They have no facts or evidence to back up that claim. But that's how they "feel". So it's "true for them."

Please don't fall for such nonsense.

QFT

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Has anyone found they still lose weight while having artificial sweetener in their drinks?

Yes, because they are slowly dying inside from the poison

Yep ... my love of coffee and making my own flavored yogurt with non-fat plain greek yogurt, fresh berries and Splenda are apparently causing me to die a very slow Splenda death (:huh: :noway: ) ... but my love of Splenda didn't hinder my weightloss a single bit! :drinker:

Yes.

Dont use artificial sweeteners - use natural sources - like stevia

What's your reasoning behind your statement besides all the crap articles posted online that don't prove it's bad for us? There has yet to be something I Have seen that shows real proof that they are bad for consumption.

To the OP, they are calorie free and therefore will not make you gain weight. They are totally fine to consume as long as you have no issues with them (some people get migraines, bloating, etc). As long as you are under your TDEE you will lose weight.

Natural sources don't always mean healthy... although I like stevia I don't want to spend the money on it.

Ohhhh for .....acck! Just posted this elsewhere.

http://www.rationalskepticism.org/general-debunking/aspartame-t31565-100.html

This is the 6th of 6 pages, read back if you'd like.

Ah, but it just MIGHT be harmful, if you ingest 400 cans of artificially sweetened soda, 500 "no sugar added" cupcakes and chew 14,245 sticks of aspartame laced gum a day.

It's probably a Pleiadean plot to dry up our vital bodily fluids.

*I don't drink them, never did...but it won't hurt you.

When John Wayne died, they pulled 30 pounds of artificial sweeteners from his colon that had accumulated during the years. I saw it on Entertainment Tonight once.

Did they say from what source he got the artificial sweetener? Enquiring minds want to know!

has anyone even brought up the fact that they are CHEMI-KILLZ?!