Splenda and weight gain???

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  • ezBrizy
    ezBrizy Posts: 131 Member
    I've read similar articles about artificial sweeteners and the gist I'm getting is that it's not the actual sweetener itself but your body's response to it. Here's one from Scientific American:

    "Typically, they say, the taste buds, sensing something sweet, signal the brain to prep the digestive system to gear up for a caloric onslaught; when the expected sugar jolt (extra calories) fails to materialize, the body gets rattled and has trouble bouncing back and regulating appetite when other food is available. As a result, rats eat more or expend less energy than they would have had they had the real thing."

    http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=artificial-sweetener-linked-weight-gain
  • Roni_M
    Roni_M Posts: 717 Member
    I have a bare minimum of 6 packets a day (morning coffee is a requirement for me! LOL) and it hasn't hurt my weight loss at all! But everyone is different. =)
  • ErinBeth7
    ErinBeth7 Posts: 1,625 Member
    I use Equal in my coffee every morning, every day of the year. I''ve lost 20 lbs since April. I'm burning more calories than I take in. Turns out that's the only way we can lose. Best of luck!

    Calorie deficit = weight loss

    (a healthy deficit of course)
  • Mellie289
    Mellie289 Posts: 1,191 Member
    I'm not quoting a scientific study - but my own personal experience. When I use / consume artificial sweeteners in any large quantity - I have horrid carb cravings. When I cut the consumption of them down...cravings are less. I started drinking Diet Coke again (oh, caffeine bliss) and I have been noticing horrible cravings again. It's even worse around TOM..so for me perhaps it's also hormonal.

    It seems I have read somewhere that b/c artificial sweeteners are *SO* sweet they can trick the body - but whether that is truly physiological or psychological - I don't know.

    Personally I like Truvia / Stevia in the Raw better...the less processed, the better. I say if you think it's causing you issues - eliminate it and see what happens.

    Diet coke -- doesn't that mean you are taking in lots of aspartame, not sucrolose? I don't touch the stuff, but I thought that was the sweetener in it and there is actual scientific evidence that aspartame is bad for you -- plus I can't stand the taste of it.
  • SharonW1959
    SharonW1959 Posts: 1
    I use to Truvia. What is the difference between Truvia and Stevia?
  • rsgooch
    rsgooch Posts: 1 Member
    Some info on Splenda:
    http://www.livingnaturally.com/PDFDocs/r/RWT6N4DUHF7X9K0572G76PGWSKKN2UX5.PDF
  • shannashannabobana
    shannashannabobana Posts: 625 Member
    After finding out Monsanto created some of them. Scary!
    I’m sorry, but this cracked me up. They were still created in a lab, does it really matter which lab it was? Just eat real food and you don’t’ have to worry about it.
    insulin spikes can make you want to eat. This is why these tend to be linked towards obesity, but the reality is that it is not the splenda that makes you fat; it's the crap food you ate and washed down with a diet coke to convince yourself it was okay to binge that makes you fat.
    You convinced yourself it was okay to binge because your insulin was spiked, so it seems a good idea to avoid that, right?
    if you want to feel better try stevia; you can grow it in your herb garden
    I actually had a stevia plant once. I put some leaves in my tea out of curiosity but I’d rather have mint.

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