Very nice comparison of all sweeteners

felcandy
felcandy Posts: 228 Member
in Food and Nutrition
artificial or not. interesting read!

http://www.peertrainer.com/health/complete-guide-to-sweeteners.aspx

any discussion? i would like to learn more, myself. i've never used artificial sweeteners except for once when i thought it was a packet of sugar... but it is still nice to learn about short and long-term risks!

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  • GoAwayBelly
    GoAwayBelly Posts: 8 Member
    I am not familiar with the author of the article so don't know his credentials, but it doesn't matter for me personally...

    I've tried all of the sweeteners out there at one point or another and can't stand any of them.

    Some, I just don't like the taste of. I can't stand diet coke, diet tea, etc.

    Any of the sugar alcohols give me gas/bloating/discomfort.

    Splenda (sucralose) gives me a headache.

    Stevia was the most tolerable, but I still couldn't stick with it. And that's really not natural either, it's incredibly refined.

    So I'm left with only "real" sugar sources, complete with their calories... Sugar, brown sugar, honey, maple syrup, agave, molasses, etc. I love them all, but try to practice moderation.
  • BarackMeLikeAHurricane
    BarackMeLikeAHurricane Posts: 3,400 Member
    I've had no problem using ridiculous amounts of splenda every day and drinking a dozen diet sodas a day
  • GoAwayBelly
    GoAwayBelly Posts: 8 Member
    PS - Someone posted this in another thread:
    http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/artificial-sweeteners/MY00073

    Good info from a respectable source. They call out the sugar alcohol problem that I mentioned, so I'm not crazy (...in that regard)!

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