which artificial sweetener do you like and why?

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sybilmaybe
sybilmaybe Posts: 25 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I've never been a fan of artificial sweeteners, but my doc says I have to. So which do you like the most and why do you like it over the others?
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  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
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    I use the real stuff 95% of the time. The rest is HFCS when I eat junk (typically I avoid it though) and stevia in my protein bars or powder. I can't stand the aftertaste of the other articial sweeteners. If I had to choose, it would definitely be agave or stevia though.
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
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    I don't use any. Unless it's in dessert at a restaurant, I rarely have much sugar except fruit and a tiny bit of honey/jam!
  • ann121212
    ann121212 Posts: 290 Member
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    I use Equal (when really necessary) the tablets dissolves easily and the powder can be used in the same quantities as sugar (1 tspoon = 1 tspoon), it can also be used in baking (a lot of others cant).

    I have tried most all of the others over the years I always come back to Equal
  • ScientificExplorerGirl
    ScientificExplorerGirl Posts: 535 Member
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    I use EZ-sweetz (liquid sucralose) and Stevia.
    Sucralose is artificial but stevia is natural--you can actually grow the plant and use the leaves. I grew it in my garden a few years ago but it is much easier to just purchase it in powdered form.
  • skinnyinnotime
    skinnyinnotime Posts: 4,141 Member
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    Why does he say you have to?
  • TX_Rhon
    TX_Rhon Posts: 1,549 Member
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    None.....i think they all have an aftertaste.
  • geebusuk
    geebusuk Posts: 3,348 Member
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    If I buy them on their own (rather than in a drink, say), it's for baking generally - so be warned, while Stelvia seems all good... it does specify you still need to use SOME sugar. My low calorie protein brownies were pretty disgusting thanks to NOT reading that :(.... friend's GF still ended up finishing them off :).
  • WhisperAnne
    WhisperAnne Posts: 453
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    I love Splenda. It is actually a lot sweeter than sugar so you can use less of it! I use it in baking and to make sweet tea. It really does save on calories. Of course you hear bad things about artificial sweeteners..but you also hear bad things about regular sugar. Nothing is good for you anymore.:grumble:
  • kennie2
    kennie2 Posts: 1,171 Member
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    ewww artificial sweeteners
    change doctors, not sugars
    but if for some bizarre reason i had to use one id use dried stevia leaves as its natural
  • ekz13
    ekz13 Posts: 725 Member
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    Splenda and Stevia
  • JDubIsShrinking
    JDubIsShrinking Posts: 207 Member
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    I love Stevia!
  • MurrayElliot
    MurrayElliot Posts: 17 Member
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    Stevia, it tastes better than the rest!
  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
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    Splenda because I like it.
  • supergirl6
    supergirl6 Posts: 224 Member
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    None, I think they are gross. They have such a weird chemical after taste.

    I use the real thing, but I've learned to use less of it. I only use it in coffee.

    I have tried nectresse (by the people who make Splenda) and it's not the worst thing I've ever had.
  • robin52077
    robin52077 Posts: 4,383 Member
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    I put 3 splenda in my coffee daily.

    never tried cooking or baking with it...
  • mamma_nee
    mamma_nee Posts: 809 Member
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    My benign tumors grow rapidly if I digest any artificial sugars!!
  • CarolinkaCjj
    CarolinkaCjj Posts: 622 Member
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    Splenda - tastes the best to me. Some folks find that stevia has an odd taste - it varies from person to person.
  • patols1
    patols1 Posts: 108 Member
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    I love splenda.
  • SomeNights246
    SomeNights246 Posts: 807 Member
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    Stevia is natural. It has a strange aftertaste and isn't as sweet as sugar, but it's the one I use when I don't use sugar.
  • fdlafon
    fdlafon Posts: 259 Member
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    I use splenda in my iced tea. I like the taste and I have no side effects of any sorts with it.

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