The Splenda myth

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  • Ocrgrrrl
    Ocrgrrrl Posts: 189 Member
    I love Swerve. It is all natural, bakes well, and tastes fantastic!
  • swood661
    swood661 Posts: 1 Member
    bcalvanese wrote: »
    I use an app called foodacate. This app grades foods from A to D-. I scanned every single artificial sweetener on the shelf and every one of them graded poorer than regular sugar (including splenda).

    I use regular sugar, but I use it sparingly.
    I cannot find this app and I would love it. Was it on apple app store or google?

  • BWBTrish
    BWBTrish Posts: 2,817 Member
    edited June 2015
    PopeyeCT wrote: »
    bbontheb wrote: »
    lemonlionheart wrote: »
    discretekim wrote: »
    PeachyCarol wrote: »
    No. I've lost 45 pounds and have had Splenda every day.

    Do know that each packet of Splenda has 4 calories thanks to the bulking agent. If you're going to use more than 2-3, they start to add up.

    What!? I have 7-11 packets most days. I guess it doesn't matter though. I chew up to a pack of gum and each piece has 5 calories. These things average out. Still I didn't know that.

    Yeah, I know that in the US they're allowed to say '0 calories' if it's less than 5 calories. Which is cool, I guess, as 4 calories is negligible. But it gets a bit misleading with things like '0 calorie' spray oil that is actually 4 calories per 'serve' (a half second spray) so you get people using like 4 times that and logging it as zero

    Um whaaaat? I had no idea of this! Says person who drinks tea with sucralose (0 cal) tsp but has like 6 cups of tea a day.

    Yeah, like it's even possible to get a 1/4 sec spray from the can. Most people probably use 3 or 4 seconds...which is 64 calories.

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    I solved that problem pretty easy

    On the product ( like PAM) there is a total amount of calories for PAM 1464 calories for the whole container/spray.
    So when i do 4 weeks with the whole container means i use 1464 calories more than i log. which means 366 a week
    Which is about 52 a day

    Solved it with making a entree for myself that is 1 calorie for 1 gram and log things like that as extra cooking spray or for my popcorn seasoning or other things which say zero calories
    And logging the 52 and some of those other calories as extra's

    Problem solved!

    Only water has no calories!

  • senecarr
    senecarr Posts: 5,377 Member
    lemonlionheart wrote: »
    discretekim wrote: »
    PeachyCarol wrote: »
    No. I've lost 45 pounds and have had Splenda every day.

    Do know that each packet of Splenda has 4 calories thanks to the bulking agent. If you're going to use more than 2-3, they start to add up.

    What!? I have 7-11 packets most days. I guess it doesn't matter though. I chew up to a pack of gum and each piece has 5 calories. These things average out. Still I didn't know that.

    Yeah, I know that in the US they're allowed to say '0 calories' if it's less than 5 calories. Which is cool, I guess, as 4 calories is negligible. But it gets a bit misleading with things like '0 calorie' spray oil that is actually 4 calories per 'serve' (a half second spray) so you get people using like 4 times that and logging it as zero
    Splenda doesn't digest, it really is 0 calories.
    Aspartame / Nutrasweet does digest, but at 200x the sweetness of sugar, you end up with something like 5 calories in diet Mountain Dew 20 ounce bottle.
  • daniwilford
    daniwilford Posts: 1,030 Member
    I do not use sucralose-"Splenda", aspartame-"NutraSweet" or sugar alcohols because when I ingest more than one serving a day they draw excess water into my colon, with unpleasant results. I also prefer Stevia-"Sweet Leaf", but not "Truvia" because it has significant amounts of Sucralose. Some people have had allergic reactions; others claim that their appetites increase with artificial sweeteners. If any of these things happen then a person might want to avoid them.
  • shedthesweater
    shedthesweater Posts: 279 Member
    I use it along with Stevia In The Raw depending on which one I grab to throw into my Green Tea. Never any issues here.
  • tekkiechikk
    tekkiechikk Posts: 375 Member
    There is one school of medical thought that believes artificial sweeteners trick the brain into thinking we're getting sugar, but when the Dopamine released isn't enough to satisfy the craving, we find other ways to get it. In other words, the sabotage comes about by eating more since the diet drinks aren't helping because our body is still craving sugar.

    I don't personally buy into that, but that is one argument against sweeteners like Splenda. I use it daily in my coffee and love the stuff, and it hasn't hindered my progress over the last 5 months at all.
  • MoiAussi93
    MoiAussi93 Posts: 1,948 Member
    Francl27 wrote: »
    I HATE the whole 'we can say it's 0 calories if it's less than 5' thing. Mostly because I can never find the correct information to log it.

    Personally though, I don't do splenda, it turns me into a carb-craving monster.

    It makes me crave carbs as well. I found that if I use those sugar free flavor syrups (Torani, Davinci, Jordan's, etc.) too often I get major cravings, and sucralose is their sweetener. So I limit those to once or twice a week, and never more than once a day.

    I generally use stevia to sweeten, which causes no craving issues in me and tastes, in my opinion, better than sucralose. I have also used xylitol to bake on occasion with good results.
  • chokeslam512
    chokeslam512 Posts: 78 Member
    shedthesweater wrote: »
    I use it along with Stevia In The Raw depending on which one I grab to throw into my Green Tea. Never any issues here.

    Stevia in the Raw is another one of those that plays the numbers game. It is 4 calories so not really zero according to your body, regardless of what the label says. The first ingredient is Dextrose.
  • Indigoblu1
    Indigoblu1 Posts: 127 Member
    swood661 wrote: »
    bcalvanese wrote: »
    I use an app called foodacate. This app grades foods from A to D-. I scanned every single artificial sweetener on the shelf and every one of them graded poorer than regular sugar (including splenda).

    I use regular sugar, but I use it sparingly.
    I cannot find this app and I would love it. Was it on apple app store or google?

    Yes, Fooducate is an excellent app! Love the way it grades and tells you why. I got it from Google Play Store.
  • roselemonade
    roselemonade Posts: 53 Member
    The issue with sugar substitutes is that, because they're non-caloric or very low caloric but are sweet, your body prepares itself to accept calories that aren't there which can leave you hungry. So, if you're not tracking food at all, they can mess up your appetite enough to make you eat excess calories--but if you're tracking and are aware of what you're eating, they won't cause any problems.
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  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
    I drink water and tea with sucralose all day,16+ hours a day and gallons of liquid a day, with no perceptible change in my hunger. If anything, all the liquid makes me feel full for longer.
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    rockailly13 wrote: »
    will having 2-3 packets of Splenda everyday (almost everyday) hinder my weight loss? There's all those studies out there about Splenda hindering weight loss and even causing weight gain. Has anyone else noticed that their consumption of Splenda has made it more difficult for them to lose or cause any health problems? I'm trying not to be ignorant or read too much into articles that are out there on the subject matter but I just want to know others experiences.
    How can Splenda make you gain weight if it has no calories?

    That it does cause weight gain is a big fat myth.
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