IF YOU USE SPLENDA

I use about 3 packets a day - no problems that I'm aware of. I try to keep my 'fake' sweeteners to a minimum, but haven't cut them out completely.

edit to add:
I use it in my huge cup of morning coffee.

I had been using Slenda regularly for 6 or 8 months. Started being extremely tired and sleepy all the time. Like taking naps on my lunch hour. Read an article in magazine that said it causes brain fog and fatigue in some people. Stopped it about a month ago and am fine now.

I use it pretty regularly.

Coffee daily 2-3 teaspoons

Occasionally with my low sugar oatmeal

Strawberries - a must

I bake with it as well. Apple pie is wonderful with Splenda.
Cookies don't brown as well as with sugar - you have to spray pam on them toward the end of the baking to brown them if you want them pretty- otherwise they taste fine.

Doctor said if I'm having no side effects I'm good to go.

sorry..I also wanted to ask..if you use it , HOW you use Splenda

I use it sparingly (like 1/2 packet a day) in my coffee if I can't get my hands on any good stevia. No problems, but I don't think ANY artificial sweeteners can really be good for you.

I'm in agreement....Stevia is a much healthier alternative if I want to add some sweetness in my life:bigsmile: I don't think anything artifical can be that good for our bodies... :sick: :frown:

Simply My thoughts on the matter:flowerforyou:
FC

I use 3-9 packets depending on how much coffee I drink. I haven't had any problems with it and I love it!

Same here!:drinker:

Everything in moderation.

The only time I use splenda is when I bake...as a sugar sub and I don't bake much...other than that I like my tea black

Oatmeal is good with a pinch of nutmeg for a change of pace!

I mix a packet of Splenda into my unflavored high-protein yogurt in addition to green tea powder or cinnamon.

I started using Splenda almost 10 years ago, and use much less now than I used to - no more than 3 packets per day.

I've never had any problems. The body can respond badly to almost any substance, whether it is natural or not. Last time I checked, Heroin and Cocaine were "natural."

Is it worth saving 20 calories in a tsp. of honey/agave nectar/maple syrup, to risk the chemical alternative?
I guess that's the question to ask ourselves.

I just saw a TV advertisement last night for Truvia .. a Stevia based sweetner.
Here's an article on the release

http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2008/dec/17/business/chi-stevia-sweetener-fda-dec17

Oatmeal is good with a pinch of nutmeg for a change of pace!

Fresh ground nutmeg with blueberries and maybe a teaspoon of brown sugar! YUM!

I use about 2-6 packets of Splenda with fiber everyday. I am not concerned about side effects. I believe that it is safe to use in moderation. I do have to wonder about 3cats mag. article though, because I have had trouble focusing here lately. It could also be low calorie intakes that causes the brain fog. I think it may be typical to have trouble focusing when you are dieting and cosuming less calories and stuff. Either way, I am not bothered enough by this to quit using splenda and I feel that the extra fiber is beneficial as well.

By the way, before Splenda ever came out and the other ones were supposedly carcinogenic I had a conversation with my college biology professor and he said that the lab rats were given what would be the equivilent to a human consuming a diesel truck-full load in a very short time span and then only some of the mice developed cancer.

Also, I don't know if everyone is aware of this, because I wasn't until I turned it in on my food diary (just to be sure) but splenda still has a few carbs in it even though it has no calories. That is kinda weird!

I have used Splenda for about 5 years now and with no problems. I have never baked with it (I don't do much baking) but I do use it in iced tea (2-4 packets depending on size of iced tea), I sprinkle it on strawberries (any fruit that needs just a touch of sweetness added), sprinkle it on cereal, add it into any salad dressings that call for sugar, etc.

HOWEVER.....the Splenda in the packets tastes 100 times better than the Bulk splenda and it has a different texture. I detest the bulk....it leaves an after-taste, but the packets I find are delicious.

ANOTHER however.....I do think that it is NOT measurable spoon for spoon as the label states.....it takes LESS splenda than sugar - like if you make Kool-Aid, for one gallon of Kool-Aid it calls for 1 cup sugar - to replace with Spenda I use 1/2 to 3/4 cups Splenda instead as 1 cup makes it too sweet for my taste (also seems to depend on the flavor of the Kool-Aid - some flavors seem to need less Splenda that others...that's why I said 1/2 to 3/4 cups Splenda - like the Blue Raspberry Lemonade only needs 1/2 but the cherry seems to need 3/4).

Yes, my kids use the splenda too, and we have not experienced any side effects or anything else. Some people will tell you it's bad for you, but I just follow my own instincts. It's all in what your personal taste and thoughts are. I'm not worried about it, I prefer the taste over Stevia or Sweet N Low or any other "sweetener", and I will continue using it.

By the way, before Splenda ever came out and the other ones were supposedly carcinogenic I had a conversation with my college biology professor and he said that the lab rats were given what would be the equivilent to a human consuming a diesel truck-full load in a very short time span and then only some of the mice developed cancer.

Also, I don't know if everyone is aware of this, because I wasn't until I turned it in on my food diary (just to be sure) but splenda still has a few carbs in it even though it has no calories. That is kinda weird!

Right... My Organic Chemistry professor discussed the Sweet 'n Low studies... The rats basically lived in vats of saccharin. Not only did they eat it, but they also inhaled it. Extending the results of that study to humans is ridiculous.

Each packet of Splenda actually has 4 calories. But because that's less than 5, the regulators let them say zero on the box. Sneaky, huh?

And to others' points about Truvia and other "natural" sweeteners, one of them, erythritol is a sugar alcohol much like sorbitol,maltitol, mannitol, etc. Some of us - e.g. myself - have major intestinal sensitivities to sugar alcohols! I'd rather eat nutrasweet or splenda any day than even a single stick of sorbitol-sweetened gum! The whole backlash against aspartame has harmed a lot of us. And those of you complaining about gas, it might not just be the fiber - check what you eat for sugar alchohols!