Somebody lectured me about Splenda today
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Public Service Reminder (especially if some of you consume as much Splenda as I do!)
In spite of having LESS Calories, Splenda DOESN'T really have ZERO Calories! A packet is 1g and 3.36 Cal.
https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/305157?manu=&fgcd=&ds=&q=Sweeteners, tabletop, sucralose, SPLENDA packets
Sucralose can be used for cooking and baking (supposed to be heat stable to 450F)
Health Canada has a set the current Acceptable Daily Intake at 9 mg/kg body weight per day.
For example, a 50 kg (110 lb) person could have 450 mg of sucralose per day.
One packet of Splenda® contains 12 mg of sucralose; one cup (250 mL) contains about 250 mg of sucralose.
Some of the info from: https://www.diabetes.ca/diabetes-and-you/healthy-living-resources/diet-nutrition/sugar-sweeteners
I am really liking the "Smile and Bless you" response. I mean it is a downright awesome way to tell someone to **kitten** off and go for a bike ride!
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Public Service Reminder (especially if some of you consume as much Splenda as I do!)
In spite of having LESS Calories, Splenda DOESN'T really have ZERO Calories! A packet is 1g and 3.36 Cal.
https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/305157?manu=&fgcd=&ds=&q=Sweeteners, tabletop, sucralose, SPLENDA packets
Sucralose can be used for cooking and baking (supposed to be heat stable to 450F)
Health Canada has a set the current Acceptable Daily Intake at 9 mg/kg body weight per day.
For example, a 50 kg (110 lb) person could have 450 mg of sucralose per day.
One packet of Splenda® contains 12 mg of sucralose; one cup (250 mL) contains about 250 mg of sucralose.
Some of the info from: https://www.diabetes.ca/diabetes-and-you/healthy-living-resources/diet-nutrition/sugar-sweeteners
I am really liking the "Smile and Bless you" response. I mean it is a downright awesome way to tell someone to **kitten** off and go for a bike ride!
Some of us order the liquid stuff from Amazon and it really is zero calories.
For those who buy bags and use the granulated stuff, there are data base entries for it by the gram. It's not the Splenda that has calories in the granulated stuff (well, it does but it's really negligible), it's the maltodextrin.8 -
GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »Public Service Reminder (especially if some of you consume as much Splenda as I do!)
In spite of having LESS Calories, Splenda DOESN'T really have ZERO Calories! A packet is 1g and 3.36 Cal.
https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/305157?manu=&fgcd=&ds=&q=Sweeteners, tabletop, sucralose, SPLENDA packets
Sucralose can be used for cooking and baking (supposed to be heat stable to 450F)
Health Canada has a set the current Acceptable Daily Intake at 9 mg/kg body weight per day.
For example, a 50 kg (110 lb) person could have 450 mg of sucralose per day.
One packet of Splenda® contains 12 mg of sucralose; one cup (250 mL) contains about 250 mg of sucralose.
Some of the info from: https://www.diabetes.ca/diabetes-and-you/healthy-living-resources/diet-nutrition/sugar-sweeteners
I am really liking the "Smile and Bless you" response. I mean it is a downright awesome way to tell someone to **kitten** off and go for a bike ride!
Some of us order the liquid stuff from Amazon and it really is zero calories.
But.. how would you make an apple thingie aka crumble-like-ish like the one I just ate with liquid stuff
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GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »Public Service Reminder (especially if some of you consume as much Splenda as I do!)
In spite of having LESS Calories, Splenda DOESN'T really have ZERO Calories! A packet is 1g and 3.36 Cal.
https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/305157?manu=&fgcd=&ds=&q=Sweeteners, tabletop, sucralose, SPLENDA packets
Sucralose can be used for cooking and baking (supposed to be heat stable to 450F)
Health Canada has a set the current Acceptable Daily Intake at 9 mg/kg body weight per day.
For example, a 50 kg (110 lb) person could have 450 mg of sucralose per day.
One packet of Splenda® contains 12 mg of sucralose; one cup (250 mL) contains about 250 mg of sucralose.
Some of the info from: https://www.diabetes.ca/diabetes-and-you/healthy-living-resources/diet-nutrition/sugar-sweeteners
I am really liking the "Smile and Bless you" response. I mean it is a downright awesome way to tell someone to **kitten** off and go for a bike ride!
Some of us order the liquid stuff from Amazon and it really is zero calories.
But.. how would you make an apple thingie aka crumble-like-ish like the one I just ate with liquid stuff
I assume you mean in the topping? For that I'd use the granulated and log the calories. When I bake with it where I need something dry, I do use the granulated stuff.
But for adding to yogurt and tea? Liquid all the way. I've used liquid in mug cakes and it worked just fine as well.3 -
GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »Public Service Reminder (especially if some of you consume as much Splenda as I do!)
In spite of having LESS Calories, Splenda DOESN'T really have ZERO Calories! A packet is 1g and 3.36 Cal.
https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/305157?manu=&fgcd=&ds=&q=Sweeteners, tabletop, sucralose, SPLENDA packets
Sucralose can be used for cooking and baking (supposed to be heat stable to 450F)
Health Canada has a set the current Acceptable Daily Intake at 9 mg/kg body weight per day.
For example, a 50 kg (110 lb) person could have 450 mg of sucralose per day.
One packet of Splenda® contains 12 mg of sucralose; one cup (250 mL) contains about 250 mg of sucralose.
Some of the info from: https://www.diabetes.ca/diabetes-and-you/healthy-living-resources/diet-nutrition/sugar-sweeteners
I am really liking the "Smile and Bless you" response. I mean it is a downright awesome way to tell someone to **kitten** off and go for a bike ride!
Some of us order the liquid stuff from Amazon and it really is zero calories.
But.. how would you make an apple thingie aka crumble-like-ish like the one I just ate with liquid stuff
I assume you mean in the topping? For that I'd use the granulated and log the calories. When I bake with it where I need something dry, I do use the granulated stuff.
But for adding to yogurt and tea? Liquid all the way. I've used liquid in mug cakes and it worked just fine as well.
I actually added it on top of the "crust"
Will have to go find liquid... I've seen some "skinny girl" stuff... though I have some problems supporting the brand :-) 4 -
Oh definitely the liquid for stirring into cold things like yogurt! Even if I'm using sugar I melt it in a little water first.1
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I just cannot comprehend how anyone would think it's okay to comment on a stranger's choices - food or otherwise.
They deserve the rudest response possible!6 -
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MissMaggieMuffin wrote: »I just cannot comprehend how anyone would think it's okay to comment on a stranger's choices - food or otherwise.
They deserve the rudest response possible!
Right!
I just got back from a walk to Starbucks and was a little disappointed nobody commented on my sweetener (not that anyone has ever before in the 14 years I've been going there).
I have decided to go with "Why would you think it's ok to comment on a complete stranger's food choices?" if it ever comes up again. I'm not very good with rude, which would be appropriate, but I'm sure I could pull off shocked
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"That's bad for you!"
"That's not what nunya says."
"Who?"
"Nunya business."29 -
Public Service Reminder (especially if some of you consume as much Splenda as I do!)
In spite of having LESS Calories, Splenda DOESN'T really have ZERO Calories! A packet is 1g and 3.36 Cal.
https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/305157?manu=&fgcd=&ds=&q=Sweeteners, tabletop, sucralose, SPLENDA packets
Sucralose can be used for cooking and baking (supposed to be heat stable to 450F)
Health Canada has a set the current Acceptable Daily Intake at 9 mg/kg body weight per day.
For example, a 50 kg (110 lb) person could have 450 mg of sucralose per day.
One packet of Splenda® contains 12 mg of sucralose; one cup (250 mL) contains about 250 mg of sucralose.
Some of the info from: https://www.diabetes.ca/diabetes-and-you/healthy-living-resources/diet-nutrition/sugar-sweeteners
I am really liking the "Smile and Bless you" response. I mean it is a downright awesome way to tell someone to **kitten** off and go for a bike ride!
So I can burn off a packet by walking to the toilet? Yeah for me
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So I can burn off a packet by walking to the toilet? Yeah for me
A packet of Splenda is 3.36 Cal and you burn it with a trip to the toilet.
A packet of Sugar is 10.8 Cal. If *I* "walk to the toilet" I get to burn that. Should I not log any sugar I use?
Where do YOU draw the line as to what to log and what not to log?
The FDA agrees with you by the way... which is why manufacturers get to list products that are less than 5 Cal in the serving size they are customarily eaten in as ZERO Cal.
And manufacturers take full advantage of this and of the 20% rule to shoe-horn what they can in the ZERO calorie league.
And consumers also take full advantage of all the wonderful ZERO Cal items... and possibly eat just a tad more than what the manufacturers claim is "customarily" eaten as a portion size!4 -
nickssweetheart wrote: »ruqayyahsmum wrote: »I had a stranger come up to me in McDonalds and tell me next time skip the milkshake and get a diet drink. I thanked him for his advice........... I wasn't eating and if he had checked before opening his gob I was drinking a diet coke
This isn't even pretending to be helpful. This is someone who thinks he's clever but is really just an *kitten*. I'm never fast on the uptake when I want to be, but what I'd LIKE to do to that guy is take off the lid, throw the drink at him, and say, "well, look at that, guess it wasn't a milkshake after all."
Naw - wave your hand over it first like doing magic, say "good idea", then open it and walla! Diet coke.
Then complain you were looking forward to the shake.
Now - if you could do that again and have a shake under the lid ....11 -
So I can burn off a packet by walking to the toilet? Yeah for me
A packet of Splenda is 3.36 Cal and you burn it with a trip to the toilet.
A packet of Sugar is 10.8 Cal. If *I* "walk to the toilet" I get to burn that. Should I not log any sugar I use?
Where do YOU draw the line as to what to log and what not to log?
The FDA agrees with you by the way... which is why manufacturers get to list products that are less than 5 Cal in the serving size they are customarily eaten in as ZERO Cal.
And manufacturers take full advantage of this and of the 20% rule to shoe-horn what they can in the ZERO calorie league.
And consumers also take full advantage of all the wonderful ZERO Cal items... and possibly eat just a tad more than what the manufacturers claim is "customarily" eaten as a portion size!
If you burn when you go to the toilet, you should see your doctor.14 -
L1zardQueen wrote: »
" I fart in your general direction excuse me it's the Truvia I had earlier" lol5 -
I don't use artificial sweeteners but I have been told I am letting my countries farmers down by not eating English butter, I prefer Lurpak. I must not buy French strawberries - I wasn't given a reason for that. I lived through 6½ years of war when the butter ration was 2oz per week and strawberries grown by my dad were eaten in season. I just ignore these ignorant and arrogance people.9
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