Somebody lectured me about Splenda today
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So you had a bad day. Don't worry it happens sometime but good days are on their way to you.8
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LarryDChurchwell wrote: »My pat answer to any critique of me is something like "I'm glad you do everything perfectly and are now able to coach others. I hope someday I do everything perfectly too." It works in all cases whether someone tells me I'm making wrong food choices, I dress wrong, I can't drive, my kids are ugly, whatever the case may be.
You need to learn karate...4 -
Sometimes unsolicited advice is legitimate. Just sayin'.
I dont think it matters how legitimate it is - In this case it isnt but that's not the point.
I dont go up to people smoking and tell them how bad it is for them.
If they are smoking legally in a way that does not affecct others then it is none of my business and not my place to lecture them
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Artificial sweeteners aren't the best for long term health. I think there is enough research to support that. But I still use them sparingly of course. Splenda just happens to be one of my favorites. In order to cut down on the artificial sweeteners, I had to stop eating foods that required additional sweetening. that was the only way for me to get rid of them. So I would never lecture anyone on their choices. Now if someone actually ASKED me for my advice, well that's a different ball of wax
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Ugh, why can’t people mind their own business...7
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Artificial sweeteners aren't the best for long term health. I think there is enough research to support that.
Nope
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1308408/why-aspartame-isnt-scary/p1
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Artificial sweeteners aren't the best for long term health. I think there is enough research to support that. But I still use them sparingly of course. Splenda just happens to be one of my favorites. In order to cut down on the artificial sweeteners, I had to stop eating foods that required additional sweetening. that was the only way for me to get rid of them. So I would never lecture anyone on their choices. Now if someone actually ASKED me for my advice, well that's a different ball of wax
...No? There's actually enough research to completely refute that claim and there has been for decades with only more and more piling up as people just don't want to listen.24 -
Artificial sweeteners aren't the best for long term health. I think there is enough research to support that. But I still use them sparingly of course. Splenda just happens to be one of my favorites. In order to cut down on the artificial sweeteners, I had to stop eating foods that required additional sweetening. that was the only way for me to get rid of them. So I would never lecture anyone on their choices. Now if someone actually ASKED me for my advice, well that's a different ball of wax
http://seriecientifica.org/sites/default/files/scl_enc_butchko.pdf
^ There's 93 pages worth of peer-reviewed research which says otherwise.21 -
I was at Starbucks yesterday and got soy milk in my iced coffee, and they didn't say anything to me but the 2 women behind were discussing very loudly (I'm sure they intended for me to hear) about how soy is "sooo bad for you" and almond milk is way better blah blah blah "toxinz, estrongen, etc". I couldn't help myself so I turned around, stared right at them, took a large sip, and went ahhhhh. They looked at me like I had just kicked a puppy, it was great!31
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Fitnessgirl0913 wrote: »I was at Starbucks yesterday and got soy milk in my iced coffee, and they didn't say anything to me but the 2 women behind were discussing very loudly (I'm sure they intended for me to hear) about how soy is "sooo bad for you" and almond milk is way better blah blah blah "toxinz, estrongen, etc". I couldn't help myself so I turned around, stared right at them, took a large sip, and went ahhhhh. They looked at me like I had just kicked a puppy, it was great!
The thing is that almond milk at Starbucks probably comes out of a box and doesn't even have enough almonds to even count as "almond milk." I don't drink soy milk anymore because of that propaganda, but I also make my own almond milk from almonds at home.
Everything is poison somehow so it's all irrelevant. I wouldn't have bothered looking at them. Maybe they didn't intend for you to hear, but even if they did, what you showed them is that YOU cared enough to listen to someone else's conversation and take it to heart. I would have looked at you weirdly too!31 -
people need to mind their own business.sorry someone was that rude to you!5
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I honestly can't remember the last time I even paid attention to what a stranger was ordering/eating/drinking/putting in their grocery cart. I swear, some folks seriously have nothing better to do with their lives? I'm sure you could pick any random food item and find someone somewhere who has a negative opinion about it. You drink that artificial goodness and enjoy it!8
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Fitnessgirl0913 wrote: »I was at Starbucks yesterday and got soy milk in my iced coffee, and they didn't say anything to me but the 2 women behind were discussing very loudly (I'm sure they intended for me to hear) about how soy is "sooo bad for you" and almond milk is way better blah blah blah "toxinz, estrongen, etc". I couldn't help myself so I turned around, stared right at them, took a large sip, and went ahhhhh. They looked at me like I had just kicked a puppy, it was great!
I had a woman look into my grocery basket and tell her friend that soy milk was bad for you. If she were really smart she would have noticed it was almond milk. Eyes on your own cart.
This one is just a ton of irony. I was fixing coffee with creamer when a guy in front of the store, who had just been asking for money for food, comes in and tells me I shouldn't be using cows pus and its not fit for human consumption. Um, thanks?7 -
Fitnessgirl0913 wrote: »I was at Starbucks yesterday and got soy milk in my iced coffee, and they didn't say anything to me but the 2 women behind were discussing very loudly (I'm sure they intended for me to hear) about how soy is "sooo bad for you" and almond milk is way better blah blah blah "toxinz, estrongen, etc". I couldn't help myself so I turned around, stared right at them, took a large sip, and went ahhhhh. They looked at me like I had just kicked a puppy, it was great!
Just had my morning dose of toxins and estrogen in my oatmeal. It was delicious!
soy milk. 10 -
lucerorojo wrote: »Fitnessgirl0913 wrote: »I was at Starbucks yesterday and got soy milk in my iced coffee, and they didn't say anything to me but the 2 women behind were discussing very loudly (I'm sure they intended for me to hear) about how soy is "sooo bad for you" and almond milk is way better blah blah blah "toxinz, estrongen, etc". I couldn't help myself so I turned around, stared right at them, took a large sip, and went ahhhhh. They looked at me like I had just kicked a puppy, it was great!
The thing is that almond milk at Starbucks probably comes out of a box and doesn't even have enough almonds to even count as "almond milk." I don't drink soy milk anymore because of that propaganda, but I also make my own almond milk from almonds at home.
Everything is poison somehow so it's all irrelevant. I wouldn't have bothered looking at them. Maybe they didn't intend for you to hear, but even if they did, what you showed them is that YOU cared enough to listen to someone else's conversation and take it to heart. I would have looked at you weirdly too!
These 2 ladies definitely intended for me to hear. It was not quiet talking in line, it was practically shouting at each other to the point where people on the other side of the store were looking over. That to me is extremely passive aggressive and I did not take it to heart but I wanted to send a message. It is MY choice what I put in my coffee and honestly it felt good to respond.25 -
New_Heavens_Earth wrote: »Fitnessgirl0913 wrote: »I was at Starbucks yesterday and got soy milk in my iced coffee, and they didn't say anything to me but the 2 women behind were discussing very loudly (I'm sure they intended for me to hear) about how soy is "sooo bad for you" and almond milk is way better blah blah blah "toxinz, estrongen, etc". I couldn't help myself so I turned around, stared right at them, took a large sip, and went ahhhhh. They looked at me like I had just kicked a puppy, it was great!
I had a woman look into my grocery basket and tell her friend that soy milk was bad for you. If she were really smart she would have noticed it was almond milk. Eyes on your own cart.
This one is just a ton of irony. I was fixing coffee with creamer when a guy in front of the store, who had just been asking for money for food, comes in and tells me I shouldn't be using cows pus and its not fit for human consumption. Um, thanks?
A couple summers ago I was leaving a fancy pizza restaurant in Santa Barbara with some leftovers, and we passed a guy on the street with a sign that said “homeless and hungry please help”. I offered him the pizza leftovers and he said “no thanks, I don’t eat dairy”. Maybe it was the same guy!17 -
Fitnessgirl0913 wrote: »lucerorojo wrote: »Fitnessgirl0913 wrote: »I was at Starbucks yesterday and got soy milk in my iced coffee, and they didn't say anything to me but the 2 women behind were discussing very loudly (I'm sure they intended for me to hear) about how soy is "sooo bad for you" and almond milk is way better blah blah blah "toxinz, estrongen, etc". I couldn't help myself so I turned around, stared right at them, took a large sip, and went ahhhhh. They looked at me like I had just kicked a puppy, it was great!
The thing is that almond milk at Starbucks probably comes out of a box and doesn't even have enough almonds to even count as "almond milk." I don't drink soy milk anymore because of that propaganda, but I also make my own almond milk from almonds at home.
Everything is poison somehow so it's all irrelevant. I wouldn't have bothered looking at them. Maybe they didn't intend for you to hear, but even if they did, what you showed them is that YOU cared enough to listen to someone else's conversation and take it to heart. I would have looked at you weirdly too!
These 2 ladies definitely intended for me to hear. It was not quiet talking in line, it was practically shouting at each other to the point where people on the other side of the store were looking over. That to me is extremely passive aggressive and I did not take it to heart but I wanted to send a message. It is MY choice what I put in my coffee and honestly it felt good to respond.
Ok. Thanks for explaining. If they were that loud then I can understand you paying attention and responding as you did. Passive-agressive definitely. Most of the time if I'm in a coffee shop (I'm boycotting Starbucks, so not there anymore) I'm not even thinking about or listening to what other people order. A lot of people have too much time on their hands!9 -
nickssweetheart wrote: »Fitnessgirl0913 wrote: »I was at Starbucks yesterday and got soy milk in my iced coffee, and they didn't say anything to me but the 2 women behind were discussing very loudly (I'm sure they intended for me to hear) about how soy is "sooo bad for you" and almond milk is way better blah blah blah "toxinz, estrongen, etc". I couldn't help myself so I turned around, stared right at them, took a large sip, and went ahhhhh. They looked at me like I had just kicked a puppy, it was great!
Just had my morning dose of toxins and estrogen in my oatmeal. It was delicious! soy milk.
I feel like this would be a killer song title LOL9 -
I just explain that Splenda / sucralose starts out as sugar and is just modified so it goes through us without being absorbed as glucose. So it is better than sugar because there is a sweet taste without the calories of sugar.8
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WinoGelato wrote: »New_Heavens_Earth wrote: »Fitnessgirl0913 wrote: »I was at Starbucks yesterday and got soy milk in my iced coffee, and they didn't say anything to me but the 2 women behind were discussing very loudly (I'm sure they intended for me to hear) about how soy is "sooo bad for you" and almond milk is way better blah blah blah "toxinz, estrongen, etc". I couldn't help myself so I turned around, stared right at them, took a large sip, and went ahhhhh. They looked at me like I had just kicked a puppy, it was great!
I had a woman look into my grocery basket and tell her friend that soy milk was bad for you. If she were really smart she would have noticed it was almond milk. Eyes on your own cart.
This one is just a ton of irony. I was fixing coffee with creamer when a guy in front of the store, who had just been asking for money for food, comes in and tells me I shouldn't be using cows pus and its not fit for human consumption. Um, thanks?
A couple summers ago I was leaving a fancy pizza restaurant in Santa Barbara with some leftovers, and we passed a guy on the street with a sign that said “homeless and hungry please help”. I offered him the pizza leftovers and he said “no thanks, I don’t eat dairy”. Maybe it was the same guy!
I suppose I could understand if there were a dairy intolerance. I've offered food to homeless people and have never been turned down. But I would understand if I tried to give a bag of peanuts to someone and they declined because of an allergy.11
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