splenda

arothermel
arothermel Posts: 19 Member
edited November 14 in Food and Nutrition
Does anyone know if splenda or any other sugar substitute is really good for you? I've had heard that it is better to have real sugar then its substitutes. Any help is appreciated!!! I'm a little confused about the whole sugar thing.

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  • arothermel
    arothermel Posts: 19 Member
    Does anyone know if splenda or any other sugar substitute is really good for you? I've had heard that it is better to have real sugar then its substitutes. Any help is appreciated!!! I'm a little confused about the whole sugar thing.
  • Healthier_Me
    Healthier_Me Posts: 5,600 Member
    Here is a discussion onthe sweetner thing:

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1118-is-there-a-good-sweetener
  • arothermel
    arothermel Posts: 19 Member
    thanks for the info healthier_me. you are an imspiration on this sight
  • Healthier_Me
    Healthier_Me Posts: 5,600 Member
    Thanks! =)

    cmriverside is the real "poster" of the site *evil grin*
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,416 Member
    I am a bit chatty.
  • Healthier_Me
    Healthier_Me Posts: 5,600 Member
    And we love it!
  • Phoebe5164
    Phoebe5164 Posts: 79 Member
    Splenda give me headaches.. stevia I grow in my flowerbeds . Look for the packages of straight stevia it doesn’t raise your blood sugar and I like the taste .
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    edited November 2018
    There's a lot of unsubstantiated scaremongering about artificial sweeteners. Here's a great read about artificial sweeteners (aspartame in particular), written by a biochemist: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1308408/why-aspartame-isnt-scary/p1
  • hesn92
    hesn92 Posts: 5,966 Member
    this thread is from 2007
  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,011 Member
    Phoebe5164 wrote: »
    Splenda give me headaches.. stevia I grow in my flowerbeds . Look for the packages of straight stevia it doesn’t raise your blood sugar and I like the taste .

    The OP is from 2007 and she hasn't been on the forum since. Hopefully she has it figured out by now :wink:
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    hesn92 wrote: »
    this thread is from 2007

    Dang, caught by a resurrected zombie thread!
  • kami3006
    kami3006 Posts: 4,979 Member
    Dang, there have been a ton of these this week in particular.
  • mph323
    mph323 Posts: 3,565 Member
    AnvilHead wrote: »
    hesn92 wrote: »
    this thread is from 2007

    Dang, caught by a resurrected zombie thread!

    Your link is pertinent, though, since the thread was resurrected.
  • pinggolfer96
    pinggolfer96 Posts: 2,248 Member
    Nich0le wrote: »
    I think that the more natural it is the better option it is. We eat too much processed and chemically altered food and ever since we started doing this our waist lines have done nothing but grow.

    Also, they have started to find that people that use splenda instead of sugar or other substitutes are coming up with an abnormal amount of joint problems.

    Natural is better.

    False. (In terms of those things causing waistlines to increase)
  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    Phoebe5164 wrote: »
    Splenda give me headaches.. stevia I grow in my flowerbeds . Look for the packages of straight stevia it doesn’t raise your blood sugar and I like the taste .

    How are you finding these old threads? This is the second 11 year old thread that I've seen you bump.
  • hesn92
    hesn92 Posts: 5,966 Member
    nutmegoreo wrote: »
    Phoebe5164 wrote: »
    Splenda give me headaches.. stevia I grow in my flowerbeds . Look for the packages of straight stevia it doesn’t raise your blood sugar and I like the taste .

    How are you finding these old threads? This is the second 11 year old thread that I've seen you bump.

    She must be using the search
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