artificial sweetner

anny
anny Posts: 27
edited September 19 in Food and Nutrition
hello evreyone!
I hv a prob my nutritionist advise me nt to take any artificial low calorie sweeter but she said i can take honey and raw shakar(sugercane) but i m nt satisfied wid dis advise so plz help me out should i take low calorie sweetner or is it realy bad 4 our health i hv cum 2 knw dat by using dis it affects on our memory so share ur opinion thnx:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

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  • arewethereyet
    arewethereyet Posts: 18,702 Member
    if you paid a nutritionist to give you diet advise, I would stick with what she/he says.

    How about 1 week? I am going to challenge myself to 1 week no artificial sweeteners. ( I realized thsi morning I drink 2 equal, 6 sweet and lows ADAY!!!))

    I am going to try just water for 1 week.

    Good luck!

    (but be careful with the honey and raw sugar, it adds up fast!!)
  • PureAndHealthy
    PureAndHealthy Posts: 539
    I say the nutritionist is right. I began several years ago to cut out artificial "foods" (pesticide-drenched, processed, preservative and chemical-laced, junk that comes from a test tube) and I'm *so* much healthier for it! I used to have horrible allergies that are now gone, it's extremely rare for me to get sick (even when I'm around very sick contagious people), I sleep well, and just generally feel good. If you really *need* a shot of sweet (I certainly do in my coffee in the mornings) your nutritionist gives good advice on the honey or raw sugar. Raw, local honey is especially good. But as someone trying to lose weight I totally understand not wanting to use up calories like that. Solution: Stevia. It's an herb that is naturally sweet. Wal-mart sells the mass-marketed version "truvia" which seems to be okay. Or pick up simple stevia at a health food store. It doesn't taste like sugar, but it'll do the trick in your coffee and what not. :drinker: AND it's zero calories, because it's like the "tea" of an herb. I'm actually drinking some in mine right now! :bigsmile:
  • kelligirl
    kelligirl Posts: 210
    anny - I would listen to the nutritionist as well. Artificial sweetner and anything else that's artificial is not good for you. I use natural sweetners - try stevia. This week I'm going to try agave' - it's higher in calories than honey, but is sweeter so you use less (or should).

    arewethereyet - good challenge! You can do it! Water is sooo good for you. The scales might appreciate the change as well.
  • codykitty
    codykitty Posts: 729
    hello evreyone!
    I hv a prob my nutritionist advise me nt to take any artificial low calorie sweeter but she said i can take honey and raw shakar(sugercane) but i m nt satisfied wid dis advise so plz help me out should i take low calorie sweetner or is it realy bad 4 our health i hv cum 2 knw dat by using dis it affects on our memory so share ur opinion thnx:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

    Have you tried Agave nectar? If you can use honey, then your can prob. use agave. It is delicious! I use it in place of all my sugar, even in baking.
  • vjar
    vjar Posts: 17
    I agree with all. Artificial sweeteners "prime" your body and mind to want and seek more sweet things, but there are no calories to give you a "full" feeling. If you want sweet you need to budget for it. The whole point is to limit how much you crave and desire sweetness. In natural foods, there just isn't that much out there that is as sweet as the products man makes, this is why Americans have become so unhealthy, everything is loaded with stuff that makes the body seek out more of these triggers, sugar, fat and salt.....Read David Kessler's "The End of Overeating".....it's quite an eye opener!!
  • photoman67
    photoman67 Posts: 116 Member
    If the FDA approves artificial sweeteners and anything with preservatives in it, that's good enough for me.
  • tree43605
    tree43605 Posts: 5
    Have you tried Stevia? It's a plant. The leaves are really sweet (50-300 times that of sugar). They have it crystalized in the brand truvia, but I grow the herb and pick off leaves to throw in my iced tea. It's really good:smile:
  • Dave198lbs
    Dave198lbs Posts: 8,810 Member
    If the FDA approves artificial sweeteners and anything with preservatives in it, that's good enough for me.

    no offense guy but the FDA has approved several things that have no business in our bodies....HFCS...hydroxy cut...approved then withdrawn......the FDA is not my benchmark in any sense...I would check it out...the FDA is lobby driven...it is not for our health as much as it is for business and money purposes....sad but true
  • arewethereyet
    arewethereyet Posts: 18,702 Member
    Have you tried Stevia? It's a plant. The leaves are really sweet (50-300 times that of sugar). They have it crystalized in the brand truvia, but I grow the herb and pick off leaves to throw in my iced tea. It's really good:smile:

    seriously, you can grow the plant?! WOW where can I get one??? I am trying so hard to get off the nasty sweetners, but I just cant drink tea with just lemon or lime.

    if i could get a plant that would be awesome!!
  • arewethereyet
    arewethereyet Posts: 18,702 Member
    If the FDA approves artificial sweeteners and anything with preservatives in it, that's good enough for me.

    no offense guy but the FDA has approved several things that have no business in our bodies....HFCS...hydroxy cut...approved then withdrawn......the FDA is not my benchmark in any sense...I would check it out...the FDA is lobby driven...it is not for our health as much as it is for business and money purposes....sad but true

    I was thinking that too Dave. Remember the red dye # whatever that they used in marachino cherries?? Gone now, right. What I am thinking is just because it doesnt kill you now, doesnt make it good for our body. More to ponder:ohwell:

    :flowerforyou:
  • stratdl
    stratdl Posts: 303 Member
    If the FDA approves artificial sweeteners and anything with preservatives in it, that's good enough for me.

    no offense guy but the FDA has approved several things that have no business in our bodies....HFCS...hydroxy cut...approved then withdrawn......the FDA is not my benchmark in any sense...I would check it out...the FDA is lobby driven...it is not for our health as much as it is for business and money purposes....sad but true

    I was thinking that too Dave. Remember the red dye # whatever that they used in marachino cherries?? Gone now, right. What I am thinking is just because it doesnt kill you now, doesnt make it good for our body. More to ponder:ohwell:

    :flowerforyou:

    ...don't forget VIOXX and all those other wonderful anti-inflammatories that ended up causing heart problems (although when I was on VIOXX, I'd easily have taken the risk, since my back pain was so awful!)... :tongue:
  • Nich0le
    Nich0le Posts: 2,906 Member
    natural is better for you and your body processes it correctly. Artificial sweetners are not good for you and there is a lot of research linking our ever growing waist lines to the introduction and subsequent increase in artficial sweetners into our diets.

    Besides, if you don't trust the nutritionist what did you pay one for? :noway: maybe the nutritionist actually knows something and you should listen :wink:
  • Ahmee2034
    Ahmee2034 Posts: 1,330 Member
    What about where and how we can grow that plant?!
  • arewethereyet
    arewethereyet Posts: 18,702 Member
    What about where and how we can grow that plant?!

    I found this site. I will be looking for plants this week.
    http://www.stevia.net/growingstevia.htm
  • marm1962
    marm1962 Posts: 950 Member
    Have you tried Stevia? It's a plant. The leaves are really sweet (50-300 times that of sugar). They have it crystalized in the brand truvia, but I grow the herb and pick off leaves to throw in my iced tea. It's really good:smile:

    seriously, you can grow the plant?! WOW where can I get one??? I am trying so hard to get off the nasty sweetners, but I just cant drink tea with just lemon or lime.

    if i could get a plant that would be awesome!!

    http://www.stevia.net/growingstevia.htm
  • arewethereyet
    arewethereyet Posts: 18,702 Member
    Have you tried Stevia? It's a plant. The leaves are really sweet (50-300 times that of sugar). They have it crystalized in the brand truvia, but I grow the herb and pick off leaves to throw in my iced tea. It's really good:smile:

    seriously, you can grow the plant?! WOW where can I get one??? I am trying so hard to get off the nasty sweetners, but I just cant drink tea with just lemon or lime.

    if i could get a plant that would be awesome!!

    http://www.stevia.net/growingstevia.htm

    lol we posted at the same time:laugh:
  • annaliza
    annaliza Posts: 809
    Where does splenda fall in all this? Is it considered artificial sweetener even though it is made from sugar?
  • anny
    anny Posts: 27
    thanks to all 4 these wondeful advises:flowerforyou: i was really looking 4wrd to it thnx again u ppl r soo cooprative:smile::drinker:



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  • stratdl
    stratdl Posts: 303 Member
    Where does splenda fall in all this? Is it considered artificial sweetener even though it is made from sugar?

    Splenda is considered an artificial sweetener even though it is "made from sugar" because man-made efforts are put into modifying it into something other than sugar.
  • annaliza
    annaliza Posts: 809
    Where does splenda fall in all this? Is it considered artificial sweetener even though it is made from sugar?

    Splenda is considered an artificial sweetener even though it is "made from sugar" because man-made efforts are put into modifying it into something other than sugar.

    Bummer!!!!

    Well, one more thing I'll have to wean myself off of :grumble:
  • PureAndHealthy
    PureAndHealthy Posts: 539
    Where does splenda fall in all this? Is it considered artificial sweetener even though it is made from sugar?

    Splenda is considered an artificial sweetener even though it is "made from sugar" because man-made efforts are put into modifying it into something other than sugar.

    Yep, it's moleculary altered sugar. *Everything* has some kind of roots in nature... but once they start pulling out oxygen molecules and other such craziness.... I believe I would call it artificial. :)
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