artificial sweetners
Find a Conversation
artificial sweetners
| Sun, 01-11-2004 - 11:49pm |
Does anyone else have a real problem with sweetners? All of them make me sick. I thought I would get used to it but it got worse by the day. I think I have tried them all. I finally decided to to allow myself 1 or 2 cups of tea with sugar per day. I am still losing slowly but really wish I could do it like everyone else. I gave up coffee and swithched to tea because I knew I would need real sugar and milk in my coffee. Since I am not used to the tea sticking to my limit isn't difficult. I just don't want to give up all caffine.
How bad will this effect my efforts? Does anyone else have this problem with sweetners?
Please advise
Kaykatie
How bad will this effect my efforts? Does anyone else have this problem with sweetners?
Please advise
Kaykatie

Pages
Raw sugar
Raw sugar is produced in the initial stages of white sugar’s manufacturing process. Raw sugar is coarser than white sugar, and is brownish in color. Although true raw sugar is banned in the United States because it may contain bacteria, molds, or insect parts, manufacturers partially refine raw sugar to remove the impurities and sell the product as “demerera,” ”turbinado,” or “muscavado” sugar.
Taken from:
http://www.getyoungagain.com/yaproducts/html/articles/LowerBloodPressureWithoutDrugs.html
Susan :)
Try tea without sugar. It may take a few times, but you'll get used to it. I love all things sweet (or used to LOL) but I taught myself to drink tea without sugar many years ago and I wouldn't want it in there now. Tea tastes great all by itself, I promise. Dharjeling (which I can't spell) is my fave right now. :) Just try it for a little while. It's much easier to get used to than coffee without sugar.
Anna
Michelle
I'm sorry, but I disagree that sugar is sugar. Some sugars are processed more slowly in your body than others.
According to all of the legitimate sources we've checked for South Beach advice on this issue, all sugars are absorbed exactly the same by our systems, and do affect our insulin levels in the same way.
Maggie
"Success is a journey, not a destination"
I agree that fructose is
I didn't say that people should use fructose on the south Beach diet. I said that if you HAD to use sugar instead of an artificial sweetener that I thought fructose was your best bet. And let me make sure that people understand that I mean PURE FRUCTOSE, from a health food store. This is simply sugar extracted from fruit. Unprocessed in any way. Just dried and therefore more concentrated. If all sugars are the same then we shouldn't be able to eat fruit either, because fructose is what sweetens fruit. I have had severe hypoglycemia since I was 8 years old and can immediately tell when I've eaten something that affects me in a negative way and regular sugar (be it white or raw) seriously affects my blood sugar, but fructose I can get away with.
Michelle
In addition, artificial sweeteners are really not good for you. Check out this article on Splenda http://www.mercola.com/2004/jan/10/splenda_questions.htm
As hard as it was for me to give up ALL sweets, the benefits are pretty amazing. No cravings, better health overall, and feeling good about how I am treating my body. If you absolutely have to have something sweet in your tea you might want to check into mannitol - a natural sweetener derived from plants I believe. I haven't researched it enough to give any substantial info, I just know that some health experts recommend it over the artificial stuff. Splenda, while taken from sugar, has been modified by man so there is nothing natural about it.
Hope this helps.
K
Pages