splenda

[Tuesday Afternoon]

[In_The_Wind]

1. as if I have a choice

It's Splenda or nothing. My sugar eating days are over!

[Sebastian Doyle]

2. Splenda is definitely better than the Rumsfeld neurotoxin Aspartame (NutraSweet)

But the best non-sugar is definitely Stevia.

[quakerboy]

3. I'm not sure it is, really

I keep reading the scientific papers on this, and all I am sure of so far is that it is newer and less studied at this point. Plus the taste isn't quite as horrible.

[In_The_Wind]

4. I find that I have a slightly bitter aftertaste from Stevia.

oh well ~

[pecwae]

5. I use xylitol when I can.

Truvia doesn't have quite as bad an after taste as some other brands of stevia. I'm growing the stevia plant to experiment on my own. I'd be better off just doing without any sweetener.

[GoneOffShore]

13. I'm sorry I thought I read "I use vitriol when I can"

:rofl:

So do I, but I try not to use enough to get a pizza.

[Moondog]

6. I use it

on breakfast cereal. Cold (shredded wheat and Grape Nuts), or hot (oatmeal) - I think it works quite well. I'm told that it works well in baking, but I don't have any first hand knowledge about that.

[Ptah]

7. What though the radiance which was once so bright

Be now for ever taken from my sight,
Though nothing can bring back the hour
Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower;
We will grieve not, rather find
Strength in what remains behind...

[peace frog]

8. For me, that crap triggers migraine

Never had one until I started using Splenda, now I can't ingest artificial sweetener of any kind since that shit f*cked me up.

[nickinSTL]

9. Since I can't have aspartame

(those warnings on cans of diet soda apply to me)

Most of the time, if I want a no-calorie soda, Splenda is my only option. Fortunately, I don't mind Pepsi One. Wish it came in bottles, though - I find cans less convenient.

There is Zevia, with Stevia, but it's a lot more expensive than Pepsi One. And I haven't been able to try their Dr. Pepper-like flavor yet.

(Dr Pepper is really my soda of choice, but I don't want the HFCS and can't have the aspartame)

[MorningGlow]

10. ...

:puke:

[femmocrat]

11. I use it instead of sugar. eh....

It doesn't taste like sugar though.

[GoneOffShore]

12. Sugar or bitterness.

No fecking Splenda!

[Odin2005]

14. Much better then Aspartame.

Aspartame gives me carb cravings.

[UndertheOcean]

15. I am scared ! I went to get a diet root beer from the fridge , and was thinking if the splenda in it

was healthy ...

Was going to post about it right now , then I see this thread ?

:scared:

[Q3JR4]

16. I tried cutting my daily serving of coffee with a bit

of splenda in an attempt to use less sugar. It works, but is still a bit weird. I'll probably have to do the whole "no sugar" thing at some point in my future, and I think splenda could do it for me.

Until then, I prefer real sugar.

Q3JR4.

[Love Bug]

17. A chemical shit-storm, just like the rest of them.

Stevia is the exception.