Guest guest Posted March 1, 2006 Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 I'm new to the Cron lifestyle (twelve weeks) and while I am having some of the newbie issues (e.g. has winter always been this cold or is that just the lower metabolism and less body padding?), I am finding that I am less tired and sluggish and my blood pressure is back to where it was in my late teens possibly avoiding these bp drugs my mother has had to take her entire life. Recently I have been enjoying sprinkling blueberries and other things with teaspoons of splenda, a new find for me and one which I had avoided because of the negative effects of the artificial sweetners. I am wondering what known and anecdotal effects people have had. Is it safe? How much is too much? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 1, 2006 Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 I've used real sucralose (the zero cal sweetener in splenda) for years with no perceived ill effects. I have recently tried some neotame which is even sweeter (and cheaper) than sucralose. I would be careful about some sugar-free or zero Kcal foods as commercial preparations often include caloric components but game the labels with serving size, etc. Spenda contains some caloric extender as pure sucralose is 600x as sweet as raw sugar so would be difficult to use in raw form. (note: Neotame is 8000x as sweet as sugar so even harder to work with). JR iunipera wrote: > I'm new to the Cron lifestyle (twelve weeks) and while I am having > some of the newbie issues (e.g. has winter always been this cold or is > that just the lower metabolism and less body padding?), I am finding > that I am less tired and sluggish and my blood pressure is back to > where it was in my late teens possibly avoiding these bp drugs my > mother has had to take her entire life. > > Recently I have been enjoying sprinkling blueberries and other things > with teaspoons of splenda, a new find for me and one which I had > avoided because of the negative effects of the artificial sweetners. > > I am wondering what known and anecdotal effects people have had. Is it > safe? How much is too much? > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 1, 2006 Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 I've used real sucralose (the zero cal sweetener in splenda) for years with no perceived ill effects. I have recently tried some neotame which is even sweeter (and cheaper) than sucralose. I would be careful about some sugar-free or zero Kcal foods as commercial preparations often include caloric components but game the labels with serving size, etc. Spenda contains some caloric extender as pure sucralose is 600x as sweet as raw sugar so would be difficult to use in raw form. (note: Neotame is 8000x as sweet as sugar so even harder to work with). JR iunipera wrote: > I'm new to the Cron lifestyle (twelve weeks) and while I am having > some of the newbie issues (e.g. has winter always been this cold or is > that just the lower metabolism and less body padding?), I am finding > that I am less tired and sluggish and my blood pressure is back to > where it was in my late teens possibly avoiding these bp drugs my > mother has had to take her entire life. > > Recently I have been enjoying sprinkling blueberries and other things > with teaspoons of splenda, a new find for me and one which I had > avoided because of the negative effects of the artificial sweetners. > > I am wondering what known and anecdotal effects people have had. Is it > safe? How much is too much? > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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