Sweeteners (was Re: Guilt, satiety, calorie restriction...)

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Sweeteners (was Re: Guilt, satiety, calorie

restriction...)

Stevia is definitely safe from everything I've read, and, IMHO, the

best sweetener out there. It's sweet, but sugar free and there's no

risk of it being toxic. From what I've gathered it's been used for

hundreds of years in various parts of the world. It even contains

various trace minerals and anti-cavity properties. Many people here

seem to appreciate raw honey, which I think is okay used in small

amounts (although it's still almost pure sugar when you get down to it).

Sucralose is derived from sugar IIRC and everything shows it to be

safe (except for the ever-prevalent internet scares out there).

Never heard of erythritol.

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> > You might be right, it looks possibly overblown. I did a little

> looking, and

> > it looks like potential dangerous stuff-- aspartame DOES raise

> methanol and

> > fermaldehyde blood levels, but it might be true that exposure to

> these are even

> > greater from non-aspartame sources, in which case it might be

> insignificant.

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> > Also I'd taken the claims of neurotoxicity of phenylalinine at face

> value

> > which I've read from a variety of sources, but it looks like this

> might primarily

> > be a problem with people that have an inborn problem with

> metabolising

> > phenylalynine.

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> > So what is probably the case is that in normal humans under normal

> > circumstances aspartame is not signficantly neurotoxic, but that if

> it is stored at high

> > temperatures including those reached during summer heat waves it

> could be

> > very, very neurotoxic, and for people with problems metabolising

> phenylalinine or

> > aspartic acid, it could be neurotoxic.

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> > This might explain the discrepancy between the anecdotal evidence

> and the

> > experimental evidence.

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> > In which case severe caution should still be exercised with using

> it, but

> > chances might be that it's safe rather than not safe.

> >

> > Chris

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>> That was hilarious! I've got to share it with my sister,

she's doing Atkins (the diet that is, not the guy). <<

LOL, that's good..... he's been dead since last spring and that would be even

grosser than eating placentas.

Christie

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wtsdv wrote on Saturday, October 04, 2003 2:25 AM

<<<However my problem with stevia is that I think it tastes pretty bad in almost

anything but chocolate or tea, and I only occasionally crave chocolate, and

don't like my green tea sweetened either. I've been using sucralose, which

tastes pretty good,

especially the kind for baking which contains a lot of maltodextrin (-:, but

have been a little worried about possible long-term harm. I really like the

taste of F.O.S., but it's outrageously expensive.>>>

----- I tried stevia once as an experiment [the unrefined stuff] and found it

awful!...

however my experience with 'sweet stuff' is that it's an acquired taste...

when I decided to cut out sugar and artificial sweeteners from my hot beverages,

I did it gradually... I remember how for the first few days, a coffee with one

sugar [instead of the usual 2] tasted unpleasantly bitter... then it became OK

as I got accustomed to the new taste... then I dropped the sugar altogether

including from espresso and 'Turkish coffee' which was quite a shock at first...

nowadays if someone, by mistake, serves me with sweetened coffee or tea I just

can't drink it... too sweet... my DH used to drink his tea with 4 !!! tsp of

sugar [and milk] when we met... he gradually dropped the amount of sugar and now

has tea and coffee with none!!

a 'sweet tooth' can be re-programmed, and ARTIFICIAL sweeteners are

probably/certainly something we'd be better off without

Dedy

PS - sweetened green tea is sacrilege ! -)

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I have found that there is a great variation in taste between the brands

of stevia. If you don't like one try another. Personally, I prefer the

Now brand regular stevia, not their glycerite. For some reason the

glycerite doesn't seem as sweet and I need to use much more.

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> Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2003 01:25:22 -0000

> From: " wtsdv " <liberty@...>

>Subject: Sweeteners (was Re: Guilt, satiety, calorie restriction...)

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>>Stevia is definitely safe from everything I've read, and, IMHO, the

>>best sweetener out there. It's sweet, but sugar free and there's no

>>risk of it being toxic. From what I've gathered it's been used for

>>hundreds of years in various parts of the world.

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>I definitely feel more comfortable using stevia than

>any of the others. However my problem with stevia is

>that I think it tastes pretty bad in almost anything

>but chocolate or tea, and I only occasionally crave

>chocolate, and don't like my green tea sweetened either.

>I've been using sucralose, which tastes pretty good,

>especially the kind for baking which contains a lot of

>maltodextrin (-:, but have been a little worried about

>possible long-term harm. I really like the taste of

>F.O.S., but it's outrageously expensive.

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