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

[Guest guest]

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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> > ,

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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.

> >

> > 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.

> >

> > 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.

> >

> > This might explain the discrepancy between the anecdotal evidence

> and the

> > experimental evidence.

> >

> > 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