Re: Artificial Sweeteners...specifically Splenda

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I'm with you, Patty. I never knowingly ingest any artificial sweeteners.

They are man-made poisons. And you are right, every one of them tastes

nasty! I brought home some plain, non-fat yogurt from the store the other

day. It was a different brand than I normally buy but it was all the store

had at the time. I took one bite of it and it had a nasty sweetness to it.

Plain yogurt is not sweet at all! It had Splenda in it. YUCK! In the

trash it went.

When I bake at the holidays for my extended family, I use turbinado because

it does well in recipes. Other than that, I don't use any sweeteners at

all. Fruit is about the only sweet thing I eat any more and because of it,

I have completely lost my sweet tooth.

Kenda

> Absolutely, I agree that all those artificial sweeteners have no place in a

> healthy diet.

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> I have not ever willingly ingested saccharin, nutrasweet, sucralose,

> aspartame, or any other of those freaky sugars.

> They taste just gross to me. Anyone else? But my main concern was always

> that they were not natural! They are chemicals!

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> The only sweeteners I allow in my diet, believeing them to be safe to use are

> Sucanat, stevia, and raw honey. (And I think limiting them is a good idea

> too!)

> Thanks for sharing your experience Sandy. Very important.

> Merry Christmas!

> Patty

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> Artificial Sweetners...specifically Splenda

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> Ladies...I have recently become convinced that some of my symptons are

> related to Splenda and artifical sweetners. For those that do not

> know me, I had my implants taken out in July of 2006. There was an

> almost immediate benefit. My horrible skin rash went away and my

> energy levels went up.

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> However, I continued to periodically develop some blurry vision, some

> bloating and increase level of joint pain in my feet as well as a

> strange " tingling " that felt almost like a burning.

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> I realized that while I knew of the dangers of articial sweetners,

> specifically the new Splenda, I had allowed myself to believe that ALL

> of my symptons were related to my implants and started to drink my

> loved Diet Coke again and to use articial sweetners in my coffee...etc.

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> About 5 days ago, I decided to do another test and get off of all the

> artifical sweetners that had found their way back into my life.

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> My vision is no longer blurry, my feet do not tingled, the bloating is

> much better.

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> So for those of you that have these symptons, you might consider

> doing your own test and get off artificial sweetners for a week to see

> how you feel. It is so easy to get seduced into using this stuff,

> since it is everywhere and in practically everything.

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> Implants may have made us " supersensitive " to the chemicals found in a

> lot of things. Or ...vice versa ...for that matter. Spenda has 3

> chlorine molucles attached to a sucralose molecule. Some researchers

> liken it to a pesticide and chlorocarbon.

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