Comments on: Sweeteners: Artificial Varieties http://blog.healthyeats.com/blog/2009/02/06/artificial-sweeteners/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:39:50 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Linda http://blog.healthyeats.com/blog/2009/02/06/artificial-sweeteners/comment-page-1/#comment-8218 Linda Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:02:31 +0000 http://blog.healthyeats.com/?p=1724#comment-8218 I had to stop consuming products with aspartame as it was affecting my nervous system! The nerves in my feet were so bad that it was pure pain to have someone touch the bottom of them. My cholesterol level dropped 100 points when I stopped consuming products with aspartame. If you want to have your eyes opened to what these wonderful chemical can do your body check out the book Sweet POISON by Janet Starr Hull, PhD, CN. After reading this I wonder what other kind of chemicals used in our food is affecting all of us! I had to stop consuming products with aspartame as it was affecting my nervous system! The nerves in my feet were so bad that it was pure pain to have someone touch the bottom of them. My cholesterol level dropped 100 points when I stopped consuming products with aspartame. If you want to have your eyes opened to what these wonderful chemical can do your body check out the book Sweet POISON by Janet Starr Hull, PhD, CN. After reading this I wonder what other kind of chemicals used in our food is affecting all of us!

]]> By: danawhite http://blog.healthyeats.com/blog/2009/02/06/artificial-sweeteners/comment-page-1/#comment-3529 danawhite Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:38:49 +0000 http://blog.healthyeats.com/?p=1724#comment-3529 Hi Peggy - you're correct, we'll make the change- thanks! Hi Peggy – you're correct, we'll make the change- thanks!

]]> By: Peggy http://blog.healthyeats.com/blog/2009/02/06/artificial-sweeteners/comment-page-1/#comment-3525 Peggy Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:00:55 +0000 http://blog.healthyeats.com/?p=1724#comment-3525 Your commentary on artificial sweetners contains the following - "...there are many agencies that advise against avoiding saccharin if you can." I would have to believe that you meant to say that the agencies advise against using saccharin. Or, perhaps, advise avoiding saccharin. But certainly not "advise against avoiding saccharin". You may want to change your wording. Your commentary on artificial sweetners contains the following – "…there are many agencies that advise against avoiding saccharin if you can." I would have to believe that you meant to say that the agencies advise against using saccharin. Or, perhaps, advise avoiding saccharin. But certainly not "advise against avoiding saccharin". You may want to change your wording.

]]> By: Cindy Watanabe http://blog.healthyeats.com/blog/2009/02/06/artificial-sweeteners/comment-page-1/#comment-3523 Cindy Watanabe Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:53:01 +0000 http://blog.healthyeats.com/?p=1724#comment-3523 So what would everyone suggest diabetics use to sweeten say coffee? My husband is diabetic and drinks tons of coffee in the morning. Then during the day he drinks things like Crystal Light. I'm wondering if his weird mood swings isn't related to the Equal he uses on a daily basis. I also use it to sweeten my tea but after reading all this, I think it's time to change. So what would everyone suggest diabetics use to sweeten say coffee? My husband is diabetic and drinks tons of coffee in the morning. Then during the day he drinks things like Crystal Light. I'm wondering if his weird mood swings isn't related to the Equal he uses on a daily basis. I also use it to sweeten my tea but after reading all this, I think it's time to change.

]]> By: Dom http://blog.healthyeats.com/blog/2009/02/06/artificial-sweeteners/comment-page-1/#comment-792 Dom Sat, 07 Mar 2009 19:20:46 +0000 http://blog.healthyeats.com/?p=1724#comment-792 Wow Anita, ever try giving up sweets all together! You act as if it is life threatening! Wow Anita, ever try giving up sweets all together! You act as if it is life threatening!

]]> By: Maria Minno http://blog.healthyeats.com/blog/2009/02/06/artificial-sweeteners/comment-page-1/#comment-788 Maria Minno Sat, 07 Mar 2009 04:29:18 +0000 http://blog.healthyeats.com/?p=1724#comment-788 HFCS does not only wipe out your liver as though you were an alcoholic, it is most likely made from genetically modified corn, and is contaminated by mercury. If the food industry is making ads FOR it, you know it must be bad. Don't eat anything you see advertised. If there is an ad for it, that means they are trying to convince you to eat it, so don't! If you can't tell what it is made of by looking at it, don't eat it. If you don't know what the contents are when you read the names on the label, how will your body recognize it? Avoid it! Check out this link on food additives: http://www.truthinlabeling.org/ HFCS does not only wipe out your liver as though you were an alcoholic, it is most likely made from genetically modified corn, and is contaminated by mercury. If the food industry is making ads FOR it, you know it must be bad. Don’t eat anything you see advertised. If there is an ad for it, that means they are trying to convince you to eat it, so don’t! If you can’t tell what it is made of by looking at it, don’t eat it. If you don’t know what the contents are when you read the names on the label, how will your body recognize it? Avoid it!

Check out this link on food additives:
http://www.truthinlabeling.org/

]]> By: Maria Minno http://blog.healthyeats.com/blog/2009/02/06/artificial-sweeteners/comment-page-1/#comment-787 Maria Minno Sat, 07 Mar 2009 04:21:27 +0000 http://blog.healthyeats.com/?p=1724#comment-787 Don't eat processed foods. Don't eat sugar, artificial sweeteners, xylitol, or HFCS, they are all bad. Eat a high fat diet (healthy animal fats and coconut oil) and fermented foods that help you lose weight, support a friendly gut flora, and get rid of that candida that makes you want sweets and carbs so much. Aspartame and MSG cause damage to the hypothalamus that kills your ability to feel satisfied. Not only does it cause obesity, but it causes depression, mental disorders, and cancer. My mother in law thought she was fine using aspartame for years, too, but she died of a very fast-growing brain tumor in a matter of a few weeks. Don’t eat processed foods. Don’t eat sugar, artificial sweeteners, xylitol, or HFCS, they are all bad. Eat a high fat diet (healthy animal fats and coconut oil) and fermented foods that help you lose weight, support a friendly gut flora, and get rid of that candida that makes you want sweets and carbs so much. Aspartame and MSG cause damage to the hypothalamus that kills your ability to feel satisfied. Not only does it cause obesity, but it causes depression, mental disorders, and cancer. My mother in law thought she was fine using aspartame for years, too, but she died of a very fast-growing brain tumor in a matter of a few weeks.

]]> By: Lisa http://blog.healthyeats.com/blog/2009/02/06/artificial-sweeteners/comment-page-1/#comment-755 Lisa Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:53:20 +0000 http://blog.healthyeats.com/?p=1724#comment-755 Why are people so afraid of Stevia when it has no reports of toxicity and has been used for over 500 years that we know of? Japan has been using it for 30 years with no side effects. I like the flavored Sweetleaf stevia drops. Since I gave up artificial sweeteners, I swear I'm a happier person. My daughter complains about all her teachers being crabby and I told her it's all the diet soda they guzzle everyday. Why are people so afraid of Stevia when it has no reports of toxicity and has been used for over 500 years that we know of? Japan has been using it for 30 years with no side effects. I like the flavored Sweetleaf stevia drops. Since I gave up artificial sweeteners, I swear I’m a happier person. My daughter complains about all her teachers being crabby and I told her it’s all the diet soda they guzzle everyday.

]]> By: B http://blog.healthyeats.com/blog/2009/02/06/artificial-sweeteners/comment-page-1/#comment-752 B Thu, 05 Mar 2009 07:36:35 +0000 http://blog.healthyeats.com/?p=1724#comment-752 I too have an issue with all artificial sweeteners to include more than the ingredients listed above. It is located in many non food products... OTC medicines, toothpastes, chapsticks, mouthwash etc. I have to read ingredients lists because if I get into a minute amount (Idon't even have to swallow it)... I have joint pain, migraines, swollen glands, swellings, vommitting, IBS symptoms mouth blishters and more... Here is a list of other names it can come under: Polysorbate 60, Polysorbate 80, polysorbate 20, polysorbate 100, potassium sorbate, Aspartame, Neotame, sorbitol, splenda, acesulfame k, sucralose, saccharin, rebiana, cyclamate, sorbitan monostearate, mannitol, phenylalanine I too have an issue with all artificial sweeteners to include more than the ingredients listed above. It is located in many non food products… OTC medicines, toothpastes, chapsticks, mouthwash etc. I have to read ingredients lists because if I get into a minute amount (Idon’t even have to swallow it)… I have joint pain, migraines, swollen glands, swellings, vommitting, IBS symptoms mouth blishters and more… Here is a list of other names it can come under:
Polysorbate 60, Polysorbate 80, polysorbate 20, polysorbate 100, potassium sorbate, Aspartame, Neotame, sorbitol, splenda, acesulfame k, sucralose, saccharin, rebiana, cyclamate, sorbitan monostearate, mannitol, phenylalanine

]]> By: J http://blog.healthyeats.com/blog/2009/02/06/artificial-sweeteners/comment-page-1/#comment-737 J Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:27:54 +0000 http://blog.healthyeats.com/?p=1724#comment-737 When stevia has an aftertaste, it means you used too much. To sweeten an entire pitcher of iced tea you should be using less than a teaspoon. For a cup of tea I literally just sprinkle a tiny bit in and it's perfect! Also, you can grow it in your herb garden, dry the leaves, and just use those so it doesn't have to be processed at all! I love honey, agave, turbinado sugar, and pure cane sugar too, but I do use stevia in certain kinds of tea. I'm repulsed by the taste of artificial sweeteners -- they really just taste like chemicals to me. So if I accidentally have something containing them I just spit it out and go on my merry way :) (People think I'm weird because they can't tell the difference as easily as I can... but I think they're weird because they think that garbage tastes good, so I guess it evens out!) When stevia has an aftertaste, it means you used too much. To sweeten an entire pitcher of iced tea you should be using less than a teaspoon. For a cup of tea I literally just sprinkle a tiny bit in and it’s perfect! Also, you can grow it in your herb garden, dry the leaves, and just use those so it doesn’t have to be processed at all! I love honey, agave, turbinado sugar, and pure cane sugar too, but I do use stevia in certain kinds of tea. I’m repulsed by the taste of artificial sweeteners — they really just taste like chemicals to me. So if I accidentally have something containing them I just spit it out and go on my merry way :) (People think I’m weird because they can’t tell the difference as easily as I can… but I think they’re weird because they think that garbage tastes good, so I guess it evens out!)

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