Re: Splenda - good or bad?

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I don't know anything about Splenda, but I tried it and didn't like it that

much. I do like Stevia though...it tastes kind of herby, but also sweet.

Not that artificial taste. I think it's about the same cost as splenda.

Since Stevia's an herb, it should be 'safe'.

kristi

Splenda - good or bad?

> Hi All,

>

> Just wondering if anybody here has any info on the new sweetener

" splenda " .

> Is it good (or at least ok) for those of us with Graves or should it be

avoided

> like aspertame? I was at a party for a friend yesterday who is a nurse,

and

> he said it is all natural as it's derived from sugar, but somehow it isn't

> absorbed into your body like sugar. Hoping to hear that it's okay, as I

really

> miss my diet cokes and other drinks and am getting tired of just water and

would

> like to be able to have a little variety. Whine, whine, whine. :-)

>

> Thanks in advance to any and all who respond!

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Yes splenda does not contain aspartame. My mother & sister are diabetic and they

both use that since their docs and nutritionist both warned against aspartame.

Splenda - good or bad?

> Hi All,

>

> Just wondering if anybody here has any info on the new sweetener

" splenda " .

> Is it good (or at least ok) for those of us with Graves or should it be

avoided

> like aspertame? I was at a party for a friend yesterday who is a nurse,

and

> he said it is all natural as it's derived from sugar, but somehow it isn't

> absorbed into your body like sugar. Hoping to hear that it's okay, as I

really

> miss my diet cokes and other drinks and am getting tired of just water and

would

> like to be able to have a little variety. Whine, whine, whine. :-)

>

> Thanks in advance to any and all who respond!

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Please be careful. Both Splenda and Maltitol, sugars used in lo carb

products, can have negative side effects. Maltitol is worse. Whole Foods will

not carry products using those ingredients. I'm off to Mexico and cleaning out

my mail boxes. Would write more if I could. Take care, zoey

[Guest guest]

and All,

There is the confusion. Stevia - Splenda...

I always get the two mixed up when reading / typing. :-)

But Stevia is the one in my kitchen and it is find for Graves'.

-Pam L -

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the responses everybody. I do have stevia extract, and it's

okay.....at least I've gotten used to it a substitute in my decaf coffe. What I

was

wondering is if it's okay to eat or drink stuff that uses splenda as a

sweetener. I know yoplait makes a smoothie drink that has it, and Hansen's has a

decaf green tea that's sweetened with the stuff as well. Since I haven't heard

anybody say anything negative about it, I guess I may give it a whirl. :-)

[Guest guest]

,

That is a NO on Splenda. It is very often a trigger for hyper, and is NOT

good for the immune system.

It is these sort of ingredients that are part of what OUR bodies finally can

no longer tolerate and we end up with our genetic predisposition to Graves'

becoming a reality.

Many have the Graves' gene and never go over the limit of clusters of

triggers that set it off. And most people do not have severe reactions to

chemical additives. Though they may never feel quite right, or complain of

some ailment... which the doctor says has no known cause....

But once Graves' becomes active we may choose to heal and settle into

remission, with our thyroid gland intact, or we may choose to do away with

our thyroid gland, in ignorance. But now you have the choice to make.

I AM in remission. But anytime I slip up and have a small amount of chemical

additive in my meal, because I was unaware at the time my friend had used it

in her / his cooking... I react almost immediately. Seems to depend on which

chemical it is, and the amount, as I have reacted in as little as 10 minutes

and as long as an hour later.

It causes my heartbeat to speed up, I feel off somehow, I have trouble

staying seated and following a group conversation, as I have this 'thing'

happen where I want to get up and do anything to distract myself from the

uncomfortable hyper feeling.

Recently I reacted quite suddenly and it was such a surprise as not only

did I have my heart speed up, but I became visibly flushed and the

perspiration on my face and chest became an embarrassing subject of

conversation. Sigh... at least now they believe me. :-(

Then these chemicals keep me awake later than I wish, as I am sort of

buzzing in a very odd, bad sort of way. When sleep finally comes it is

restless.

The following two days I feel 'hung over'... hypo exhausted. On the third

day, I seem to always wake with a mysterious feeling of relief that it is

over and life is once again back to normal. The light seems brighter and the

air fresher. My body does not ache and complain to sit down and space out in

useless activity.

'Normal' people say things like.... my mood is such and such today... I woke

up on the wrong side of the bed, I don't know... I just feel off some how

today. Things like that. I often wonder if they to react to the chemical

laden foods that are the big sellers in America today. ??? And somehow they

manage to not step over the inviable line. ???

But I choose to keep my thyroid gland, and find remission. The way that

worked for ME, was finding what foods, chemicals in our environment affect

me. Once I found 'most' of them... I no longer needed drugs ( ATDs ) to

control my reactions to them.

And I am willing to avoid them the rest of my life in order to have all the

glands I believe are vital to live a happy old age.

I have been on boards and lists like this for some time now, and one thing I

see a clear pattern in is people like Sandy... who took this seriously right

off the bat, and focused on all the triggers that affect her... she is in

remission too. And naturally her doctors and mine say we are 'rare'... that

it is all a matter of luck.... But I see the pattern over and over.

Skip all the chemicals in food ... and air fresheners, some personal

products etc. Just don't pollute yourself. You don't have to be a fanatic.

Watch the iodine. We need only 100 to 150 mcg per day. But we DO need that.

I balanced the fact that it is impossible to avoid some extra iodine that I

LOVE... dairy... with extra goitrogens. And still do. There are tons of

wonderful goitrogens... not just broccoli.

And skip the Splenda. LOL :-)

Once you are very stable, and on a low maintenance dose of ATD... then you

will want to experiment with such things, and find YOUR tolerance level to

each new food. But for now, it seems reasonable to stick with just real food

There are LOTS of real foods. ... Anything Grandma would have been cooking

for the family, before all this convience stuff.

True... most folks do not pay such close attention to their body. But I have

always been ' such a sensitive creature' ( as my sweetie comments ) and I

have always felt things more intently than others, but at least it has been

useful on this occasion.

And even if that evening it was embarrassing, the feeling of validation was

finally there. No... I am not imagining this stuff.

Now as long as they don't figure out to do it on purpose I am OK. History

is that every time I was slipped chemicals at their place, my hyper has

expressed itself in my deep cleaning their kitchen during the wee hours

since I couldn't sleep anyway. Might sound good... but the two days of being

sick afterwards is not worth it.

-Pam L -

3 1/2 years Graves', TED, and PTU. Remission due to SLOW reduction of PTU

(despite an incompetent endo ! ), improved lifestyle, excellent nutrition,

herbs, and looking at the big picture.

Pills alone only help the symptoms. We must help our bodies to heal.

[Guest guest]

Can diabetics use stevia? Just wondering.

Re: Splenda - good or bad?

Thanks for the responses everybody. I do have stevia extract, and it's

okay.....at least I've gotten used to it a substitute in my decaf coffe. What

I was

wondering is if it's okay to eat or drink stuff that uses splenda as a

sweetener. I know yoplait makes a smoothie drink that has it, and Hansen's has

a

decaf green tea that's sweetened with the stuff as well. Since I haven't heard

anybody say anything negative about it, I guess I may give it a whirl. :-)

[Guest guest]

http://www.holisticmed.com/splenda/

[Guest guest]

We use Splenda almost exclusively at home and I have had no troubles with it

(except in the search for the perfect peanut butter cookie, you gotta have at

least brown sugar to get them to turn out right, stright Splenda doesn't do it.

They turn out too delicate and dusty, tho with a very good flavor).

We recently found out that Shasta is switching all their sugar-free sodas from

aspartame to sucralose for sweeteners, so we'll now have a greater variety to

chose from at half the cost of Hansen's and Diet Rite.

Jean C