Re: Morning sickness & Splenda

[Guest guest]

From my understanding, Splenda is made from sugar, so I think it's

perfectly fine for during pregnancy.

I have a hard time discerning whether I'm feeling bad from morning

sickness, or RNY sickness. I'm only a year out, so I still have times

where certain foods don't quite agree with me. So I'm just getting used

to not feeling well, and I just deal with it.

I'm just having a real hard time with the constant exhaustion. I'm so

tired ALL the time. I don't remember this with my first pregnancy, but

that WAS 9 years ago. I feel like such a slug, and hubby is having to

do everything around the house 'cuz I'm in bed everynight asleep by

7:30. How pathetic. I'm only 8 weeks, so I'm afraid I have more of

this to come.

Kim in North Texas

Jeanette wrote:

> Hey there everybody!

>

> I found out a week and a half ago that I am 5 weeks pregnant. I

> have a couple questions for you guys.

>

> First, did anyone experience morning sickness in a different sort of

> way? I have not had ANY problems with feeling sick to my stomach

> but after eating my breakfast each morning I get the runs pretty

> bad. It doesn't seem to be related to the kind of food I am eating,

> mostly protein in the morning. Anyone else experience anything like

> that??

>

> Second, what is your take on Splenda? Is it safe for the baby?? I

> know I should stay away from aspertame like nutrasweet and other

> artificial sweeteners, but isn't Splenda made from a plant? I like

> these drinks called " Fruit 2 o " and they are made with splenda.

>

> Thanks in advance for your response =)

>

> Jeanette in IL

>

> Lap RNY 5-9-03 264/143/135 eventually!

>

> Mommy to Sammy 10-23-00

> 5 1/2 weeks preggo EDD 5-17-05

[Guest guest]

From my understanding, Splenda is made from sugar, so I think it's

perfectly fine for during pregnancy.

I have a hard time discerning whether I'm feeling bad from morning

sickness, or RNY sickness. I'm only a year out, so I still have times

where certain foods don't quite agree with me. So I'm just getting used

to not feeling well, and I just deal with it.

I'm just having a real hard time with the constant exhaustion. I'm so

tired ALL the time. I don't remember this with my first pregnancy, but

that WAS 9 years ago. I feel like such a slug, and hubby is having to

do everything around the house 'cuz I'm in bed everynight asleep by

7:30. How pathetic. I'm only 8 weeks, so I'm afraid I have more of

this to come.

Kim in North Texas

Jeanette wrote:

> Hey there everybody!

>

> I found out a week and a half ago that I am 5 weeks pregnant. I

> have a couple questions for you guys.

>

> First, did anyone experience morning sickness in a different sort of

> way? I have not had ANY problems with feeling sick to my stomach

> but after eating my breakfast each morning I get the runs pretty

> bad. It doesn't seem to be related to the kind of food I am eating,

> mostly protein in the morning. Anyone else experience anything like

> that??

>

> Second, what is your take on Splenda? Is it safe for the baby?? I

> know I should stay away from aspertame like nutrasweet and other

> artificial sweeteners, but isn't Splenda made from a plant? I like

> these drinks called " Fruit 2 o " and they are made with splenda.

>

> Thanks in advance for your response =)

>

> Jeanette in IL

>

> Lap RNY 5-9-03 264/143/135 eventually!

>

> Mommy to Sammy 10-23-00

> 5 1/2 weeks preggo EDD 5-17-05

[Guest guest]

hey kim, that's perfectly normal, i was so tired with my first and this one til

i was 12 weeks and i had a hard time with this one figuring out wether is was

morning or rny sickness also. finally i'm on medication that works and i have

no sickness!!!! thank God for my one phenergan at night and 3 zofran a day!

LOL...once you hit 12 weeks your exhaustion should get better...good luck...

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Re: Morning sickness & Splenda

From my understanding, Splenda is made from sugar, so I think it's

perfectly fine for during pregnancy.

I have a hard time discerning whether I'm feeling bad from morning

sickness, or RNY sickness. I'm only a year out, so I still have times

where certain foods don't quite agree with me. So I'm just getting used

to not feeling well, and I just deal with it.

I'm just having a real hard time with the constant exhaustion. I'm so

tired ALL the time. I don't remember this with my first pregnancy, but

that WAS 9 years ago. I feel like such a slug, and hubby is having to

do everything around the house 'cuz I'm in bed everynight asleep by

7:30. How pathetic. I'm only 8 weeks, so I'm afraid I have more of

this to come.

Kim in North Texas

Jeanette wrote:

> Hey there everybody!

>

> I found out a week and a half ago that I am 5 weeks pregnant. I

> have a couple questions for you guys.

>

> First, did anyone experience morning sickness in a different sort of

> way? I have not had ANY problems with feeling sick to my stomach

> but after eating my breakfast each morning I get the runs pretty

> bad. It doesn't seem to be related to the kind of food I am eating,

> mostly protein in the morning. Anyone else experience anything like

> that??

>

> Second, what is your take on Splenda? Is it safe for the baby?? I

> know I should stay away from aspertame like nutrasweet and other

> artificial sweeteners, but isn't Splenda made from a plant? I like

> these drinks called " Fruit 2 o " and they are made with splenda.

>

> Thanks in advance for your response =)

>

> Jeanette in IL

>

> Lap RNY 5-9-03 264/143/135 eventually!

>

> Mommy to Sammy 10-23-00

> 5 1/2 weeks preggo EDD 5-17-05

[Guest guest]

hey kim, that's perfectly normal, i was so tired with my first and this one til

i was 12 weeks and i had a hard time with this one figuring out wether is was

morning or rny sickness also. finally i'm on medication that works and i have

no sickness!!!! thank God for my one phenergan at night and 3 zofran a day!

LOL...once you hit 12 weeks your exhaustion should get better...good luck...

aka mom2ben99 (jennilee75@...)

Kay Independent Beauty Consultant

http://www.marykay.com/koopmans

I have all your summer care needs...tanning lotion, sunblock, even sunblock for

your lips, get yours today!

Re: Morning sickness & Splenda

From my understanding, Splenda is made from sugar, so I think it's

perfectly fine for during pregnancy.

I have a hard time discerning whether I'm feeling bad from morning

sickness, or RNY sickness. I'm only a year out, so I still have times

where certain foods don't quite agree with me. So I'm just getting used

to not feeling well, and I just deal with it.

I'm just having a real hard time with the constant exhaustion. I'm so

tired ALL the time. I don't remember this with my first pregnancy, but

that WAS 9 years ago. I feel like such a slug, and hubby is having to

do everything around the house 'cuz I'm in bed everynight asleep by

7:30. How pathetic. I'm only 8 weeks, so I'm afraid I have more of

this to come.

Kim in North Texas

Jeanette wrote:

> Hey there everybody!

>

> I found out a week and a half ago that I am 5 weeks pregnant. I

> have a couple questions for you guys.

>

> First, did anyone experience morning sickness in a different sort of

> way? I have not had ANY problems with feeling sick to my stomach

> but after eating my breakfast each morning I get the runs pretty

> bad. It doesn't seem to be related to the kind of food I am eating,

> mostly protein in the morning. Anyone else experience anything like

> that??

>

> Second, what is your take on Splenda? Is it safe for the baby?? I

> know I should stay away from aspertame like nutrasweet and other

> artificial sweeteners, but isn't Splenda made from a plant? I like

> these drinks called " Fruit 2 o " and they are made with splenda.

>

> Thanks in advance for your response =)

>

> Jeanette in IL

>

> Lap RNY 5-9-03 264/143/135 eventually!

>

> Mommy to Sammy 10-23-00

> 5 1/2 weeks preggo EDD 5-17-05

[Guest guest]

> From my understanding, Splenda is made from sugar, so I think it's

> perfectly fine for during pregnancy.

Actually it is made by bonding sugar to a chlorine atom, chlorinating

it in the hopes that the body then cannot break down the sugars before

it passes thru the digestive system. It is widely accepted to be safe

but there is also significant evidence that it is NOT as safe as they

would want you to believe. Splenda depends on the fact that is starts

with sugar to convince people anything with a natural sugar base must

still besafe and that isn't necessarily true.

I KNOW I am in that tiny minority that gets short-term severe

neurological reactions to it in even a single serving so I now avoid

it. It gives me hand tremors, headaches, aphasia and a lack of

concentration. It happened each time I tried it. type in " splenda

reactions " to any search engine and read up on the problems with it.

The FDA is nothing more than a lobbyists dream and it is no

coincidence that the head of the FDA oftens leaves the FDA and goes

straight to become CEO of the companies that manufacture splenda,

nutrasweet etc. (Or head up the law firms that exclusively represent

those artificial sweeteners). Splenda is artifical. The plant based

one that Jeannette might be thinking of is called Stevia and it is

widely used in europe and central america and has been used safely for

over a century without the side effects and problems of the artifical

sweeteners. It is allowed to be sold in the US but it is forbidden to

include the word " sweeten " on their label due to the lobbying of

splendaand nutrasweet.

I know some of this stuff sounds like the nutritional Xfiles, but

sadly it is true. I am a natural and organic kind of girl and I don't

even microwave my foods because there is research that indicates that

the rapid reversal of polarity on proteins makes them lose as much as

half of the proteins that we can absorb from them (when RE-heated, NOT

when originally heated). Anyway I avoid all the artificial sweeteners

and stick to stevia.

Colleen