Re: artificial sweetners/sugar

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on 7/10/2002 8:31 AM, joesmad2001 at fernaj@... wrote:

> After reading all these posts on artificial sweeteners I have come to

> the conclusion not to use any of them. When I do baking such as

> muffins I use Brown Sugar or with pancakes I use honey. Adds maybe

> 20 calories per item. I also drink just water, an occasional glass

> of wine or fruit juice, skim milk, and black decaf coffee once a

> day.

> One of the goals of CRON is to avoid " What is going to kill you " and

> seams avoiding artificial sweeteners is a good way to avoid future

> illnesses. I prefer not to wait for long term studies.

>

> Joe

Obviously if you have a bad reaction to any AS's (as some people claim

they do) it's best to avoid them. I enjoy my sucralose and feel it's helped

me stay on CR. So use common sense. Sugar in moderation is OK. Too much

and you're not on CR anymore; also sugar increases appetite, unfortunately.

Nevertheless as everyone knows I eat a bit in my Total cereal and now and

then have a teeny sugary treat. (Everyone pls note the subject heading is

now changed of this thread).

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In a message dated 7/10/02 2:17:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time, r061n@... writes:

The other thing to remember is that sucralose is so concentrated that most

people use only a tiny amount. Even if it does have some negative effect at

high dose, one would probably not experience them at the minimal amounts

that is normally ingested.

That may be so, but why risk it if there are safe alternatives? I have been using stevia powder (white) for years and it works just like the AS, but comes from the stevia plant. All natural, safe. Just a thought...

:-) a

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>they do) it's best to avoid them. I enjoy my sucralose and feel it's

>helped

>me stay on CR. So use common sense.

The other thing to remember is that sucralose is so concentrated that most

people use only a tiny amount. Even if it does have some negative effect at

high dose, one would probably not experience them at the minimal amounts

that is normally ingested.

- Robin

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In a message dated 7/11/02 1:15:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time, r061n@... writes:

My understanding is that there are MORE health concerns about Stevia. Just

because something's natural doesn't mean it's good. Belladonna is natural,

too, but I'm not eating it.

It all depends on the dosage/dilution...:-) No, natural doesn't necessarily equal good. Neither does man-made equal safe. I have yet to come across a substantiated well documented "health concern" pertaining to non-caloric stevia and until I do, I consider it time-tested and safe, a decision based on a lot of info devoured over the years...:-) Again, it all boils down to individual choices...

:-) a

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>That may be so, but why risk it if there are safe alternatives? I have been

>using stevia powder (white) for years and it works just like the AS, but

>comes from the stevia plant. All natural, safe. Just a thought...

>

>:-) a

My understanding is that there are MORE health concerns about Stevia. Just

because something's natural doesn't mean it's good. Belladonna is natural,

too, but I'm not eating it.

Here's some info on Stevia's (possible) dangers:

http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/1677.html

http://www.cspinet.org/additives/stevia/

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