What do you think of aspartame?
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Yeah, apparently they use stevia there.
I bought some stevia extract today...like 1/2 tsp sweetend a gallon of tea. A bit of a bitter aftertaste.
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yes stevia is great.. I am growing some.
apparently the leaves of stevia are 200 times sweeter than sugar, and it has a licorice after taste..
I am growing all essential herb for my own tea bags, and this is what I will use to sweeten it.. along with organic honey.
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I've also got a Stevia plant growing in the garden. It's extremely sweeter than I thought it would be.
As far as aspartame goes, I can't stand the taste or nasty aftertaste that seems to linger in the back of my throat.
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The extract is unbelievable sweet, the one I bought comes in a spice type bottle and is only half full, but it has 940 servings! It comes with this tiny ass plastic scoop.
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it is poison from what i know of it. thanks to rumsfeld, it got pushed through. avoid it like the plague.
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Think Nutrasweet and Equal (the blue packet).
Personally, I use Splenda (the yellow packet).
The pink pact is Sweet'n'Low, but I forget what they use... (maybe it's the Splenda rotting my brain that makes me not remember.)
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They are putting it in foods that do not say "diet" on them. You'll have to learn to read labels and learn the other names they use. Look at gum for example: Juicy Fruit regular gum has aspartame in it. I found this out the hard way because I get excruciating headaches from anything laced with aspartame--unbeknown to me, I found out it was in the gum I chewed--which never had aspartame in it before nor is it diet.
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I hear Commercial Pilots are prohibited from using it.
It's delicious.
I would use Splenda, but it is terrible for baking.
It really wouldn't be as much of an issue for me if products I could buy from the store would use real sugar instead of High Fructose Corn Syrup... because to me, Aspartame is a better option.
I would use Splenda, but it is terrible for baking.
It really wouldn't be as much of an issue for me if products I could buy from the store would use real sugar instead of High Fructose Corn Syrup... because to me, Aspartame is a better option.
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I doubt it's any kind of conspiracy or anything. To me, it's like most other synthesized foods... you're eating something that wasn't intended by nature, so there is going to be a chance that it doesn't react well with your body. The fact that it was the accidental result of someone trying to create a drug to fight ulcers doesn't really speak much for it being a good idea for healthy people to take in high doses (or even multiple small doses). It's like if you took Oxycontin and found out it tastes like chicken, then decided to use it like bouillon. Never mind that it wasn't intended to be a food additive, it tastes good so let's market it as such!
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Aspartame as far as I know is safe. The brain study was bs. It was done on mice and the mice were fed ridiculous levels of aspartame (1000 times more than we can consume). Over time effects depend on whether your body can break it down in time or not.
So basically if you are concerned you are better safe then sorry. For me it's a non issue because I don't consume dietary drinks and like sugar more.
I suggest some one interested in reading labels take an organic chem course. So much will make sense after it and will make your research in food much more productive.
So basically if you are concerned you are better safe then sorry. For me it's a non issue because I don't consume dietary drinks and like sugar more.
I suggest some one interested in reading labels take an organic chem course. So much will make sense after it and will make your research in food much more productive.
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I believe there is not artificial sweetener that is safe.
Everything which is in the "artificial sweetener" range be it nutra sweet, splenda, saccharine ect..one ought to avoid if you are sensitive to them or wish to avoid them. If the product calls itself "diet or lite" it almost is certain to have one of these ingredients in it.
Here is a link to an e-how article on identifying the hidden names of artificial sweeteners:
http://www.ehow.com/how_4483377_identify-artificial-sweeteners.html
Everything which is in the "artificial sweetener" range be it nutra sweet, splenda, saccharine ect..one ought to avoid if you are sensitive to them or wish to avoid them. If the product calls itself "diet or lite" it almost is certain to have one of these ingredients in it.
Here is a link to an e-how article on identifying the hidden names of artificial sweeteners:
http://www.ehow.com/how_4483377_identify-artificial-sweeteners.html
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