sweetners

[RAS]

How do I select a sweetner in lieu of sugar in my coffee.
I have been taking Sweetex for years, now a friend sayes "you mus'nt use that"

Any advice would be appreciated

RAS

[beryllium]

Hi RAS, we use Stevia, it's a natural product....

http://www.wonderlabs.com/newshowitems.php?Cat egory=Stevia&search=&add2search=1&offset=0&ad= goowlstvstevia

[beryllium]

RAS, this pharmacy may sell stevia, not sure, but they have some good info on natural sweeteners....

http://www.numarkpharmacists.com/hn/Food_Guide /Natural_Sweeteners.html

[lynlockwood]

Wean yourself off- just get used to tea without sweetners- it's nice and cheaper!

[SaxyJag]

I did this with sugar. If you take, say, two teaspoonfuls, do one a half for a week or so, then drop to one, then half, then 'the tip of the spoon', and you'll be sugar free before you know it.

The absence of sugar/sweetener lets the flavour through more as well.

[fee-is-me]

I'm curious now... why mustn't you use Sweetex...?!!

[paultaunton]

CANDERELL is best ive used it for ten years and have lost four stone

[heathfield]

I hate the taste of sweeteners, but my GP told me I'd better get used to them, as my sugar levels were way too high. I tried them all, and found 'Splenda' was the least objectionable.
It's good enough for Its appearance on the market to have caused a panic among the manufacturers of other sweeteners, especially since Coca-Cola has decided to use it as a sugar substitute in Diet Coke, in preference to previously used aspartame.
(Fee-is-me, 'Sweetex' is Saccharin sodium. So not using it will reduce your sodium intake).

[fee-is-me]

Ah, thank you!

I don't take sugar in anything - never have - although have a very sweet tooth, so excuse my ignorance on this!

[nickmo]

For F-I-M:- Aspartic acid (an amino acid) and Phenylalanine (also an amino acid) = Aspartame (two amino acids joined by an amine linkage) - how techy is that . . !

This is why drinks with aspartame in them have warnings like 'may contain a source of Phenylalanine'.

After your body is done using amino acids, it needs to break them down and excrete the dangerous amine (containing nitrogen) groups. This is done by enzymes in the liver. Children with phenylketonuria (PKU) cannot break down Phenylalanine, i.e. they do not have the enzymes to do so. Therefore, this amino acid builds up to dangerous levels and may prevent the brain growing properly. After about 16, when most of the brain growth is finished, it is safe for them to have phenylalanine. That's also part of the problem with eating low fat foods as children - the brain is a fat hungry organ whilst growing and must have a good supply of the right type of fats

In short then, Sweetex and drinks or foodstuffs with aspartame - and apart from other base reasons like it is only used to make poor flavours 'better' - so why accept it in our food? - can be dangerous, plus there are growing concerns that aspartame is a toxin in its' own right anyway.

[fee-is-me]

Wow... nickmo, i have learnt something today!

Thankyou!

I'm going to look in my cupboards, now....

[beryllium]

Nickmo, You're brilliant with your words!!! why the FSA has passed aspartame as an additive in the first place is astounding.... and yet Stevia, they're fart @rsing about...

got round it by saying it's a food supplement to diet or something... can't remember lol....

[nickmo]

http://www.stevia.net/ has more info on the natural sweetner - you might find it in health food/real food stores.


Sorry RAS - nicked the theme a bit here:

Fee - whats in your cupboards then?? And whats the oldest thing int therer? You just check those use by dates - fun for all the family . .

Hi Berl - ta for the note - the chemicals we consume in food that are added by the producers to make things flow easier through tubes, stick together better in the tray, smell better, look more appetising - its really revolting.

I gather there are about 450 chemicals found in the human body that were not present about 40 years ago - and the belief is that the vast majority come from food processing -

Then look at the rise of various cancers, dietary problems, and all the negative health probs. turning up and wonder why we accept this pumping of false ingredients into us - but also see that the chemical giants that make these things are also major players in the incestuous political game too, so I doubt we'll ever rid them.