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QuikSand · 02-02-2013, 07:51 AM

If you want a non-calorie sweetener, you probably can do better than Splenda -- try something that's stevia based. By most accounts, it's the least concerning among the non-calorie sweeteners.

Here's a video speaking to that:

Here's an Amazon link to the brand I use:
Amazon.com: Stevita Supreme - 50pkts - 1.8 oz / Packet: Health & Personal Care

The "spoonable" type is actually a mix of stevia and erythritol, which is even closer to what Greger suggests in the video above. I'm trying it now, the taste is okay by me.

Amazon.com: Stevia Spoonable-50pkts - 50 ct - Packet: Health & Personal Care

I think the best rank order of what to do here is like this:

-get past the sweet tooth, satisfy that urge with fresh fruits
-use stevia and/or eryrhritol
-use agave nectar (calories and sugar, but slower absorption and less insulin shock)
-use saccharin (pink stuff)
-use aspartame (blue stuff) or sucralose (yellow stuff)

I personally wish I were strong enough to get past my own sweet tooth - I'm doing better, but I still dump stevia stuff into my coffee. I do think that shedding the craving for sweetness is like cleansing yourself of an addiction (likely overstated there) and that it lets your body adjust to more natural foods and develop honest hunger, rather than eating to satisfy non-nutritional desires.
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02-02-2013, 07:51 AM	#273
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	If you want a non-calorie sweetener, you probably can do better than Splenda -- try something that's stevia based. By most accounts, it's the least concerning among the non-calorie sweeteners. Here's a video speaking to that: Here's an Amazon link to the brand I use: Amazon.com: Stevita Supreme - 50pkts - 1.8 oz / Packet: Health & Personal Care The "spoonable" type is actually a mix of stevia and erythritol, which is even closer to what Greger suggests in the video above. I'm trying it now, the taste is okay by me. Amazon.com: Stevia Spoonable-50pkts - 50 ct - Packet: Health & Personal Care I think the best rank order of what to do here is like this: -get past the sweet tooth, satisfy that urge with fresh fruits -use stevia and/or eryrhritol -use agave nectar (calories and sugar, but slower absorption and less insulin shock) -use saccharin (pink stuff) -use aspartame (blue stuff) or sucralose (yellow stuff) I personally wish I were strong enough to get past my own sweet tooth - I'm doing better, but I still dump stevia stuff into my coffee. I do think that shedding the craving for sweetness is like cleansing yourself of an addiction (likely overstated there) and that it lets your body adjust to more natural foods and develop honest hunger, rather than eating to satisfy non-nutritional desires. -use Last edited by QuikSand : 02-02-2013 at 08:00 AM.