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[sonofatpatcher2]

Is this the diet Saddam was on in his spider hole?

[diotima]

I use liquid splenda when I cook. I put the powdered stuff in my coffee but granulated splenda has carbs that add up, especially if you are using it in cooking quanities.

A good article about sugar alcohols: Making the case to count sugar alcohols

[expatguy]

bump

[PGalt]

Thanks for the ping. Will read tonight...off to work.

[Temple Drake]

add me

[SamAdams76]

I have been using Splenda for several months now as a substitute for sugar. I get it in packet form and put it in my tea and coffee. I have maybe 2-4 packets a day on average, once in a while I might have 6 but never more than that. As of yet, we don't use it for baking or anything else. My wife uses it in her iced tea.

I am still not comfortable using it because I don't think it has been around long enough to ascertain long-term health risks. But it's probably better than the sugar-laden diet I used to be on and I'm certainly much healthier these days now that I'm down to my normal weight.

[KDD]

good info....thanks.

[Lil'freeper]

Sucralose (Splenda) is spun from regular sucrose sugar in such away that the body doesn't recognise it, so it is not absorbed. Thus it contributes no calories or carbohydrates in its pure form.

FWIW, two of the hydrogens on the carbon ring are replaced by chlorine atoms.

I've found that Splenda doesn't carmelize as nicely, so it's harder to get baked goods to turn 'golden brown'. And also too much Splenda can be overwhelmingly sweet and leaves a funny, gritty, filmy feeling on the teeth. So I usually cut the Splenda with Sugar Twin, stevia, or rapadura. Rapadura is a true sugar, dried cane juice like the turbinado and succinat, but it is unrefined. All of the trace minerals are left in place. I figure if I'm going to fudge a bit, I'll go with something that has some nutritive value.

[boris]

Side comment: many "sugar free" candies are made with Sorbitol. Only one little problem: sorbitol is a natural laxative. Eat one--fine. Eat a dozen: get the runs.

Trust me on this; I done been there.

--Boris

[prairiebreeze]

Good info on Splenda. I know I like it better than aspartame.

I like a product made with Splenda called Fruit2-O. It's water, slightly sweetened with Splenda, fruit flavored and slightly tart. Zero calories.

Prairie

[Ditter]

Carlo, I found another sweetner that I don't think you have mentioned. It is called Whey Low. It is made from corn & even tho they assured me there was no protein that would cause an allergic reaction, it did cause my chest to tighten & strange tightning in my throat. Soooooooo, I don't need another warning. Do you want to buy some Whey Low? ha ha

[Aquinasfan]

The most common artificial sweetener in use is aspartame (Equal, Nutrasweet).

I think Splenda passed Equal in January of this year. Popularity skyrocketed after Dr. Atkins' endorsement.

[Salvation]

Good information here! A lot of people do not realize how much sugar they eat each day!

[aruanan]

See www.eatright.com for science-based, non-anecdotal, non-huckster nutrition information.

Signed,

Dr. aruanan, a Ph.D. in Human Nutrition/Nutritional Biology from the University of Chicago, currently a post-doctoral fellow in the field of molecular neuroscience.

[tubebender]

Thanh you much for the research on Sugar Substitutes. I am still reserved on "Sugar Alcohol". Those candy bars are just to damn tasty and I don't believe that 26 carbs can be written off because it's "Sugar Alcohol"...

[Porterville]

A Noted Exception is that "sucralose" (Splenda) ends in ---ose, but think of it as "lose" instead, because it is made from sucrose, sugar. Splenda is calorie and carb-free.

Love the stuff, hope it doesn't cause cancer.

[PoisedWoman]

Excellent!

[nutmeg]

read later

[Hank Rearden]

Splenda is good, but it's still 'way too damn expensive. Hoping to see some competition get going here.