Flyin40 Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 This stuff is great..........anyone else use it??? I cut my sugar completely out and this stuff makes it easy. Anyone heard anything bad about it???? Flyin40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Cheely Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 I heard it makes you shoot slower Run away, run away... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Keen Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 Makes you sign up to shoot MINOR for unknown reasons! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Cheely Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 Makes you sign up to shoot MINOR for unknown reasons! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyin40 Posted May 18, 2006 Author Share Posted May 18, 2006 Makes you sign up to shoot MINOR for unknown reasons! So how you like Splenda Keen???????? Flyin40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Middle Man Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 Been using it for two years with no noticeable ill effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dajarrel Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 My wife buys it by the bag. Great for sweetening iced tea in the pitcher. She also uses it in her coffee. I can't tell the difference. dj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbadaboom Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 (edited) She's been using it too. Edited May 18, 2006 by Bigbadaboom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dajarrel Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 She looks like she has been laying in a bed of dessicant. All dried up. dj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 Julia Roberts has really let herself go. Thats aside, I love Splenda, it is all my wife and I use nowdays. It usefull in both its forms, the pockets for coffee and tea, and the loose form for deserts and the like. It is by far the tastiest sugar substitute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn jones Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 the stuff is great in diet coke. but as a reloading component it doesn't work well. lynn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Kline Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 Ive used it for several years with no effects. I love the stuff. You never know if it can have any problems 20 years from now or not, but thats the chances you take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtypool40 Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 I've switched to diet drinks, mostly splenda for home made green tea. I like it but some are warning me that it's just bleached sugar. Anyone heard about Stivia?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn jones Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 I've switched to diet drinks, mostly splenda for home made green tea. I like it but some are warning me that it's just bleached sugar.Anyone heard about Stivia?? splenda is the molecular mirror of sugar without the calories (or something like that). stevia is a plant, it's very sweet tasting. http://www.stevia.net/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raz-0 Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 I've switched to diet drinks, mostly splenda for home made green tea. I like it but some are warning me that it's just bleached sugar. Anyone heard about Stivia?? splenda is the molecular mirror of sugar without the calories (or something like that). stevia is a plant, it's very sweet tasting. http://www.stevia.net/ splenda is chloronated sugar. Yeah it sounds like blached, But I believe chlorinated is used in the organic-chemistry technical sense. Apparantly it is sugar combined through some process with some very pure chlorinating agent. What you get is an organit molicule that can react with some bits of the human body (taster) but not others (digestive tract). The main point of concern is what happens with it in the human body. Aspertame breaks down to formaldahyde in the liver, which isn't really good for you. About the only thing anyone can say about splenda is that it is a chlorinated hydrocarbon, which tend to accumulate in the body's fatty tissues. Could do nothing, could build up over time and screw up your brian or reproductive organs.. who knows. All I know is it does NOT taste like sugar, especially when mixed into tea. It is less vile than any other zero calorie sweetener though. Haven't tried stevia though, might order some just out of curiosity. Personally, I just use sugar and try not to overdo it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sargenv Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 Not to hijack the thread... Splenda seems to be pretty good as a low calorie sweetener, one that I'd rather use is in general use in Europe is Xylitol and it is made from Birch trees. The body processes it differently and while it is not no calorie, I think it has 40% less calories than Sugar, but it is all natural. It's a bit pricey though.. Locally I can get it for about $5.50 a pound at Whole foods. It also doesn't have the funny taste that the artificial sweeteners do. I think Xylitol is chemically a kind of alcohol so it breaks down pretty quick. Vince Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackdragon Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 Being Diabetic, It was recommended to me instead of sugar. It's OK. Ivan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket4 Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 My husband is diabetic as well and he uses Splenda. I use it too and it seems to be ok for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincent Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 (edited) I use stevia as a sweetner and it is OK. It is a plant extract and can be had at various levels of processing from whole leaves to little packets that look just like Equal/Splenda/etc. I find that it doesn't totally disolve which doesn't bother me but YMMV. I mostly use the packets for convenience although the leaves work great in hot tea. Oh and if you are just looking for something with a low glycemic index but aren't worried about calories, try agave nectar. This stuff tastes good and is a liquid so it disolves completely in drinks. Edited May 19, 2006 by vincent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtypool40 Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 Re-hijacking the already diverted thread.... I've been trying to get back into shape, (not that I was ever a UFC, SEAL, Underwear model, but I digress.) Anyway, I was using "muscle milk" as a meal replacement in the mornings. A guy at our local mom-n-pop GNC suggesteed this stivia sweetened alternative by I think Dymatize. It was identical nutritionally, and cheaper, so I gave it a shot. Muscle milk tastes AWESOME, but this stuff tastes like a funky malted who knows what. Not horrible once I got used to it, but definitely.....different. Like you made a milk shake out of "whoppers" candy. Is the odd taste the stivia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Kline Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 Ive never tried the Stevia, Ill give it a shot, what the hell. Ill prob stick with Splenda until something else comes along. FYI, I also know decaf coffee has formaldahyde in it. That is the process that takes the caffine out of coffee. My fathers cardiologist told him this. After my fathers heart surgery 5 years ago, he was put on a strict diet (as usual for all heart patients after surgery) and the only drinks he was allowed to have for months afterward was water and decaf coffee. So I knew the formaldahyde couldnt be that strong or bad for you in decaf coffee. The cardiologist said there was such little formaldahyde in it, it would take approx 900 cups of decaf coffee in a day too affect you. He also said this is that is the only process known so far that can take the caffine out of coffee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Keen Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 So if this is the only way to remove caffine from coffee ...... what about soft drinks ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carinab Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 Stevia is good stuff. I got a dropper bottle of 2 oz liquid and I use a mere 6 drops with my morning coffee. I haven't tried the powdered version for cooking but may shortly. The only draw back with stevia is that it can taste bitter if you use too much. And DP, I'd bet it's the soy in your milk that has a different taste. I too was trying a few different suppliments and the ones high in soy had a sorta funky taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 I like it but some are warning me that it's just bleached sugar. Oh .. I missed this. This is one of the things that people sometimes complain about regarding Splenda. Of course, no one call tabled salt bleached sodium. Yes, NaCL is an ionic bond, and Sucralose (splenda) is a covalent bond, but the worse any study about splenda came with was a thrinkage of thymus in male rats when fed the equivalent of you eatng 400gr of sucralose per day for 3 year. I think eating 400gr per day of ANYTHING will make something grow or shrink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raz-0 Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 (edited) I think Xylitol is chemically a kind of alcohol so it breaks down pretty quick.Vince Yeah, you will encounter Xylitol in the US in some chewing gums. I agree it's pretty tasty and not weird and chemically. As for dirtypool's whoppers taste, like carina, I'd suspect the protein source over the sugar. Edited May 19, 2006 by raz-0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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