I know that artifical sweetners are frowned upon to a degree. But for those that have a sweet tooth but need to watch their glycemic levels as they get older (or even while young) it's an option.

I saw an ad that stated that if the Stevia plant was discovered before sugar cane then our main sweetner would come from it, giving us a zero calorie benefit, I'm guessing no diabetic issues as well as weight issues. I don't think that's true, because I thought that Stevia can cause some gastric upsets if eaten in large doses.

Currently I'm trying the Monk Fruit sweetner, seems to have a pleasant taste, satisfying compared to sugar, but I don't know about the gastric upset issues that are found in most sweetners.

I also heard about Carob sweetner, but I haven't seen it in stores so I don't know if it is popular due to carob being thought of as a (nasty) chocolate substitute.

I see there's Coconut, but it is only low glycemic which doesn't mean much.



What sweetners work for you?

Splenda would give me migraines and would also upset my stomach

I use Stevia everyday on my coffee but only about a teaspoon and so far so good

i'm trying to cut down on sugar right now. i plan to buy some stevia next time i go shopping, see if it works for me

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i generally use raw brown sugar. love brown sugar and molasses. once upon a time years ago i used to use aspartame-based artificial sweeteners, but most of them are bad for us too

The Monk Fruit sweetener is very sweet, very sugar like in texture it seems, no calories, no funny after taste. So far I don't seem to have had any ill effects just putting it in drinks. We'll see.

veronikka said:

Splenda would give me migraines and would also upset my stomach

I use Stevia everyday on my coffee but only about a teaspoon and so far so good

I´ve tried Stevia but it has such a licorice-like aftertaste that it ruins tea, and to some extent coffee for me.

I try not to use any sweetener but it´s difficult. Or I compromise by using one teaspoon of sugar instead of two and then I add one sweetener ( usually saccharine based), and most of the time the real sugar in combination with the saccharine eliminates the aftertaste a bit.

But I´m trying to get used to unsweetened coffee and tea these days.

Well I have a sweet tooth, so it's find a healthy alternative or live off water, because everything else is just colored water, blech.




3rd day on the monk fruit stuff, nothing seems out of wack. Need decaf Chai Tea though.

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