Splenda---have you had any problems using it?

[HennysMom]

Wendy,

I usually only buy Land'O Lakes unsalted sweet cream butter, but I will buy home-made churned butter if I could find it

Country Crock is a margarine - sometimes they add in canola oil to make them more healthy; alot of the sprays are canola oil or now they add olive oil for more healthier choices.

 

[wendy]

Thanks HennysMom!

Sorry did not mean to hijack thread.

I went to the grocery store today and bought my Splenda for my coffee, I just use on packet. I use it because I am trying to cut out the amount of sugar I use. Diabetes runs on my mom's side of the family.

 

[Dill]

As far as I know, it doesnt cause any problems with me. On average, I use about 14 packets a week.

 

[freemotion]

Dill, it is the "as far as I know" part that is worrisome. The human body is amazing and we can function quite well with a lot of damage going on. Then we fall apart and it seems like it happens quite suddenly and for no apparent reason.

In my 20's, like most of us, I felt great. I trained horses and could not eat enough food in the summer to avoid losing weight, so I would purposely gain weight in the winter to prepare for the next summer. I also developed a habit of Diet Coke (why, I don't know!) It was two decades before I got my diagnosis of macular degeneration.

It scares me to no end that I may go blind. I blame the aspartame in the diet foods and drinks I used.

I also developed terrible digestive problems and went to many doctors.

So that is why I am so extreme in my healthy eating and urge others to do the same, even if only for one meal now and then. Or add one healthy habit and get rid of one....like hydrogenated fats, or artificial sweeteners, or high fructose corn syrup, or white flour (I call it styrofoam!).

I haven't had artificial sweeteners in years and I still think about buying "just one" Diet Coke! Talk about addictive!

Eating real eggs from happy chickens is a great place to start!

 

[mychickensrock]

I had a discussion with my neurologist about artificial sweeteners. I though Splenda was ok. He told me that scientists had found molecules of Splenda as well as apartame in the human brain. Seeing as I've had my noggin' operated on 3 times, and I have a seizure disorder, I'm not putting that junk in my body! Organic sugar or Stevia for me and my family!