In case you still use artifical sweeteners

Zizzle · Post by **Zizzle** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 9:13 am

Dr. Mercola has been a long-time enemy of aspartame (nutrasweet) and more recently sucralose (Splenda). I've always reacted to them and avoid them like the plague, but it kills me to watch people drinking diet soda all day long in the name of avoiding calories. It's pratically poison, and new studies link asparatame to a higher risk of stroke.

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/artic ... rokes.aspx

Pat · Post by **Pat** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 10:24 am

A good friend of mine started having seizures and had to take anti seizure meds for a couple of years and then she heard about aspartame maybe causing seizures so she stopped drinking diet soda and now she is seizure free and med free!

Pat

Mags · Post by **Mags** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 11:30 am

I only use Stevia in the Raw. The others like Purevia and Truvia have additional ingredients that break down into wood alcohol in the blood stream. It's also gluten-free.

Mags

Jan · Post by **Jan** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 12:14 pm

I would have horrible headaches (similar to migraines) on aspertane. I don't drink that many sodas, maybe 2 or 3 a month so I just use the sweetened variety.

Jan

starfire · Post by **starfire** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 4:15 pm

I have never used artificial sweeteners so I don't know how they affect me. In the beginning I just didn't like the aftertaste and later on I was convinced that they can only be harmful.

Recently, I purchased some unrefined sugar made from sugar cane. This is NOT refined sugar with molassas added back in. It has a very different taste from refined sugar but it's not bad at all.

Love, Shirley

MBombardier · Post by **MBombardier** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 10:09 pm

That's what I use, Shirley. it's organic, unrefined, and free trade. My husband bought me a diet soda the other day (which I used to consume regularly) and it really made me feel strange. I won't be drinking any more of that.