Anyone drinking lots of 'Diet soft drinks'?
 

Or,
Using anything like aspartame (sp), actually buying it, and using it in coffee/ tea?

I'm understanding, (I know that for myself, that it's absolutely wicked, dastardly stuff). I have arguments with some rsd friends about it.

What do Ya'll think?

If you need stuff THAT sweet, something's wrong, IMHO.
All I need is a little dash of honey in my tea. (can't drink coffee, it's too much caffeine)!
So, I find that lots of my rsd friends, make up for it with artificial sweeteners.
What in the world good is that?
Yet, they won't use something as good for you as 'Smart Balance', which is much better than butter, but they moan that 'it's not real'!

Huh?
I just don't get it?

Can ya'll gimme some insight?

Thanks!

Pete

asb

I drink diet soda because I want the caffeine but not the calories.

Regular soda tastes too sweet to me.

I don't know anyone who uses artificial sweeteners to get things 'that sweet'....it's to get a bit of sweetness without the calories or effect on the blood sugar that natural sugar has.

I don't like the fake sugars or the fake butters or the fake creamers LOL.

All the modified /diet type foods most likely have more chemicals and junk added in - just doesn't healthy to me. IMO

Hey Pete, I agree, I personally drink bottled water. It's great. Because of internal RSD and the heat issues, I like it cold to help cool internal organs down. Take care, loretta:grouphug:

Hi AintSoBad.

I don't have RSD, and I don't partake of anything with artificial sweeteners in them anymore, but was there something in particular you wanted to ask, or talk about, in regards to artificial sweeteners?

Hi All,

I agree with Jo*Mar I don't use or try not to use any artificale anything. I first got this idea 20 years ago when I was pregnet for the first time, my gynogologist would say you can have a glass a wine a day but stay away from all and he meant all artificale sweetners. He would always talk about how dangerous it was. And it's funny since the RSD I can not drink any type of carbonated drinks, which I used to be a hugh soda drinker prior, but it gives me the worst indigestion ever and when I eat again it doesn't digest quickly and I eat very slow. My husband always makes fun of me, when we drive to relatives about 3 1/2 hours away he says, "Your the only person I know who can have the same small coffee 3 hours later and your still drinking it". RSD really does so many other things to your body that we just don' t realize like cooling your body down if you go from cold to hot or hot to cold. Just yesterday I was in the mall with my daughter and I had to leave it was so hot in one store and then freezing in another. I felt like I was going to pass out, which usually I can huff anything out, but yesterday I don't know what happen.I hate when the RSD controlls me it drives me crazy.

Good Luck.

Gabbycakes

Hi,
 

I drink lemonaide in the summertime with artificial sweetner and use it in tea if I drink it.

I am not a pop drinker of any kind. If I do it's usually a diet one but maybe once a month if that.

I think like Finz says, it's to stay away from calories. I don't use sugar and I do use smart balance. I just try to stay away from calories.

Are the sweetners bad for you? I believe so. They are all I have ever used and have had tumors taken out of me that I believe was caused by the artificial sweetner.

Now I just pretty much stay away from any of it. I am realizing it's not what you eat, it's how much you eat.

I have been working on breaking habits I started such as French Vanilla creamer, chewing gum, which is bad for the stomach, sweetners. I have noticed that I can break habits pretty easily so I work on the ones that I shouldn't be doing. I've lost 9 lbs by doing this.

What was your question Pete? We all have habits others might not like.

Ada

I have a son with Tourette Syndrome and Crohn's Disease and we learned early on that artificial sweeteners are one of the worst things for neurological stuff, and can also mess with one's gut.

I have contact with a wide range of parents with kids who have neurology probs, and almost all agree that aspartame especially (ie Nutrasweet) but also Splenda (aka sucralose) really seem to have an adverse effect.

My son uses honey or maple syrup as sweetener, but stevia is also a natural alternative to sugar, and now comes in granular form, not just liquid.

Hi Chemar,
 

I tried the Stevia and didn't like the taste of it. Same way with Splenda.
I'm just trying to get away from it altogether. I have used artificial sweetner for years but now I drink my coffee black. In the summertime it's hard because I don't want to use sugar but you have to drink cold drinks. I like ice tea but don't like it without some kind of sweetener.

What I notice too is that everytime they come out with a new sweetener later on they come out with the bad things it causes.

I'm ok until summer comes. Then I have to figure out what to use.

Do you think the sweeteners make RSD worse?

Ada

We get a natural cooking show on tv here and the gal uses mostly agave nectar as the sweetener in recipes.


I haven't looked it up yet or tried it at all.. has anyone tried it?