Home | Contact Us | FAQ | Search & Site Map | Link to Us
Sign In | Join | Other 45 Sites in Network
Home
Discussion GroupsGeneral TopicsLow CarbWeightWatchers
WeightAdviser.com
Contact UsLink To UsSearch & Site Map

Weight Loss Forum / Low Carb / May 2004

Tip: Looking for answers? Try searching our database.

Question about Artificial Sweeteners

Thread view: 
Enable EMail Alerts  Start New Thread
Thread rating: 
Drop45 - 31 May 2004 02:03 GMT
Hi all-

I hope this isn't beating a dead horse ( I did a google search and didn't
find the answers...)

I read about limiting or cutting out aspertame and I am a Diet caff Free
Pepsi drinker. So I bought some Diet Right cola and also noticed some other
sodas that use Splenda (Diet Jones, for example)

In the Atkins book it said no sweeteners ending  in -ose. Wouldn't that mean
no Splenda, which is Sucrolose?

Should I just stick to seltzer an water during the induction phase? I don't
mind, I just enjoy a cola with meals.

Also, I bough a package of Altoids Breath Mint Films (don't know the exact
name) That contained sucrolose (splenda) so now I am not sure if I should
throw them out or not.

Must say I'm not too fond of the Diet Rite Cola, anyway.

Thanks for any tips on this!

I have been doing induction since tuesday but worry that my soda habit maybe
be slowing things up (haven't been on the scale so I dunno) -
JoAnna
guitarprincess - 31 May 2004 02:09 GMT
I can't answer you as I had to stop drinking sodas all together. Diet or
otherwise. It seemed to bloat me up and give me stomach aches. When I
stopped drinking diet soda, the stomach cramps went away completely. I also
seemed to lose alot more weight quicker on weeks where I had no soda.

Signature

Sheli

> Hi all-
>
[quoted text clipped - 27 lines]
> Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
> Version: 6.0.688 / Virus Database: 449 - Release Date: 5/18/2004
Elizabeth M - 31 May 2004 02:37 GMT
Sucralose is allowed on Atkins (it's an exception to the "ose" rule as
it's artificial).  Plain/essence seltzer is a great choice though.  If
you really want a sweetened carbonated beverage with meals, you can try
the seltzers sweetened with Sucralose and Ace-K or add some of the
syrups that many of the regulars use (DaVinci) to plain seltzer.

> Hi all-
>
[quoted text clipped - 27 lines]
> Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
> Version: 6.0.688 / Virus Database: 449 - Release Date: 5/18/2004
jk - 31 May 2004 05:10 GMT
> Hi all-
>
[quoted text clipped - 22 lines]
> be slowing things up (haven't been on the scale so I dunno) -
> JoAnna

 Give up the sodas for 2 weeks.. come on you can do it!

Signature

JK Sinrod
Sinrod Stained Glass Studios
www.sinrodstudios.com
Coney Island Memories
www.sinrodstudios.com/coneymemories

Jim Bard - 31 May 2004 15:14 GMT
> Should I just stick to seltzer an water during the induction phase? I don't
> mind, I just enjoy a cola with meals.
>
> Also, I bough a package of Altoids Breath Mint Films (don't know the exact
> name) That contained sucrolose (splenda) so now I am not sure if I should
> throw them out or not.

To be honest with you, I think I would just stick with water as much as
possible and shelve everything else for awhile.

Some have no problems with the Splenda, others report stalls that they can't
attribute to anything else (but that doesn't necessarily mean that the
artificial sweeteners are the cause).  It just seems to me that artificial
sweeteners leave too many questions unanswered, and the only consistent rule
is that YMMV.
Jackie Patti - 31 May 2004 16:16 GMT
> In the Atkins book it said no sweeteners ending  in -ose. Wouldn't that mean
> no Splenda, which is Sucrolose?

That was a legitimate rule because sugar names end in -ose.  The Splenda
people screwed the rule up by naming their product sucralose, as if it
were a sugar.  It's not a sugar though, so the rule doesn't actually
apply.

Signature

As you accelerate your food, it takes exponentially more and more energy
to increase its velocity, until you hit a limit at C.  This energy has
to come from somewhere; in this case, from the food's nutritional value.
 Thus, the faster the food is, the worse it gets.
              -- Mark Hughes, comprehending the taste of fast food

jamie - 31 May 2004 21:34 GMT
> In the Atkins book it said no sweeteners ending  in -ose. Wouldn't that mean
> no Splenda, which is Sucrolose?

Normally, ingredients ending in -ose are actual sugars: sucrose,
glucose, dextrose, maltose, lactose, etc.  Sometimes products claiming
to be "sugar-free" are only sucrose free, and have other sugars as
sweeteners.

McNeil named their sweetener chemical "sucralose" to sound like a
sugar.  It's an exception to Atkins' rule of avoiding -ose.

It's possible that sucralose might technically meet the chemical
definition of a sugar (I don't know for sure), but -- the fact that it's
600 times sweeter than sucrose means you'll never get enough of it to
have the effects of a sugar in your body from it.  One gram of actual
crystalline sucralose would be equivalent to more than 3 cups of sugar
in sweetness.

Splenda packets or 2 teaspoons of the granular only have a few milligrams
of sucralose.  The rest is a gram of carb padding, so that you don't have
to measure your Splenda with precision tweezers.  Splenda in most
products, especially liquids like diet soda, use pure sucralose in
manufacturing, and not the padded form sold to consumers.

Also, newbies often mistakenly believe that the Splenda granular has
more carb padding than packets, because it has more volume.  It's made
in fluffy, airy crystals to match the volume of sugar, but if you crush
2 teaspoons of bulk Splenda to powder, it crushes down as small as the
contents of a packet, and they both weigh a gram.

Signature

 jamie  (jamiemck@newsguy.com)

         "There's a seeker born every minute."

 
Sign In
Join
My Latest Posts
My Monitored Threads
My Blog
My Photo Gallery
My Profile
My Homepage

Start New Thread
Enable EMail Alerts
Rate this Thread



©2012 Advenet LLC   Privacy Policy - Terms of Use
This website includes both content owned or controlled by Advenet as well as content owned or controlled by third parties.