Do you avoid artificial sweeteners? (tomato, coca, glass, bottles)

[ozgal]

Originally Posted by Ohiogirl81

Well, then ... Who put beets on earth?

GMO Beets? Man.

[IheartWA]

Originally Posted by Ohiogirl81

Well, then ... Who put beets on earth?

A better question would be, who screwed with the beets? Mansanto.

[NooYowkur81]

I didn't before but as I've gotten more educated on food and nutrition I now completely avoid them. There is nothing redeemable about them. If you want to avoid sugar, avoid sugar and sweeteners altogether. If you must absolutely sweeten, use a natural source of sugar that is as little processed as you can find.

[blueherons]

Monsanto beets are highly processed into sugar. They take all the good out and make it bad for you.

Same thing with corn.

[Moonlady]

Originally Posted by Luvvarkansas

Aspartame made my DD bladder go into very painful spasms. She thought she was dying.

DH has finally stopped drinking them after years of me trying to convince him to. He says he feels better....more energy, not so sluggish.

I've never consistently consumed them...they taste foul to me.

I had the same issue, but it wasn't just aspartame. I went to a urologist because of the painful bladder issues and was told to cut out caffeine. That didn't work so I decided to give up all the artifically sweetened drinks I was consuming and just like that all my bladder problems went away. I don't completely avoid them, I will consume some items in moderation. Lucerne makes a yogurt I like with Splenda, and it doesn't seem to negatively impact me. Likewise, I can have an aspartame sweetened drink like diet Vernors or Sierra Mist occasionally and I'm OK, but diet Coke or any of the ones made with Acesulfame Potassium seem to be the worst aggravators.

I don't really miss them for the most part.

[ccm123]

Yes, I even don't add sugar(there's usually enough).

[Cliffie]

I avoid artificial sweeteners because all of them taste bad to me.

I have also read that they cause blood sugar to spike just as high as real sugar does, so why use them at all?

[NicoleJ]

I can't take fake sugars or even stevia. They all taste so bitter and horrible to me.

[DontH8Me]

I don't indulge in artificial sweeteners. I think they are toxic to our bodies, but the flavor of them is a natural deterrent for me.

[cloven]

Whenever I have the choice (manufacturer may change a product), I go for food & drink with sugar rather than newfangled ingredients used for sugar "replacement".
Am not counting calories and I prefer the flavor of sugar to that of substitutes-have no motivation to choose those alternative formulations.