ladymc53
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Bill is diabetic and has been on Nutrasweet and Splenda for years. We recently saw a documentary with former FDA doctors that gave us the low down on what happens to the body when you eat these ingredients. Being diabetic we always felt that diabetes was the reason for Bill's vision loss, caused by bleeding in the eyes. However, we discovered about a week ago that Nutrasweet causes bleeding in the eyes. Long story short, we are off all of it, which leads me to my question:
Does anyone have any recipes for sugar free desserts that do NOT use either NS or Splenda or the Splenda Blend. We use powdered Stevia in our tea. If desserts taste sweet without SOME sugar, that's great. But I know most will require some - he's going to have to limit his intake of them. Thanks in advance!
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What ingredient causes the vision problem?
DH uses Natra Taste, which contains phenylalanine. Ingredients: Dextrose with Maltodextrin, Aspartame.
Thanks for sharing.
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Leo Benson
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Stevia is a plant, it looks sort of like mint when it grows. It can be grown right in your own garden. (I did some research on this when I did my Master's thesis on a group home that grew and sold herbs to help be self-supporting). You can use stevia right from the garden, for example, when brewing a pot of tea. The kind in the store is dried and powdered, not sure how. It sure is expensive, though.
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Leo Benson
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maybe the South Beach ricotta cremes? Essentially take low fat ricotta, add your packet of stevia, and whatever extracts you want. Blend or FP til it's creamy. Add a tbsp of dark choc chips if you want. I guess tht would be low carb- and the protein in the ricotta would give it a good glycemic index- ?? If you use vanilla, it tastes like cannoli filling. Choc almond is good, as is lemon.
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Bumpyroad
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Leo Benson wrote:maybe the South Beach ricotta cremes? Essentially take low fat ricotta, add your packet of stevia, and whatever extracts you want. Blend or FP til it's creamy. Add a tbsp of dark choc chips if you want. I guess tht would be low carb- and the protein in the ricotta would give it a good glycemic index- ?? If you use vanilla, it tastes like cannoli filling. Choc almond is good, as is lemon.
and this is a substitute for nutrasweet and splenda?
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There have been some pretty wild claims about Splenda, to the best of my knowledge none have past the reality test. Splenda has a much longer track record than here in the US, its originally from England.
Its basically an altered sugar, altered with a chlorine molecule and chlorine is a common ingredient in tap water. That's why I'm suspicious of some of the claims.
I understand the problem with do it yourself Stevia is that its so sweet its almost impossible to use in pure form. I understand that production Stevia is mixed with an inert filler, as is the altered sweet ingredient in Splenda.
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sharrlan
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I don't have any suggestions, but understand about the sugar substitutes.
I have to read lables very carefully, as Splenda or sucralose is in just about everything you buy today. I have two family members that are extrememly sensitive to Splenda, instant abdominal problems and headaches. Sil ended up in the ER.
Other daughter has the same reaction to aspartame.
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Chuck&Gail
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My hand now shake bad enough it is difficult to write. Doctor says it was likely caused by Aspartame. Splenda was suggested substitute. Did your doctor lump all sugar substitutes together, or are you (OP0 doing so? If doctor, what did he say about Splenda?
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Bumpyroad
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according to my box, Splenda is Dextrose, Maltodextrin, and Sucralose. Sucralose is manufactured by the selective chlorination of sucrose (table sugar), in which three of the hydroxyl groups are replaced with chlorine atoms to produce sucralose.
seems sort of innocuous to me.
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Big C
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Had terrible headaches from any aspartame product. Now that Splenda is more available I have been using it with no ill effects at all.
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