Question about Artificial Sweeteners

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


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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.

--
Sheli

"Drop45" wrote in message
et...
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


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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.

Drop45 wrote:
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


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"Drop45" wrote in message
et...
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



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

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

"Drop45" wrote in message
et...
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.

Drop45 wrote:

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.

--
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

Drop45 wrote:
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.

--
jamie )

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