Eat what you ate when you were skinny and never thought about it, but substitute Splenda for sugar, and you will be better off. Eat like a pig, and splenda won't help.
“Splenda, on the other hand, is a gift from the gods. It takes very much like real sugar but cannot be utilized by the body and passes harmlessly through.”
I like Splenda, it is the only sugar sub I’ve seen that did NOT taste like laundry detergent(don’t ask) and it takes almost no time getting used to it.
I like splenda quite a bit.
I can’t stand Splenda (or any of the other artificial sweeteners). Taste awful and cause digestive upsets.
The food from the gods for me is Whey Low ( http://www.wheylow.com ). It’s a 1-to-1 sugar replacement with the same carb count (1 per teaspoon) as Splenda and 1/4 the calories of sugar; it acts like, bakes like, cooks up like sugar.
When I was using it, I lost weight without otherwise dieting. I even made my own soft drink syrups with it. Unfortunately, Dew addict that I am, I started drinking Dew again over the holidays and haven’t yet replaced it with my Whey Low drinks.
I love the coffee drinks I make with it:
http://www.cookingwithpam.com/sugarfree/low_carb_coffee_drinks.html
Which really makes it stupid that I’m still drinking Dew, other than it’s just easier to flip open a can than to mix up my own stuff. ;)
Splenda, on the other hand, is a gift from the gods
ummm, well, not quite...
Splenda is created from sucralose - a synthetic compound - by altering it with chlorine molecules. Not sure if that’s a good thing. The only reason it “passes through” is because most of our digestive systems are clogged up with mucus and gunk.
Splenda’s own research on lab rats also showed it caused shrunken thymus glands, enlarged livers and enlarged kidneys. Not sure if that’s a good thing, either.
I have found since I stopped using Diet 7up my appitite has decreased a whole lot.
Had a upset tummy this morning due to NSAID patches I use for back pain and drank half a diet 7up and it increased my appitite.
Not for me. I have an allergic response (immediate) when Splenda is ingested. I stay away from it, which is a bummer because out of all the artificial sweeteners, I think this is the only one that has an okay taste to it. But, my body says, no way.