Artificial Sweeteners

Wifey1012

Am I the only one who is absolutely anti-artificial sweeteners?

LilyPotter218

I doubt you are the only one, but I use Splenda in my coffee and do drink diet when I do drink pop.

vcukoko82

LilyPotter218:

I doubt you are the only one, but I use Splenda in my coffee and do drink diet when I do drink pop.

Same here. 

books4brooke

I avoid it in pregnancy, and I try to avoid generally. But I was a diet coke drinker for a long time, and it still tastes good to me. I'm going to try not to stay away after the baby, but we'll see.

pattymctatty

Probably not. There's lots of people who don't eat artificial sweeteners.

I'm not though - I hate greek yogurt and the regular flavors don't come in flavors that I like so I eat Yoplait Light (but that's the only thing I eat with artificial sweeteners on purpose). I do try to avoid them but I'm not absolutely against them.

edugosh

The chiropractor just sent us some article about how sugar is bad for your body/organs/muscles and artificial sweetener is worse.  I'm not a big sweets person but I do bake with regular brown or white sugar.

kmiller1012

I wouldn't consider myself anti-artificial sweeteners, but I don't like them.  I can't stand the taste so I try to avoid them.

Abby7

I've had maybe 2-3 things with artificial sweeteners since I've been pregnant - I just don't want LO having that.

But when not pg, I do have diet sodas. They are a good afternoon snack at work. Other than that, though, I kind of avoid them just because I don't like the taste of stuff that's "sugar free". I figure I can handle the 15 calories in a teaspoon of sugar if I want to sweeten a drink like iced tea.

Eleventy11

I have stayed away from them during pregnancy.  However, pre-pregnancy I was a big diet coke drinker and actually preferred sweet n low over sugar in tea.  That was one of the biggest adjustments for me...and yes, I know that it is not on our banned list.  I just didn't think it was a good idea.

lulling

I am generally not a fan.  If I want sugar I use sugar.  It I want butter I use butter.  I think that a little (real) sugar or fat is a lot better than chemicals and I would rather have the real thing.  That said, every now and again I will have a Diet Coke.  I actually like the taste better than regular Coke.  I think regular is just toooo sweet. 

I am sure there are other things that I eat that have artificial sweeteners in them.  I mean almost any cookie or candy or muffin that you purchase pre-made at a store has them.  But nothing that I eat on a regular basis. 

Mattel

LilyPotter218:

I doubt you are the only one, but I use Splenda in my coffee and do drink diet when I do drink pop.

Yay! You're a "pop" girl vs. "soda" like me!

Anyway... I drink diet pop, but other than that I hate the taste of artificial sweeteners, so I avoid them for that reason.

DR1819

No, I'm all the way anti-artificial sweetner. I never drink diet soda, eat yogurt unless it is greek and never eat anything that is labeled sugar free. The one time I did drink diet coke it gave me a terrible stomach ache, same with some sugar free chocolate that I ate by accident.

lizzymo19

I avoid them most of the time. I would drink diet pop on occasion but once I got pregnant I switched to regular if I absolutely HAD to have soda. Up until last week I was using sugar only in my coffee...then one day I put in splenda and it's been downhill from there. I put in way less than I do sugar and it is still much sweeter. I don't know if I'll be able to go back...

Zilly13

I don't seek them out, but I also don't avoid them like the plague.  If I have coffee, I will put a few packets of splenda in becuase I prefer the taste and I don't feel guilty.  I don't typically drink any diet sodas or use other types of artificial sweeteners though.

Wifey1012

I feel like I'd be ingesting chemicals.

mrsawtry2B

courtnif:

I have stayed away from them during pregnancy.  However, pre-pregnancy I was a big diet coke drinker and actually preferred sweet n low over sugar in tea.  That was one of the biggest adjustments for me...and yes, I know that it is not on our banned list.  I just didn't think it was a good idea.

Actually, sweet-n-low is on the banned list - it's saccharin.  Not recommended at all during pregnancy. 
I do use Splenda, but that's the most artificial I go.  Even when not pg, I try to avoid other sweetners just because I don't like the taste. 
I found this site helpful:  https://www.americanpregnancy.org/pregnancyhealth/artificialsweetner.htm 

msteph82

I'm big time allergic to artificial sweetener. Instant migraine. 

In my head, it's no different than smoking.  I know that's extreme - really extreme.  But you're pumping a bunch of disgusting chemicals into your body. 

But then again, we try to stay away from a lot of foods that have preservatives and whatnot.  But there's no way to completely stay away from everything, so you just do the best job you can.  But that's us, I don't expect anyone else to do it or feel the way I do.  It's a personal choice.

I don't get all judgy about people who do use artificial sweeteners, but I'm personally not okay with it.   But then again, some people can't have sugar, so it's a necessity - or lesser of all evils. 

To each their own. 

 

Charlyne

I use Splenda in my tea, or Stevia if it's available. I also drink diet Coke when I'm craving one, I regularly drink non-caffeinated sodas both diet and regular (orange, root beer, sprite, etc).

cinamoniz

Mattel:

LilyPotter218:

I doubt you are the only one, but I use Splenda in my coffee and do drink diet when I do drink pop.

Yay! You're a "pop" girl vs. "soda" like me!   

me too! I always look to see where people are from when I "read" pop because i know it's a little corner of the world ... makes me feel like I'm back home in western PA