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artificial sweeteners

megoguenmegoguen member
in April 2012 Moms
So DH & I are talking about cutting way back on caffeine, more than we already have. We're daily coffee drinkers but it hit me this morning, what about the sweetened creamer I use? I read artificial sweeteners are to be avoided during pregnancy (Splenda, etc), so it got me thinking about what I ingest everyday with coffee. It's got polysorbate 60 which is a form of sweetener but I'm not finding much on it being artificial. What have you heard about sweeteners, sweetened coffee creamers, etc and what precautions are you taking?
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  • TambcatTambcat member
    They are fine in moderation.
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  • countrygrl5533countrygrl5533 member
    The only one that you should avoid completely is Sweet n Low. Aspertame should be avoided as a daily thing but you can still have some. Splenda is one of the safest artificial sweeteners anyway. Let me see if I can find the article I read about this.

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  • countrygrl5533countrygrl5533 member

    Here's the article.

    https://www.americanpregnancy.org/pregnancyhealth/artificialsweetner.htm


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  • MrsA71208MrsA71208 member

    imageTambcat:
    They are fine in moderation.

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  • TambcatTambcat member

    You can still have a little aspartame on a daily basis. It takes very little of it to sweeten a soda, coffee, whatever.

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  • juliane2004juliane2004 member
    I am diabetic and have to drink diet pop (which has aspartame or splenda), and I drink probably about 4 glasses a day of it. It's that or water and I choose the diet drink.
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    As long as it's in moderation I do pretty much everything.

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  • megoguenmegoguen member
    Thanks everyone and thanks for the link countrygrl!!
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  • happy2be1102happy2be1102
    A sweetner I like (may be somewhat new) is called Truvia. It's plant based and its sweeter than sugar! Nothing artificial. Google it if you'd like. I love it!
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    Before they started Truvia, you could get stevia liquid at the health food store. My dad is borderline diabetic so it was great for him. Mom finally started growing her own stevia. So I would think that would be the safest sugar substitute. But it isn't in a lot of things yet.

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  • araybinaraybin member
    That article was really helpful, thanks!
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  • katylady09katylady09 member

    imagehappy2be1102:
    A sweetner I like (may be somewhat new) is called Truvia. It's plant based and its sweeter than sugar! Nothing artificial. Google it if you'd like. I love it!

     

    I LOVE Truvia. That's all I use. I even put it in cakes, cookies, cereal....anything.


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