Sweetners

Daibell

Master
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12,642
Type of diabetes
LADA
Treatment type
Insulin
Personally I use them all and can never detect the difference but others say they vary a lot. The flat Hermesetas pack fits in the pocket so I find it useful when out and about
 

hanadr

Expert
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soaps on telly and people talking about the characters as if they were real.
I like Splenda to carry about, but also have Stevia powder at home.
Hana
 

candyfloss

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160
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Processed foods and refined carbohydrates!
I use 1 Sweetex for tea. For coffee I use a quarter spoon of sugar and can almost count the grains. I dont know why I chose Sweetex, probably it was the cheapest but its perfectly ok. I use Sainsburys SlendaSweet in plain yoghurt. I dont buy those small fruit yoghurt pots such as Muller, Ski etc. Full of sugar and a lot lot cheaper to create your own.
 

WhatNotToEat

Active Member
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I use canderel. Though I hear stories about how sweetener is not really good for you, something about the chemicals in them?


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viviennem

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3,140
Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Other
Dislikes
Football. Bad manners.
I use Splenda tabs in coffee, and Splenda granulated if I want to sweeten (eg) natural yoghurt.

Viv 8)
 

))Denise((

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1,580
Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
I try and avoid sweeteners wherever possible, you just get used to a less sweet taste.
 

Fraddycat

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709
I've started using Stevia, which is made from a natural leaf and should not have all of the toxic stuff that other sweetners have. But watch out, any sweetner in powder form is 95% maltodextrin and only 5% of the actual sweetner. This is the case for splenda, sweetex, stevia, the lot. So I use the tabs crushed up or have recently bought liquid stevia which is great and very sweet!!