Posted: 1/29/2006 11:31:50 AM EDT
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I had switched to using Splenda instead of sugar about 6 months ago in my coffee (shit says it is made from sugar, I just found out they add a couple CHLORINE molecules) . After a while I started getting searing pains in my stomach whenever I had coffee, but not when I bought espressos and stuff. I almost quit drinking coffee altogether then I realized I had been drinking coffee for 20 years with no ill effect and the only change i had made recently was to switch to Splenda. I quit using Splenda a month ago, and have been drinking coffee every day and not had any problems since. I can only conclude that me and Splenda do not get along for some reason. Anyone else have problems? |
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I "cut" it with my sugar for my tea, straight Splenda tasted "empty". I started with one cup of sugar per gallon of sweet tea. I then replaced one quarter-cup with Splenda until it was one quarter cup of sugar and a half cup of Splenda over a week or so. I used to use 2 whole cups of sugar per gallon years ago. I don't know how "Splenda for cooking" works yet but it's got to beat Nutrasweet or saccharine. |
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Splenda messed me up but not physically... It made me slightly paranoid. No joke. I felt like the walls were closing in and I was panicky. I know you don't know me from Adam but that is anything but me. The only thing I could think of (once I got to thinking about it) was that it was the Splenda. I stopped, and the wierdness subsided. The only good side effect of the Splenda for me was that I really kicked my survival preparations in high gear. 
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I can't use it. I get serious intestinal pain, and gas you wouldn't believe. I farted for 3 days straight after having some diet icecream w/raspberry topping. My ass actually hurt from it. SOB! I stick to using Stevia powder at home, or if I'm out, good old saccarine. Nutrasweet/Aspartame makes me feel very strange, so I avoid it. |
| I wonder if that might be my problem as well. I've had serious abdominal pain for close to a year without explanation. One day it being bad enough to visit the ER. If it's splenda I'm going to be #($&ing pissed. Time to buy some of the blue stuff and eliminate the Splenda. |
Why would you be pissed… it is not the folks who make Splenda fault your system cannot handle Splenda. |
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Interesting reading about Splenda..... www.shacamerica.net/splenda/splenda.htm You might think twice about this product after reading... |
+1 I've tried a few of the artificial sweeteners and I can't stand the chemical taste. Others have told me to keep with the stuff and you get used to it, but I don't think I want to get used to those chemicals going into my body. At least real sugar is natural. It may not be good for you but it's a hell of lot better than the artificial crap. |
I think if you take that at face value you don't think. Badly written propaganda is just badly written propaganda. |
I would be pissed because I've spent over $2500 (colonoscopy, ultrasound, x rays, endoscopy, etc) trying to figure out what the hell was wrong with me and no one figured it out (Doctors knew I was using it as well). I've missed about a week of work during the year for testing and because of stomach aches. And I didn't think of it.  That's reason enough to be pissed in my book.
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It is like getting pissed at dirt because you are allergic to strawberries. Be pissed at your body it is not their fault your body cannot handle the product. |
| Maybe you misread, Maybe I didn't specify enough. I didn't say I'd be pissed at Splenda, I said if it was Splenda I'd be pissed. Try having a constant stomach ache for a year, systematically cutting out almost everything from your diet, but missing something as simple as an artificial sweetener. |
 Those guys seem worse than PETA. Credibility? Zero. |
OK got it. |
I was pissed because I could not put 2 and 2 together sooner. My gut hurt and I almost gave up one of the few indulgences I have in my life (coffee). A sweetener is not the first thing to come to mind when you start feeling pain like that. THat website I had been to before, and it did not have any cred with me either. |
Exactly. I indulge on a little beer now and again and coffee. I cut out the beer (and all alcohol) for a month while I was trying to figure it out. I also cut down on coffee, just couldn't do that one completely. I had also cut out all lactose, tons of fats, salt, etc. I was on unflavored grilled chicken, brown rice, water and half a cup of coffee/day for much longer than any man should. My last taste of Splenda was while reading the first post on this thread this morning. I hope that is my problem. We'll see. |
My results were immediate. They day I did not put splenda in my coffee, was the day I did not feel pain after drinking coffee. |
I hope mine's that immediate, but my abdominal pain didn't start up until at least a month after substituting sugar w/ Splenda (and other diet changes, hence why I wasn't suspecting the Splenda), so I'm not expecting anything that quick. BTW Just ran across THIS, haven't read any yet. |