I'll admit it, I'm addicted to Splenda. Every morning I have a bowl of oatmeal with two Splenda packets mixed in. And many afternoons I enjoy a nice chai tea latte from Starbucks with another two. Not to mention all the sugar-free items I buy that are sweetened with the sucralose-based sweetener.
I mean, no calories and 600 times sweeter than real sugar? Talk about having your cake and eating it too. But of course, if something seems too good to be true, it probably is.
Splenda, along with other artificial sweeteners like aspartame and saccharin, have been under fire for years for possible health risks, and have been tested and tested and tested, with both good and bad findings. And when I interviewed West Palm Beach-based weight loss specialist Dr. Gloria Hakkarainen last week, she didn't have the highest opinion of sucralose (or any other unnatural sweeteners for that matter). She did recommend Truvia, which is an all-natural/no-calorie sweetener made from the stevia plant. While it doesn't quite satisfy my sweet tooth like Splenda does, I'm trying to get used to it. Doctor's orders.
I use Truvia too, your taste buds get used to it after a while and then it basically tastes the same :o)
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