I cut back on diet soda because I got paranoid about aspartame. I started drinking flavored vitamin waters and such. But now I'm noticing that these waters have sucralose in them.
So... is sucralose that big of a deal?
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there's less research on it than aspartame, but it's a sugar substitute. it's better than aspartame but still not good. i think stevia is the best one out there, but very little uses it.
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Like, iced tea? I usually want a cold drink when I'm thirsty, and I find that flavored water has way more flavor than (hot) tea. [Unless, of course, I'm doing it wrong.]
And yeah. I agree that water is the best. But sometimes, I want something interesting to drink.
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vitamin water's damn good. however if you want flavored waters there's absolutely nothing wrong with many of 'em. a lot are done steamed and don't actually have any other real ingredients to 'em.
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i would look at your local health food store to see if they stock products that have stevia...it is slowly getting more popular as people discover some of its benefits.
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does it taste different than sugar? yes. but it still carries a sweet taste to it without calories or raising one's glycemic index (good for diabetics)
i've mostly been testing it in varying amounts with plan water to good effect, as well as adding it to some tea here and there. the biggest mistake people make with it is treating it like sugar and adding far more of the stuff than needed which makes your drink biter. one teaspoon is roughly the equivalent of a cup of sugar.
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