Splenda - friend or foe?

[TitianWasp]

Ok everyone,

I am eyeing a variety of things in my current WOE as potential saboteurs (before giving in and admitting I am eating too much and exercising too little to lose weight at my current height/weight/age/gender).

Usual suspect #1 - Splenda. Has anyone every found this to be a true "staller"? Have you personally cut it out of your diet and immediately found your weightloss restarting?

Please let me know. Science reports are conflicting, so I'd like to hear some anecdotal evidence.

Thanks, as always!
TitianWasp

[not2late]

Maybe I should move this to the Main Forum so you'll get more thread views?

[TitianWasp]

Hey Megs - probably a good idea. Noticed I wasn't hearing much from people today (though it is a holiday, isn't it?).

Hope you had a great weekend.

Muffy

[julirama723]

I don't know if it's a true staller for me, but granulated splenda has given me stomach aches and MAJOR cravings in the past. I stick with stevia or sweetzfree.

[scaleskl]

I haven't stalled from using splenda.

[chicamarun]

I'm investigating it myself actually - I think my diet coke "issue" is the reason I have been stalled for a little bit. So I am upping water intake and trying to "wash it" all out of my system and will see what happens over the next day or so.

First time I did Atkins I never drank water that wasn't sweetened (I'm still not a water-lover) and they were all sweetened with Splenda and I would bake and make goodies all the time and never stalled. This time (7 years later) I am having issues with it I think. Apparently my body doesn't think it's the same age as it was 7 years ago (though my mind keeps telling me I'm no different!)

[TitianWasp]

I am hoping lots of people will say YES, YES IT'S THE SPLENDA!!! CUT IT OUT AND YOU WILL LOSE FREELY AGAIN!

So far, not happening.

[woodym]

Yes, Yes It's The Splenda!!! Cut It Out And You Will Lose Freely Again!

[TitianWasp]

Ha ha - thank you WoodyM. Do you mean it? Have you had experience with this issue?

[ValidRouge]

Titian, I cannot say that Splenda is a staller or not, because, for each of us, it's an individual thing. Dairy stalls me, it may not stall you. Nuts are trigger food for me, they may not be for you.

I can see that you already suspect this as a big culprit because of this thread and one other you started. The only way you are going to get any kind of an answer, is to test your hypothesis for yourself. There isn't a single person on this board who can answer it BUT you.

I, personally, cut out artificial sweetners in the powdered form because of the maltodextrin. Occasionally I will still use the liquid saccharine or sucralose, but I truly do better without them. The sweet taste alone causes me to want more and more.