splenda doesn't affect my bgl, aspartame, sp sends me to th ER with minimal
usage, one 12 oz can of soda throws me into a full blown migraine, stevia,
is not like sugar to me, but isn't totally umpleaseant either.

Lee
"Landon" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:38:54 -0500, Omelet >
> wrote:
>
>>In article >,
>> Landon > wrote:
>>
>>> The testing that anti-soy folks like to flaunt is done with gross
>>> exaggeration of amounts. The typical amount used for testing is FIVE
>>> TIMES what a typical soy eater uses per/day.
>>
>>I found out the same thing about Aspartame... I know some people are
>>sensitive to it (I don't think there is a single substance or food out
>>there that SOMEbody does not have a sensitivity to!) but I like
>>Aspartame and have gone back to using it.
>>
>>Splenda raises my glucose levels! That tells me that it being
>>non-nutrative (calorie free) is an abject lie.
>>
>>I can't stand Stevia. Tastes like Sacharrin to me.
>>
>>There is a lot of testing out there that is badly done. The testers are
>>using huge amounts of said substance that is unrealistic for most normal
>>people that eat a widely varied diet.
>
> I've seen testing on Aspartame where ridiculous amounts were used.
> Like 5 thousand times the normal usage. I agree with you.
>
> Splenda jacks my glucose levels just as much as regular cane sugar
> does. Splenda, after all IS sugar.
>
> I'm one of the lucky ones with Stevia. It tastes exactly like cane
> sugar to me. I've watched new users of it who used WAY too much from
> ignorance of it and were turned off on it because they said it was
> disgustingly sweet. Well DUH! Crack me up.
>
> Stevia has been used by South Americans for literally hundreds of
> years with absolutely no evidence showing that is caused any harm to
> their societies or any banning or halting of use for any reasons. It
> didn't affect population levels and it hasn't shown any problems in
> the artifacts examined.
>
> My advice to new users of Stevia; use much less when you try it. It's
> strength will surprise you. It is 30 times as sweet as cane sugar.
> Even the packets should be used in lesser quantities.
>
> Have someone do a double blind test with you as the subject. Mix 6
> numbered glasses of iced tea and put Stevia into 2 of them, Aspartame
> in two and cane sugar in two. Have that person hold the card
> identifying each numbered glass and a third person present the drinks.
> When you come back into the room, tell them which two have the Stevia
> in them.
>
> Do the same test three times and the results will be all over the
> place. Most dislike of Stevia is pre-judgment based misinformation
> that the person has been told.
>
> Double blind testing proves the results with no personal input or
> prejudice possible.
>
> Of course, IF you are one of the few people who can really taste the
> difference without even knowing that you're drinking it, then that
> also would prove that you are able to taste the difference without it
> being a he-said-she-said result.