Sweet stuff help please :]

[cideon]

Hello there everyone. I was wondering if I could bother you all for some reputable links on Stevia , sugar, and artificial sweeteners (like why certain ones are bad and even the "controversy" on Stevia itself). As I understood it, Stevia is "healthier" because it is more naturally created/extracted or whatnot than other sugar substitutes, though

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[stacyinthecity]

It may be hard to do, but why not try cutting out sugar entirely? I rarely need sugar for food to taste palatable to me. It might take some time to wean yourself off of it, but I've found the less sugar I eat, the less I want to eat.

And it can be a two pronged approach - Can you use a different water filter system that won't give your water fridge taste, for example?

Also, not sure what kind of Stevia you use, but here is an blog post on Truvia.

[metis2be]

This. The easiest way to cut out sugar from your tea drinking is to switch what type of tea you drink. Try oolong or green, or possibly something fruity.

To cut the habit of drinking tea with sugar you need to break the things that reinforce the habit. Try drinking something completely different, or preparing it different, or drinking it when you're in a different location or a different mood.

I grew up drinking bags of black tea with sugar and milk, and when I switched to loose tea I dropped the sugar and milk cause the tea was so good I didn't need to cover up the bitter parts. The only time I ever put them in tea anymore is with earl gray because that reminds me of home.

[radioremindsme]

OT, but- your icon! Erin McKeown is one of my top 5.

[stacyinthecity]

:) She is pretty awesome.

[gem77]

http://www.sweetsavvy.com/

[woodandwool]

I'm firstly concerned with calories, and then secondly with prevention of ingesting poisons/toxins

i want to make sure i'm reading this right: you'd rather ingest something that has lead/mercury/etc, but zero calories than ingest something natural that contains calories?

or you're concerned with both, and the "then" in that sentence is just misleading.

[cideon]

No, you read correctly. I would like to rectify my weight problem NOW, and would rather ingest such toxins at the moment. Once at a lower weight, with hopefully better control and other eating habits (for instance, right now I'm switching around my meats, like choosing leaner things), THEN I'll worry about what's doing that kind of stuff to my body. After all, once I'm at a lower and healthier weight, then I plan to stay that way, therefore, I will worry more about food/etc I'll be ingesting for the rest of my life. First thing's first though.

[killtheelite]

Yeah, I feel ya. Right now I would like to be eating more natural foods without a lot of preservatives and pesticides and such to worry about, but I will worry about that once I am not constantly on the verge of having my utilities turned off! haha. Try as I might, I just can't beat those frozen walmart brand stirfry veggies right now.

[harmais]

First I had agave, then Stevia. Stevia is easier to use than agave, just two or three drops are enough for a cup of coffee. But I noticed that with coffee stevia does not give nice flavour at all. First off, stevia has a taste like licorice to my taste, so with coffee what I do is to use sugar but very little, just to cut the bitter taste. I use stevia with herbal teas, then it is great. I seldom use sugar. Stevia is good for bakening too I heard.

[daoine_o]

just a pointed comment re: stevia and truvia, and artificial sweeteners