Thread: My Experience with HCG Diet - Nearing end of Phase 2

Talk about a major health improvement...wow.

Apartame and Splenda are poisons. Aspartame is a neurotoxin and headaches are a common reaction. Splenda disrupts the gut biome, and as science progresses, it is becoming more and more clear that the health of our gut biome is critical to overall well-being. You are well rid of both of them. If you can continue to stay away from them and the refined carbs, you will be doing your body a big favor.

There are more natural sweetener options that don't have those downsides. Stevia, and sugar alcohols are produced from foods and are better choices. Allulose is a newcomer on the food-based sweetener front that you might want to explore. It is the most like sugar, and even caramelizes like sugar. It depends on what you can tolerate. Some people have reactions to stevia like headaches or low blood sugar. Especially if they already have a ragweed allergy. Sugar alchohols can cause gastric distress in some. But on the whole, neither is detrimental like the chemical sweeteners.

Congrats on the new baby. Babies are a blessing no matter how they get here.

You can sometimes mitigate that cooling sensation by mixing several different sweeteners. My current favorite is a mix of stevia and birch xylitol which I blend together myself in a coffee grinder. But that only works because I finally found a stevia brand that tastes good to me, after trying many. I can make the blend is as sweet as I want it, no aftertaste, and no cooling. You just have to keep trying things until you find something that works for you. Everyone's sweet perception can be different to the same product.

You can often get the sweetness closer to sugar taste by balancing it with a bit of mineral salt.

Originally Posted by Mitchapalooza

Thank you very much. Yes - so happy to be finally done with aspartame and splenda I have abused them for YEARS and always knew it was not good to be eating/drinking them. I will never go back!

I have tried erythritol in the past, has a cooling sensation that is a bit off putting, but I can deal with that.

Thanks again for the response.

I lke Truvia which is stevia plus erythitol blend

Originally Posted by Mitchapalooza

Are there any fillers in truvia?

. Never thought so. But container says erythitol,
Stevia (leaf extract,natural flavors). The Paranthesis is following stevia to say the nature of stevia so do not think it is filler