posted on facebook....copied to here so i can remember it.
Does anyone that agrees that saccharin/sucralose/aspertame are harmful for
you have an opinion about TRUVIA and Z Sweet??? I am very cautious
about what I put into my body! Should I be concerned??? I've researched but am inconclusive.
My husband is having a bake-fest now that we are on phase 3. I think it's
o.k. but am sti...ll leary. Any Ideas!?!?!? He's made: 2 pumpkin pies w/
nut crust, 2 batches of peanut butter no flour cookies, a cheesecake,
and now a no flour chocolate cake w/ cream cheese frosting.....At
$11.60/bag I think we'll go broke! ;) Thanks. p.s. i freaked about a gain on monday of 3 lbs...it was gone the next day thanks to the steak day! things are good! ;)
Sonja Liggitt
Man, that sounds like a lush bake fest at your house. Truvia is considered an acceptable heathy sweetener...I feel like if they sell it at Whole Foods it is pretty good. They won't sell just any sweeteners.
Julie Zohovetz Morris
that's a good thought....i don't always trust the cash hoarder WF but they don't carry some bad stuff so this may be true.. ;) my husband IS a baking fanatic! at least he's not making the usual sugar/flour sweets. :)
Melissa Wilson Nodzu
From what I understand Truvia comes from the Stevia plant. Obviously processed to Truvia like sugar gets refined from beets & canes but in a different way. It is a natural sweetner - not weird amino acids clashing and then stabilized somehow...
Daniel Wall TRUVIA has dextroseits sugar. fructose also is sugar.Pure stevia is very costly to make so truvia adds fillers like dextrose to bring down the cost and it tastes more like sugar too.( bc it has sugar... aka dextrose) when on the life phase when your all done, this would be a good choice... but not now!!!
Julie Zohovetz Morris
How do you know that Truvia has dextrose? It does contain erythritol which is not the same.
Daniel Wall
what tree or bush is this erythritol from?... erythritol is a synthetic that was developed in Japan based off of alcohol sugar. Just stick with pure stevia it’s the best way to go.
Michelle Bollaert Hess
Alcohol sugars are one of those... 'your mileage may vary' substances.
Some people do quite well with alcohol sugars on P3. Others do not.
Some people do quite well with alcohol sugars on P3. Others do not.
http://articles.mercola.co
after researching on mercola.com i realized that there are a lot of mixed opinions.
after researching on mercola.com....
i think that avoiding it on and after phase 3 will be better off in the long run. i felt weird after eating it. i like to stick to nature as much as possible. now....how to convince my husband. :)
after researching on mercola.com i realized that there are a lot of mixed opinions.
after researching on mercola.com....
i think that avoiding it on and after phase 3 will be better off in the long run. i felt weird after eating it. i like to stick to nature as much as possible. now....how to convince my husband. :)
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Truvia is only 9/10 of 1% Rebiana, a chemical derivative of various stevia glycosides, and masking agent. The "No Questions " letter to Cargill from the FDA reports that Rebiana has methanol and ethanol residues. Rebiana is not one of the 11 natural glycocide compounds in the stevia leaf produced by the action of sunlight upon the leaves. That is Rebaudioside A (Reb A), which is very different than Rebiana, contrary to what many believe. Rebiana is not naturally in the stevia leaf, nor does it extist in nature. Rebiana is simply a trade name coined in 2008 by Cargill. The other 99.1% in Truvia is all eryhtritol, a sugar extracted from corn with alcohol, which is why it is referred to as an "alcohol sugar." Cargill, whose product it is, reported that their corn is 30% genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
I spelled "erythritol" wrong.
erin..... how can i contact you? :) i went to your blog, but there is no place to comment. i have decided that i don't want to eat truiva, but i have no evidence of why it's not good to tell my husband. any thoughts?
Um...I don't know your husband, but you can tell him that Truvia is mostly erythritol, ( which is why it tastes like sugar, it is over 99% sugar) which can be hard on his digestive system.
Maybe you can offer to try something else. Personally, I use SweetLeaf Stevia. It is the only brand in which the extract is extracted from the stevia leaf using only pure water during the entire process, so the nutrients remain. Others use chemicals to extract, which can remove stevia's natural nutrients. SweetLeaf has no added sugars either. It has the natural stevia properties of 0 calories, 0 carbs, and a 0 glycemic index--I think the only stevia product to retain all three of these properties. The powder contains soluble inulin fiber, which feeds good intestinal bacteria, which, in turn, strengthens the immune system. Inulin is also a digestive aid. I use the powder and the flavored liquids. I've baked with it as well! You can use them for pretty much anything you want to sweeten.
Thanks for letting me know about my blog--I'll have to fix that!
Good luck in whatever you decide to use, and good luck with your husband!
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