As I understand it (and I may be wrong so anyone who knows better please correct me), there are quite a number of "stevia" plants. Apparently only a few cause infertility and others are sweet. The basic point is that the exact plants being used for the sweetener are not the plants what cause infertility, but they're related.
And again, I may be wrong, but I think this is a point worth clarifying either way. Any plant experts can weigh in on this?
Also, there was a recent thread on artificial sweeteners either here or on Voat. People overwhelmingly said sucralose was the better sweetener followed by monk fruit. I was using stevia in my morning teas, but tried powdered sucralose yesterday and yes it's way better. Haven't tried the monk fruit yet (likely later this morning).
Finally, what downsides are there to sucralose and monk fruit? Are there any?
Except sucralose makes the liver work harder to turn the sucrose into glucose. It's not better for you than plain old sugar.
Monk fruit with erythritol to me seems to be the least dangerous, but that and sucralose are the only non sugars that I don't mind eating.
but that and sucralose are the only non sugars that I don't mind eating.
Sucralose is sucrose sugar with a few chlorine atoms replacing some hydroxyl groups in the sucrose molecule. What is your take on chlorinated water treatment being good or bad?
Bad. I use salt water pools and the gulf for swimming, etc.
What's the deal with the extra chlorine? I've never looked into what it does to the body.
Sucralose causes... I wanna say an even higher insulin response than sugar. Doublecheck me on that, but I do know it breaks a fast.
High insulin without any food to store in your cells makes for more hunger hormones. Recipe for overeating.
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