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I think your lack of Fiber is more a cause of loose stool than fake sweeteners. Also lower quality Protein gives me more issues than whey isolate.

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Large amounts of sugar free substitutes can give some people diarrhea. Everyone's GI tract reacts differently to sugar free.

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Large amounts of sugar free substitutes can give some people diarrhea. Everyone's GI tract reacts differently to sugar free.< /p>

Doesn't necessarily need to be "large amounts"....My friend had stopped smoking and took to chewing sugar free gum. She kept insisting that her body must be going through withdraws because she stays in the bathroom all the time. Finally she mentioned that she had been chewing on sf gum (3 pieces a day) after meals (because thats when she would smoke)....I went and bought her regular gum and told her to see if it made a difference...it stop instantly. She thought I was a genius...I told her I was-haha

Some people just seem to be very sensitive to it....It doesn't bother me at all

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I have a hard time with sugar free. I had to switch to a stevia sweetned shake for the pre-op because I couldn't leave the bathroom.

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I've used Splenda and sugar free for quite awhile and do not experience any if those side effects. xylitol can do that to me though. Everyone has a different reaction to these things. Is stevia and Splenda the same?

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Stevia is a plant extract, while splenda is modified sugar.

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A lot of sugar substitutes carry a warning that excessive consumption can cause issues. I remember going to movies years ago and buying a cup of sugar free candies to eat during the movie, this was prior to them carrying warnings, a couple of hours later I got the worst cramps and runs ever.As a result I am now ultra careful about how much of these type of products I consume.

I actually wrote to the manufacturer to complain about the lack of warning.

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