Your thoughts on this youtube video?

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgDCaPVfllM]YouTube - Atkins Diet: Daily Sweetener Limit[/ame]

When I was doing the shots/pill weight loss, the doctor specifically told me to avoid all artificial sweetners, especially aspartame, as it would slow/stall/stop my weight loss. I don't care for aspartame at all. I haven't had soft drinks in over 20 years and I can drink my iced tea without sweetner, so it was not a big deal for me. I haven't read Dr. Atkins book in years, so do not recall what he has to say about it specifically; obviously this man does as he knows the exact pages! My theory is to avoid putting anything artificial into your system as much as you can. I do occassionally use stevia in my 1 cup of daily coffee; however, that's about it.

I drink crystal lite lemonade and use sweet n low in my coffee. I cook and bake all my food so I have nothing but all natural ingredients. If the artificial sweetners are going to kill me, so be it. LOL.

I drink crystal lite lemonade and use sweet n low in my coffee. I cook and bake all my food so I have nothing but all natural ingredients. If the artificial sweetners are going to kill me, so be it. LOL.

Oh yes, I forgot - I also drink crystal lite and the ones made by Lipton (they have splenda in them) - I forgot.

Plus, none of us are going to get off this planet alive, so if something is going to kill me, I'm with you - so be it.

Hmmmm. The Atkins shakes have artificial sweetners.

Hmmmm. The Atkins shakes have artificial sweetners.

HA! Good point! Don't their Protein bars have them as well?

HA! Good point! Don't their Protein bars have them as well?

Ok, ok, I give -- I screwed up ... open mouth, insert foot, chew vigorously. :wink0:

... slinking away now ..

I don't know. I started to think about it and I had increased my intake of splenda over the last 2 years, mainly drinking more coffee with it. It makes me wonder....also when he talked about the brain reaction and telling your body to produce more insulin. What do you think about that part?

Artificial sweeteners are a food group for me

They are a food group to me too. I used them a LOT during weight loss and lost quite well. I still use them, no problem.

well....i know that my PCOS causes insulin resistance as well as gynological fertility issues..... and i react with the same issues to aspartame the same way as i do with sugar!..... but i drink crystal light a lot more since emerson's birth.....and i am feeling like i want more sugar all the time!

i used them rarely if at all while losing when banded. same with margerine...only butter....only real food except in the crystal light..... but usually i drank Water or skim milk

I agree with eating "real" foods. I prepare all my meals and control what goes in them. I'm also an excellent baker. I don't use anything but natural ingredients and yes, that means calories. For me, having a taste of the real thing is much better than settling for a substitute made with artificial ingredients.

I try to use the artificial stuff judiciously. There is some recent research that *suggests* that artificial sweeteners may trigger sweet cravings and insulin reactions similar to sugar, but I think they are really just at the beginning stages of understanding how they work and I think the media has really overstated the case against them. For example, there is no proof they make people fat (correlation is not causation) yet the media acts like that is totally proven.

I think the jury is still out and, anyway, you have to go by how your own body works on these things.

Well I personally stay away from aspartane, due to the fact that in some studies it has been linked to multiple sclerosis and I have this disease. I was a big diet coke drinker prior to my diagnosis. Since it is so much work trying to figure out what is in what I stay away from them all. I am sure I accidentally get them occasionally, but not knowingly.

Well I personally stay away from aspartane, due to the fact that in some studies it has been linked to multiple sclerosis and I have this disease. I was a big diet coke drinker prior to my diagnosis. Since it is so much work trying to figure out what is in what I stay away from them all. I am sure I accidentally get them occasionally, but not knowingly.

I don't care for the after taste of aspartame; plus all the bad things I have heard about it. If given a choice, I will use splenda or stevia or sweet-n-low. I'm glad to find more and more things being made with splenda instead of aspartame. And, since I haven't had soft drinks in over 20 years, I don't even worry about that.

the artificial sweetners trigger migraines for me, we just recently, after many years of suffering figured this out! I'm not using stivia or sun crystals (which i prefer) - it is stivia and cane sugar. I have not gotten the sleeve yet, just made the decision two weeks ago. I have an appt. with my doctor after the first of the year and hope to have it done in early spring!! Will sun crystals be a no no?? :thumbup: 5 calories per packet.