I've recently started putting splenda back in my decaf tea again and went from never being hungry to feeling like I've started to get more hungry and have cravings. I don't know if it's in my head or the splenda. Im also pre period and font know if thats affecting me. Please share with me' what you know on this topic.

I've recently started putting splenda back in my decaf tea again and went from never being hungry to feeling like I've started to get more hungry and have cravings. I don't know if it's in my head or the splenda. Im also pre period and font know if thats affecting me. Please share with me' what you know on this topic.

I don't think i can really help you with this one cause I've been a splenda, sugar twin, equal, etc person all my life. . . my mom started us out on saccarhine, then as the other fake sugars came along we did those, I don't drink real soda cause it tastes like thick syrup to me and i don't drink whole milk cause it looks like paint and tastes too thick . . . ugh i'm a mess. . . . but i haven't had that problem with the splenda at all however you put real sugar around me (chocolate or breads, etc) and i'll have that problem . . . in my head? maybe or it's the increase in carbs????

As I answered in the other post on the same topic, it's extremely unlikely that your hunger is due to Splenda. Hunger is an EXTREMELY complicated phenomenon and is very normal -- the body needs hunger to survive, so there are multiple, redundant pathways to signal hunger to the brain. It's VERY unlikely that Splenda alone is some kind of magical hunger-signaling compound.

Drink Water when you're hungry. Even better, EAT -- but eat something healthy and filling, like lean Protein or raw vegetables (whatever works with your sleeve). Hunger is not the enemy.

I think it is very likely it could be the Splenda especially if you are sensitive to sugars bc the amount of actual Splenda in one packet could fit on the tip of a pin. It is a very powerful sweetener. The bulk of what is in the packet is maltodextrin which is a sugar/starch made from corn that has been shown to AND will raise glucose.

My nutritionist says that Splenda can cause hunger. He says that our bodies do not know the difference between

sugar and sugar substitutes. That does not mean I don't use it.

spenda also causes gas for me.