Sweetener for tea and coffee

[Ammit]

Hi

I would just like to ask advice on the best UK available sweetener I can purchase to use in tea and coffee to replace sugar that doe's not contain Aspartame.

Thanks

[Etherios]

To be honest A little bit of sugar is not bad ... And i dont think you will find any sweetener without aspartame or other similar chemicals.

So better to use a bit of a sugar than a bit of death. Sugar or salt in small quantities are not bad.


p.s. Use honey :-P 100% better option ... tho normal quantities.

[Ammit]

Thanks Etherios. Just seems everything has Aspartame in it.

[Natalia]

I use Xylitol from Holland and Barrett (but can buy it in most health shops), it's a natural substance that is found in our bodies, fruits, and veg...the product is refined but imo it's better for you than refined cane sugar as it's lower GI and is good for your teeth (anti bacterial). Having too much Xylitol at a time can cause some stomach upset...it depends on the person whether it suits them and how much...sometimes I used half sugar and half xylitol or just alternated it...Stevia is also good, and has health benefits, but can taste a bit bitter (at times I combined Xylitol with Stevia).

http://walksinthewoods.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/totalsweetpic1.jpg

[Nick Matkin]

Sucralose (Splenda) does not contain Aspartame. I think it's in those pink sachets found in restaurants etc, but it's available in supermarkets.

A new non-sugar sweetener is from a plant and is natural; agave syrup, which is 1.4 to 1.6 times sweeter than sugar.

But the most promising new natural sweetener is the plant stevia rebaudiana which is hundreds of times sweeter than sugar.

I just have sugar in moderation.

On 22 July BBC Radio 4 devoted an episode of the Food Programme entirely to artificial sweeteners and their potential for good and bad. Still available on i-player here (http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/foodprog). (But since the BBC is apparently an organ of establishment propaganda the programme is obviously all bollocks!)

Of course harmless, cheap artificial sweeteners are the Holy Grail for the food industry.

Nick

[Ecnal61]

Hi ammit,unbleached sugar is best which is readily available at all supermarkets,and thumbs up to you for avoiding aspartame which is responsible for SO many ailments,
cheers.
p.s if it aint natural dont eat it.

[42]

Maple Syrup! (Canadian eh..)

[Robin]

Molasses, honey, treacle, and sorghum syrup are all good, healthy alternatives to table sugar. I'm not sure where you could find these in the U.K., but treacle is definitely a staple there, if I'm not mistaken. They are all nutritious and loaded with healthy minerals. And, of course, they are aspartame free! ;)

[shadowstalker]

Raw cane sugar is good to if not already posted, refined sugar is unhealthy.

[mgray]

My wife uses Agave in her coffee. I drink it black.

[Milneman]

Just go without. Yeah, I know...the first week I gave up sweetening my coffee I was like..yeuck. But after a while you get used to it.

Milk, no sugar. Yum. :)

[Centauri]

I think anything that is white in color is suspect, as far as sweeteners go. There's this stuff.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Stevia-Powder-16-Ounces-Organic-Green-Leaf-Natural-Sweetener-/310723381150?pt=US_Dietary_Supplements_Nutrition&hash=item48588e879e

And no I am not the seller. I'm just all about direct links!

When I told my wife about stevia and she hilariously went to walmart to get a bag. Of course it was bright white powder. I looked on the back label and found that the product had been stepped on with maltodextrin!

But these things we speak of are never harmful in extreme moderation. We see the harmful effects from people who do not employ that strategy.

[pathaka]

Xylitol = get only organic birch Xylitol. US Xylitol is 99.999% GMO corn crap.
Erythritol = another sugal alcohol, worth trying, unless you get gastrointestinal issues with it
Stevia = beware, there are CocaCola/pepsi derivatives with non-stevia glycosoids. Get the pure, if you like the taste (I dont')
Agave syrup = mostly chemically extracted and nothing natural about it. Crap.
Coconut palm syrup = fairly low glycemic index, can be gotten as organic
Sucralose = chlorinated. Should NOT be metabolized, but does. Dangerous, don't use.

My choice. max 1/2 teaspoon honey per day. pref raw.

Use that for 10 days, forget the rest of sweetness. Your tastebuds turn over in that time and you get used to normal, non sugary taste, and all that extra sweetened stuff will taste what it really is : yucky, extra-sweet sugary crap.

[Zionbrion]

I have not tried this yet, but it looks simply amazing!
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[Sidney]

Do NOT use splenda.

http://www.truthaboutsplenda.com/

I LOVE sugar in the Raw. http://www.intheraw.com/products/sugar-in-the-raw/

and of course Stevia, is great, and you can easily grow your own.

[Snowflower]

I recently learned that conventionally grown sugar canes are sprayed with glyphosates four days before harvest to kill the plant so it is cheaper to harvest. That is the pesticide in Roundup. It kills everything. It just kills humans and large animals more slowly than the bugs, plants, and micro-organisms in the ground. So, if you eat sugar, it must be 100% certified organic. Unrefined would be better too because that still carries the plant nutrients.

But the only sweeteners I will use are 100% raw honey and maple syrup.

[watchZEITGEISTnow]

stevia - grow your own too

[robinr1]

splenda is poison



Sucralose (Splenda) does not contain Aspartame. I think it's in those pink sachets found in restaurants etc, but it's available in supermarkets.

A new non-sugar sweetener is from a plant and is natural; agave syrup, which is 1.4 to 1.6 times sweeter than sugar.

But the most promising new natural sweetener is the plant stevia rebaudiana which is hundreds of times sweeter than sugar.

I just have sugar in moderation.

On 22 July BBC Radio 4 devoted an episode of the Food Programme entirely to artificial sweeteners and their potential for good and bad. Still available on i-player here (http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/foodprog). (But since the BBC is apparently an organ of establishment propaganda the programme is obviously all bollocks!)

Of course harmless, cheap artificial sweeteners are the Holy Grail for the food industry.

Nick

[genevieve]

Zionbrion--

I'd just kicked a 30-year coffee addiction when I tried the Bulletproof Coffee recipe.

O - M - G !!!!!!!!!!!!


All those years of using cream or half and half in my coffee (no sugar ever), when I
could've been using unsalted butter and coconut oil --- DOH!


Re sweetener: I like the idea of stevia because you can grow your own.


Peace Love Joy & Harmony,
genevieve


P.S. I think the Bulletproof way might've clouded my memory a bit--
I forgot all about kicking my coffee habit. ;)

[conk]

Raw cane sugar is good to if not already posted, refined sugar is unhealthy.These two products are essentially identical. Raw cane sugar is simply marketing. It is only different in appearance. Granted some sugars are worse (GMO beet sugar), but all are very bad for the human body.

Splenda is a chlorine product. Avoid.
Agave syrup is processed to death and is simply HFCS.
Xylitol, if made from the birch tree and not from China, is a good product, yes. Tasty and actually has great health benefits. Great for teeth and killing sinus fungus.

Bottom line: Sugar is sugar is sugar. Honey, molasses, etc. are just sugar. They do have minerals and other good qualities, but those qualities can be found in other foods that are not sugars.

Stevia is the best all around safe alternative to sugars. Finding some without a bitter aftertaste takes some trials. It's all in the processing. And no, Truvia is not stevia, contrary to the marketing statements. It's 95% alcohol sugars and 5% stevia.

If you just can't develop a taste for stevia, try the coconut sugars. Coconut flower sugar is very low glycemically and is quite tasty.

[Nick Matkin]

splenda is poison

Interesting. I admit it is unlikely to be good for you, but I and a number of other people I know have been using it for years. None of us are dead. None of us are even ill. Maybe we're just lucky.

Nick

[raregem]

Do NOT use splenda.

http://www.truthaboutsplenda.com/

I LOVE sugar in the Raw. http://www.intheraw.com/products/sugar-in-the-raw/

and of course Stevia, is great, and you can easily grow your own.

I prefer sugar in the raw. Seems like very little is needed for sweetening.

I use SPLENDA on my ANT BEDS. I sprinkle it on top and around the beds. The ants move to another spot to rebuild. Sometimes I have to do it twice since they may come back up in your yard. Eventually they are gone for awhile. The beds here can grow to humongous size so I try to eliminate potential problems. The fire ants are the worst. I haven't had a fire ant bed in awhile. Don't know how Splenda works on fire ant beds.

[Sidney]

splenda is poison

Interesting. I admit it is unlikely to be good for you, but I and a number of other people I know have been using it for years. None of us are dead. None of us are even ill. Maybe we're just lucky. And the fact that it acts as an effective pesticide kind of makes me not go near it.

Nick

I think the main issue is people looking for something natural. Splenda tried to sell itself as natural, but some who knew better brought that to the publics attention.