I drink a lot of tea and need to sweeten with sugar.

I am looking to eliminate sugar from my diet but am not interested in an
artificial sweetener. Anyone else found a fully safe sweetener to use.

Well, the only real choices it seems is real sweetener (granulated
sugar or liquid in forms of syrups or honey) and artificial (whatever
the names for the pink, blue and yellow packets of sugar at restaurants
are). You said you're not interested in artificial sweetener, so the
only kind I can think of is the kind with calories.

-Steven

On Jan 24, 11:36 pm, "alex" wrote:
I drink a lot of tea and need to sweeten with sugar.

I am looking to eliminate sugar from my diet but am not interested in an
artificial sweetener. Anyone else found a fully safe sweetener to use.

"Steven Dodd" wrote:
Well, the only real choices it seems is real sweetener (granulated
sugar or liquid in forms of syrups or honey) and artificial (whatever
the names for the pink, blue and yellow packets of sugar at restaurants
are). You said you're not interested in artificial sweetener, so the
only kind I can think of is the kind with calories.

On Jan 24, 11:36 pm, "alex" wrote:
I drink a lot of tea and need to sweeten with sugar.

I am looking to eliminate sugar from my diet but am not interested in
an artificial sweetener. Anyone else found a fully safe sweetener to
use.

I have diabetes, so I try to avoid sugar, although, if I have a sore
throat, I will put honey, whiskey and lemon in my tea. Other than that, I
don't put anything in my tea except tea and hot water.

Splenda, the stuff in the yellow packet, is made from sugar, and is
completely safe for me. I cook with it and put it in my coffee.

--
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Thank a Veteran and Support Our Troops. You are not forgotten. Thanks ! ! !
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Use Stevia, it is natural (its a plant) and safe and does not effect
your sugar levels in your body.

http://www.amazon.com/Stevia-Plus-Po...?ie=UTF8&s=hpc

this stuff is excellent, i use it all the time, I dont even tell people
it is not sugar and no one notices.

It is actually good for you.

It is sold as a supplement.

I never use sugar.

Karl


On Jan 25, 12:36 am, "alex" wrote:
I drink a lot of tea and need to sweeten with sugar.

I am looking to eliminate sugar from my diet but am not interested in an
artificial sweetener. Anyone else found a fully safe sweetener to use.

the herb Stevia sweetens.

I just looked down and saw that karl rec'd stevia as well. So I
unintentionally repeat.
avoid splenda-- To me it is just more of the all too prevalent
artifical evil. The Splenda compound is sugar with a chlorine molecule
attached to it. as told to me by a rep when I was a waiter. Of course I
could be wrong/heard it wrong. So research it yourselves

On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 05:36:28 GMT "alex" wrote:
I drink a lot of tea and need to sweeten with sugar.

I am looking to eliminate sugar from my diet but am not interested in an
artificial sweetener. Anyone else found a fully safe sweetener to use.

Something not artificial is Stevia (now in packets also).

And something synthetized many like is sucralose (Splenda).

mikus (I'm using both of these)

"taopants" wrote in news:1169731913.366442.189610
@m58g2000cwm.googlegroups.com:

I just looked down and saw that karl rec'd stevia as well. So I
unintentionally repeat. avoid splenda-- To me it is just more of the
all too prevalent artifical evil. The Splenda compound is sugar
with a chlorine molecule attached to it. as told to me by a rep when I
was a waiter. Of course I could be wrong/heard it wrong. So research
it yourselves


You're right. See http://www.holisticmed.com/splenda/. Every artificial
sweetner is medically worse than sugar, which has its problems too.
Splenda is relatively new, and so is assummed to be safe until proven
otherwise.

Stevia does seem worth checking out.

Ozzy

In article wlXth.784881$5R2.716481@pd7urf3no, alex wrote:
I drink a lot of tea and need to sweeten with sugar.

I am looking to eliminate sugar from my diet but am not interested in an
artificial sweetener. Anyone else found a fully safe sweetener to use.

Drink a better quality tea, that doesn't need sweetening. People sweeten
tea in order to hide something in the tea. Could be a bitter flavour or
a tannic flavour.

Get a tea that doesn't have that flavour so you don't _have_ to hide it.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

In article wlXth.784881$5R2.716481@pd7urf3no, alex wrote:
I drink a lot of tea and need to sweeten with sugar.

I am looking to eliminate sugar from my diet but am not interested in an
artificial sweetener. Anyone else found a fully safe sweetener to use.

I'm not a big fan of artificial sweeteners because, safety aspects
aside, I think that they corrupt my palate. That is, after drinking
a diet coke I seem to want to eat more sweet/salty/greasy/junky food.
This is certainly not an original observation.

Here's a suggestion: how about a tea with sweet flavor notes but without
the punch-in-the-pancreas heft of "sweetening"? Currant flavored tea,
offered by many dealers, is one. Another favorite of mine and many
friends is tea with Lychee extract. This is available in big red-gold
square tins at many Chinese groceries for between $5.00 and $8.00
per pound.

Good luck,

Rick.

As an N.D., I never suggest using Splenda. It is not actually made from
sugar.This is a manufacturing hype. It is a made with clorinated
process that adds clorine and transmutes the nature of the sugar to an
alcohol.
Although, insulin levels change minimally, the body still recognizes it
a "sweet" in other than pancreatic functions and it supports candida
albicans.
I suggest agave, which raises sugar levels minimally or stevia which is
VERY sweet and not recognized as "sugar" by any body function. It comes
in both a powdered and liquid form and you'll have to jiggle around
with it to determine how sweet you like it. It IS VERY SWEET.
The above is only a suggestion and not to be used in lieu of
traditional medical advice.
Shen


On Jan 25, 1:10 am, wrote:
"Steven Dodd" wrote:
Well, the only real choices it seems is real sweetener (granulated
sugar or liquid in forms of syrups or honey) and artificial (whatever
the names for the pink, blue and yellow packets of sugar at restaurants
are). You said you're not interested in artificial sweetener, so the
only kind I can think of is the kind with calories.

On Jan 24, 11:36 pm, "alex" wrote:
I drink a lot of tea and need to sweeten with sugar.

I am looking to eliminate sugar from my diet but am not interested in
an artificial sweetener. Anyone else found a fully safe sweetener to
use.I have diabetes, so I try to avoid sugar, although, if I have a sore
throat, I will put honey, whiskey and lemon in my tea. Other than that, I
don't put anything in my tea except tea and hot water.

Splenda, the stuff in the yellow packet, is made from sugar, and is
completely safe for me. I cook with it and put it in my coffee.

--
Nick. Support severely wounded and disabled Veterans and their families!

Thank a Veteran and Support Our Troops. You are not forgotten. Thanks ! ! !
~Semper Fi~ www.delphiayachtsusa.com

Stevia = Good

http://www.amazon.com/Stevia-Plus-Po...?ie=UTF8&s=hpc

I am not pushing amazon, but they have a nice photo of a good brand of
stevia.

Some stevia is bitter, this one is not pure stevia, it is mixed with
some type of fiber. You can add it like normal sugar but don't use
quite as much. I like a bit in my tea, especially a pu erh that is low
grade, like a $3 tuo cha. With real good pu erh you don't really need
any sweetener.

Some stevia products are bitter, and pure stevia is like 300 times
sweeter than sugar, i recommend the stevia plus like shown in the link,
i think it is around $8-$9 at Wegman's or any good health food store.

Try it you will like it.

Why are you assuming that stevia is safe and that Splenda is unsafe?
On what basis did you reach these conclusions?


On Jan 25, 9:22 am, Ozzy please.answer@NG wrote:
"taopants" wrote in news:1169731913.366442.189610
@m58g2000cwm.googlegroups.com:

I just looked down and saw that karl rec'd stevia as well. So I
unintentionally repeat. avoid splenda-- To me it is just more of the
all too prevalent artifical evil. The Splenda compound is sugar
with a chlorine molecule attached to it. as told to me by a rep when I
was a waiter. Of course I could be wrong/heard it wrong. So research
it yourselvesYou're right. See http://www.holisticmed.com/splenda/. Every artificial
sweetner is medically worse than sugar, which has its problems too.
Splenda is relatively new, and so is assummed to be safe until proven
otherwise.

Stevia does seem worth checking out.

Ozzy

Read about it, look it up, stevia is a real plant, Splenda is a chemical.

Don't take our word for it. Check it out.


Fran wrote:
Why are you assuming that stevia is safe and that Splenda is unsafe?
On what basis did you reach these conclusions?


On Jan 25, 9:22 am, Ozzy please.answer@NG wrote:
"taopants" wrote in news:1169731913.366442.189610
@m58g2000cwm.googlegroups.com:

I just looked down and saw that karl rec'd stevia as well. So I
unintentionally repeat. avoid splenda-- To me it is just more of the
all too prevalent artifical evil. The Splenda compound is sugar
with a chlorine molecule attached to it. as told to me by a rep when I
was a waiter. Of course I could be wrong/heard it wrong. So research
it yourselvesYou're right. See http://www.holisticmed.com/splenda/. Every artificial
sweetner is medically worse than sugar, which has its problems too.
Splenda is relatively new, and so is assummed to be safe until proven
otherwise.

Stevia does seem worth checking out.

Ozzy

I am looking to eliminate sugar from my diet but am not interested in an
artificial sweetener. Anyone else found a fully safe sweetener to use.

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