"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> ImStillMags wrote:
>>
>> On Friday, September 20, 2013 5:09:55 AM UTC-7, Gary wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > Not telling you what you should do...I'm just wondering why so many
>> >
>> > here seem to hate or avoid using a bit of refined sugar, yet they will
>> >
>> > substitute another simple sugar for recipes.
>> >
>>
>> Splenda is horrible. I would use white sugar before I would use
>> Slpenda.
>> It is not good for your body.
>
> I've never used splenda or any other sugar substitute. Other than
> diabetics that need to cut out sugars, I've always wondered just why
> fruit juice sugar, honey, is any different than using plain old white
> sugar. Once ingested, your body doesn't know the different sources of
> simple carbohydrates.

It isn't really different in terms of how it reacts in the body. But some
people just prefer the taste of other things. I know people who love honey.
I don't.

There are also people who have food allergies to particular things. I have
disputed the sugar allergy. My take is that you could be allergic to beets
or cane or whatever the sugar is made of. But not all sugar. But then
someone will come back and say that they are in fact allergic to it. I
can't say if this is a true allergy or not but for whatever reason, their
body does not like it.

I also know people who get a sugar high. I don't quite understand this
because I am not one of them. But if they eat something sweetened with
something other than sugar, this doesn't happen to them.
>
> I invite Susan from NYC area to chime in here. She has obviously done
> the research and might clue me in to the differences. I'm ready to
> learn from her research if I'm wrong.
>
> G.