Artificial sweeteners can be a real problem.  I can't deal with Aspartame or Equal -- I get intense headaches when I use it.  If I have too much Splenda, I'll get a headache too.  Have you had your surgery yet?  What kind did you have?  I have hypoglycemia now and I try not to use any sweeteners whatsoever.  My pancreas seems to think that anything that is sweet is sugar, and I release way too much insulin and get tired and go to sleep.  What fun!

There are people who are now pushing for any sort of sugar to be regulated like tobacco or alcohol.  Sugar has lead to a lot of the obesity problems in our country.

 I compare what I used to put into my body to whatever the substitute is.

For example:

One coffee with cream and sugar, two chocolate-iced cream-filled doughnuts, and a package of Hostess Brownie Bites for midmorning snack equals size 24 jeans

One coffee with ff 1/2 & 1/2 and two packets of splenda equals size 4 jeans.

Splenda has been around a long time and is perfectly safe.  So is Crystal Light.  Stop worrying about giving up the small things that will help to make your new life enjoyable and successful.  I consumed so much Splenda and Crystal Light that it was an obsession.  But I was also wearing a bikini while I was drinking from those water bottles spiked with Crystal Light.

Some people are unable to use artificial sweeteners.  My heart goes out to them.  The journey would have been impossible for me without being able to use Splenda.  If I had continued to use sugar, I am convinced I could never have gotten to goal and remained at goal for all these years.

I can't use aspartame due to my epilepsy. That, and I think it's tastes gross. It's been hard giving up some of the drinks I once liked because of the medical reasons, but if it means no seizures, then I'm a happy girl! I don't mind Splenda myself, it's as close to sugar as they are going to get, and for some reason, I think I am one of the few people who doesn't like Stevia. I tried it once at Trader Joe's and found it terribly bitter.

I don't sweat it.
I use Splenda.
I cook with it, drink it, put it on fruit, yogurt, whatever.

I will continue to do so.
It causes me no problems.

There are too many other things to worry about.

I stopped buying packets of Splenda and now purchase the big bags.

Love, love, love.

Some call it a poison...

http://www.wnho.net/splenda_chlorocarbon.htm

Sure... same way that they told us that cigarettes are fine, or some drugs they used on humans, or that NutraSweet is fine, and others man-man product are fine...

We are large scale lab-rats , experiment on large scale on human population... 
I got adverse reaction after 2 years of using it...

I stick to facts. I get welts and rashes and urticaria when I use splenda... It takes 2-3 weeks when I stop for them to clear.   No other changes in my diet.  Fact of life.   Many people report issue like that.

http://splendasickness.blogspot.com/2006/03/long-list-of-sym ptoms.html

and so on... 

And there are new study that are coming over and over

i.e.

James Turner, the chairman of the national consumer education group Citizens for Health, has expressed shock and outrage after reading a new report from scientists outlining the dangers of the artificial sweetener Splenda (sucralose).

In animals examined for the study, Splenda reduced the amount of good bacteria in the intestines by 50 percent, increased the pH level in the intestines, contributed to increases in body weight and affected P-glycoprotein (P-gp) levels in such a way that crucial health-related drugs could be rejected.

The P-gp effect could result in medications used in chemotherapy, AIDS treatment and treatments for heart conditions being shunted back into the intestines, rather than being absorbed by the body.

According to Turner, "The report makes it clear that the artificial sweetener Splenda and its key component sucralose pose a threat to the people who consume the product. Hundreds of consumers have complained to us about side effects from using Splenda and this study ... confirms that the chemicals in the little yellow package should carry a big red warning label."

Duke Study Not Sweet on Splenda

Study finds Splenda contributes to weight gain, may cause other health problems


 

You know your stuff I know mine.  You may be one lucky person that is not affected by that chemical ... I am ...