Question:
WHAT CAN YOU EAT IF YOUR ALLERGIC TO ASPERTAME & NUTRA SWEET?

I AN ALLERGIC TO ASPERTAME & NUTRA SWEET IT GIVES ME MASSIVE MYGRAINS & TIGHTNESS IN THE CHEST THIS HAS ALWAYS MADE DIETING HARD. WHAT CAN I DO ????    — SUSAN R. (posted on May 23, 2002)

May 22, 2002
Have you tried Splenda? Its the one in the yellow packets. Its the newer of the three. It tastes more like sugar because it is derived from real sugar. It doesn't break down when heated for cooking like aspertame does. It doesn't have the aftertaste like saccharin or sweet n' low either. You should try it. There are many that cannot tolerate aspartame and get migrains like you. Give it a try!
   — Cheri M.

May 22, 2002
Exactly what I was going to suggest....Splenda. I've been using it for about 3 years now and LOVE it. There are also more and more products starting to use it...like Diet Rite Cola and DaVinci Sugar Free Syrups. Check out their website, too, at www.splenda.com where they also give some recipes. Oh, by the way...Splenda is found in the same section of the grocery store as Equal and Sweet-N-Low.
   — Gail G.

May 22, 2002
<b>SPLENDA</b> My life aver. I've been using splenda for gosh -- 4 years or so now. I used to have to import it from Canada and I was so thankfull when it hit the grocers shevles last year. Try it -- you won't regret it :)
   — lilmskitty

May 22, 2002
Like all the other posts the answer is Splenda. But, I would like to add that they also have a large box which is the equivilant to 2 lbs of sugar. It's a Yellow Box,and the net weight is 3.8 oz. What's great about it is that it pours just like sugar. I wish it came in 5lb bags. You use it measure per measure of sugar. What's different in splenda is that you can bake with it! Makes great Blueberry Muffins. My kids use it to sweetin Koolaid instead of buying the Sugar Free which has the aspartame and all. I know Snack Well cookies are made with it too. Good luck
   — Linda M.

May 23, 2002
More about Splenda. Blue Bunny makes and ice cream cone (lkie a nutty buddy) that is sweetened with Splenda. They also make sugar free popscicles sweetened with Splenda and a no sugar added yogurt sweetened with it. Also. Swiss Miss makes a hot chocolate mix using Splenda. More and more products are coming out with this so it should get easier.
   — Patty_Butler

May 23, 2002
If Splenda does not work out, there is a natural product called Stevia, sold in healthfood stores. Comes in powder, liquid, tabs.Has a slight aftertaste, but might try if other does not work, and a lil goes a long way...
   — Marie A.

May 23, 2002
I too have a sensitivity to Nutrasweet, but not as severe as you. It causes me to have muscle cramps and twitches, but I can tolerate very small amounts. I use sweet and low for about everything. Splenda seems to be ok but I don't really care for the taste of it. I made sugar free jello with knox geletin and fruit juice. Good Luck.
   — Dell H.

January 20, 2004
I am seatching for items myself. I found STEVIA was my savior. I can't use splenda, although most people can. With Stevia a little goes a long way. I bought the liquid and the powder. When I made cabbage soup I used 1/2 a eyedropper full and it did a hugh crab pot size contanier. My mother was visting and gave me a fit, it would not be as good with out the surgar. Well just a note, she took my Stevia home with her to start using. Good luck.
   — GAIL S.

May 12, 2004
i am a migrainer as well i read some bad info re splenda so stevia is the one i'm starting to use as my doc is puting me on a protien diet 1 month before surgery to shrink my liver for lap surgery the protien powder i bought from them causes migraines for me
   — LEIGH S.

May 12, 2004
Well, you could eat sugar. Did I just hear a collective gasp out there? Honestly, I cannot eat any of those sugar free chemicals - they make me violently ill and I choose not to ingest them anymore. I told my dietician and my surgeon both that I would not be eating SF anything. They also looked at me like I was nuts. Well, I'm 12 months post op and down almost 150 pounds. If I feel like eating something sweet, which is almost every day, I eat it. I just don't eat a lot of it. I did not do this surgery to diet. I did this surgery to regain my life back. I don't diet and I don't eat sugar free. I do, however, eat 'lite' or low-fat. Whatever the process they use to de-fat mayo or salad dressing doesn't make me ill like the sugar-free stuff. I prefer "low fat" because it sits better in my pouch than "full fat". My approach is driving my sister (fighting her weight through dieting) nuts - I keep telling her that I dieted and ate sugar-free right up to my weight of over 330 pounds (my highest weight was 342 at my PCP's office). This old approach obviously did not work for me. Now, I take a fairly opposite stance. I refuse to diet. If I'm going to eat it, I'm going to 'own' it. I make myself stay aware of the food - not eating quickly and secretly. I keep in mind how much water I've consumed and how much protein I still need in a day. I stay active throughout the day, as well as exercise. I'm taking a more complete approach to making my health better, my outlook more positive. There is more to our journey through life than being on a diet, isn't there? I sure hope so. Best of luck to you. 330/186/??
   — Jodie P.

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