What is the tastiest and safest food sweetener?

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   Helpful Hannaposted 12 years ago

   What is the best way to sweeten foods and beverages?  Is it cane sugar, corn sugar, Splenda, etc.?

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   Cagsilposted 12 years ago

   Natural honey works.

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      Helpful Hannaposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Ooooh! I didn't consider honey.  Does it have a distinct taste though that changes the flavor of food?

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         melbelposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         It kind of does. Honey is probably one of the best for you although natural sugar is good too.
         
         I don't trust sweeteners like Splenda. Yeah, it's marketed as "it's made from sugar!" But think about it this way, corn syrup is made from corn.
         
         That said, I haven't heard anything particularly bad about Splenda so the verdict is still out on that one.
         
         Aspartame SHOULD be illegal (it's carcinogenic-- causes cancer, AND tastes horrible), corn syrup shouldn't be used in food or drinks either -- research has shown that it's bad for your health AND market analysis have shown that people prefer foods and beverages sweetened with sugar over those sweetened with corn syrup.

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            Helpful Hannaposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            I know we aren't suppose to have too much sugar, but I wonder if sugar is still better than most of the artificial stuff out there.

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               Baileybearposted 12 years agoin reply to this

               I'd rather eat sugar than artificial sweetners (carcinogens)

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   Mishaposted 12 years ago

   I heard cyanide is sweeeeeet

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      Shadesbreathposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Antifreeze is too. Plus it comes in so many colors now, not just the boring green stuff you and I grew up with.

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      Helpful Hannaposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      If you have some sort of a problem with me or my questions, don't reply.  There's no need to be a jerk.

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      donotfearposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      
      
      Good one.....

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      aguasilverposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Let me know when you've tried it!

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   Mishaposted 12 years ago

   Ah, so you aired it here Well forum is not your property, and when you are free to post nonsense topics, I am free to make fun of them

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      Helpful Hannaposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Who put you charge of deciding what is nonsense?

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         Mishaposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Me of course. They are nonsense to me, and I suspect to quite a few other people, too. I don't pretend them to be the universal nonsense though, that would be a religious move I am not ready to perform yet.
         
         Will be back in a few...

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            Helpful Hannaposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            Please don't come back

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   donotfearposted 12 years ago

   Pure Stevia
      Pure Stevia
   
        Pure Stevia.

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      Helpful Hannaposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Thank you!

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   aguasilverposted 12 years ago

   Stevia, or organic muscovy cane sugar.... overall sugar is safer than sweeteners unless it's been 'refined' (as in stripped of goodness and bleached white) and the real answer is not artificial sweetness, but reduce or stop taking added sugar. If you stop taking sugar for a week, it will taste foul if you take it again.

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      Helpful Hannaposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Reducing sugar intake makes sense over the alternatives.  Thanks!

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         Shadesbreathposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         So, just out of curiosity, did you just buy an Internet Marketing package or course or something, like Misha said?  I'm not bagging on it, just curious if you did.

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            Helpful Hannaposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            Didn't even know there was such a thing.  Just saw a commerical about corn sugar being okay for us and started thinking about sugar options.

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