I am trying to get away from aspartame; said to be bad stuff and I drink too much of it. I keep trying different Stevias without luck.
Sugar is of course fattening ... then, a memory came to me. I remembered staying in Scotland with some family friends- these people drank Yorkshire Gold tea all day long (from an electric kettle) and had a neat little tablet dispenser for sweetening. Pour a cup and plook, plook - sweetener dispensed. It tasted great; what was it?
Saccharin. I vaguely recalled the stuff caused cancer in rats; after more recent studies, it turns out that is NOT so- it's completely safe. They even allow it in California.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saccharin
Bought a bottle of 1000 tabs for $3.88 yesterday. As with all things, the key is moderation - perhaps a little of this stuff is better than a ton of aspartame - or diabetes-inducing sugar. Is it, of course, also known as Sweet N Low - if you want to pay more for a brand name.
(BTW, the little dispenser/product I saw in Scotland was apparently called Sweetex):
https://www.amazon.com/42-73-621-Sweetex-Dispenser-800-Tablets/dp/B001E976Y4
Thoughts?
AA
Sugar is of course fattening ... then, a memory came to me. I remembered staying in Scotland with some family friends- these people drank Yorkshire Gold tea all day long (from an electric kettle) and had a neat little tablet dispenser for sweetening. Pour a cup and plook, plook - sweetener dispensed. It tasted great; what was it?
Saccharin. I vaguely recalled the stuff caused cancer in rats; after more recent studies, it turns out that is NOT so- it's completely safe. They even allow it in California.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saccharin
Bought a bottle of 1000 tabs for $3.88 yesterday. As with all things, the key is moderation - perhaps a little of this stuff is better than a ton of aspartame - or diabetes-inducing sugar. Is it, of course, also known as Sweet N Low - if you want to pay more for a brand name.
(BTW, the little dispenser/product I saw in Scotland was apparently called Sweetex):
https://www.amazon.com/42-73-621-Sweetex-Dispenser-800-Tablets/dp/B001E976Y4
Thoughts?
AA
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