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She was fired after not endorsing Splenda-filled salads to people with diabetes
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 18 Apr 2024
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For those confused about why Splenda is problematic, it has less than a third of the calories as Cane Sugar. So when you add a lot of it to a recipe it can be as bad as adding some sugar.
I'm sure Elizabeth Hanna approved some use cases for Splenda, but 1/3 of a cup for a cucumber salad is silly.
Adding sugar or sweetener to a salad is absolutely insane to me. I think the most sweetness I've ever added to a salad is fresh lemon juice in the dressing, but actual sugar/sweetener?
A little bit, like a teaspoon of sugar or honey is quite common and can complement an acidic or salty flavour. But a third of a cup is insane unless you're cooking for an army.
it has no calories, what are you talking about?
Splenda is a low calories sweetener, the only reason a small package can say Zero Calories is just because of archaic FDA rule that some ingredients don't have to be listed below 5 Grams which works as a sort of loophole for very small servings to not list things. There are 96 Calories and 24 carbs per Cup of Splenda.
Maltodextrin, which is used in splenda, has calories. Sucralose doesn't.
Isn't the whole point, at least for aspertame and other sweetners- I don't know about Splenda; that they have a much stronger flavor so you use nowhere near as much
No. Sweetness does not come from calories, it comes from the shape of the molecule as it touches the taste buds. Zero Calorie sweeteners do exist. Splenda is not one of them.
People who shy away from sweets more often have a biological issue with high caloric content, such as diabetes or otherwise chronic weight gain caused by a type of Thyroid disorder. Some people simply prefer to stay at their current weight and avoid the health complications that come with high calories.
Agreed.
That wasn't my point. My point was that where you would use a cup of sugar you'd use less Splenda than that, because it is sweeter. It is also lower calorie. Those are two compounding effects.
I answered your question, that's not the point of using low or zero calorie sweeteners because volume has absolutely no correlation to calories or sweetness. Using less or more cups is meaningless in a discussion of their nutritional value.
It was poor rhetorical phrasing meant to emphasize it's much sweeter than sugar, yes I know the point is also that they're low calorie.
Well that's not entirely true, extremely high doses of aspartame at least in rats was associated with cancer.
Yes, don't drink the equivalent of 500 Sugar Free Gatorades a day. Goes without saying.
Not according to journalists reading that study or the WHO