Tue, Nov-09-04, 17:20
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Plan: Aaisier Zuccarum Plan
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Progress: 34%
Location: Southern, USA
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Originally Posted by ItsTheWooo
Oh and his advice against artificial sweeteners is just ridiculous.
Point 1: This is subjective. Personally, my brother likes sucralose products better than real sugar, as do I. Don't get me wrong, sometimes sugar is better, but when it comes to stuff like polaner's no-sugar added jam, and vermont's maple syrup, I (we both actually) like fake better. When you eat an unprocessed diet, a "regular" american diet (and the foods consumed within) are much too sweet.
Oh, and as a side note... I find those who are addicted to sugar are the ones who usually can't stand fake sugar. My sister, my mom, they are both sugar junkies and can't stand the taste of the fake stuff. Me and my brother on the other hand aren't, and we find fake sugar often times superior to the real thing. In the case of both my sister and mother, I think in their brains they associate the taste of true sugar with the "sugar high". They can easily distinguish between fake and real because fake doesn't come with a rush... it just tastes nasty and excessive.
Point 2: A valid point... but I seriously doubt it. I honestly think many artificial sweeteners are healthier than the real thing. Besides, it's not like AS is the only fake food we're consuming. Seeing as the whole basis of this diet is to change as little about your eating as possible while still becoming thin (a worthy goal), you're likely still consuming all that processed chemical crap in boxed foods.
Point 3: Eating non-caloric sweet tasting food might do this, but using splenda sweetened jam instead of a sugar with your highly caloric pb sandwich, or using a packet of splenda on your oatmeal instead of the real thing isn't going to. If you are ingesting adequate calories with the AS, you aren't going to "fool your brain" into unlearning sweet taste = high nutrition. The mice in the studies were fed fiber with the sweet taste. That's a big difference.
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I didn't find it ridiculous personally.
1. I think is subjective to personal taste buds. I find AF fairly good in some things and quite awful in others.
2. I find this one quite plausable. FDA is notorious for giving something an endorsment only to come back and slap a skull and crossbones on it. From diet to the latest drugs, who knows, it might kill you in 10 years.
3. Hmmmm. Let's break this down. Artificial sweetners are created and consumed for only one reason: to make something that doesn't taste sweet naturally, taste sweet. Fooling the brain, no? If you are committed to not eating things that are carb laden, why bother making them taste so?
I think he leans more toward my thoughts lately, which in summary seems as though, we Americans are constantly looking for the best way to make our food behave, instead of ourselves.
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