This is one reason why Old Stylers cook meals from scratch and avoid ready meals!

ZTD

Well, this thread has kind of forced me to un-lurk...

Aspartame

Take a look at http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1884243177/qid=1150145976/sr=8-9/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i9_xgl/202-0918671-7993433 and at http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0929173252/sr=1-3/qid=1150146079/ref=sr_1_3/202-0918671-7993433?%5Fencoding=UTF8&s=books&v=glance

These books taught me something about Aspartame.

1/ I do not appear to be sensitive to it - certainly not acutely.
2/ I would not touch it with a barge-pole. Not even someone else's.


Splenda

Take a look at http://www.mercola.com/2000/dec/3/sucralose_dangers.htm

Where this link takes you, is to me a sort of word-association game. The word that pops into my head is "why?". What's your word?

If you truely want to read it, google for "anonymizer", and use one of them - just choose one not in the UK. Not all of them work, due to a redirect on the page, but it is possible for you to read the hidden content if you keep trying until you find one that works.

SusanCarter

Anything can be bad for you in large quantities. If you ate too many carrots you would turn yellow.

troll35

Personally I avoid aspartame. Like some of the others here I think it tastes disgusting. It leaves a really nasty after taste with me. Thankfully saccharin doesn't leave me with a nasty after taste and so my G & T is fine with Shweppes non diet tonic. It makes me fume that the only fizzy pop available that doesn't have sweeteners is the top labelled brands (not that we drink much but it is nice sometimes on a hot summers day). I also hate coke - far too sweet. Adam's wine it is for me:rolleyes:

Being the perfect size 10;) I don't do diet anything;)

Trow

ZTD wrote:

Splenda

Take a look at http://www.mercola.com/2000/dec/3/sucralose_dangers.htm

Where this link takes you, is to me a sort of word-association game. The word that pops into my head is "why?". What's your word?

If you truely want to read it, google for "anonymizer", and use one of them - just choose one not in the UK. Not all of them work, due to a redirect on the page, but it is possible for you to read the hidden content if you keep trying until you find one that works.

Thats annoying - it says

Attorneys acting on behalf of the manufacturers of sucralose, Tate & Lyle PLC based in London, England, have requested that the information contained on this page not be made available to Internet users in England.

I'm in Scotland....

Trow

Having said that - I suspect this might be the same article...

http://www.karlloren.com/Diabetes/p40e.htm

ZTD

Trow wrote:

Thats annoying - it says



I'm in Scotland....

Well, I never thought of that!

So for the people who live in Scotland, Wales, (probably) Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands, here is an (*WARNING DON'T USE THIS LINK IN FRONT OF THE KIDS - THE PROXY'S ADVERTS ARE A TAD RACY *) anonymised link. For people in England - you're just going to have to sit tight.

BTW, are the Isle of Wight and the Scilly Isles in England?

ZTD

Trow wrote:

Having said that - I suspect this might be the same article...

http://www.karlloren.com/Diabetes/p40e.htm

No, it's by the same bloke, but it isn't the same article - but thanks for it all the same. (I'm building a collection, my mum uses splenda :eek: )

Swan_2

troll35 wrote:

Personally I avoid aspartame. Like some of the others here I think it tastes disgusting. It leaves a really nasty after taste with me. Thankfully saccharin doesn't leave me with a nasty after taste and so my G & T is fine with Shweppes non diet tonic. It makes me fume that the only fizzy pop available that doesn't have sweeteners is the top labelled brands (not that we drink much but it is nice sometimes on a hot summers day). I also hate coke - far too sweet. Adam's wine it is for me:rolleyes:
Being the perfect size 10;) I don't do diet anything;)

I can't stand the taste of any artificial sweeteners, vile revolting things! as a child I hated a lot of foods & drinks my pals liked, & only in young adulthood began to read labels & found out that the offenders all had sweeteners in. fortunately I don't have a sweet tooth, so it's never been too much of a problem

anyway, have a look in Lidl if you have one nearby, their Tonic Water has no artificial sweeteners in it, & among others (sorry, can't remember them all) they do a Lemonadey type drink that's free of them too. & they're not too expensive

needmoney

Swan wrote:

anyway, have a look in Lidl if you have one nearby, their Tonic Water has no artificial sweeteners in it, & among others (sorry, can't remember them all) they do a Lemonadey type drink that's free of them too. & they're not too expensive

It's called Freeway 'Lemon' and I think it's one of the nicest lemonade around.
They stopped doing it in my local store for a while bit it's back now and in the 6 pack of handy little bottles.

One moment I have a happy placid little soul, after Aspartame she turns into a raging whiney monster.

Moggins, my little grandaughter is the same.

competitionscafe

Taste test of ready made puds in the Observer Food monthly.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/foodmonthly/story/0,,2017498,00.html

Sticky toffee pudding:

M&S "Dry and deeply unpalatable."
Somerfield "tastes as though it's been around since the year I was born"

Banoffee pie:

Asda: "Everything tastes like an artificial replacement for the real ingredients"

Hot chocolate puds:

Morrison's: "This is just mush."

Tarte tatin:

Sainsbury's taste the difference: "This is absolute rubbish."

Tarte au citron:

Morrison's the best: "This is bad."

Bakewell tart:

Mr Kipling cherry bakewells: "Awful."
Tesco cherry bakewells: "look dreadful. They taste dry and horrifyingly sweet."

Rice pudding:

M&S: "no flavour."
Sainsbury's taste the difference: "Vile. No flavour."
Waitrose: "This really doesn't work."

Crumble:

Somerfield: "looks so insipid. Revolting. "
Sainsbury's taste the difference: "a crime against the taste buds."

Meringues:

Sainsbury's meringue nests: "Taste of chemicals and are ridiculously dry."

Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/foodmonthly/story/0,,2017498,00.html