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2012-07-16 3:37 PM

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Subject: Anyone give up Splenda and noticed recovery improvement?
Splenda is one of the last of my vices.  I don't do sugar so I use it, well....too often.  I deal with quite a bit of tightness in my connective tissues, upper and lower body all the time despite massage, yoga, foam rolling etc, obsessively.  I'm starting to wonder if Splenda is attributing to the inflammation.  Anyone have a really positive experience cutting it out?


2012-07-16 4:19 PM
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quick google search i performed linked splenda and other refined sugers as possibly being a cause of inflammation.

couldn't hurt to give it a try

2012-07-16 4:26 PM
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I don't use artificial sweetners at all.  If I want sugar I have sugar.  Just doesn't make sense to put artificial stuff in our bodies.  At least with sugar my body can recognize it.  (I'm trying not to eat sugar all that often but I do occasionally.)  Splenda is especially bad for you. 

I noticed the biggest decrease in inflammation by eliminating gluten/wheat.  By eliminating the wheat you also end up not eating much sugar because you just don't eat a lot of grains/bakery stuff.

Congrats on giving that stuff up!  It's not easy as they have addictive qualities!

2012-07-16 8:37 PM
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I too do not consume artificial sweeteners for the same reason - it does not make sense to me to eat artificial sweeteners, when I don't actually use that much sugar anyway and at least it's natural.

As for noticing whether it helps recovery - No idea lol. I'm literally a beginner, and I don't have the will-power to cut anything from my current diet (including gluten, sugara, caffeine) so I just deal with what I have

2012-07-16 8:44 PM
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i just attempt to cut sugar out as much as possible period. fructose is about the worst thing guys can consume, its bonds to testosterone and prevents it from functioning and too much will cause the body to stop producing it at all. yet you see all this talk about people eating bananas and oranges and crap. nope!
2012-07-16 8:52 PM
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Clempson - 2012-07-16 8:44 PM i just attempt to cut sugar out as much as possible period. fructose is about the worst thing guys can consume, its bonds to testosterone and prevents it from functioning and too much will cause the body to stop producing it at all. yet you see all this talk about people eating bananas and oranges and crap. nope!

Really!!!!  Learn something new every day! 

I'm a girl so that doesn't effect me but I do know that I cannot eat fruit without a protein.  It totally makes my blood sugar go crazy.  Funny how I never noticed it until I changed my diet.  A fruit alone now makes me feel horrible!

P.S.  The main thing I use sugar for is carmelized onions.  Love 'em.  PITA to make.  A little bit of brown sugar helps them along.....



2012-07-16 10:34 PM
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thanks for the info, i use splenda daily. I guess its back to the real stuff again.

 

2012-07-17 3:46 AM
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Subject: RE: Anyone give up Splenda and noticed recovery improvement?
Steevia is an all natural, calorie free alternative sweetener as well.  It is a bit pricier but not too bad if you can find it at the right store.
2012-07-17 6:28 AM
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I use stevia.  Relatively cheap at Amazon.
2012-07-17 6:40 AM
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axteraa - 2012-07-17 3:46 AM Steevia is an all natural, calorie free alternative sweetener as well.  It is a bit pricier but not too bad if you can find it at the right store.

Me too.  So far the best I've found is the NOW brand in the big light green tub.  It's about $55 but lasts for months and months.  The glycemic index is pretty low compared to other sweetners too.  Splenda has one of the highest GI ratings and a host of other issues behind it.    

2012-07-17 6:51 AM
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What? I shouldn't eat bananas? They're my 6th food group.


2012-07-17 3:22 PM
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Clempson - 2012-07-16 8:44 PM i just attempt to cut sugar out as much as possible period. fructose is about the worst thing guys can consume, its bonds to testosterone and prevents it from functioning and too much will cause the body to stop producing it at all. yet you see all this talk about people eating bananas and oranges and crap. nope!

 

I'd love to see/read the source of this claim

2012-07-17 3:27 PM
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Clempson - 2012-07-16 8:44 PM i just attempt to cut sugar out as much as possible period. fructose is about the worst thing guys can consume, its bonds to testosterone and prevents it from functioning and too much will cause the body to stop producing it at all. yet you see all this talk about people eating bananas and oranges and crap. nope!

 

I'd love to see/read the source of this claim

It is on the internet, it must be true

2012-07-17 3:47 PM
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It is on the internet, it must be true

Pretty much sums up this thread.

2012-07-17 4:05 PM
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I switched to Splenda thinking I was doing myself a favour, maybe back to sugar but just less.  Plus I can't resist the 11 pm mini hershey bar at night.
2012-07-18 7:18 AM
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How is your weight training routine?  Tightness is often what the body does to attempt to protect itself when muscles are weak or imbalanced.  When that is the case, it's almost certainly a sign that injury is imminent if the same routine continues.  I don't know a ton about yoga, but it may not be adequately balancing you out from all the SBR training. 


2012-07-18 7:41 AM
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Salt will give you high blood pressure.
Eggs will make you keel over with a heart attack in one day.
Cracking your knuckles will give you arthritis.
Red meat causes cancer.
High protein diets will cause your kidneys to shut down.

Gee, never heard absolutes about medical stuff from people who have some axe to grind before.

2012-07-18 9:26 AM
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Good luck finding any solid, scientific,  information on diets and the impacts of things like sweeteners.  There are just too many loons out there putting out disinformation.  A quick read through this thread makes that point pretty clear.
2012-07-18 11:26 AM
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DanielG - 2012-07-18 8:41 AM Salt will give you high blood pressure. Eggs will make you keel over with a heart attack in one day. Cracking your knuckles will give you arthritis. Red meat causes cancer. High protein diets will cause your kidneys to shut down. Gee, never heard absolutes about medical stuff from people who have some axe to grind before.

I hear ya Daniel, but when it comes to something so obviously chemical like Splenda or Nutrasweet, I tend to feel they must somehow impact me negatively just like anything else lab produced.

I agree with everyone who says don't believe what you read online.  However, I tend to search out people's real life accounts of how a substance affects or has affected them.  Sure, they can be just as phony and questionable as some of the "research" you find but when I see mutliple sources with people blogging and all saying the same thing about negative side affects, I start to get swayed.

So I must report that I've switched from Splenda to Stevia this week (Truvia to be exact).  So far, just like I've read can happen online, I have upset tummy, nausea and tiredness.  *sigh*  With sweeteners, it seems as though you just can't win.

2012-07-18 11:30 AM
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I'll need an intervention to get off Diet Coke.  
2012-07-18 11:36 AM
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guppie58 - 2012-07-18 10:30 AM I'll need an intervention to get off Diet Coke.  

 

I've given up Diet Pepsi at least 4 or 5 times now .....



2012-07-18 12:01 PM
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noelle1230 - 2012-07-18 9:26 AM

DanielG - 2012-07-18 8:41 AM Salt will give you high blood pressure. Eggs will make you keel over with a heart attack in one day. Cracking your knuckles will give you arthritis. Red meat causes cancer. High protein diets will cause your kidneys to shut down. Gee, never heard absolutes about medical stuff from people who have some axe to grind before.

I hear ya Daniel, but when it comes to something so obviously chemical like Splenda or Nutrasweet, I tend to feel they must somehow impact me negatively just like anything else lab produced.

I agree with everyone who says don't believe what you read online.  However, I tend to search out people's real life accounts of how a substance affects or has affected them.  Sure, they can be just as phony and questionable as some of the "research" you find but when I see mutliple sources with people blogging and all saying the same thing about negative side affects, I start to get swayed.

So I must report that I've switched from Splenda to Stevia this week (Truvia to be exact).  So far, just like I've read can happen online, I have upset tummy, nausea and tiredness.  *sigh*  With sweeteners, it seems as though you just can't win.

http://www.simplypsychology.org/conformity.html

 

Edit: show me some peer reviewed studies and I'm much more likely to be a believer.



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2012-07-18 12:19 PM
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Clempson - 2012-07-16 9:44 PM

yet you see all this talk about people eating bananas and oranges and crap

i would like to see the amount of bananas and oranges and crap that would lead to the effects of which you appear concerned.  having another banana in a bit as i await the info...

2012-07-18 1:13 PM
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spudone - 2012-07-18 1:01 PM
noelle1230 - 2012-07-18 9:26 AM

DanielG - 2012-07-18 8:41 AM Salt will give you high blood pressure. Eggs will make you keel over with a heart attack in one day. Cracking your knuckles will give you arthritis. Red meat causes cancer. High protein diets will cause your kidneys to shut down. Gee, never heard absolutes about medical stuff from people who have some axe to grind before.

I hear ya Daniel, but when it comes to something so obviously chemical like Splenda or Nutrasweet, I tend to feel they must somehow impact me negatively just like anything else lab produced.

I agree with everyone who says don't believe what you read online.  However, I tend to search out people's real life accounts of how a substance affects or has affected them.  Sure, they can be just as phony and questionable as some of the "research" you find but when I see mutliple sources with people blogging and all saying the same thing about negative side affects, I start to get swayed.

So I must report that I've switched from Splenda to Stevia this week (Truvia to be exact).  So far, just like I've read can happen online, I have upset tummy, nausea and tiredness.  *sigh*  With sweeteners, it seems as though you just can't win.

http://www.simplypsychology.org/conformity.html

 

Edit: show me some peer reviewed studies and I'm much more likely to be a believer.

Hmmm.....I don't think me questioning the chemically processed stuff I put in my body, splenda or otherwise has anything to do with conformity.  It's interesting to hear about other people's experiences yes, and it helps me decide what to try or not try.  But in the end, I make my decision based on my own trials and experiences.

You can knock what you read online but in reality, how do we really know what we know about anything in life?  You either learn it for yourself or believe what someone else tells you.

Before the net, people were still believing what they read, it was just in writing rather than on a computer screen.  How is that any different?  The bulk of good knowledge that exists in our world came from what someone you've never met has written.

The point is that if I'm trying to experiment with things I'm eating that are potentially harming me or my training, where am I going to come with any possible culprits if not for hearing what others are saying?

2012-07-18 1:28 PM
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Have you considered honey? Simply the best natural sweetener. Period.
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