oh ffs. Theres nothing wrong with sweetener.

Disaster.
Made some muffins with it on Tuesday - then yesterday had a little on my breakfast and a muffin for lunch. I spent the whol afternoon and evening doubled over in pain and reading about ectopics and miscarriage.
I am better today having farted it all out but am not sure whether to just throw the rest away now...

Xylitol tastes quite nice as well, I like the ever so slight minty aftertaste.

hobnob57 - to be honest there is nothing directly saying that saccharine is harmful - the trouble is there is so little research on any of these things. This is the link that worried me about saccharin here.
I'm sorry if I've upset you.

Don't know about the risks of sweetners but have you have a sweet tooth maybe try fruit sugar it is sweeter so you're likely to use less of it!

What's wrong with saccharin? I knew about aspartame metabolising into all kinds of toxins but not saccharin. I've been addicted to decaf coffee with Hermesetas all pg

Having said that, I just use it out of habit - my chocolate craving has surpassed any benefit of using it

Pregnancy brain already! I meant zylitol- I even found a study saying regular use in pregnancy reduces transmission of strep mutans (the cause of tooth decay) to baby in the first two years by 80%.

I also found that saponins in the agave can cause serious uterine contractions. So that I would definitely avoid later on.

Thanks everyone esp Morloth and beaufies for the alternative suggestions.
It's amazing how much negative stuff is said about every sugar alternative even those! However, there also plenty of good evidence that glucose causes lots of diseases.

I just put zorbitol into my internet shop for next week.

Thanks.

I wouldn't use any 'artificial sweeteners' as I don't like putting chemicals into my body but there is an alternative. It's called Zylitol which is low GI and actually very good for your teeth !

You can get it online from Higher Nature, where is's marketed as Zylosweet. I would highly recommend it - it's fab. One downside is that it's fairly expensive but I guess it depends how much you are using.

Otherwise I think you're better sticking with sugar

Hear, hear Morloth! Our bodies know better than any third party what to do during pregnancy.