Artificial sweeteners in everything now?

It’s so frustrating! My priority is healthy eating, I want sugar free and sweetener free. I am happy to eat bland food I don’t care. But everything seems pumped full of carcinogenic crap.

Ever eaten something where red food colouring was used? You’ll have eaten coal tar 🤢

@AngeloMysterioso

People say it to distinguish between Coca Cola and Diet Coke which is needless because the distinction is already there

It's true they have been tested and found non-carcinogenic.

It's definitely not true that they have been tested for their impact on gut bacteria, which is likely to be the far more important measure in terms of our overall health.

It's looking very likely that the gut microbiome is like an organ in itself - one whose actions have a huge impact on many of our critical functions. So the state of our microbiome impacts not only the likelihood of obesity and the many other diseases which are thought to be based in inflammation, but also much more surprising things like depression, anxiety and other mental health conditions.

This is why ultra processed foods are so very bad for us, even when they're low in sugar or fat or all the things that the corrupt food industry has told us is the problem, because it makes them more money.

Why do people keep talking about full fat or fat coke? There isn’t any fat in coke.

I’m praying Coke doesn’t change their full fat and Cherry full fat recipes. They’re my only options now. But I reckon Coke must be making a mint now being the only sweetener-free option. People still buy it even though it costs more than the zero/diet versions because the diet ones are undrinkable to so many.

I know it's an old thread but it makes sad reading.

Since it was started both Fentiman and Rio have now added sweeteners to their ranges and my choice is further restricted.

Agree, M&S do have a range in glass bottles similar to Fever Tree. The problem I have is the carbohydrate content is higher than the other drinks because they use fructose which is fruit sugar and I’ve got Type1 diabetes and they make my glucose levels spike 🙈 I but Karma Cola no added sugar it’s crazy expensive though around £30 for 24, 250 ml cans. Why is it that anything that’s healthy is super expensive 😝

Fever tree is expensive but worth it

I really hate sweeteners as well, I hardly ever drink fizzy drinks but as I don't drink alcohol when I go out it's nice to have something fizzy.

Not anymore though as sweeteners give me terrible stomach cramps.

I’ve got CD too just to warn you M&S have gone back to using artificial sweetners in their low cal soft drinks, I only realised when I started to get stomach problems & checked the ingredients on what I’d recently consumed. Saw they’ve added sucralose in place of stevia

Glad I've seen this. I also can't tolerate sweeteners as they upset my stomach. (Coeliac also).

I've been having sparkling water with a teapigs cold brew bag in - although not sugary it makes a great cold refreshing drink. Especially over summer.

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I've signed it too

Its only got 115 signatures and I'm the only one who's signed in my constituency, yet no one you speak to says they like artificial sweeteners.

Signed!

Yes! I wanted a Lipton iced tea last night and it tasted disgusting! Then I noticed it had a new "low calorie" tag on the bottle. This was the regular, not the diet version. Won't be buying this ever again.

It was going on a long time before the sugar tax. I get diarrhea, headaches, cramps and joint/muscle aches from artificial sweeteners and I've had to check the labels for many years. It was in supermarket own brand non-diet drinks at least 20-25 years ago, I gather it's much cheaper than sugar. Lemonades e.g. Schweppes has had it since long before the sugar tax, Tango & Lilt the same.

My local co op has started stocking Rio Tropical in cans! So happy as I’m going through chemo and fizzy helps the nausea but anything with sweeteners in flares up my IBS (and tastes rancid). Ingredients: lightly carbonated spring water, fruit juice and purée from orange, guava, apricot, mango and passion fruit, sugar, citric acid, natural flavourings. 😍 bliss!

I got a bottle of sprite the other day with a meal deal. Rarely drink it but got it as a one off. It wasn’t the zero version but it was absolutely awful. All I could taste were the sweeteners.
Wish they’d bring back real drinks.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/620658
Link to petition

Snap I firmly believe that artificial sweeteners are just not good for you. I go out of my way to avoid them at all costs. But then I also think the same about anything that isn't actual butter.
It's a pain but I can't see how a load of chemicals smashed together can be better for you than sugar or milk

People may falsely believe that Artificial sweeteners are beneficial for their children but new research suggests that Artificial sweeteners could cause diabetes and adversely alter the gut microbiome, shocking new research says

nypost.com/2022/08/19/artificial-sweeteners-could-cause-diabetes-shocking-new-research-says/

I have Lupus so artificial sweetners are a no no. I've resorted to Belvoir Cordial with Fizzy water.

When we do buy soft drinks, we go for Lowicz cordial from the Polish section in the supermarket (either raspberry or cherry), regular Coca Cola (which we're happy to pay more for), Fevertree, Bottlegreen cordial (rhubarb and ginger when it's available) and make our own elderflower cordial.

By adding sweeteners to drinks, you're doing nothing to lessen the craving for sweetness. The sugar tax should have been used to lessen our liking for sugar, rather than replacing it with something much worse.

Amazon sell classic san pellegrino but they also sell the evil version so make sure you get the correct one

Rio is lovely