Safe sweeteners?

[Anonymous]

For coffee or tea. What is your go to these days, if any?

[Anonymous]

I am a tea drinker and I don’t sweeten it. If a guest drinks coffee or tea, i offer honey, white sugar, and coconut sugar, and lemon. I don’t use artificial sweeteners, stevia, agave, monkfruit, etc. Every few years, a negative study about them comes out, so I just avoid in general.

[Anonymous]

I never sweeten coffee or tea. My husband uses just regular cane sugar in his coffee.

I'm on keto, so I do make a hot chocolate with stevia.

[Anonymous]

I like it unsweetened most if the time, on occasion I might sweeten with sugar or honey. Like PP I avoid those other sweeteners and just use honey or sugar sparingly.

[Anonymous]

Sugar, honey, maple or agave syrup

[Anonymous]

For coffee, I use two packets of Splenda each morning. I'm not concerned about it.

I don't use artificial sweeteners beyond that.

I guess it depends on how much you consume.

[Anonymous]

I use cane sugar sparingly. I’m not concerned about the safety aspect of the alternative sweeteners, I just don’t care for the taste.

[Anonymous]

I like Splenda. I have also recently discovered monk fruit sweetener.

I am no a fan of Stevia and can not eat anything that contains it.

[Anonymous]

What do you mean by safe?

[Anonymous]

Get now Xylitol.
It is good for dental health.

[Anonymous]

Honey in tea. I don’t usually sweeten coffee - I’m not opposed to some regular white cane sugar, I just prefer it unsweetened.

I despise all artificial sweeteners.

[Anonymous]

any one else think their gastro issues are tied to Stevia?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I like Splenda. I have also recently discovered monk fruit sweetener.

I am no a fan of Stevia and can not eat anything that contains it.

Recent study on erythritol (stevia, monkfruit)

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36849732/?utm_source=research-news&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=research-news

https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/27/health/zero-calorie-sweetener-heart-attack-stroke-wellness/index.html

There’s usually a flurry of studies like this and then a flurry of studies showing they are harmless. Will take a while to figure it out. Whenever something is new, it takes several years to get the results of all the studies.