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Angie4b1g

Angie4b1g

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How do you sweeten stuff like drinks? Or do you?

I've used artificial since I was in high school (way back in primitive times). I drink a lot of iced tea, and the sugar would never dissolve right, so I started using Sweet & Low for that and it just transferred to coffee. I'm not picky about the kind... in fact, I usually buy it at Costco and just get their brand. My boys use it in their tea now.

I'm I giving us all cancer? :thumbsdowns
 
I use Sweet Leaf stevia drops. We keep a few varieties in the door of the fridge - vanilla cream for my coffee, berry for oatmeal, plain for salad dressings and such.
 
no sweetener for me. haven't used it in my drinks since i was 18. not in my iced drinks or my hot coffee or tea. once in awhile i'll have a pumpkin latte, or whatever is the seasonal treat, and then i have the sugar that comes with it bc there's no way to avoid it, but it is rare.

but i love, love sweet desserts!
 
Real sugar, honey, or occasionally real maple syrup. I will do artificial in terms of stuff like corn syrup in commercially made stuff (although I try to limit it) but nothing chemical. I can't stand the taste. I won't let my kids have chemical sweetners either. I'm annoyed they use aspartame in children's medicines. They get it there but nowhere else.

ETA: I drink my coffee black, except for one maple latte I sometimes make. But tea needs honey.
 
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this is all said in fun(disclaimer)

I love the taste of Sweet and Low, bitter must be my fav...
anyway, when I was in my 20s, my loving father came to me, and said,
Cancer is horrible, and well, that stuff can give you cancer in your woman parts (my dad's words), so please don't use it.
I stopped
Then I had a hysterectomy....I told him my woman parts are gone...
but still I use the Blue packets (equal generic)
except for tea, then it is Splenda
I remember Sugar.....long, long ago in a galaxy far far away
 
No sweetener for me, always drink my coffee black and cannot remember ever had sugar in my tea. I use honey for my girls if they want a cup of tea, but the love the 100% natural 20 herbes tea the most :)
 
For my tea, coffee and iced tea I've been using stevia. If I don't have that available, I'll use Splenda.
 
real sugar - I only drink one cup of coffee a day though. Of course, coke is another matter. I probably need to cut back.
 
I use Stevia in my hot drinks and mix a bit into my milk if I have cereal. I hate drinking plain water so I have a variety of flavored liquid Stevia to put a few drops in my water. If I'm out and about I will use artificial sweetener if that's all they have (most places don't have stevia and I don't always remember to put a few packs in my purse). If I'm baking (which is rarely) I will just use sugar but try to stay away from desserts/sweets except for a bit of dark chocolate.
 
Nothing in my coffee. For tea if it's hot I rarely use sweetener...if I do it's honey. For iced tea, if we're out I just drink it unsweet, if I make it at home we use 1/3 cup of sugar (just regular old refined sugar) per gallon of tea. I gave up sodas earlier this year so these things, v8 (low sodium), and water are pretty much the only things I drink.
 
I use regular sugar. I don't like the taste of the other sweeteners. I use it in coffee and tea.
 
Stevia or agave syrup around my house. I'll use Splenda in a pinch if I'm out and don't have any packets with me.
 
I can't use any artificial sweeteners. I have a bad reaction to all of them. Itchy mouth/throat, burning sensation, extreme headaches. It really bums me out because I can't even chew gum or most mints anymore. Even the non-sugar-free gum has artificial sweetener in it.
:(

But I'm sure I will get cancer from the 20+ years of drinking Mt. Dew. :p
 
I'm trying to drink my coffee and tea without sugar.. Tough!! LOL ! My parents are health conscious, they told since I was young that sweeteners are not good!! I don't know why !! All I hear is , LILI ARTIFICIAL AINT GOOD FOR YOU
 
I don't sweetened my drinks unless I am feeling sick and I am doing my honey/lemon/tea combo. I think you are better using honey, REAL maple sugar or even SUGAR to those artificial sweeteners. My problem with Stevia is that is OVER processed (at least most options out there). I love when my mom sends me stevia leaves and I use them to sweeten stuff.
 
misslovescraps said:
I'm trying to drink my coffee and tea without sugar.. Tough!! LOL ! My parents are health conscious, they told since I was young that sweeteners are not good!! I don't know why !! All I hear is , LILI ARTIFICIAL AINT GOOD FOR YOU
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Yes, you are better with sugar than artificial sweeteners.

I take my coffee now black no sugar. You just need to keep changing your coffee until you find one that you like when it's not sweetened.
 
Usually sugar. I try not to do stuff with aspertame... but I have to have my McDonald's diet coke every once in awhile!! :)
 
Coffee I just have milk in it. My tea if I have milk then I use a teaspoon of sugar, if I have my tea black then I use honey. Never used sweeteners.
 
No sugar or sweeteners in my drinks here. Artificial sweeteners gives me migraines and sugar makes me fat soooooooooooooo
 
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