Sugar free biscuits

[Humberto]

What do you think about these biscuits?

Here are the ingredients:

 

[copacetic]

Like other sugar alcohols (with the exception of erythritol), large quantities of maltitol can have a laxative effect

Don't eat too many, is what I think.

 

[Nicci]

Sugar free stuff is normally more dangerous than eating normal sugar. Those sweeteners and stuff is bad for you!!

 

[OMB]

Sugar free stuff is normally more dangerous than eating normal sugar. Those sweeteners and stuff is bad for you!!

I bet you read that on the internet

 

[copacetic]

Sugar free stuff is normally more dangerous than eating normal sugar. Those sweeteners and stuff is bad for you!!

Some of them yes, some of them no, and depending on the quantities, both sugar and/or sweeteners can be a better or worse choice.

 

[Pooky]

Humberto do they taste good? Where can I get them if they do and how much do they cost?

 

[Humberto]

Humberto do they taste good? Where can I get them if they do and how much do they cost?

They were R 18.99 at Pick n Pay.

They tasted average.

I don't know how healthy they are though.

 

[Humberto]

Sweets, especially chocolate, seem to temporarily lift my mood. It's like a drug. To my knowledge, sugar stimulates serotonin synthesis in the brain.

If I start eating sweets, chocolates or biscuits, I risk eating the whole packet.

I had five of these cookies tonight. I did not feel tempted to have more when the five were finished. Perhaps this is because it is sucrose-free?

 

[DJ...]

Sugar free stuff is normally more dangerous than eating normal sugar. Those sweeteners and stuff is bad for you!!

Ugh, why does this need repeating so often? Please see copa's post. Some sweeteners are far better for you than sugar...

 

[Nicci]

Ugh, why does this need repeating so often? Please see copa's post. Some sweeteners are far better for you than sugar...

Ugh... like which ones?

 

[Nicci]

I bet you read that on the internet

No, my doctor actually told me.

 

[OMB]

No, my doctor actually told me.

your doctor like many others is probably misinformed

 

[copacetic]

Want information about artificial sweeteners:

[video=youtube;VUo2XW0z218]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUo2XW0z218[/video]

Uploaded on 29 Jul 2011

Warning: Long, science-heavy video. No funny cats or guys getting hit in the nuts.

Artificial sweeteners, or as they are usually referred to in the literature "non-caloric" sweeteners or "high-intensity" sweeteners, address the problem of sugar calorie excess in our diet. They've been demonstrated to support weight loss or maintenance, reduce cavities and can be part of a healthy lifestyle.

Much focus has been on

CSPI report: http://www.cspinet.org/reports/chemcu...
I disagree with CSPI on about 25% of their rankings, but I appreciate that they take a very conservative stance.

Citations:
Aspartame:
1. Comp Funct Genomics. 2010. In vivo cytogenetic studies on aspartame.
2. Drug Chem Toxicol. 2004 Aug;27(3):257-68. Genotoxicity of aspartame.
3. Am J Ind Med. 2010 Dec;53(12):1197-206. Aspartame administered in feed, beginning prenatally through life span, induces cancers of the liver and lung in male Swiss mice.
4. Toxicol In Vitro. 2011 Feb;25(1):286-93. In vitro effect of aspartame in angiogenesis induction.

Sucralose:
5. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol. 2009 Oct;55(1):1-5. An overview of the safety of sucralose.
6. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol. 2009 Oct;55(1):6-12. Expert panel report on a study of Splenda in male rats.
7. Food Chem Toxicol. 2000;38 Suppl 2:S53-69. Acute and subchronic toxicity of sucralose.
8. Food Chem Toxicol. 2000;38 Suppl 2:S71-89. A combined chronic toxicity/carcinogenicity study of sucralose in Sprague-Dawley rats.
9. Food Chem Toxicol. 2000;38 Suppl 2:S91-7. A carcinogenicity study of sucralose in the CD-1 mouse.

AceK:
10. Horm Metab Res. 1987 Jun;19(6):233-8. The effect of artificial sweetener on insulin secretion. 1. The effect of acesulfame K on insulin secretion in the rat (studies in vivo).
11. Food Chem Toxicol. 1997 Dec;35(12):1177-9. In vivo cytogenetic studies on mice exposed to acesulfame-K--a non-nutritive sweetener.

General reviews:
12. Ann Oncol. 2004 Oct;15(10):1460-5. Artificial sweeteners--do they bear a carcinogenic risk?
13. Yale J Biol Med. 2010 Jun;83(2):101-8. Gain weight by "going diet?" Artificial sweeteners and the neurobiology of sugar cravings
14. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 1996 Mar;20 Suppl 2:S12-7. Effect of sucrose and sweeteners on appetite and energy intake.
15. Am J Clin Nutr. 2009 Jan;89(1):1-14. Nonnutritive sweetener consumption in humans: effects on appetite and food intake and their putative mechanisms.
16. Physiol Behav. 2010 Apr 26;100(1):55-62. High-intensity sweeteners and energy balance.
17. Physiol Behav. 2009 Dec 7;98(5):618-24. Effect of moderate intake of sweeteners on metabolic health in the rat.
18. Food Addit Contam. 2006 Apr;23(4):327-38. The intake of intense sweeteners - an update review.

 

[DJ...]

No, my doctor actually told me.

Your doctor is a moron. There are quite a few of them who are ill-informed imbeciles. Not your fault...

 

[Mila]

Your body turns white flour into sugar so no use skipping on sugar when that is what the cookie is made of.

 

[mister]

Your body turns white flour into sugar so no use skipping on sugar when that is what the cookie is made of.

Exactly... why worry about the sugar when the rest of the product is mostly refined grains anyway.