A Splenda Idea

I know it;s been around for a few years but I've just discovered Splenda. It was a love at first taste kind of deal and I went out and bought myself the regular packets and the vanilla flavored slim ones for coffee. To be honest it helps this fat foodie on her diet and it;s not bad tasting like some other artificial sweeteners out there.

Splenda first came on the market in1976 as a mistake. scientists Leslie Hough and Shashikant Phadnis were trying to create chemical intermediates such as chlorinated sugar. Accidentally doing a taste test on it , they realized that the sucrulose was almost 600 times sweeter than regular table sugar. Thus Splenda was born and first used in Canada then the US. There are several controversies over it, the most virulent is that damages internal organs. According to claims, it can cause enlarged liver, kidneys and the intestinal track. Lesser but still damaging claims are that it's not all that low calorie and has two calories per tablespoon. All I can advise is that use it in moderation., If you are addicted to sweet iced tea use it instead of sugar. If you crave a hot coffee with flavoring then use it but not daily.

Is it for baking and cooking? A good friend of mine used it Thanksgiving to make pies and according to her it was like using sugar dust.Standard recipes made with it required half the amount of sugar. There is a web site that's full of recipes that you can make with regular and brown sugar Splenda.The reviews seems to be good and there are people who like to bake and cook with it . I may try one of the Splenda recipes for the holidays just to see what it's like. Right now I'll stick with the regular flavor and flavor packets for my coffee and iced tea.

If you're on a constant diet like I am , then go with Splenda but take it in moderation. It's great if you 're craving some sweetnesss in your tea or coffee. Like with anything , don't get overly addicted to it. Use it with a scoop of common sense.