Three servings of Splenda Limit

[makmik]

I was wondering if the limit to 3 servings of splenda a day is for changing your eating habits or will more than that amount interfere with weight loss?

How common is it for the body to increase insuline production because of the stimulus by the sweetness of Splenda?

Has anyone had Splenda stalling their weight loss?

[bellajgw]

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Not I. I'll be the first to admit that I have way too much splenda, compared to the 3 servings limit. I have 2 packets in each coffee or tea I drink and I drink 2 cups of coffee in the morning and tea in the afternoon. I don't think it has stalled me at all.

[not2late]

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I was wondering if the limit to 3 servings of splenda a day is for changing your eating habits or will more than that amount interfere with weight loss?

Both. Dr. Atkins was a "whole foods" advocate long before the whole foods movement became popular. His concern about artificial sweeteners was that they were artificial. But he knew that many of his dieters liked that added sugary taste. The 3 servings of sweetener is based on his experience with aspartame. In the 1992 book, he explains that many patients who did not lose weight--eventhough they followed the diet strictly---lost weight once they limited their aspartame consumption to 3 servings daily.

Splenda was the new artificial sweetener when the 2002 edition of the book came out. Any side effects were few because the sweetener was relatively new and hadn't been tested on a wide range of people. but Dr. Atkins choose to keep the sweetener limit (perhaps because his gut instinct told him Splenda might cause the same problem too?) And we have had members here on ADBB who react to Splenda the same way Dr. Atkins' dieters reacted to aspartame 20 years ago.

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How common is it for the body to increase insuline production because of the stimulus by the sweetness of Splenda?

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We have had members here who react to Splenda. They test their reaction by doing Atkins without and doing Atkins with and comparing their results: unless you test yourself that way, there's no way to tell if Splenda or any other sugar substitute affects you.

You might want to look up the "cephalic phase insulin response".

[chadcs]

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I think a lot of the issue is that these artificial sweeteners are so much more sweet than sugar that your body has issues satisfying itself when you eat other foods. I found that once I eliminated sweeteners all together, you really noticed the sweetness of fruit and starchy items. I remember eating a single small piece of birthday cake (after at goal) and thinking it was way to sweet for me to ear more than a bite or two.

[liv]

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I lose better when I eliminate all sweeteners and only get carbs from eggs and veggies.

[krispysky]

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Could someone post exactly in the book where it says only 3 sweetners per day? When I read my book it seemed to me that he was just talking about aspartame. I could totally be wrong--and I do limit my sweeteners just for the sake of staying away from sweet stuff--but I thought he was just talking about aspartame the way it was written. It's at home or I'd go check myself.

[Elizellen]

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Could someone post exactly in the book where it says only 3 sweetners per day?

From the Tips section at the end of Chapter 11

Limit sweeteners to 3 packets a day

[krispysky]

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From the Tips section at the end of Chapter 11

Thanks! I'll check it out when I get home!

[atkinsgal08]

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>>Could someone post exactly in the book where it says only 3 sweetners per day?>>

Along with the mention in the FAQs of Chapter 11, it's in Chapter 18, # 13 under the section Go!

Also, the limit of 3 is for "best practice". One shouldn't give up one's intake of vegetables for "sweetener".

And ... it's not really just about "packet" ... it would be more accurate if it were "servings". So liquid sweeteners count, too!

[krispysky]

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Good grief! I have the wrong book! Mine says Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution but the latest date is 1999. Gee whiz. No wonder I don't know what ya'll are talkin' about half the time!

[atkinsgal08]

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Getting a new book is easily solved!

J.

[krispysky]

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Getting a new book is easily solved!

J.

Yup! I ordered it about 4 minutes after I realized I had the wrong one! Got it in the mail yesterday!