2009 How Long Can You Go? "No Sweet" CHALLENGE

[ckiwis]

Re: 2008 How Long Can You Go? "No Sweet" CHALLENGE

Hi Sherri,

I've added Noni Juice capsules to my "cocktail". I feel more energetic and I'm glad I had the courage to try it. I dropped Digestive Enzymes, decreased Garden Veggies and Orchard Fruits.

I started walking to the college (1/2 mile from my house) where I "walk" some more on the treadmill but a more challenging way. And I started on another challenge that lasts until New Year's Day here. I'm still looking for low-carb, sweetener-free recipes to try out and post here. I need to watch my blood sugar now until my dr's appointment in late December. So I haven't really made any recipes for my Small Groups but take whole foods like fruit, green salad, and protein that I mixed in with the fruit and salad. Nothing special. My time is a little short right now.

Later.

[Georgiana]

Re: 2008 How Long Can You Go? "No Sweet" CHALLENGE

*** Day 11/63 ***

[Sherri]

Re: 2008 How Long Can You Go? "No Sweet" CHALLENGE

Hello Challengers,
Sorry I was MIA with computer problems. I'm back full time with a new computer w/ virus protection. Happy happy, joy joy!!
I have not been sweetner free. I've been using Xylitol for baking. Derivitive of birch, hardwood. Not CORN!
I'm going to work on getting back to basics with the stevia. It may take me some time untill I kill the sweet dragon again.
Great job everyone! Georgiana, looks like you've got the lead girl! Congratulations on a job well done. Keep it up. It encourages us to do the same. Thank you for that.
Well, it's great to be back. I look forward to seeing you all here.
Cindy, i've heard nothing but good things about Noni Juice. It will balance out the glucose levels and will actually help reverse Type-2 Diabetes. I'm a true believer in Noni Juice. Wonderful healant!
TTYL,
Love, Sherri

[Sherri]

Re: 2008 How Long Can You Go? "No Sweet" CHALLENGE

Day 2 No Sweetners
2/143

[eagerbeaver]

Re: 2008 How Long Can You Go? "No Sweet" CHALLENGE

HEY SHERRY IM A SWEETNER FREAK EVERY SINCE SPLENDA CAME OUT I HAVE USED IT IN EVERY THING I MEAN EVERY THING. I KNOW I NEED TO GET OFF OF SPLENDA BAD I BEEN WANTING TO, SO IM GOING TO SO OFFICIALLY SIGN ME UP FOR THE CHALLENGE, NO MORE SPLENDA FOR ME.

[Sherri]

Re: 2008 How Long Can You Go? "No Sweet" CHALLENGE

Welcome to the challenge eagerbeaver. There's lots of information here regarding sweetners. The info begins on post #15.
Again, WELCOME!
Sherri

[Sherri]

Re: 2008 How Long Can You Go? "No Sweet" CHALLENGE

Welcome to the challenge eagerbeaver. There's lots of information here regarding sweetners. The info begins on post #15.
Again, WELCOME!
Sherri

[Sherri]

Re: 2009 How Long Can You Go? "No Sweet" CHALLENGE

Welcome Challengers to 2009! I've decided to challenge myself to limiting the sweetners. No better place to do that than right here.
When I did my last sweetner fast for 142 days, I felt awesome! I want to get that feeling back. So here I go....
Day 2 No sweetners

[ckiwis]

Re: 2009 How Long Can You Go? "No Sweet" CHALLENGE

Hi Sherri,

Thanks for the invite, I'm going to have to decline. I'm with one challenge board and also took a volunteer job at a hospital. I barely have time to post among other things, I work out at Curves daily and at home daily.

I also have been "super spring cleaning and purging" my house because I started becoming more of a minimailist. I have to make once a month appointments for someone to take out some "big" piece of furniture out of the house. So it will be difficult to post here and I apologize for not keeping up with recipe sharing.

I will be learning how to use a scanner to post photos and maybe recipes on the "Photobucket" this weekend at my cousin's house whom I rarely see. I was having such a difficult time getting anyone to show me how to use the scanner at the Senior Adult Center.

So thank you again.

[Sherri]

Re: 2009 How Long Can You Go? "No Sweet" CHALLENGE

Megs shared this great info on the board and wanted to place it here as well.

Sugar Alcohols

Sugar alcohols are used as anti-reduced-cariogenic substitutes for sugars, as reduced calorie substitutes for starch or sugar, and as bulking agents when starch or sugar is removed from foods. Sugar alcohols are naturally present in fruits and vegetables. For commercial food ingredient purposes, they are generally prepared by the catalytic hydrogenation of the parent sugars.

The digestion, absorption, and metabolism of the sugar alcohols differ among the alcohols and are generally less complete than that of the parent sugars. The portion of the ingested sugar alcohols that reaches the colon undergoes anaerobic fermentation by the colonic microflora to the colon generates some usable energy but generally less than would be obtained by the parent sugar. The production of short chain fatty acids and lactic acid also lowers the pH of colonic material and may change the species distribution of colonic microorganisms. The reduced and anticariogenic properties of sugar alcohols, as compared with the caloric sweeteners, is related to their resistance to fermentaion by the oral microflora and production of rediced quantities of plaque.

Mannitol

Approximately 25% of ingested D-mannitol is absorbed via passive diffusion. Once absorbed, it is oxidize by mannitol dehydrogenase or L-iditol 2-dehydrogenase to fructose and undergoes normal fructose metabolism. The net energy value of mannitol may be low as 1.5 kcal/g.

Sorbitol

Approximately 50% of ingested sorbitol is absorbed through passive diffusion in the small intestine and up to 85% of this is metabolized. Sorbitol is absorbed more slowly than glucose. When consumed in large quantities, a laxative effect may be observed. Approximately 50% of ingested sorbitol reaches the colon, where it is rapidly fermented to short chain fatty acids, hydrogen, and methane. Estimates of the caloric value of sorbitol range from 2.0 to 3.9 kcal/g.

Xylitol

The absorption of xylitol occurs by simple diffusion and ranges from 13% to 95%. The unabsorbed xylitol is metabolized in the liver. The metabolizable energy from xylitol is approximately 2.5 to 2.9 kcal.g.

Erythritol

Erythritol has a unique metabolic fate in animals, presumably because of its low molecular weight. The sugar alcohol is almost completely absorbed in the small intestine and quantatively excreted unchanged in the urine. The result is a bulking agent with no caloric value.

Isomalt

Isomalt is an equimolar mixture of alpha-D-glycopyranosyl-1-6-d-aoebitol and alpha-D-glucopryanosylk-1,5-mannitol. Although both components are slowly hydrolyzed by various glucan 1,4-alpha-glucosidases, including jejunal mucosal enzymes, most of the energy derived from them is the result of fermentation in the colon. The energy value is approximately 3 kcal/g.

Lactitol

Lactitol is rapidly hydrolyzed to D-galactose and D-sorbitol by microbial enzymes; however, hydrolysis in the gastrointestinal tract is slow. Lactitol undergoes little or no absorption in the stomach or small intestine. Lactitol in the colon is readily fermented. Lactitol is estimated to provide approximately 2 kcal/g.

Maltitol

In the stomach, maltitol is hydrolyzed to glucose and sorbitol, both of which are readily absorbed. A substantial portion of maltitol reaches the large intestine and is fermented to short chain fatty acides. The net energy value for maltitol is approximately 3 kcal/g.

----Pediatric Nutrition Handbook 6 th Edition published by the American Academy of Pediatrics. pp 508-510. Referenced material: Finley, JW, Leveille GA. Macronutrient substitutes. In: Zeigler EE, Filer LJ Jr. eds. Present Knowledge in Nutrition. 7th ed. Washington DC: International Life Sciences Institute Press. 1996:581-595 and Henken J. Sugar Substitutes: Americans opt for sweetness and lite. FDA Consum. 1999: 33(6):12-16

[Sherri]

Re: 2009 How Long Can You Go? "No Sweet" CHALLENGE

I started my sweetner fast again.
Today is day 10, NO SWEETNERS! Let's see if I can break my old record.
10/143

[Sherri]

Re: 2009 How Long Can You Go? "No Sweet" CHALLENGE

Day 12 No sweetners
12/143

[Sherri]

Re: 2009 How Long Can You Go? "No Sweet" CHALLENGE

I want to bump this thread up to see if there is anyone actually sweet free. Maybe it will encourage me to do this challenge again and get past my 142 day record.
Sherri

[Focused]

Re: 2009 How Long Can You Go? "No Sweet" CHALLENGE

Love this challenge, Sherri!

I'm in. It'll be hard to give up gum, but will try to find a way to do it. Peppermint oil, maybe?

[Sherri]

Re: 2009 How Long Can You Go? "No Sweet" CHALLENGE

Hello Focused,
Aww, it's great to see you reserecting this challenge. I'm considering maybe joining you. Like you, I like my gum. That is the only sweetner I have been using lately. I agree about getting some peppermint oil. Another great one is to soak toothpicks in cinnamon oil.
Wishing you much success at stomping out the sweetner monster.
Please read through this thread. It's full of excellent info regarding sweetner addiction.
Sincerely, Sherri