Sweeteners must be the enemy

#1

Hey :slight_smile:
I wanna share my experience. I ve read all about how sweeteners can be an obstacle to some cases
In my case i guess it is. Its about 4 days now that i ve eliminated all artificial sweeteners . I drink my coffee black these days and eat no homemade sweets.
After 4 only days i look less bloated and have NO desire to eat sweets
Its too early to be certain, but it seems to be true. Sweeteners make me, at least, stay behind in all this.
I ll keep it and have a sweet, a fat bomb, something REALLy special and good every weekend or every two…its worth it

(What The Fast?!) #2

I’m currently getting off all sweeteners as well. I’ve attempted it before but quickly justified why it was “probably just fine” to keep them in…
I’ve been listening to Dr Ali Miller and she talks about the sterilizing effect of non caloric sweeteners like sucralose and aspartame -I’ve had a lot of digestive issue so I figure it best to take them out. She also talked about the new ones - stevia, erythritol, and my favorite…monk fruit. (I was really hoping she gave that one a pass!) She said that they affect our palate so that we can’t taste natural sweetness as well. (I know she’s right, but damn if I don’t love a good monkfruit or erythritol cheesecake or fat bomb.

I’m actually going to start using real sweeteners when I need them - instead of monkfruit or stevia, I’ll use a small amount of local honey or 100% maple syrup. (Don’t freak out keto police! What I mean is that I’ll use like…a tablespoon of maple syrup in a recipe that makes a lot of servings. The whole idea is that if you get rid of non-caloric or non-nutritive sweeteners, you’ll be able to use FAR less of the real thing and the carbs should be nominal.

I’m on Day 3 of sweetener free life over here. :slight_smile: The only things that are a bummer are that I can’t have Zip-Fizz or Keto Chow!!

(Katie the Quiche Scoffing Stick Ninja ) #3

Im with you
I think they are my enemy too
I have cut them out over the last few days
Not sure if it’s made a significant improvement as I started fasting for 24 hours every day at the same time.
I reserve my sweetner for my fat bombs only.