I thought I had finally found a healthy drink I liked with no artificial sweetness and they had to go and fuck it up

  • Vespair@lemm.ee
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    9 days ago

    Imo stevia is one of the best of the no calorie sweeteners, but since that entire category is absolutely abhorrent that’s sort of like being called the fastest snail.

    • scarabic@lemmy.world
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      8 days ago

      I think we have to allow that when you’re raised on sugar like we all were, substitutes are never going to live up.

      However lots of people throughout history didn’t have refined sugar. The ancient Egyptians for example. What would they have thought of stevia?

      I once went on a strict no-carb diet for a few months and a stevia tea at the end of the day was a very enjoyable treat that I looked forward to. Now, having gone back to a normal diet, it doesn’t taste as good.

      So I think habituation is a big part of it.

      • Ledericas@lemm.ee
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        1 day ago

        the sweetleaf brand doesnt have the wierd dextrose ingredients that the others have, i used 2 different ones and they all had sugar in it.