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Posted 11/11/2011 2:16 PM (GMT 0)
fyi

articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/11/10/artificial-sweeteners-leading-cause-of-inflammatory-bowel-disease-in-canadians.aspx?e_cid=20111110_DNL_art_2
Previous research also found that sucralose can destroy up to 50 percent of your beneficial gut flora, and increases pH level in your intestines
Posted 11/11/2011 2:29 PM (GMT 0)
This makes complete sense! I started drinking "diet" drinks and substitutung sugar for artifical sweeteners as a teen and I consumed nothing but these items for more than 22 years. I have often wondered if that had something to do with my diagnosis! I have also noticed after eliminating these products that my disease is much more controllable. After reading this article, I am more convinced than ever. I wonder if honey would be an acceptable sweetener replacement?
Posted 11/11/2011 2:43 PM (GMT 0)
I take sweeteners in my coffee, but switched for awhile because I thought they were affecting my gut,
I had no changes. I think there are different triggers, for different people with this disease
Posted 11/11/2011 4:48 PM (GMT 0)
Can't use the artificial stuff. I use stevia for my tea and allow myself sugar in it on the weekends.
Posted 11/11/2011 5:17 PM (GMT 0)
Well I never used artificial sweeteners before or after CD, going back to the 90s. But aspartame is in my cholestyramine, which I've been using for a couple of years only. I wish they would make it without any sweetener. I'd be happy to have unsweetened cholestyramine with orange flavour.
Posted 11/11/2011 6:25 PM (GMT 0)
I'm 57 and I have never used artificial sweetners AND I MEAN NEVER!
I have read every label on everything I've eaten... This was long before I was diagnosed
I've never even used sugarless gum
AND I have never used those flavor packets that come with the PEG I have had to drink before colonoscopies
So I think it's another case of a subset of folks that have developed Crohn's that have sugarfree in common
I still think it is something else doing it
Posted 11/12/2011 2:10 AM (GMT 0)
I am absolutely convinced that artificial sweetners are bad for us and probably affect us in many ways. It really scares the daylights out of me when I see people giving diet products to children or when pregnant women are pouring a diet soda.

I have tried products with just about every type of artificial sweetner but have always had a terrible aftertaste and nausea following them. My GI has recommended that I try the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) which does not allow sugar. Honey is the onlu acceptable sweetner allowed. I need to look into Stevia and see if that's allowed. I'm not sure how long I can live without sugar, grains or starches, so I'm not going to try it until after the Holidays.

Posted 11/15/2011 2:54 AM (GMT 0)
I believe this to be absolutely true in my case. I didn't start having symptoms until a few years after I started using the yellow packets as sweetener in my tea ~ which I drink all day long. When I was diagnosed my GI said the disease was "new". I swore up and down those yellow packets were the cause and people looked at me like I had ten heads. I think I'll print that article and hang it up in my office. Maybe I'm not crazy after all! Thank you for posting the link.
Posted 11/15/2011 3:32 AM (GMT 0)
As a child I was informed of artificial sweetners I have found splenda (although not the best) doesnt cramp me up even gum with Nutrasweet would cause me serious abd pain. I still try to avoid artificial sweetners at all costs but I have certain gums I like one being Orbits and it has an artificial sweetener in it
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