sweetner

I want to get off artificial sweetener but I also need low to no calories. I looked into stevia but a friend says it has a terrible after taste when used in enough quantities to make something truly sweet. I tried to buy Truvia but you cannot buy a large bag of it. I looked at agave but it still has calories. I really need to lose weight. Right now I am using Splenda but I am worried about all the hype that says it is bad for you. I am trying to do more healthy things. I am buying some organic stuff. You know making some little changes. Can anyone suggest anything? I want it to make a gallon of tea. I usually use one cup of regular sugar or Splenda in my tea.

sweetner in tea! Blastphemy! Tea should be enjoyed as is. Not add weird ass milk or sweetner or any other weird stuff.

I like my Earl Grey Tea, Earl Grey Tea, no weird stuff added to it.

Horrors, I agree with Somedude. I drink tea and coffee without anything in it."

Word!, What's up with these people Serenity? eh?

80year old grand mom DX UC 2012 on. Humira after all other meds failed !!i love green tea icedit is great with out any sugar a Brandi love is luzianne

I do agree cream in tea is really weird.

Have you tried Rooibos tea from South Africa? You won't need a thing in that tea. Its AWESOME. Lipton introduced me to processed Rooibos but I got the real one from Mountain Rose Herbs.

Have you tried Nectresse? Its from Monk fruit. I got Chinese version of it but it wasn't that sweet. Stevia HAS aftertaste, hence it is still lying in my cabinet. I use it only when it need it little sweet.

Cream in tea, weird, really? I like it. Haven't you tried Indian Chai? (Yeah, its totally ***ed up in the west but the original one with lemongrass, ginger and cardamom, wow.)

Tazo makes a very good Chai tea that doesn't need to be sweetened. It's cinnamon based and quite flavorful.

How much tea are you drinking per day? If it's just 1-2 cups you don't need to eliminate sugar. If it's your beverage of choice all day long, you might consider limiting yourself and drinking plain water instead.

To lose one pound per week, you need to eliminate 3500 calories which is 500 calories per day. Use this tool to help you find other foods/beverages you might want to limit.

Sue

Another Southerner here. Agree with the "cold and sweet" comment, although I've cut way back on my sweetener. Grew up watching my Dad dump THREE heaping teaspoons of sugar in his glass of iced tea. Yikes!

Not all stevia has an after taste. Depends on the brand. My complaint was the powdered stevia would clump up in iced tea and not dissolve, although a liquid would take care of that.

We used Truvia for a while, but it's expensive and I worried about the additives in it. Instead, I found SugarLeaf in the organic section of my local drugstore. It's a combo of stevia and sugar, so you get less calories, but still get the sweet taste you're used to. Even my husband likes it.

sweetleaf.com/products/sugarleaf-products

I absolutely would avoid all artificial sweeteners.

Stevia in a large box from the warehouse all the way. I make homemade lemon aid with it. One and an half cups lemon juice to a gallon of spring water and 12 packets of stevia. It makes a great drink.

I use coconut sugar whenever I need to sweeten something up.