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[the_rck]

Drat. I have no idea what to do for a sweetener. I can’t have sucralose or aspartame or sugar alcohols. Now, I’m discovering that stevia has issues because I have problems with the bulking agents added to it in processing. Whole Foods adds maltodextrin which is actually high glycemic which defeats the purpose of using stevia (I only found that out a few days ago. I’d think the nutritionist might have warned me). Sweetleaf brand adds inulin which is fine glycemically but seems to give me gas and diarrhea even in quite small quantities (a single packet). All of the other brands I can find add sugar alcohols which give me worse issues than inulin seems to.

Oh, and apparently one’s not supposed to have processed inulin if one has a ragweed allergy because it’s usually processed from plants closely related to ragweed (chicory, mostly).

On the plus side, the problems from the Sweetleaf stevia mix have completely stopped the problems I had from Zoloft. Um… Yea?

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[james]

Do you ever feel like the universe wants you to survive on nuts and berries.... (I just did some shopping at trader joes and was very excited to find some pumpkin pecan oatmeal that has no dairy in it!! High in carbs, which defeats the whole point of eating oatmeal, but I got it anyway. ;-) )

[the_rck]

Yeah. I've definitely felt that way. I'm okay with dairy right now, fortunately.

I'm just worried-- I want to eat fewer almonds because I'm concerned about their environmental impact, but I'm heading toward the point where they'll generally be my most viable protein source in terms of not having side effects and in terms of not requiring a lot of personal resources to prepare. Right now, I also eat pre-sliced cheese and lunchmeat, but I might end up on a medication that would mean not being able to eat either of those.

[james]

It's so irritating - almost every single food has some problem with it, and so many of those problems come from the way food is grown and produced and processed in this country. Like, if we didn't do horrible things to food, it would be so much healthier to eat -- but who has time and space to grow all our own food and cook it and prepare it?

I've switched to almond milk (from soy and cashew) for a lot of reasons, but the almond industry here in California uses so much water and we're basically becoming a desert.

Eventually you have to just buy and eat the food that's good for you personally, and give money to organisations that are fighting to improve the way we grow and make and process foods to make the world better off. (And also, close your eyes, cross your fingers, and pray, then go eat some almondmilk ice cream and not worry.)

[kyrielle]

https://www.amazon.com/All-Natural-Stevia-Powder-Concentrated/dp/B00LFSOSRM?th=1 perhaps?

(Disclaimer: do not use, no idea. Just searched for one with no additives and found that.)

[kyrielle]

Just sounds like the corollary is be careful not to use too much, for this.

[the_rck]

Thanks!

[brunettepet.livejournal.com]

What other sweeteners are even available? You've tried the only ones I know of.

[the_rck]

Saccharine, maybe? I think that might still be available.

But, given the breast cancer, I'm decidedly not keen on adding a known carcinogen to my daily diet.

I seem to recall that agave is supposed to be low glycemic because the body treats it like fat, but... I don't know.

[brunettepet.livejournal.com]

You're right that agave's glycemic index is low.