Subject: [Sca-cooks] AlternaSweet?

[Randy Goldberg MD]

> I can tolerate Nutrasweet- until Margali turned me on
> to Splenda, that had been my sugar substitute of
> choice, on those rare occasions when I drank diet
> anything, but I actually can't tell the difference
> between Splenda and regular sugar when I've used it in
> foods, so I'm actually happy to use it for something
> for Margali. I did do a taste test, with it plain, vs
> some real sugar, and it seemed to me that the Splenda
> was somewhat sweeter per volume, so I've just made a
> mental note to use less when I sub it in a normal
> recipe.

Can you bake with Splenda? Does it have the same kitchen properties as
regular sugar?

> It's kinda like the great vitamin hustle- if you're
> basicly healthy and eating a varied and reasonably
> well-balanced diet to begin with, vitamin supplements
> will either poison you if they're one of the ones you
> can't easily excrete, or be excreted, if you take them
> in excess of your bodily needs. Either way, Madison
> Avenue has sold another product.

*BINGBINGBING* We have a winner! I *WISH* I could get my patients to
understand this! Of course, 90-odd percent of Americans DON'T get a
sufficiently balanced diet, so I do believe a multi-vitamin (ONE tablet,
thank you) every day isn't a bad idea for most folks.

Avraham