This.Artificial sweeteners are very safe and would have to be one of the most studied food additives going around but like many foods some people can have a reaction to them.
Like you have discovered some people get migraines from sweeteners, this does not mean they are bad or dangerous just that some people do not tolerate them well. Just as peanuts can kill someone who is allergic to them but are fine for others. Just avoid the sweetener that causes you problems.
solution! head over toWhat are everyone's views and experiences with sweeteners found in most whey powder?
It didn't bother me before - I'm a shake it up and chug it down kind of guy. However, I switched brands recently and began having some of the worst magraine in years.
After prolonged headaches, I narrowed the new whey as a suspect, and googled for more information.
Turns out many others had similar issues, usually linked to the sweeteners. So, I had a close look at the ingredients for the first time, and found E995 (Sucralose).
Reading up, like most controversial food additive, there's a side that claims it's completely safe and the other that says it's toxin.
What mattered was that once I stopped for several days, my headache was gone. Obviously this experential evidence is all it takes for me to avoid sucralose products from now on.
For comparison, my old whey includes a sweetener as well, Stevia, apparently a more natural version. I don't believe that completely, and there are its critics, but at least it doesn't cause me headaches.
In any case, I'm just curious why supplement companies selling to nutrition-concious customers would include such controversial sweetners in the products?
Can't we just have natural sweeteners? Or unsweetened, which we could then easily sweetened to our own preference? Sweeteners is different from the flavour, from my understanding, it's possible to be flavoured but unsweetened.
P.S. I don't have exact sites as I googled weeks ago. But if you search general terms like 'sucralose whey headache', you'll find plenty of links.
We have considered switching to Stevia but haven't done for a few reasons, firstly the taste IMO is still somewhat different to sugar, enough to affect the preferance of most people.
Secondly, and perhaps of more concern is the reports on reduced virility (sex drive). While I have only read one report on this, and it was using rats and high doses, any substance that lowers the sex drive is usually considered the devil to a bodybuilder.
Whether it had a direct effect on testosterone wasn't mentioned.
Wow if there is a possibility of reduced sex drive I will not be taking it. Just like accutane/oratane, that stuff made lose my sex drive.
I would avoid them. All of them. 950, 951, 954, 955, 961, Stevia. The lot.
Granted Stevia is a plant extract, I'm not convinced it is healthy to ingest large or pure quantities of it. I also don't like the taste, so that rules it out too.
There's a lot more controversy about the others, not necessarily toxicity but impacts at the cellular level. I'm not saying anyone is correct, I'm saying there's controversy. I've only studied organic chemistry at undergraduate level, so I don't pretend to be an expert.
I fall on the side of caution. Fortunately there are alternatives for people like me.
Consider how much sugar is in your diet already.
I'm sure if it came down to it you could reduce your sugar intake in areas, to make up for carbohydrate additives to your protein shake, i.e. milo, nesquik, fruit.
So just buy plain WPC or WPI and add your own flavoring. It's cheaper, safer, and much easier to tell if the base protein product (whey) is good or poor quality before they add flavorings and preservatives.
Do your own research and reach your own conclusions. It is a personal choice like many other things in life where no absolute certainty is had, as the science is not conclusive on the subject.Do you have anything to back this up with or you just going on gut feeling.
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