Dear Patti,
As a nutritionist who's also extremely sugar sensitive, my gut reaction is to
stay away from sugar substitutes. I can't give you any hard facts, but from
what I've read and what I know about how the nervous system works (my nutrition
education focused on how nutrition acts as a factor in mental/emotional
problems), I would rather risk a migraine from consuming real sugar than mess
with anything capable of affecting the nervous system, like aspartame (even
though the particular studies I'm familiar with related to aspartame in soda
that had been exposed to warmer temperatures). This is just my personal 'gut
feeling' for what it's worth.
My suggestion would be to go with the real sugar, but work on cutting back. If
you have an intense craving for sweets, your problems may be related to an
overgrowth of candida - a whole other story.
Sally
