I’ve been using Hermesetas as a sweetener in tea and coffee for years. I don’t know if they are harmful or not, I could try life without them I suppose. On the other hand, I probably will keep using them. I won’t get out of this World alive no matter how healthy I try to make myself.
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Not sweetened tea or coffee for 30+ years … never regarded those little white pills as good news.
I have been thinking of doing away with my early evening can of beer, having a diet coke instead. But, of course, that’s the same poison!!!
Similar for me. No sweeteners. In the morning I have fresh orange juice. Later I have a cup of tea. Later in the afternoon I night have a beer…
Sorry …… Fresh orange juice is very high in calories Besoeker!
Anything nice is bad for us. 
Quite agree, you have to ask the question though, will the journey into the unknown be slow and chaotic, because of personal choices? 
No telling what form the journey into the unknown will take but I hope I’ll be able OK enough to have a beer as a sweetener.
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Now your talking, been in training for many years, the amber nectar
Orange juice is an excellent source of Vitamin C** — one cup contains twice the daily recommended value. Vitamin C supports your immune system and may be effective in fighting against the common cold.
My brother always had sweeteners in his coffee. He died recently aged 86 (sadly missed). I wonder if the sweeteners were a factor in his early passing? He requested a beer at one point in the final weeks. Game to the last.
Edit: Thinking about it, he used to drink a lot of diet coke as well.
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You are better to have an orange than a glass of fresh orange juice Besoeker. The consultant at our slimming group used to drum that into us!
Juice has significantly less fibre and about twice the calories and carbs (mostly fruit sugar). So diabetics need to be careful.
A glass of orange juice has about as many calories as a glass of Coke, ie 10 teaspoons of sugar!
Google for more info.
Yeahbut, he said “fresh” orange juice, not processed.
Yeah but a glass of orange juice is about four oranges worth. Who would eat four oranges? The amount of sugar is ridiculous without the benefit of the fibre/pulp.
Yeah but we don’t know the size of the glass.
About 150 ml
I would say yes Bruce, we have been using sugar for ever, and there is nothing wrong with people who like a spoonful in their tea, but sweeteners are newish and formulated in the lab…Sugar might have had the hell refined out of it, but it is a natural product.
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Sort of like Oleander, Hemlock, arsenic and asbestos? All natural products, must be good for you then.
For heaven’s sake!
What happened to moderation? Check out the recipe for homemade bonfire toffee, I’ve made it. The amounts of sugary ingredients are crazy. It’s a seasonal treat, I don’t pig out on it every day.
Maybe no more olives, the brine is sure to send me to an early grave.
Getting back to the point artificial sweeteners have always tasted crap IMO they ruin a decent cup of coffee.
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Agree completely Foxy.
All research done on these products are paid for by the manufacturer making it biased.
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I used to make delicious Elderflower Cordial every summer but one day I just looked at the bags of sugar I was pouring in and had to stop!
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Never say die!
Just make a smaller bottle this year 