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[trinityvixen]

Perhaps three posts in one morning is bordering on the ridiculous, but I have had an interesting discovery, and I wanted to sound out for others who've had the same experience.

Most of you who will be reading this know that I've recently been found out as having a couple of cavities. This has made me paranoid about sugar ruining my teeth, so when I get my cuppa at work, I've stopped dumping three sugars into it and tried using the sugar substitute instead. The one they offer at my work is Sweet and Low. I started off with three to match my sugar intake, then reduced it to two, and I'm considering one, maybe even a half after this morning. My god, "Sweet and Low" is an apt name. It's amazing how little of the stuff makes a cup of tea sweeter'n candy.

Has anyone else ever used the stuff and had their teeth ache after? It was bad enough I broke out the toothbrush I got for free from my cleaning (which is a pain as I have to use bottled water to brush because of the water around here...).

Comments

[earthrise.livejournal.com]

Strange. Sugar is what makes *my* teeth ache, or at least feel eerily soft.

Maybe it's because my dad's a dentist, and we never used anything but sugarfree gum, etc. Maybe you're simply unaccustomed to the substance. I wouldn't worry about cancer, though. Living in New York City, using plastics everywhere, and any number of other factors are more likely to get you cancer sooner.

I'm an aspartame-lovin' ray of sunshine, I am!

[jethrien.livejournal.com]

Yeah, given that I happily drink unfiltered tap water all the time, I suspect I'm going to get cancer from random environmental factors before I get it from artificial sweeteners.

Then again, I hate artificial sweeteners. I generally refuse to drink diet soda, among other things.