Sugar

MissAdventure

Yes, I was only allowed water as a child.
Funnily enough, because I had so little appetite, my mum didn't want me filling up with drinks.
How things change!

Your post resonated with me. My mum has dementia and it’s affected the area of her brain that controls appetite. Her dietician recommended cutting down on fluids close to meal times - it seems the higher the fluid intake, the lower the appetite, so your mum was right !!

Definitely Canderel.
As yet, my nose and brain appear relatively intact!

Sugar is bad for us, sweeteners are bad for us, alcohol is bad for us. I don’t drink coffee. Some sweeteners act as laxatives. I forget which ones. I drink tea with Sweetex normally.

I'll be trying whatever B&M sell.
I might even get two or three options to test, if they have them.

I like tea without sugar, but coffee just needs something I think. So I add a small spoonful of Stevia, Half Sugar.
As I don't regularly drink coffee , using just a small amount I don't worry too much about whether it's bad for me or not.

I don't take sugar in coffee or tea but unfortunately I take far more sugar which is included in all the chocolate and cakes I consume!

I gave up sugar in tea as a teenager by just going cold turkey
I did that too ayse, when I was in my early 20s.

DH takes a Stevia sugar substitute.

Aspartame is poison!

I gave up sugar in tea as a teenager by just going cold turkey
And in coffee too.

I’m another who likes Canderel. In fact I don’t like sugar in my coffee now, I find it too sweet, I much prefer the sweetener. I don’t sweeten my tea, but if I did, I’d use Canderel.

So, as poisons go, Canderel is one of the best.

MissAdventure

So, as poisons go, Canderel is one of the best.

So are tea and coffee probably.

Water?
Unless you live in Brixham at the moment.

I actually barely drink tea or coffee these days anyway, thinking about it.

Still, at least it will give me something to be bad tempered about.

MissAdventure

I actually barely drink tea or coffee these days anyway, thinking about it.

Still, at least it will give me something to be bad tempered about.

🤣🤣🤣🤣

I did the cold turkey route in my early 20s. I was putting on weight and cutting out the massive amount of sugar I took in my milkless tea seemed to be a good idea. After a few weeks of drinking disgusting tea I had a really bad day at work so decided to have a tea with sugar in as a reward. It tasted foul. I decided that if if it was going to taste vile either way I had it I'd better persist with the 'no sugar' route.
I can't bear milk in tea, either, not even a tiny drop.

(I don't drink coffee, the invention of the devil 😉 )

MissA Waitrose sell boxes of Candarel, 5x 100 tabs in packets, cheaper than keep buying the dispensers.

You only need to buy a dispenser once, then buy the refill packs.