Few people realize how very simple it is to cook with Splenda. With Splenda, you can enjoy your grandmother’s famous chocolate lush more than once a year without having to feel guilty. Just think, you could start having dessert again! Of course, using Splenda does not make your chocolate cake a calorie-free food. (There are still calories in the other ingredients like flour, milk, and shortening.) You’ll still have calories to contend with, albeit far fewer than you would if you had used sugar.

Why Splenda?

I first discovered the joy of cooking with Splenda when I found that I had Syndrome X, a pre-diabetic condition that many Americans have which makes their bodies ultra-sensitive to sugars. I had always loved baking and hoped that a sugar substitute might help me to continue my baking while making my enjoyment of those baked goods a little less dangerous to my health. The true joy of cooking with Splenda is that it is nearly identical to sugar in both flavor and consistency and yet contains no substantial calories and doesn’t cause your body to respond as though it is consuming sugar.

Special note: Did you ever wonder why when you switched from regular to diet soft drinks you still didn’t lose any weight? The most common artificial sweetener used in diet soft drinks, Aspartame, although it is calorie free, still causes your body to respond as though it is consuming sugar. Thus, there are no calories but still no weight loss.