So Sad about Tea

I am Southern. I was raised on sweet iced tea. I warned my husband, who is from Oregon, when we went to North Carolina to visit the first time, that his tea would be sweet unless he specifically asked for unsweetened and then he would get strange looks.

When Splenda was invented, I stopped using sugar in my tea and started using the Splenda. I loved it. I got my sweet tea with no calories! I didn't like any of the blue or pink package types of artificial sweeteners.

And as any Southern cook knows, good sweet tea is sweetened when it is made, not by the individual glass anyhow.

I have been reading and doing a great deal of research about eating organic foods. Some of the research I have discovered says that using ANY kind of artificial sweetener tricks our bodies into thinking we are eating something sweet and causes us to crave sweets just like eating sugar does.

So...in keeping with my desire to eat as healthy as possible, I have decided to eliminate all artificial sweeteners from my diet.

Today is my fifth day of drinking unsweetened tea. Let's just say I am tolerating it. I haven't reached the point of enjoying it yet. I AM drinking more water because the tea just isn't as appealing.

I'll let you know when it becomes enjoyable.