Umm ... What?

[maggiesdaddy]

So I was eating with someone the other day who know that I am raw and they offered me some "raw" cookies. They looked great! The problem came when I asked them what was in them (luckily before I took a bite) and they told me dates, pecans, flax, apple chucks, cinnamon, and splenda.

:backsout:

SPLENDA!!!! I told them I couldn't eat it because there was splenda in it (even if I was raw Splenda gives me a headache). They didn't understand. They said, "But your percentage is based on calories from food right? Splenda is zero calories so it shouldn't count!"

I was speechless. Has anyone ever heard any :duh comments like this before? If so, what was the comment? Please share!

[MysticTree]

So I was eating with someone the other day who know that I am raw and they offered me some "raw" cookies. They looked great! The problem came when I asked them what was in them (luckily before I took a bite) and they told me dates, pecans, flax, apple chucks, cinnamon, and splenda.

:backsout:

SPLENDA!!!! I told them I couldn't eat it because there was splenda in it (even if I wasn't raw Splenda gives me a headache). They didn't understand. They said, "But your percentage is based on calories from food right? Splenda is zero calories so it shouldn't count!"

I was speechless. Has anyone ever heard any :duh comments like this before? If so, what was the comment? Please share!

This is exactly the type of thing that puzzles me when people talk about %age raw. My particular puzzlement comes when people say that the master cleanse is compatible with raw food guidelines. The majority of calories on the master cleanse comes from non-raw foods but people don't want to see that.

I don't think %age is really possible to work out. You certainly can't reckon on it in calorie terms and I don't think you can't count it it terms of volumes either!

Something is either raw or it isn't and whilst there are some things that are given the ok on a raw diet, it doesn't actually make them raw. I think it is more honest to oneself to say that there are some things (definitely not splenda!) that are admissible and to use those sparingly.

[katchmoleen]

So I was eating with someone the other day who know that I am raw and they offered me some "raw" cookies. They looked great! The problem came when I asked them what was in them (luckily before I took a bite) and they told me dates, pecans, flax, apple chucks, cinnamon, and splenda.

Well, it was very nice of them to make the effort and I hope you thanked them! I would have just said, "Oh wow that is soooooo nice of you but, unfortunately Splenda actually makes me sick!"

[maggiesdaddy]

Well, it was very nice of them to make the effort and I hope you thanked them! I would have just said, "Oh wow that is soooooo nice of you but, unfortunately Splenda actually makes me sick!"


I was polite ... and I did appreciate the effort, I just don't understand why anyone would think that Splenda is raw! I heard a lot of, lets say uninformed, opinions when I was veg*n, but this is the first since being raw (other than the typical "What do you eat?!?!")

[bananaberrie]

Maybe your friend got STEVIA and SPLENDA confused. I know when I first went raw and saw that some raw foodies used stevia I was a bit confused.

[Shona]

I just don't understand why anyone would think that Splenda is raw!

I don't understand why anyone would eat Splenda period. Horrible stuff.

The dates and apples in those cookies would have been plenty sweet for me.

[BlackKat]

Lack of education. Some people just don't know. They don't do research, have no clue, etc. etc. It was nice of them to attempt to make you raw cookies though, I wish I had friends like that. ;-)

[maggiesdaddy]

It was nice of them! I have good friends :>)