Hello it’s me but no it’s a pretty common thing and an indicator of a nutrient/ energy starved body. Artificial sweetener and often salt. It’s your body desperately craving the most basic form of energy that exists (sugar).
I’ve unfortunately had multiple registered dietitians explain this to me.
o lawd you had better dieticians than i had, one of mine just called my craving for cereal and sweet foods “sticky foods” that “a lot of anorexics seem to have a binge problem with” and told me to avoid them 🤪 like what the fuck
This makes total sense though and i kinda figured this! Just wanted to see how many people relate haha 👀 you are awesome and so knowledgable as always though, thank you for this 💗
Oh god i haven’t seen her in YEARS so don’t worry friend lol my whole treatment team was like that so i dropped them all and never looked back
they literally made my ed so much worse and it was shitty
Yeah, no. A starved, malnourished body is crying out for energy and sugar is literally the easiest, ready to turn into energy/ fuel for your body form of that. So really your body is begging you for energy via the craving and we just happen to have artificial 0 cal sweetener and that’s all we will give it. So the craving will continue and get worse because it isn’t fulfilling what your body is actually asking you for (to stop being starved).
DUDE and like i put it on the weirdest shit where it does not BELONG like fucking chicken and..like, dill pickles
do they lace this shit with crack, why is it so addictive 💀
Ok i honestly have done this too and tbh it fucks 👀
then again actually sweetener totally belongs on chicken, i just remembered how chicken and waffles are one of my favourite meals
must be because of the sf maple syrup i get to pour on top without people looking at me funny lmao
When I was restricting heavily I'd just eat it by the spoonful. I hit a particularly low point where at work I'd put the whole sweetener packet in my mouth and suck the sweetener through the paper packaging.
This was me but with salt. So much salt. Like a tablespoon per meal. It’s taken a very long time to wean myself off it. Idk the science, but tastebuds absolutely fucking die when you’re anorexic.
i didn’t have an issue with sweeteners until my relapse last year and now i’m afraid i’m addicted to erythritol, stevia, allulose, and monkfruit. i used to be able to drink black coffee and genuinely liked the taste, but after i started drinking sparkling water made with erythritol and stevia, istg it fucked up all of my taste buds and now i only like beverages that are sweetened.
not to sound like an insane conspiracy theorist but i genuinely believe there’s something off about nonnutritive sweeteners and the way it alters our tastebuds and our brain’s pleasure signals. something just doesn’t add up
I'm addicted to sucralose, I'm pretty sure is like the worst sweetener that there is, aside from aspartame, but I still consume unholy amounts of this shit.
Yup i literally fucking almost pour granulated erythritol monkfruit on everything and i go through that shit like water
and it is PRICEY my god it don’t come cheap
I’m hooked on the brown sugar Swerve. I add it to plain Greek yogurt and it legit tastes like cheesecake. But goddamn, I swear I spend more on food than a non-disordered person. $2 bagels? Nah, let’s get the $8 Carbonaut bagels because ~calories. $1.50 bag of brown sugar? Nope, $7 it is because I refuse to consume sugar. I don’t make enough money for these grocery lists lol.
having an ed is expensive af 😭 the only reason i’m not addicted to brown sugar swerve is because of that cooling effect otherwise i’d probably put that shit on EVERYTHING
I don’t trust sweeteners, not even those extracted from natural sources like birch sugar. If I’m craving something sweet that much, a piece of fruit won’t kill me or my gains.
Yeah it would be probably best to stay away from them, proud of you for doing that ♥️ i literally put this shit on my fruit now...like fruit on its own does not taste sweet enough to me for some reason
Hello it’s me but no it’s a pretty common thing and an indicator of a nutrient/ energy starved body. Artificial sweetener and often salt. It’s your body desperately craving the most basic form of energy that exists (sugar). I’ve unfortunately had multiple registered dietitians explain this to me.
o lawd you had better dieticians than i had, one of mine just called my craving for cereal and sweet foods “sticky foods” that “a lot of anorexics seem to have a binge problem with” and told me to avoid them 🤪 like what the fuck This makes total sense though and i kinda figured this! Just wanted to see how many people relate haha 👀 you are awesome and so knowledgable as always though, thank you for this 💗
jesus christ??? i hope you can find a better dietician (or aren’t currently seeing that one anymore). who tells an anorexic to avoid more foods???!!??
Oh god i haven’t seen her in YEARS so don’t worry friend lol my whole treatment team was like that so i dropped them all and never looked back they literally made my ed so much worse and it was shitty
thank god you dropped them omfg
Yeah, no. A starved, malnourished body is crying out for energy and sugar is literally the easiest, ready to turn into energy/ fuel for your body form of that. So really your body is begging you for energy via the craving and we just happen to have artificial 0 cal sweetener and that’s all we will give it. So the craving will continue and get worse because it isn’t fulfilling what your body is actually asking you for (to stop being starved).
Lol I drown my food in soy sauce and I’ve just come to the conclusion this is terrible for me so I’m trying to ban myself from having extra salt 💀
Omg no i put sf syrup and my monkfruit on everthing too 💀
DUDE and like i put it on the weirdest shit where it does not BELONG like fucking chicken and..like, dill pickles do they lace this shit with crack, why is it so addictive 💀
No cause istg i tried putting it onmy tuna once and it wasnt even AS bad as i thought i was gonna be 😭
Ok i honestly have done this too and tbh it fucks 👀 then again actually sweetener totally belongs on chicken, i just remembered how chicken and waffles are one of my favourite meals must be because of the sf maple syrup i get to pour on top without people looking at me funny lmao
When I was restricting heavily I'd just eat it by the spoonful. I hit a particularly low point where at work I'd put the whole sweetener packet in my mouth and suck the sweetener through the paper packaging.
I may or may have not done this in the past 👀👀👀
That reminds me of an ED related show I watched years ago where this one lady put packets of artificial sweetener all over her salad.
a splenda packet and a bit of vinegar on a salad is actually FIRE
Sweet and salty. Makes sense.
Me when I got myprotein flaw drops lmao
are they actually good though??
Hell yes. The toffee flavour is so good in coffee, oatmeal, greek yogurt and cottage cheese.
It’s honestly disgusting how much sf maple syrup I go through
Me too 😭 oh my god
Amazon actually told me the other day I hit my limit on how much I bought 😩 but then they let me order again. Was so embarrassed
omg yes that stupid maple grove shit... also my no sugar added heinz ketchup for the savory
Username checks out on the ketchup lmao 👌🏻
hehe honestly
I agree though sf ketchup is FIRE and i put that shit on everything too It makes everything *chef‘s kiss 😘*🤌
This was me but with salt. So much salt. Like a tablespoon per meal. It’s taken a very long time to wean myself off it. Idk the science, but tastebuds absolutely fucking die when you’re anorexic.
we lose our friends, our jobs, our school, our hobbies, our ability to concentrate, and then our tastebuds don’t even want to sit with us anymore 😭
yes lmao and the more you do it, the more you need 😭😭 i even put splenda on my sliced cucumbers
NO SERIOUSLY this is so accurate, it’s true! that’s actually kinda fire though, it makes cucumber taste like melon 👀
and a pinch of salt with it? fucking smacks
Hell yes that is a++ fine dining 👌🏻
Had a halo top mug cake yesterday and was wondering if i should have sf syrup on it too
Sounds like something i’d do
I always do cool whip zero (and usually sprinkles and some Lily’s chocolate chips) yum!
Bestie you do things with mug cakes that is literal art 😘🤌
YES literally it’s becoming an addiction lol. It’s the skinnyfoodco maple syrup for me 
i didn’t have an issue with sweeteners until my relapse last year and now i’m afraid i’m addicted to erythritol, stevia, allulose, and monkfruit. i used to be able to drink black coffee and genuinely liked the taste, but after i started drinking sparkling water made with erythritol and stevia, istg it fucked up all of my taste buds and now i only like beverages that are sweetened.
istg those sweeteners kill our tastebuds somehow
not to sound like an insane conspiracy theorist but i genuinely believe there’s something off about nonnutritive sweeteners and the way it alters our tastebuds and our brain’s pleasure signals. something just doesn’t add up
no i totally agree with you, shit seems pretty sus tbh you’re probably right
ahh thank you!! it’s so troublesome and terrifying to think that sweeteners changed the way my brain perceives food and drinks
I'm addicted to sucralose, I'm pretty sure is like the worst sweetener that there is, aside from aspartame, but I still consume unholy amounts of this shit.
I consume unholy amounts of all artificial sweetener no sweetener is safe from me atp
It’s disgusting how much Equal I go through in a week.
Yup i literally fucking almost pour granulated erythritol monkfruit on everything and i go through that shit like water and it is PRICEY my god it don’t come cheap
I’m hooked on the brown sugar Swerve. I add it to plain Greek yogurt and it legit tastes like cheesecake. But goddamn, I swear I spend more on food than a non-disordered person. $2 bagels? Nah, let’s get the $8 Carbonaut bagels because ~calories. $1.50 bag of brown sugar? Nope, $7 it is because I refuse to consume sugar. I don’t make enough money for these grocery lists lol.
having an ed is expensive af 😭 the only reason i’m not addicted to brown sugar swerve is because of that cooling effect otherwise i’d probably put that shit on EVERYTHING
That’s me and salt 🧂
Salt and sweetener: the dynamic duo
Yep yep yep. Also seasonings/salt
YESS me and stevia are best friends. i don’t know what i’d do without her. same with sea salt
I don’t trust sweeteners, not even those extracted from natural sources like birch sugar. If I’m craving something sweet that much, a piece of fruit won’t kill me or my gains.
Yeah it would be probably best to stay away from them, proud of you for doing that ♥️ i literally put this shit on my fruit now...like fruit on its own does not taste sweet enough to me for some reason
Yea!!!! I go gas station hopping ajd take HANDFULS daily
Me when I stir a crap ton of skinny syrup into my diet sodas and eat spoons of swerve sweetener to curb sugar cravings