Question:
1 Year Out and Dumped on A Sugar Substitute, What Happened?

I am a year out (open RNY) and have lost 112 pounds..I drink a lot of iced tea using Splenda when I am at home or Equal and Nutra Sweet away from home..I went out of town and went to Arbys(fast food place) and had my usual iced tea..They had a sugar substitute I had never seen before..Their own brand possibly..Anyway I drank the tea and was sicker than a dog..I dumped for the first time in months!! I went back to Arbys to see what had happened the next day and read the sugar packet had saccharin in it...Is this why? I normally don't read the packets as they have never bothered me before...    — Suzanne S. (posted on March 11, 2003)

March 11, 2003
Thank you for your response..I got my own tea out of a canister and I was very careful about the packets of sugar..I ordered a BLT on wheat and ate half of it...Only mayo on it...
   — Suzanne S.

March 11, 2003
It's funny b/c I can eat regular sugar, but cannot eat sugar subsitutes such as asparatime or others (except for Splenda) I get dumping symptoms when I eat the substitutes, as if I was eating real sugar. So although you are used to Equal, maybe your stomach/body just couldn't handle the saccharin. I don't know, but you should def. check the labels and stay away from it in the future! goodluck to you
   — Lezlie Y.