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Red Carpet Ready with Splenda Sweet Swaps & a Twitter Party

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Carrying Splenda in your handbag is a good way to guarantee healthy options.

It’s Oscar time here in Los Angeles.   That means almost every actress in town is on a diet getting ready for Oscar parties, red carpet events or the ceremony itself.   I haven’t been to one blogger party or event  this week that didn’t feature healthy lifestyle products including this Splenda.   I’ve been using Splenda quite a bit lately as part of my 2014 diet and fitness program. Choosing what you eat is as important as choosing what you wear or planning a budget.   Did you know that experts recommend that women consume no more than 6 teaspoons of added sugar a day, yet the average American eats 22 teaspoons daily!  Statistics show we’re all on sugar overload, from soft drinks to fast food, sugar is a key ingredient in so many foods.  It’s important to read food labels and restaurant menus whether you’re getting red carpet ready or not. This week, I’m working with Splenda to help get the word out on healthy lifestyle choices and joining a Twitter party to share tips on using Splenda.  You can join the Twitter Party too on March 4th at noon ET/9 am PT using the hashtag #Sweetswaps.   Read on to learn how to join and share your tips, plus learn how to win some cool prizes.

 

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Swapping Splenda for sugar can help you make healthy choices.

Most of us vastly underestimate the amount of sugar we eat because the sweet stuff is buried in our everyday food choices.  When you buy processed food/prepared food, have a scoop of ice cream or even add syrup to your latte, you’re adding sugar.  Packaged cereals are loaded with sugar.  If you research your food choices by just do a quick Internet search, then you can discover where the sugar is hiding and you can be more diligent about eating less sugar. Why is Splenda a good choice?  Basically,  because it offers fewer calories and fewer carbs than sugar.  Each packet of SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener provides the same sweetness as two teaspoons of sugar. Each packet has less than 1 gram of carbohydrate and less than 5 calories, which meets FDA’s standards for no-calorie foods.  In comparison, 2 teaspoons of sugar has 32 calories and 8.4 grams of carbohydrate.

I’ve swapped Splenda for sugar and I even carry the little yellow Splenda packets in my handbag so that I will never be without. Our family has been using Splenda in baking and cooking since my father was diagnosed with diabetes 3 years ago.  We bake our Thanksgiving Pumpkin Pie and sweet potato  casserole with Splenda now.  Our holiday dishes are every bit as flavorful as when we made them with sugar.  Best of all, the Splenda brown sugar blend that we use in both recipes doesn’t stick together and clump like brown sugar does.

If’ you’re looking for ways to swap sugar for Splenda in your diet, it’s easy to get to information you need.  Throughout 2014, SPLENDA® Brand is sharing 365 ways to swap sugar for SPLENDA® Sweetener Products on their website to help you plan so you can save calories all year long.  This week on March 4th.  I’ll be joining the Motherhood, Splenda  and other bloggers to share tips about how to use SPLENDA® Sweetener Products. Here is your invite to join the event.

Splenda Sweet Swaps Twitter Party  Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at noon ET/9:00 am PT. 

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Hashtag: #SweetSwaps

Join this fun Twitter party to share SPLENDA® 365 SWEET SWAPS™ tips and recipes!  And if you join, you might even win a $50.00 Visa Gift Card.  The gift card prizes will be randomly awarded to five participants who answer the Twitter party trivia questions correctly. Each prize includes a $50 Visa Gift Card and an assortment of SPLENDA® Sweetener Products! Prizes limited to U.S. participants only.
Twitter Party Hosts to follow:
@TheMotherhood
@TheMotherhood25
@CooperMunroe
@EmilyMcKhann
NOTE: FTC Disclosure: This post is part of the SPLENDA® 365 SWEET SWAPS ™ blogger program by McNeil Nutritionals, LLC. and The Motherhood, who sent me products and compensated me for my time. Opinions, experiences and photos shared here are my own, and I hope you enjoy them
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Since 2008, Mary Hall has been the author of The Recessionista Blog, which is read by thousands of regular readers in over 160 countries. An internationally recognized expert on the art of the living the good life for less, she has been a commentator on local, national, and international radio and TV shows. Her advice has been featured in over 2,000 media outlets, including The New York Times, Reuters, Life & Style magazine, ABC News, NBC News and now The Huffington Post, among many others.

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