A lot of CADers don't use AS outside of RM, if then. Some CADers are sensitive to AS and some prefer real sugar at RM. Some prefer sweets with AS at RM.

The reason for not having AS outside RM is this. If a CA perceives a taste as sweet, his/her body puts out insulin. The body doesn't care if there are real carbs present or not.

So say the Hellers and that is my reaction. Some say AS doesn't affect them outside RM. However I have often found that those are the ones who's weight stalls and their RMs remain out of control. You don't have to feel cravings to have a reaction to AS. However you do usually have increased hunger as the day goes on and the more often you have AS, the larger the hunger grows until come RM time, your eating is carb heavy or even out of control. If this is you...you aren't controlling your insulin, which is the secret to CAD, as far as CAD is concerned, you aren't eating lc at all due to the insulin spikes caused by AS. And with insulin high you can't lose weight...it's chemically impossible because insulin (fat storing hormone) and glucogen (fat burning hormone) are opposites and one cannot exist in the pressence of the other.

Many CADers can tell you of the fight they had to give up AS outside of RM..Those same ones can tell you that only when they did, did they start seeing results.

CAD/CALP is about each individual finding what works best for his/her own body chemistry, sensitivities and triggers and adjusting the WOE to suit.

If you need sf gum for breathe reasons, some CADers find the sf listerine strips work and don't cause insulin spikes.