Artificial sweeteners aren’t so bad. Right?

Since you asked nicely: It’s okay to have a Splenda packet a day.

Seriously though, it’s all relative. If you are obese or can’t have sugar for other reasons, then artificial sweetener will do less harm than sugar. If you are as thin as a pencil with a high rate of metabolism, then avoid the sweetener just in case, and have the sugar.

The most delicious coffee of all is one with neither. I used to have sugar in my coffee, until one day a few years ago when I just quit. It took only a few days to get used to, and now even a single spoonful in a big mug makes it taste sickly sweet to me. Try it for a week to see if it works for you, its worth it.

Joseph: what is the research to back your comment?

Stevia is best of the bad bunch but has a weird aftertaste. Xylitol is second. The rest are literally poison.
Sucralose (splenda) and Equal are the absolute worst and cause endocrine disruption among other things. Anyone with a cronic illness or below 21 should avoid any amount of these. So have in “moderation” at your own risk.

Unless you are diabetic it is much better to have actual sugar in moderation than any of these things. They are chemicals not food, at least sugar from sugar cane is actual food.

Xylitol is poison. Don’t give it to your dog.

“The most delicious coffee of all is one with neither. I used to have sugar in my coffee, until one day a few years ago when I just quit. It took only a few days to get used to.”

I would like to thank you, I used to only drink sweet coffee either using sugar or sweeteners, while I knew that both options are not optimal, I still used them. After reading your post, I decided to try coffee without any sugar or sweeteners, I am starting to like it. Thanks for that.

I agree with meno. Xylitol though is decent.

RY

Not sure about you, but I will not trade a meal for some sugar.