sugar substitues

[jtur88]

As most or you know by now, I'm not a food extremist, but artificial sweeteners are the only thing I will not touch. If it's sweet and contains no sugar, I can just pass on it and live without it---I don't need sweets that badly.

[Mooseketeer]

To me it all tastes funny anyway and I am not keen on the artificial side of it either. To be honest I hardly add sugar to anything ( the very occasional cup of tea or coffee on the coldest of days) anyway so I will use the real thing when I do . Nothing is bad in moderation unless you are actually physically allergic to it.

None of us should be harmed by real sugar if we only had it in reasonable amounts . Same with butter . To me butter will always be a much superior product to margarine ( which I would never touch with a bargepole) and is not a problem if you don't eat gallons of the stuff.

I only buy fair trade and unbleached sugar anyway. And mine seems to last a long, long time. I prefer Honey as a substitute .

[uggabugga]

Originally Posted by spalam01

Are the Artificial Sweeteners

Saccharin (e.g., Sweet'N Low),
Aspartame (e.g., Equal, NutraSweet) and
Sucralose (e.g., Splenda, Altern)

good for health?

If they are not good for health… is there any commercially available natural sugar free substitute that is in market? If so, could you suggest one that can be used as a natural sugar substitute in the beverage?

Thanks!

stevia is pretty good. and you can even grow it yourself very easily.