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Originally Posted by Sportsmedjosh

I'm not a big fan of splenda or any other artificial sweetners. Mostly because I feel the risk outweighs the benefits. I see no problem with sugar in your case.

Originally Posted by Sportsmedjosh

I'm not a fan of artificial sweetners because there is just much possibilites down the line with potential side effects. Sugar is natural and the bad really isn't that bad at all.

Originally Posted by cabezon

I use splenda and sweet and low. I haven't seen anything outside of the rat studies of the 80's that were negative. Sorry josh, but white sugar is not natural. Our bodies were not meant to injest that much *ose (sucrose, fructose, lactose...) in a sitting. I'd rather avaoid the insulin spike.

Originally Posted by Joefitnesstails

Stevia is a sweetener that is awesome, and has none of those other issues associated with splenda or sweet and low like sacchrin or whatever. Ask about it at your local health food store or even GNC may carry it. we buy it at whole foods and i use it in my green tea instead of sugar it is good stuff.

Eek!!!! the battle of the sugars! So much information here! Thanks so much guys! I really appreciate it!!!!