I dislike all artificial sweeteners. But the supposedly natural ones, like Stevia and the sugar alcohols, are the worst. They give me gas and bladder irritation which can persist into the next day.
I hate the way the fake health food industry has adopted Stevia as it's current best standard. (Stuff like Adkins, etc.) After sampling many of those, I'd decided not to consume the rest of the box. Perhaps it's just as well I'm not much tempted to buy more of these kinds of foods. When I see Stevia I run.
Aspertame is awful too. The bladder effects combined with caffeine like jitters. It seems to have a potent stimulant effect (which I'm often wondering if I can use positively somehow, but the downsides are always way too much). I wonder why people don't seem to notice that. A friend of mine loved it for that reason and called Crystal Light, which originally used only Aspartame, called it Crystal Meth. Now Crystal Light also uses Splenda and Ace-K and sometimes even (yes) Stevia.
Speaking of which, I'm suspicious of Ace-K and Splenda too, but I don't recall any specific problems with either. I'm sure I've had Splenda many times without issue. I still worry that it hasn't been around long enough to know what long term effects are.
I've had saccharine many many times without issue, and I think it's well established now to be safe in humans, it just tastes awful.
I hardly use sugar at all, about a half teaspoon in my protein drink helps it go down. And I mix about 2oz of fruit juices into a glass with ice and mineral water. But when I have sodas, which I hardly ever do, I will only drink the regularly sugared kind.
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