Can I ask how you came to this conclusion because I always thought the current belief was these sugars may be a lot worse for people after all. From my understanding the debate was still on going; can I ask why you would prefer sweeteners over white sugar?
Edit: I love how you can’t ask a genuine health question here without being down voted. The sugar industry has spent decades brainwashing people and using fake science to push sugar. Even recently I thought there were a lot of concerns over sweeteners hence why I asked the question hoping to gain some insight as why that is not the case. I have always thought sweeteners were worse in many ways but I don’t have any thing backing that up. I was genuinely asking because I am now wondering if I have it wrong about sweeteners. Thank you to those who added some insight.
The medical community does not consider artificial sweeteners to be worse than added sugar.
The common artificial sweeteners are generally considered safe for consumption, and moderate use instead of added sugar can help achieve a healthy weight to reduce the risk of heart disease and diabetes, as well as better dental health.
Artificial sweeteners have been studied for decades, and there is no sound evidence they are carcinogenic. There are some other potential negative effects on health though, which are being studied. One concerning correlation is that people who consume diet soda regularly are more likely to be overweight. These articles provide a good overview:
Even excluding things like insulin levels, I think the main advantage of artificial sweeteners is that they reduce the amount of tooth cavities, because the bacteria in the mouth feed on sugar, but don't feed on sweeteners.
Maybe down voted due to context but it's correct. Sugar has 4 calories per gram, same as protein, while fat has 9 calories per gram.
Unless you're diabetic or have diabetes markers you really don't have to worry at all about glycemic index so at that point sugars aren't inherently bad, it's just their ubiquity as a favour enhancer
Edit: I love how you can’t ask a genuine health question here without being down voted. The sugar industry has spent decades brainwashing people and using fake science to push sugar. Even recently I thought there were a lot of concerns over sweeteners hence why I asked the question hoping to gain some insight as why that is not the case. I have always thought sweeteners were worse in many ways but I don’t have any thing backing that up. I was genuinely asking because I am now wondering if I have it wrong about sweeteners. Thank you to those who added some insight.