Sugar or Artificial Sweeteners?

With Halloween just around the corner, here is food for thought:
Borrowed from RealAge Tip Sugar vs. Artificial Sweeteners: Which Is Healthier and Safer? By Mehmet C. Oz, MD, and Michael F. Roizen, MD
There's sugars & syrups in all kinds of foods, from bagels to frozen veggie mixes. The effect of these added sugars? Imagine eating 22 teaspoons of sugar for breakfast every day. That's average for Americans. Research shows it lowers HDL (good) cholesterol & raises bad triglycerides. It, also, gloms onto proteins that create destructive substances called AGEs (advanced glycation end products). These set you up for heart disease, stiff joints, wrinkles, Alzheimer's, diabetes, kidney problems, bone fractures, & vision loss.
About sugar substitutes: Sometimes they make you eat more, not less. Because no-cal sweeteners essentially don't register in your brain's satiety center, instead of satisfying a sweet craving they can send you hunting for more sugary snacks. Recent Texas research has linked drinking diet soda to bigger waists, 70% bigger than in people who didn't have it. There's, also, evidence that fake sugars & diet sodas won't help you lose weight, and increase your risk of metabolic syndrome, which precedes diabetes, heart disease, & much more.
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If you use reasonable amounts of sugar substitutes, that's better than 22 teaspoons of sugar a day. If you drink regular soda, diet is a better choice. Every 12-ounce can of the regular soda has about 135 calories & 10 teaspoons of sugar (usually in the form of high fructose corn syrup). Have a can a day & that's 32 pounds of sugar, 49,000 calories a year, or a 16-pound weight gain. Added sugars/syrups lurk in many places, including in ketchup, peanut butter, crackers, salad dressings, soups, frozen entrees & fruit cups. Be sure to check the ingredients list. Sugar's aliases include high-fructose corn syrup, cane sugar, brown sugar, agave nectar, cane crystals, corn sweetener/syrup, dextrose, evaporated cane juice, fructose, fruit juice concentrates, glucose, invert sugar, lactose, maltose, malt syrup, molasses, honey, and sucrose. If you love dessert, go for fruit instead. Sugar isn't added, and fruits' vitamins, minerals, and beneficial plant nutrients help protect you from added sugars' aging effects. You can have an ounce of heart-friendly dark chocolate, too.
If you must have something sweet, be sure to take Omnitrition®'s PhasoTrim® before you eat!  Phaso Trim® is made from a plant extract that helps block calories from carbs. Phaso Trim® reduces the amount of insulin secreted by the pancreas & helps to burn existing fat. Promotes weight loss even without being on a diet. You can still eat the carbs; you just won't wear them!