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If you want to cut sugar, but want something sweet, stay away from sucralose, splenda, aspartame.

Some good alternatives are stevia, monkfruit, and the sugar alcohols (xylitol, erythritol, etc). I don't especially like the taste of stevia, but stevia + monkfruit blends aren't so bad.




Sugar alcohols, if overdone, can screw up your GI tract.

I keep a bowl of fruit in the house at all times, and it's time to go to the store when it's getting low. I make it easier for myself to get some fiber with my sugar than to make myself something sweet. It's not enough on its own, but it sure helps.


Allulose tastes like real sugar. Unfortunately it’s quite expensive and not widely studied. It’s available in the US, but not (yet) in the EU.


Do you have a single fact to back that up?




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