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Aspartame, splenda or sugar? are artificial sweeteners as bad for you as sugar or are they worse?

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Dr. Michael Kleerekoper
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Endocrinology 53 years experience
Artificial sweetener: If you do not have diabetes you need not worry about sugar, provided you don't take too much, or don't exercise enough. That said, Splenda would not hurt you.
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