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How can nutritional substitutes affect a balanced diet?

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Dr. Martin Fried answered

Specializes in Nutrition

Sugar: Sugar substitutes fool the brain into thinking and wanting to get sugar. You get used to sugar. The best place to get sugar is from natural sources as fresh fruit, not from artificial sweeteners. The artificial sweeteners can lead you to crave more sugar than you would if you had them from natural sources.

Answered 4/25/2013

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