Sweeteners (was Re: Guilt, satiety, calorie restriction...)

[Guest guest]

> Stevia is definitely safe from everything I've read, and, IMHO, the

> best sweetener out there. It's sweet, but sugar free and there's no

> risk of it being toxic. From what I've gathered it's been used for

> hundreds of years in various parts of the world.

I definitely feel more comfortable using stevia than

any of the others. However my problem with stevia is

that I think it tastes pretty bad in almost anything

but chocolate or tea, and I only occasionally crave

chocolate, and don't like my green tea sweetened either.

I've been using sucralose, which tastes pretty good,

especially the kind for baking which contains a lot of

maltodextrin (-:, but have been a little worried about

possible long-term harm. I really like the taste of

F.O.S., but it's outrageously expensive.