I am trying to cut down on this too and reg sugar. These sweeteners do a number on your stomach too. I feel its true that the more artificial sweetened products one consumes the more they crave. Dahlek it is true about the way we eat have you seen all the varieties of junk we have. It is like how many varieties of hostess do we need?If I were a kid now I would be huge. Even when I was growing up in school they served pizza and french fries together for lunch. This was in the 80 and 90's.