I drink lemonaide in the summertime with artificial sweetner and use it in tea if I drink it.

I am not a pop drinker of any kind. If I do it's usually a diet one but maybe once a month if that.

I think like Finz says, it's to stay away from calories. I don't use sugar and I do use smart balance. I just try to stay away from calories.

Are the sweetners bad for you? I believe so. They are all I have ever used and have had tumors taken out of me that I believe was caused by the artificial sweetner.

Now I just pretty much stay away from any of it. I am realizing it's not what you eat, it's how much you eat.

I have been working on breaking habits I started such as French Vanilla creamer, chewing gum, which is bad for the stomach, sweetners. I have noticed that I can break habits pretty easily so I work on the ones that I shouldn't be doing. I've lost 9 lbs by doing this.

What was your question Pete? We all have habits others might not like.

Ada