Artificial Sweeteners?

What do you feel is the healthiest artificial sweetener? i've had sweet and low for quite some time now, but i've heard it can cause bladder cancer later in life. then i thought that i had read somewhere that sulcrose hadn't been proven to cause anything later in life but now i've read that it can, so im not sure. anyone have any more information about the healthiest artifical sweetener?

There is a product from a company called "New Spirit Naturals" that sells only all-natural vitamins and health supplements. They have this product called "Magic Fruit" which is a natural sweetner from the Cucurbitaceae Fruit, widely known as Lo Han Kuo. It has been used for thousands of years for moistening the lungs and skin, helping sore throats, healing coughs, purifying blood and regulating the digestive tract, eliminating diarrhea, constipation, etc. In addition, it has a natural sweet taste (250 times sweeter than refined sugar, but with no calories!)
Magic Fruit鈩?is a great tasting concentrated herbal tea that can be used to naturally sweeten or enhance the taste of any beverage. (You can even cook/bake with it!)

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My health food lady recommends Stevia (sweetleaf) because it is natural, and not artificial.

I get it in little packets like Splenda, at my health food store.

i totally forgot what it was called but it wasnt splenda... i know that it is sold in trader joes though

splenda

i hear it's the yellow packet- that is the healthiest- because it's closest to natural sugar.

i don't think any artificial sweetner has been around long enough to find out really what kind of effect it has on people. It causes bladder cancer in rats, but what is it really doing to us? But still I guess that doesn't stop anybody... i drink so much diet coke and use sugar twin in my coffee everyday. Artificial sweetners are everywhere though... in gum, everything.

I prefer to use splenda as a sweetner. I remember hearing that Nutra-Sweet can cause a variety of problems, while Splenda now seems to be all the rage.