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by awestroke 1318 days ago
False dichonomy; you can choose to consume neither sugar nor sweeteners
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Yep. I used to drink a lot of diet soda. I stopped that probably 10 years ago or so. I don't use artificial sweeteners in anything. I mostly drink water now. When I drink coffee or tea it's unsweetened. For an occasional treat such as a milkshake I will use sugar, sparingly.

Incidentally, when I drink diet soft drinks now they taste like chemicals. Completely unnatural sweetness. I don't find them enjoyable at all. But when I used to drink them daily, I liked them, really almost craved them.

Other than natural sugars in fruit, my diet has effectively no sugar or sweeteners.

It's not that hard after several years of changing your eating habits slowly.

It helps that I've always preferred drinking water.

That, and it's also possible to consume (moderate amounts of) sugar and have a good BMI.