It’s no surprise to hear that sugar is addictive and can lead to a host of health problems such as obesity, Type 2 Diabetes, mood swings, malnutrition and inflammatory disease. Sugar is in almost every processed food, and abounds in soft drinks. On average, each can of soda contains 40 grams, or 10 teaspoons of genetically modified sugar, most in the form of high fructose corn syrup, an artificially produced, super sweet sugar derived from corn. But what about the sugar substitutes? Are they just as unhealthy?
