Originally Posted by Nancy LC

Why would one assume that if one has a bad reaction to one thing that everything in that very category is equally bad?

That's my biggest problem of the very simple sort of thought process that goes into the "Artificial Sweeteners are poison" comments that pop up. They generally sound hysterical at worst and ignorant at best.

Xylitol, Erythritol, Stevia, Lo Han and many, many more are nothing like Aspartame or Sucralose. There must be several dozen different sweeteners now. Some from herbs, fruit, fermentation, birch trees, and so on. Many of them are commonly found in nature.