Diet and Artificial Sweeteners

I cut them out because I don't feel well on them either.

But my understanding is that a lot of the hype that artificial is "bad" and somehow natural will be "good" is not accurate. It is more about what works and doesn't work *for you* and about balance and moderation (honey affects your blood sugar and has calories, just like refined white sugar).

That said, I would certainly rather add honey to my tea than aspartame, so that is what I would do. Agave, raw sugar, brown sugar, maple syrup (real), are also options. But regular ol' sugar is probably fine too, it's the portions that are the problem.

Another option is to cut back on sweet on the whole. I taught myself to drink my lattes unsweetened (the foamed milk has some natural sugars) and I don't drink anything else anymore besides water. I don't even like sugar or agave anymore unless it's baked into something. Like, at first, I just "could" drink the lattes unsweetened. Now, if you add agave or anything else, I find it disgusting and it ruins my morning coffee experience (and I only get one so that's obviously not acceptable!). You can change your palate if you want to, gradually.