Remember moderation, moderation, moderation is the key in everything and it also applies to the use of sugars in your daily diet. Even artificial sweeteners have a daily recommendation quantity.
The Mayo Clinic couldn't said it better : " Get informed and look beyond the hype. While artificial sweeteners and sugar substitutes may help with weight management, they aren't a magic bullet and should be used only in moderation. Just because a food is marketed as sugar-free doesn't mean it's free of calories. If you eat too many sugar-free foods, you can still gain weight if they have other ingredients that contain calories. And remember that processed foods, which often contain sugar substitutes, generally don't offer the same health benefits as do whole foods, such as fruits and vegetables. "
FOR SUGARS:
1) Demerara sugar is unrefined cane sugar. Doesn't have any added molasses. As it is barely processed. It is excellent for sweetening teas and coffee.
2) Agave Nectar: low-glycemic sweetener and dont spike sugar levels
3) Raw organic honey: just be careful because it contains small amounts of botulism toxins. So if you suffer from some immunodeficiency disease, please avoid.
Avoid:
Artificial sweeteners and high fructose corn syrup because both have been linked with the incidence of diabetes. Their sweetening power is at least 100 times more intense than regular sugar.
Artificial sweeteners have a possible association with the appearance of cancer. But yet only in certain studies and on animals. They are still FDA approved.
In addition, artificial sweeteners are also associated with non alcoholic fatty liver. It bypasses the normal digestive stages and are immediately taken into the liver. The liver basically shuts down all other metabolic processes, including metabolizing fat, to contend with the sweetener. So the fats in the liver are not properly processed and released- without being fully metabolized- so they attach themselves to the liver.
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