The Bitter Truth of Sugar Substitutes

Artificial sweeteners seemed so innocuous, but recent research raises important health questions

What’s actually in this stuff, and is it safe? Photo by the author

We’ve been going through a lot of monk fruit in our house, in an effort to cut back on added sugar, which is decidedly bad for health and poured copiously into store-bought cereal and bread and almost any foodstuff in a box. My wife keeps…