Sweet Solutions: Weighing the Pros and Cons of Sweeteners
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The idea behind sweeteners was good but it's clearly not working, so what went wrong? Are our bodies meant to be digesting chemicals that taste sweet but have no nutrients or calories?  What can we include in our diet that are naturally sweet instead? These are the topics discussed in this weeks podcast, part 2 of our 4 part series about sugar.
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