I never liked fizzy drinks or even sweetened drinks like kool-aid that all the parents gave their kids to drink......I would just feel sick after drinking it. From the time I can remember, I always liked ice water, or ice tea.....not sweetened. Any of those fake sweeteners always left a bitter aftertaste that was immediate & I couldn't stand the flavor. If I want something sweet....it's processed sugar, or sugar in the raw.....now I have realy grown to love the Agave sweetener....it's pure & healthy. However for diabetics even with the lower glycemic index it's 90%fructose which ends up causing higher triglicerides.

Speaking of high fructose....all the processed foods have such a high amount of fructose in them......if's scary what the food processing companies are stuffing down us & we go ahead & eat or drink without any thought to what it's doing to our bodies. I hate going to the store & shopping because I look at the labels of everything just to make sure it's as natural as possible. I was trying to find sausage to make my stuffed banana peppers with......only found 1 brand that didn't contain MSG......& MSG & many of the other additives have been linked to alzheimers, dementia, & parkinsons diseases. Have only found one brand of BBQ potato chips that does NOT contain MSG. Health foods are so expensive but unhealthy foods are going to cost in medical bills later on.......& we just go one blindly eating & drinking these things without any care to our future.