| Depends entirely on your point of view.
Sugar has been used for centuries, so we know most of its good bits and bad bits. We know it raises BG quickly, has calories but no 'useful' nutrients and isn't so good for the teeth. If you drink tea like most Brits (i.e 4+ mugs per day) then you can soon add a couple of hundred calories per day in sugar. Might not seem much, but if ever you are trying to lose weight it is something that can go and have an impact.
Artificial sweetners have every conspiracy theorist on the www going for them, and get blamed for numerous ills. How true any of the claims are, time will tell. Until time does tell, it's a very personal decision as to weather or not to use them. Certainly kinder to teeth, BG and the waistline than habitual sugar use, but some would argue they have other costs.
You could always go for plan C. Tea and coffee without sugar or sweetener taste absolutely revolting for the first few weeks. If you can get through that cold turkey, you'll be free of them forever and it's amazing how much your taste buds perk up when you do have something sweet. I will admit to a couple of sugars in tea or coffee if I'm going hypo and I do enjoy it.... Otherwise, sugar and sweetener free for many years now.
You could also look into fruictose; buy it near the sugar in supermarkets. Slightly sweeter than regular sugar so you use less of it and the GI is lower so it is kinder to the likes of us.
Are there any bad bits to pumping so far? I'm looking into it at present and viewpoints are always welcome (either here or PM me if you feel like it and think this takes the thread OT (which it kind of does)).
Gary  | 
