Real, Fake or Natural? Why Sweetener Type May Not Matter For Diet

Sweetening your beverage with real sugar, "fake" sugar or a "natural" no-calorie sweetener makes little difference in the overall calories you consume in a day, a small new study suggests. Each time, they ate the same breakfast, followed by a beverage that contained one of four sweeteners: regular table sugar (sucrose), an artificial sweetener (aspartame), or a natural no-calorie sweetener made from either the stevia plant (rebaudioside A) or monk fruit (mogroside V). The researchers found that,