Scientists say sugar is as toxic as alcohol – and there should be a drinking age for soda

[mike_c]

61. that's probably because it doesn't have a neutral sweet taste....

It has flavor, other than sweetness. On the other hand, I'm not entirely sure you really know how much you use relative to other sweeteners. Say you achieve an acceptable flavor with one tablespoon of honey (or whatever). How confident are you that that's significantly less than the amount of HFCS or sucrose in an equivalent amount of soda, or some other sweetened product? Unless you NEVER consume commercially sweetened products, how do you know you use less honey than an equivalent amount of another sweetener?

on edit-- sorry if it sounds like I'm picking a fight over this, I'm really not. Just trying to make the point that unless you're the only one who ever measures sweeteners into your foods and beverages, you really don't know how much you consume relative to honey. Hope I made the point without sounding like a dick!