I've learned a lot over the years regarding the pros and cons of sugar.  Desiring sugar is quite natural, we have built-in taste buds for salt, sugar, bitterness, sour, and fat.

Here's a quick label tip:  When looking at a product's nutrition label, remember that 4 grams of sugar = 1 tsp.  So a soda containing 41 grams of  sugar (41 divided by 4 = roughly 10) would contain 10 teaspoons of sugar.  Eye opening, right?

Avoid all artificial sweeteners and stick with Natural Date Syrup or Stevia Extract Powder .  I could write a very lengthy post here about sugars, but suffice it to say that sugar is healthiest when it's in its natural form:  fruit.  PS: If you want to make some healthy 'ice cream' - (See my post about the Yonana machine!)