Does the recipe call for a lot of sugar or a little? I'm going to differ with the pack here and say that when I eat something sweet, I'm usually going to go for real sugar. Keep in mind that I do not have a sweet tooth and rarely eat desserts, candy etc. anyway (my downfall is bread and rice and other carby-carbs) so this is not going to happen too often, but artificial sweeteners weird me out and I always notice a bitter aftertaste, no matter which one I use. I also don't trust that any of them really are safe (they said aspartame was perfectly safe when it was first introduced; now there are some schools of thought that say it is a neurotoxin). In any case, it's a personal decision you have to make for yourself, but you'll probably lose your sweet tooth if you just cut out sweets for Phase 1 and don't use any artificial sweeteners during that time.
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