Dr. Mark Hyman

You can use dates just as a sweetener, a little maple syrup, a little raw honey.

Okay, fine.

But, you know, it's not the sugar that you add to your food that's the problem.

It's the sugar that's added by corporations that's the problem.

If you have 120-ounce soda, that's 16 teaspoons of sugar.

You wouldn't put that in your coffee, all right?

For non-caloric sweeteners, stevia can be okay.

But I would say the whole plant stevia, not rebicide A, which is made by Cargill and Pepsi and Coca-Cola.

So that should tell you something about it.

Also...

There's other kinds of sweeteners that you can use, which is like a monk fruit sweetener, which is, I think, my favorite.

It's generally well tolerated.

It's tasty.

I don't particularly like stevia because I think it causes problems.

But any sweetener could be this brain stimulant.

So be careful.

Look for a product with the Rainforest Alliance certified seal to make sure your stevia is grown in ways that are sustainable.

If you want honey, you can check out the Ethical Consumer Guide.

We'll provide the link in the show notes.

And sweeteners, you know, what are things we can include?