I am a patient doctor. A doctor by profession and a diabetic patient due to heredity and bad decisions, knowing that they were wrong. Today I don't really use any sugar substitute, I use raw sugar and in the right quantities it doesn't hurt me. Of course my fundamental diet is based on obtaining energy from natural vegetable fats. But I don't substitute sugar, I don't like the flavors of sweeteners and honey changes the taste of things for me. The only substitute I would use would be FRUCTOSE, a pentose type sugar that is beneficial for diabetics.