Actually Stevia is natural and has been around for hundreds of years. It is made from an herb. I get the 2oz bottles for around $12 - 13. Sounds pricey but the cheaper stuff tends to have a bitter aftertaste and you have to use 2x as much. BTW it takes about 6-8 drops of the good stuff to REALLY sweeten a glass of tea.

Stevia is an EXTREMELY popular sweetener in Japan. Diet Coke was sweetened with it until, I think 1999 because Coke wanted to start making all their products the same (nutrasweet).

Jinx

PS I like NuNaturals brand and Sweet Leaf Stevia Clear - BOTH NON ALCOHOL!!

Sucarlose/ aka Splenda
http://www.karlloren.com/Diabetes/p40e.htm

Aspartame / aka Nutrasweet
http://www.holisticmed.com/aspartame/