Hi,
I have tried to drink my coffee black and failed. I need it to be sweet. So I have used nutra sweet (poison) sacharin etc etc. It hasn't slowed my weight loss. I live in a house with three half gallons of ice cream (which I used to love) and they seem to have no pull on me whatsoever. I haven't had ice cream in at least six weeks. This woe is amazing in that you lose much of your cravings for what you don't need. Good luck and if you can lose weight and use artificial than go ahead.
Jerry