A sugar in taste, usually with less food energy. Therefore, it does less harm (those nasty lipids can build up quite quickly) to the body. For this reason, people who are striving to lose weight will often opt to use sugar substitutes as opposed to the normal processed cane sugar.
There are two kinds of sugar substitutes: artificial sweeteners.
Diabetic Sugar Substitutes
sugar substitutes that diabetics use come from the same name brand as other artificial sweeteners, except there may be some differences in terms of ingredients and content. This is understandable considering that a diabetic might suffer from a category of the disease that will prevent certain substance from being processed in the body.