This description provides information on the importance of limiting sugar intake in order to maintain a healthy lifestyle. It outlines the potential health risks associated with consuming too much sugar, such as obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. It also provides tips on how to reduce sugar intake, including reading food labels,
A sugar substitute or artificial sweetener is a food additive that provides a sweetness like that of sugar while containing significantly less food energy than sugar-based sweeteners, making it a zero-calorie (non-nutritive) or low-calorie sweetener. Artificial sweeteners may be derived from plant extracts or processed by chemical synthesis. Sugar substitute products are commercially available in various forms, such as small pills, powders and packets.