Artificial Sweetener ‘Fad’ Additives: Worse Than Sugar?

Adding these sounds great in theory, but don't fall for it. While they add a bit, it subtracts hugely from your health and could even trigger an impending health disaster.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• Merisant has created a line of artificial sweeteners fortified with vitamins and minerals under the company’s Equal Plus brand, and is available in three versions: vitamin C and zinc; B vitamins; antioxidant formula with vitamins C and E

• The products are marketed as a “good source” of these nutrients, as a single packet provides 10% of t…