I just finished reading Neanderthin and the book seems to be against any kind of artificial sweetner but does not say anything about Stevia. It does mention the use of Honey if you need sweetner. Any comments? BTW, for the last couple of months, I lost control and started drinking diet coke and eating carbs mainly in the areas of sweets, and tried to quit cold turkey last week and got very ill. Since I have to use my head at work I'm having to wean off slowly. It seems that the withdrawal gets worse everytime I do this to myself. Kim Phoenix _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail