Truvia

Reading the Times this morning, I discovered an article about artificial sweeteners.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/15/dining/15sweet.html?_r=1&8dpc
Though I am a splenda afficionado, I have purchased a box of Truvia before. The only difference, to me, is that Truvia packets contain more sweetener than other brands. Otherwise, they taste the same.

More important is the debate about things being "natural": a natural sweetener? Yes, if it is derived from plants, then it has natural roots, but I do not consider the product to therefore be natural because it does not exist in its final form in nature. But who knows. I'm very confused.
I also despise the trend of organic/natural/green things: half the time it's a lie and just another marketing scheme. And why do we keep having to make new kinds of sweeteners? Eventually, we keep finding unhealthy effects in each product.
Here's the solution: use real sugar, but not in huge quantities! Yay!