Having eaten too many carbs, I ballooned to 265 pounds. The tests said I was a type II diabetic. “Control your carbs,” the doctors said, especially sugar. So, I returned to using artificial sweeteners in the 12 or so cups of decaf coffee I drink each day. About that same time, Stevia began making headlines as a more” natural” product, and I recalled the advice of my Ph.D. organic chemist uncle Paul. He said he would not put any of the chemical sweeteners in his body. [Every time I open a cardboard milk carton, I remember the patent he got...

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