My husband is borderline diabetic (runs in his family) and suffers terrific hypoglycemia — anyway, we tested his blood one day before and after he drank a coke and you wouldn’t believe how his blood sugar reacted -— went from near normal to a big spike to a huge low ... we tested over a period of several hours... sugar like that is deadly. Stevia is good for helping to level out the spikes and is a good natural sweetner.