So is sucralose a good thing or a bad thing?
It’s a bad thing for weight loss. Insulin prevents fat burning so stimulating insulin with sweet tasting sugar free drinks is retarding your efforts. If fat burning is shut down, your body will convert protein to glucose to meet it’s energy needs resulting in muscle loss instead of fat loss.
I drink either sour )lemon or lime sqeeze in water) or bitter (sugar free tonic water) to reduce or avoid the cephalic insulin response when Im sick of plain water.
Also try to stick to savory rather than sweet flavors in condiments and snacks.