well i think the sugar, most ppl juz flame the sweetners, and its actually not that bad, they make it far worse than it is, so u have drink mixes with 00 sugar, its coz i live in the middle of nowhere again, this ppay only stock a few shit then , and all have sugar even if its lite.
duno if this is true, but i have heard that the thing those chemicals does is it increases ur apetite. duno if its true, but if so its a good thing, u always have to eat lots even when dieting, and these sugar free mixses helps alot when dieting, and ur graving something, u drink it and then wait for ur next dry chicken meal lol.