One of the problems with sugar is just how sweet everything is. My take is this is a direct result of sodas like coke and pepsi. They set the sweetness bar and

One of the problems with sugar is just how sweet everything is. My take is this is a direct result of sodas like coke and pepsi. They set the sweetness bar and then everything rose to it. People became desensitized to sweetness by drinking sodas and then everything needed to up sweet to even taste a little sweet in comparison. I stopped drinking these a while ago and my sweetness tolerance dropped. Now when I make recipes I will use sugar (or honey or whatever natural sweetener called for) by only use 2/3 or 1/2 what it calls for it. Otherwise everything just comes out way too sweet. Using artificial sweeteners just makes it the desensitivity worse in my opinion. Better to use real sugar but far less of it. Bonus is that you'll be able to taste more of the other flavors in the food and drinks.