we take it easy on sweetened everything at my house but as far as the chemicals go, life is just too short to live on twigs and berries and even "organic" is no guarantee. Besides that, my shampoo and makeup and deoderant and blah blah blah add so many chemicals to my life anyway.
If a little sugar in the coffee (processed with chemicals) makes the morning great why not? If someone else goes for the nutrasweet then IMHO whoopdidoo. Everybody has their own body, own family medical history to combat. One size don't fit all.
If the high fructose corn syrup don't kill ya something else will. No one gets out alive.