without calories which increases the risk for diabetes which, obviously, we would like to avoid. heather: and the element that is in artificial sweeters, so which is better sugar or the artificial sweetner? which is better? guest: for every can of soda there are eight teaspoons of sugar which are 130 calories so if you want carbonation with your pizza and you have three or four cans of soda it is 300 or 400 calories and that can cause diabetes packing on the weight. gregg: i look at the labels, they tell you everything from sodium which is important to pay attention to, to the calories themselves, right. that is key. what about high sodium?