Check out Dr. Mercola's info on Splenda and other toxic sweeteners. Get some Xylitol if you must indulge; that stuff kills Candida as it is a five-carbon Sugar that suckers the six-arbon Sugar eating bugs into eating it and dying--that includes tooth bacteria. Take Caprylic Acid to whack back Candida, and Biotin to stop Candida proliferation. I enjoy HCL too so keep up the good work; be sure to hydrate gut mucosa with water 1/2 hour before eating, please.