 Your body can tell the difference, but even worse than that is your seasonings and your flavorings and your spices will not come together properly. And that drives me nuts because I really would like to make some homemade root beer, but when I do it, I'll try it, and then I've either got to give it away or it's going to sit on the shelf forever because it'll kill me. Take it in small doses. You should see how I do chocolate. Anyway, very small doses.