On Sat, 04 Jul 2015 20:24:49 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2015-07-04 17:41, wrote:
>> On Sat, 04 Jul 2015 15:06:03 -0500, DreadfulBitch
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On 7/4/2015 2:22 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> Well, if you drank 10 cans of soda per day, I guess your taste buds
>> would become desensitised to flavour.
>>
>Since recent research has shown that artificial sweeteners have the same
>sort of effects on the body as sugar, it could lead to desensitization
>in the extremities.

Could be. Ironically there's some suggestion that some artificial
sweeteners increase the risk of diabetes too.