Hi All,

Here is a great opinion piece on artificial sweeteners
from a journal called:

Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism
http://www.cell.com/trends/endocrinology-metabolism/

http://download.cell.com/images/edim...sm/tem_888.pdf

A quick summary: artificial sweeteners initially trick the
body into reacting as if something sweet is entering. Then
the body gets wise to the trick and stops. Then when you
do eat something sweet or carbie, the body doesn't react
properly. And the satiation response doesn't kick in,
causing overeating and T2 to kick in.

Basically, the criticism of artificial sweeteners is
that body gets wise to them and doesn't react appropriately
to the real stuff. Not that the body thinks the fake stuff
is real, but that the body starts to think the real stuff
is fake.

-T