TL;DR: The article discusses the rise of artificial sweeteners as alternatives to sugar and their potential health effects. It mentions that while sweeteners promise guilt-free sweetness and are commonly used for weight management and diabetes, recent research questions their benefits. The World Health Organization (WHO) issued draft guidelines stating that consuming a lot of sweeteners could be associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and weight gain. Despite industry claims, the study found that sweeteners aren't metabolically "inert" and may affect blood sugar and the gut microbiome. The article emphasizes that the best approach for health is reducing overall sweetness consumption and eating minimally processed, unsweetened foods. -GPT3
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As harmless as we thought, yes; as helpful as promoted, there’s a debate.
Anecdotal, but I haven't known a single person that reversed their journey to obesity by replacing their sugar with artificial sweeteners. At the very least, it was encouraging them to continue (or increase) overeating because this stuff was supposedly not as bad.
But it looks like research is starting to indicate that it's the same end result, just maybe involving some different biochemical pathways to get there.