Artificial sweeteners can cause diabetes

Consumption of non-caloric, artificially sweetened beverages is associated with an increased risk for obesity, type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease.

This counterintuitive result reflects negative consequences of interfering with learned relationships between sweet tastes and typical postingestive outcomes, which may result in impaired ability to compensate for energy provided when caloric sweeteners are consumed.

The study by Dr Susan E Swithers at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN published in July issue of Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism found an elevated risk for weight gain and obesity, metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, and hypertension in those who consumed ASBs. No decreased risk for weight gain or increased body fat percentage was associated with ASB intake.

Consuming Artificial Sweeteners Can Cause Heart Disease

Consumption of non-caloric, artificially sweetened beverages is associated with an increased risk for chronic life style diseases according to Susan E. Swithers, PhD, a professor of behavioral neuroscience at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, published online July 10 in Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism.

Frequent consumers of these sugar substitutes may be at increased risk of excessive weight gain, metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular disease. This risk is independent of baseline body mass index.

Another earlier study found that children of normal weight who consume artificially sweetened beverages may have decreased weight gain compared with those who consume sweetened beverages. 

In another study, overweight and obese adults who substituted water or artificially sweetened beverages for sweetened beverages had no greater weight loss at 6 months than an attentional control group. 

Artificially sweetened beverages intake was not associated with improved fasting glucose, but water intake was.