NimmerStill

I disagree that there's any cause for concern if it's just correlational. That could be easily explained just if people who consume artificial sweeteners tend to eat more, for example because they're the type of people who would be concnerned about weight, but not concerned enough to actually go on a diet. And there is not…

So is deadly nightshade then. Is that a more apt analogy?

Is there any causational, not just correlational, research on the "artificial sweeteners associated with weight gain" idea? So far, all I've seen is "they don't help you lose weight" (which no one ever claimed they do), and "maybe they stimulate your appetite" (but I've never seen a controlled study on that particular…