Today, Tony and Marianna FINALLY dedicate an entire episode to the MONSTER that is artificial sweeteners... Whenever there are two camps surrounding a topic, like the anti-artificial sweetener camp, and the pro-artificial sweetener camp - the truth often lies somewhere in the middle. Today our hosts discuss:

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The study’s referenced in this episode:

1970’s Mice Cancer Study:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/5411626/

AS & Cancer Cohort Study:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36500986/

Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on Blood Glucose and Insulin Response:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32672338/

Sucralose, Monk Fruit and Stevia on blood glucose control:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41430-018-0170-6

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0161264&type=printable

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28502831

http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/10/7/818

Artificial Sweeteners on Gut Health:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34063332/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33171964/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31258108/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31928558/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30557670/

https://microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40168-020-00976-w

Artificial Sweeteners on Weight Loss:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Low-calorie+sweeteners+and+body+weight+and+composition%3A+a+metaanalysis+of+randomized+controlled+trials+and+prospective+cohort+studies

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4786736/pdf/ijo2015177a.pdf

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=The+role+of+low-calorie+sweeteners+in+the+prevention+and+management+of+overweight+and+obesity%3A+evidence+v.+conjecture

Hunger, Cravings, and Hormonal Changes:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4744961/pdf/OBY-24-297.pdf

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23364015

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21245879

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4438179/pdf/13679_2014_Article_133.pdf