“[R]ats given yogurt sweetened with zero-calorie saccharin later consumed more calories, gained more weight, put on more body fat, and didn’t make up for it by cutting back later,” noted a summary of a study by researchers at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana USA.

Saccharin does not increase the risk of bladder cancer as was once believed in the 1970’s. This according to a 1998 study from the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

The last couple of weeks I had a dull headache—I never get headaches—diarrhea at times, and just felt tired. I could not figure out what it was.

Saccharin consumption may be associated with weight gain according to a recent study.

Yes, NutraSweet (aspartame) was found to increase weight loss and be surprisingly effective for weight maintenance according to a recent study. 

People who drink either sodas or diet sodas are more likely to be overweight than people who do not according to data collected over 8 years and reported at the annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association in San Diego, California.

Girls underreport the amount of calories they consume by an average of 12 percent at the age of 10-years-old, by 23 percent at the age of 12-years-old, and by 32 percent at the age of 15-years-old according to a recent study by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

Overweight men and women gained an average of 3.5 pounds in two-and-a-half months drinking sugar-sweetened soda compared to an average weight loss of 2.2 pounds for those drinking artificially-sweetened sodas according to a recent study. This is a difference of 5.7 pounds between the groups

Artifically sweetened drinks may increase calorie intake and lead to weight gain according to a recent study.

MAYBE. One study found people ate 11% more fat while substituting artificial sweeteners for sugar.