Originally Posted by deirdra

"individuals who broadly ate the same diet — and the same number of calories — became fatter if they consumed low-calorie sweeteners"

Before blaming artificial sweeteners, I'd ask what were these people eating to replace the calories from the sugary drinks? A few hundred calories of refined carbs and other inflammatory foods? Eating rice and flour instead of regular Coke can't be good for weightloss. These and other inflammatory foods like dairy proteins & legumes were responsible for my last 15 lbs of puffy weight.