While I was training for my Dragonboat team last year, I was taking a protein powder with artificial sweetener.  I put on a lot of muscle but after the year of taking it I was not feeling so good.

I started doing some research and one thing I looked at was artificial sweeteners.  I found out that they are something I want to steer clear of in future.

Here is a short video talking about some of the more obvious problems.

https://www.doctoroz.com/episode/new-dangers-artificial-sweeteners

Normally sweet things contain energy and fuel for the body, but these sweeteners trick our body so it learns that:  Sweet –> Does not equal –> Energy and Fuel.

i.e.   We need more sweet stuff to satisfy our nutritional needs.

When we eat real food, we end up eating more than we normally would.  In my books, that has to be bad!

The Harvard School of Public Health website also has Articles about the dubious health benefits of  artificial sweeteners.

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/healthy-drinks/artificial-sweeteners/

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/artificial-sweeteners-sugar-free-but-at-what-cost-201207165030

Ultimately do your own research and think about what you want to do.  I for one will be more careful to avoid artificial sweeteners in future.

What do you think?  Leave me a comment.