[gte910h]

It's a lot easier for some people to avoid what they think are everything processed than some processed things.

In reality, they're surely still eating processed things, but they THINK they aren't, and placebo is all it takes sometimes.

[jamesgolick]

Actually, the reason is that aspartame has a high glycemic index, so your body reacts to it roughly the same way it reacts to sugar.

http://www.glycemicindex.com/

[gte910h]

That is not true, it was a truefact that squirted around health junkies that wasn't backed up by a consensus of the science.

[crymer11]

Any sources?

FWIW, I found practically no information regarding aspartame on the University of Sydney site, but I did come across an article that basically said stevia and aspartame both work, but stevia was was significantly better at lowering blood glucose levels.

Sidenote: As someone who loves beer dearly, but also tries to limit his intake of foods with a high glycemic index, I was pleased to read an article [2] linked by the University of Sydney [3] about how beer has too low of a glycemic index to measure (still has plenty of calories, though).

[1] http://www.glycemicindex.com/

[2] http://www2.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&S...

[3] http://www.glycemicindex.com/faqsList.php#10

[gte910h]

When looking I found this article which pointed at TONS of studies:

http://www.marksdailyapple.com/artificial-sweeteners-insulin...