“This is another confirmatory study showing a relationship between artificially sweetened beverages and vascular risks. While we cannot show causation, this is a yellow flag to pay attention to these findings,” said American Academy of Neurology President Dr. Ralph Sacco, who was not involved in the latest study.
It’s known that artificial sweeteners induce a large insulin response even though there isn’t any ‘sugar’. It’s called a cephalic response (your taste buds sense sweet and your body reacts to that).
Excess insulin is a bad guy.