> I wore a constant glucose monitor for a while (Veri), and drinking soft drinks filled with all kinds of artificial sweeteners caused no glucose changes. It d

> I wore a constant glucose monitor for a while (Veri), and drinking soft drinks filled with all kinds of artificial sweeteners caused no glucose changes. It doesn't cause immediate changes, it causes long-term changes to glucose response by altering the gut microbiome. Here's a recent double-blind randomized controlled trial showing these effects that was discussed on HN a few weeks back: https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(22)00919-9 https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(22)00919-9 This is the first study that I think showed this pretty conclusively.