This article is rife with statements that appeal to "common knowledge" then back it up with "some doctors say" followed by implications of corruption because th

This article is rife with statements that appeal to "common knowledge" then back it up with "some doctors say" followed by implications of corruption because they took money from corporations. I know there is concern over artificial sweeteners but I haven't seen any convincing evidence of the danger. Considering that artificial sweeteners have been some of the most studied chemicals out there, I'd expect to see some solid evidence. Most studies, including the one cited in the article, show a correlation between artificial sweeteners and diabetes but the criticism of those links is usually that the people who use artificial sweeteners are people who already have habits that would cause diabetes that they are trying to curb with artificial sweeteners.