Ever since I was a little kid I've always believed artificial sweeteners let to obesity and the over consumption of sugar. Aspartame is the worst and there is plenty of evidence to confirm my suspicions. Not only does it cause an increase in the desire of sugar, it is down right dangerous and is converted into methanol and embalming fluid in the body. Before Splenda was a sweetener it was being developed as an insecticide!
Splenda First Developed As An Insecticide
http://www.rense.com/general96/splendainsect.htm
How Artificial Sweeteners Confuse Your Body into Storing Fat and Inducing Diabetes
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/artic ... -body.aspx
http://aspartame.mercola.com/
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_ ... weght+gain