Do Artificial Sweeteners Make You Fat?

This is a follow-up article to a previous post, Chlorine For Your Sweetener?

by Mike Geary, Certified Nutrition Specialist, Certified Personal Trainer

I wanted to talk about artificial sweeteners today because I've noticed that there's a lot of confusion and misconceptions revolving around these non-caloric sweeteners. Artificial sweeteners and the huge list of products sweetened with them are marketed to you relentlessly as "healthy foods" or "healthier" than sugar or corn syrup sweetened products. But are they really?