I'm not going to bother reading this because it's obviously click-bait, but I just want to relate that when I was in high school in the 90s, I remember being in a class where a guest speaker gave a talk and tried to convince us all that artificial sweeteners would "rot our brains" and give us alzheimers. For years, I avoided them because of that – until it became clear that real sugar was destroying my health and putting me on the path for diabetes. Since then, I've not only tried to minimize sugar in my diet, but also tried to sparingly use artificial sweeteners (specifically Stevia, whenever i can) to offset when possible.

Point being: Don't listen to this shrill health BS that purports to have new revelations about what's good for you or not, since this health advice comes in cycles. We saw the same thing with butter/margarine. First butter was good, then it was the devil and margarine was the only way to go. Then margarine was the devil and butter was the only way to go.