I honestly believe it will come out at some point in the future that almost all of our "illnesses" that have increases in huge amounts will be linked back to artificial sweeteners.
I think that many childhood illnesses that are long term will be linked to artificial sweeteners used while the mom was pregnant. They found after years and years that Saccharin caused cancer. Many people used it on everything every day. Some of them died from cancer that was not passed on genetically from their ancestors. Maybe they would have anyway but what "if" it was caused by a gene mutation because they used Saccharin.
I think a lot of behavior problems, childhood obesity, Autism, allergies, all kinds of things "might" be liked back at some point in the future.
I truly thing this is a time where we are educated enough to know that a healthy diet that is natural and eating in moderation is much healthier than any artificially made food that comes from science changing and manipulating DNA.
My friends diabetes doc told her to never use anything artificial again, to stop using all artificial sweeteners, all fat substitutes, he told her to use only real butter, eat real meat if she wanted meat, to eat real sugar and real cream. That she needed to count her carbs so she didn't go over a certain amount. It was a normal amount, not a low carb diet. She lost over 150 lbs and her insulin pump is gone, she doesn't walk around using oxygen at Walmart anymore, she is out walking and exercising and doesn't even have to test her blood except occasionally if she doesn't feel well. She was insulin resistant diabetic. She cut out artificial stuff and is living a healthy non hospitalized life nowadays.
Her doc is right, the artificial stuff was killing her and it is killing all sorts of other people too. If you want sweet coffee or sweet tea add a little bit of sugar, don't go overboard, use it in extreme moderation.