Research paper
Swithers SE. Artificial sweeteners produce the counterintuitive effect of inducing metabolic derangements. Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism. 2013 Sep;24(9):431-441. doi:10.1016/j.tem.2013.05.005. PMCID: PMC3772345.
Why we cite it
Single-author review synthesizing epidemiological, animal, and clinical evidence that artificial sweeteners may induce rather than prevent metabolic derangements. Proposes the learning-based hypothesis as a unifying framework: artificial sweeteners degrade Pavlovian associations between sweet taste and caloric consequences, impairing anticipatory metabolic responses. This is a review/opinion piece, not original research.
About the author
Susan E. Swithers is Professor of Psychological Sciences at the Ingestive Behavior Research Center, Purdue University. She is a behavioural neuroscientist whose research with Terry Davidson demonstrated how artificial sweeteners disrupt the body’s learned ability to predict caloric consequences from sweet taste.
DOI: 10.1016/j.tem.2013.05.005 · PubMed 23850261 · Publisher