artificial sweeteners

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/HeartHealth/diet-soda-linked-heart-attack-stroke-risk/story?id=12868269 Just want to let the folks at the JREF forums know about this.

Just today, I've had a little debate with a friend of mine who is of the opinion that artificial sweeteners can cause (or at least encourage (if that's the right word) ) diabetes, because "it tastes sweet, and then the body prepares for sugar that doesn't come, and that's got to be bad". Uhm...