MYTH: Artificial sweeteners are better for you than sugar
誤解：相比糖，人工甜味劑對身體更好

FACT: Some artificial sweeteners can be just as harmful to your body as sugar.
事實：一些人工甜味劑對身體的危害跟糖不相上下。

Although artificial sweeteners like Stevia, Truvia, and aspartame (as found in diet sodas) have fewer calories than their sugary counterparts, research shows that participants who drink diet soda are twice as likely to be obese than those who do not.
盡管像無糖汽水中含有的甜菊糖、赤藻糖、阿斯巴甜等人工甜味劑比天然糖熱量更低，但研究顯示，喝無糖汽水的人肥胖的可能性比不喝無糖汽水的人高一倍。

A study published in the National Library of Medicine found that saccharine — an artificial sweetener — is more addictive than cocaine. Another study published by the American Diabetes Association found that diet soda drinkers were 67 percent more likely to develop diabetes than non-diet soda drinkers.
在國家醫學圖書館發表的一項研究發現，人工甜味劑糖精比可卡因更容易讓人上癮。美國糖尿病協會發表的另一項研究發現，喝無糖飲料的人得糖尿病的可能性比不喝無糖飲料的人高67%。