- Jul 2018
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On 2017 Jul 30, Zvi Herzig commented:
The RCTs instructing controls to avoid artificial sweeteners (Peters et al and Blackburn et al) show significantly reduced BMI in the treatment group. It shouldn't be surprising that the other trials, merely assigning controls to water or placebo, fail to show reduced BMI in the treatment group. Artificial sweeteners can only reduce BMI if they're positioned to displace sugar intake. This isn't the case where the controls are given water or placebo instead of the artificial sweetener.
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- Feb 2018
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europepmc.org europepmc.org
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On 2017 Jul 30, Zvi Herzig commented:
The RCTs instructing controls to avoid artificial sweeteners (Peters et al and Blackburn et al) show significantly reduced BMI in the treatment group. It shouldn't be surprising that the other trials, merely assigning controls to water or placebo, fail to show reduced BMI in the treatment group. Artificial sweeteners can only reduce BMI if they're positioned to displace sugar intake. This isn't the case where the controls are given water or placebo instead of the artificial sweetener.
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