Another 2 studies showing the lack of benefits of artificial sweeteners in regards to weight loss. Backing up previous studies, the evidence is slowly becoming more ineluctable. (waiting for the counter study, indirectly funded by the soft drink industry)

Two studies point to the illusion of the artificial sweeteners - In the constant battle to lose inches or at least stay the same, we reach for the diet soda. Two studies presented June 25 and 27 at the American Diabetes Association's Scientific Sessions in San Diego suggest this might be self-defeating behavior. [Physorg]