According to the news article “Health effects of artificial sweeteners: Where do we stand?” by Sandee LaMotte, readers are educated on how artificial sweeteners are a replacement of sugar. Although sugar is trying to be replaced because of it being unhealthy in abundant amounts, and it is also being blamed for “obesity, chronic inflammation, Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, even cancer.” There is only five FDA approved artificial sweeteners in the United States; Splenda, Sweet One, Newtame, Sweet'N Low, and Equal. Many people consider artificial sweeteners dangerous because you are putting chemicals into the human body, but also because of “long history of overly publicized, poorly designed, badly executed animal studies that the FDA now says
