On: Aspartame and cancer – new evidence for causation

[enchiridion]

Anecdotally people who do keto have documented increased insulin levels from artificial sweeteners.

[naasking → enchiridion]

I believe that's true, that you'll see an insulin response from anything that tastes sweet, but that doesn't automatically entail that you'll crave sweet.

[ncmncm → naasking]

An insulin increase without carb intake results in lowered blood sugar, thus hunger.

This is the simplest sort of biochemistry.

[naasking → ncmncm]

You haven't quantified the magnitude of the insulin response just from tasting something sweet, which is relevant to how much of an impact it will have on behavior, nor does a lowered blood sugar necessarily entail you crave sweets. Simple biochemistry does not capture human behaviour.

[ncmncm → naasking]

Insulin response to sweets is probably subject to operant conditioning, so path dependent.