I've been saying this for almost 20 years, but people get onto a kick from some "diet" program they follow and it's very difficult to convince them that what they are doing is wrong.  A lot of the foods recommended on "diets" are all wrong and can be downright dangerous.  But if people lose even two pounds, they'll keep doing the wrong things anyway.

I didn't watch the vdeo in this article (I never watch Mercola's videos because I just don't have the time in the mornings and that's when I usually open his e-newsletter).  But I read the article and this is info worth knowing and passing onto others.

https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2018/09/05/artificial-sweetener-splenda.aspx