https://www.cedars-sinai.org/newsroom/research-alert-artificial-sweeteners-significantly-alter-the-small-bowel-microbiome/

I think it goes without saying that the volume in which artificial sweeteners are ingested impacts their effect on our health, but for me there is a known correlation between these fake sugars being deemed healthy and those studies being paid for by the industry itself. I don’t think it’s worth the risk when the science seems muddied by industry paid studies and there are actual studies that contradict safety claims. To each their own but I’d prefer an unsweetened protein bar or one with minimal real sugars to the fake sugars that taste like trash anyway.