Artificial sweeteners are low calorie or calorie free chemical substances that are used instead of sugar to sweeten food or drinks. Commonly used are saccharine, Aspartame, sucralose etc.
Many people replace sugar with artificial sweeteners in the belief that this will reduce their calorie intake and cause weight loss. Instead they can increase appetite and maintain cravings for sweet food which actually helps to gain weight and obesity.

Rather than this these artificial sweeteners are associated with many other adverse effects from mild to moderate and life threatening conditions. Some of these symptoms include headache, dizziness, change in mood, vomiting and nausea, abdominal pain and cramps, damage to the nerve of eyes that causes visual deterioration and night vision. Some neurological damages and ear nerve damage can cause deafness.

Diarrhoea, seizures/ convulsions, memory loss, fatigue, insomnia, sleep problem, anxiety attacks, migraine, heart palpitations are also associated with excessive intake of these products.
Along with these symptoms, Aspartame can be responsible for fibromyalgia, spasms, shooting pains, numbness in legs, cramps, tinnitus, joint pain, unexplainable depression, slurred speech, multiple sclerosis, systemic lupus and various cancers.

A pregnant woman must avoid these because saccharine crosses placenta and fetal bladder may be exposed for a longer time and can cause bladder cancer.
So friends after knowing the side effects of artificial sweeteners, you will definitely quit these products and start enjoying the sweetness of real food. To loose weight, have balance diet, eat natural products, reduce calorie intake, avoid diet food (food containing artificial sweetener available in market used in dieting) and work hard .It will sure help you. The diabetic patients should use them in appropriate quantity to prevent the adverse effects.