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New research shows that artificial sweeteners are linked with pre-term delivery. In a study of almost 60,000 Danish women, For those who drank sugar-sweetened beverages, there was no relationship between the level of consumption, and the risk of a pre-term delivery (in other words, it didn't matter how many sugar-sweetened soft drinks they consumed each day, their risk of a pre-term delivery was not increased). For those who drank one or more servings of artificially sweetened drinks a day, however, their risk of a pre-term delivery was increased by 38%. For those who drank four or more servings per day, the risk of a pre-term delivery was increased 78%.
That's pretty significant evidence that artificial sweeteners shouldn't even be allowed to be sold, IMO, let alone legal for sale to pregnant women.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20592133
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