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I had an older doctor several years ago (he was in his 80’s, and smoked cigars), who died at 87. Anyways, he told me that he thought there was a direct link between diabetes and artificial sweeteners.

He said that with the advent of those sweeteners, diabetes skyrocketed. He was paying attention to research, that said those sweeteners tricked the pancreas into thinking that real sugar was being ingested, so it would produce insulin. But, since it wasn’t real sugar, the insulin was for naught, and eventually the pancreas and brain learned not to produce insulin when it sensed sugary substances being ingested. As use of the sweeteners went on, the pancreas would just ignore both the artificial and real sugars.

He was pretty sure there was a relationship, and he told me many of his colleagues were also on to something, but nothing would get published on it, even when submitted, it was just ignored.

He was also a firm believer that there were many cures for many ailments, but drug companies were not interested in cures, they were more interested in life-long treatments.

He was the doctor that put me on fish oil tablets, which dropped my cholesterol dramatically. He said the benefits for statins were not great enough to outweigh the harmful side effects for most people.

He had many different views on many subjects, and was quite a character. He had grown up in farmland Iowa, was an army surgeon, then came to Chicago and taught for many years at UIC Circle Medical. I met him when he was the head surgeon for the Shriners Hospital here, he was a fellow Mason, and did great charity works. A truly remarkable man, with a truly remarkable view on how things worked.