16 Mar 2015 --- The Calorie Control Council has published an extensive response to recent conclusions regarding how low calorie sweeteners behave in the body. Extensive testing on low-calorie sweeteners conducted over several decades has concluded that they do not negatively impact glycemic indices and insulin. Therefore, the recent allegations by Suez et al. that "artificial sweeteners" induce glucose intolerance and thus cause obesity by altering the gut microbiome has received considerable attention by both media and the scientific community.