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Deep Dive: A new study that suggests artificial sweeteners increase your risk of diabetes has received criticism online, despite being carried out by one of the country’s top experts.

Critics argue it doesn’t meet the medical research gold standard, while media coverage lacked important context and nuance.

So how do us regular folk tell scientific fact from fiction, when even the experts can’t seem to agree?

On this episode of The Briefing, Tara Cassidy speaks with Dr Evangeline Mantizioris, Director of Nutrition and Food Sciences at the University of South Australia, about what makes a study credible, and how to treat such research when making decisions about your own health.

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