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88. You misunderstand these studies.

Study 2 has nothing to do with artificial sweeteners. It's about fructose's role on insulin response.

Study 3 was conducted with an accompanying 75g dose of glucose (so definitely not the same thing as drinking a diet soda) and indicate the complete opposite of your claim. The artificial sweeteners did not result in a statistically significant difference in insulin response.

I don't have enough domain knowledge of artificial sweeteners or studies involving isolated rat cells to fully assess Study 1, but it seems to indicate that some artificial sweeteners have an effect on insulin and others do not. Like Study 3, this one was done in the presence of glucose (though I'm not sure what the indicated concentration corresponds to as a food intake in humans). I'll also note that this study predates Study 3 by many years.

In light of Study 2, you might want to alter your consumption of fruit drinks (which are basically fructose and water) if you're trying to manage your insulin levels.