I just have to jump in here and say artificial sweeteners NEVER made me want the real thing. I used to use saccharin in my tea and drink diet coke all the time on my high fat low carb diet and had no problem at all.

I gave them up because I don't think they're healthy, but they never affected me badly. Sometimes they provided a nice way to eat lots more fat - but that was all. Now I'm used to without and feel exactly the same. Oh, and my weight gain began soon after I removed them all! How weird is that????