On Sat, 22 Apr 2017 07:12:11 -0700, edhuntress2 wrote:

"After adjustments for age, sex, education (for analysis of dementia),
caloric intake, diet quality, physical activity, and smoking, higher
recent and higher cumulative intake of artificially sweetened soft
drinks were associated with an increased risk of ischemic stroke,
all-cause

They seemingly didn't adjust for BMI, which is known to correlate with
stroke, and it stands to reason that people with higher BMI would drink
more artificial sweeteners.
So, I also didn't like this study, just like our wild-eyed friends up the
thread, but perhaps I can claim slightly more reasonable reasons.