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Do artificial sweeteners cause weight gain?
"bigvince" wrote in message ... http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releas...-asl020508.php Artificial sweeteners linked to weight gain Cutting the connection between sweets and calories may confuse the body, making it harder to regulate intake WASHINGTON -- Want to lose weight? It might help to pour that diet soda down the drain. Researchers have laboratory evidence that the widespread use of no-calorie sweeteners may actually make it harder for people to control their intake and body weight. The findings appear in the February issue of Behavioral Neuroscience, which is published by the American Psychological Association (APA). Psychologists at Purdue University's Ingestive Behavior Research Center reported that relative to rats that ate yogurt sweetened with glucose (a simple sugar with 15 calories/teaspoon, the same as table sugar), rats given yogurt sweetened with zero-calorie saccharin later consumed more calories, gained more weight, put on more body fat, and didn't make up for it by cutting back later, all at levels of statistical significance. .......... Thanks Vince I read the article. Thanks for posting. Wouldn't it be ironic if glucose turned out to be the ideal sweetener for health, if one uses sweeteners at all? My impression is that the researchers were making wild guesses as to why they got the outcome they got. Sometimes in science the outcome of an experiment transcends theory. IMHO, this outcome should not be ignored. |
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Do artificial sweeteners cause weight gain?
Cubit wrote:
"bigvince" wrote in message ... http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releas...-asl020508.php Artificial sweeteners linked to weight gain Cutting the connection between sweets and calories may confuse the body, making it harder to regulate intake WASHINGTON -- Want to lose weight? It might help to pour that diet soda down the drain. Researchers have laboratory evidence that the widespread use of no-calorie sweeteners may actually make it harder for people to control their intake and body weight. The findings appear in the February issue of Behavioral Neuroscience, which is published by the American Psychological Association (APA). Psychologists at Purdue University's Ingestive Behavior Research Center reported that relative to rats that ate yogurt sweetened with glucose (a simple sugar with 15 calories/teaspoon, the same as table sugar), rats given yogurt sweetened with zero-calorie saccharin later consumed more calories, gained more weight, put on more body fat, and didn't make up for it by cutting back later, all at levels of statistical significance. .......... Thanks Vince I read the article. Thanks for posting. Wouldn't it be ironic if glucose turned out to be the ideal sweetener for health, if one uses sweeteners at all? Yes, that would be literally ironic, considering that glucose isn't very sweet, it rushes directly into the bloodstream and from there into your cells, it causes a sudden release of insulin, and over the course of human evolution, we haven't been eating much of it. Just think how ironic it would be if fructose weren't actually sweet, and didn't appear in fruit after all! Glucose is the ideal sweetener for some people: namely, those in diabetic coma. But that isn't ironic, and they're hardly in any condition to care what it tastes like. -- Marshall Price of Miami Known to Yahoo as d021317c |
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Do artificial sweeteners cause weight gain?
On Feb 11, 12:09 pm, "Cubit" wrote:
"bigvince" wrote in message http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releas...-asl020508.php Artificial sweeteners linked to weight gain Cutting the connection between sweets and calories may confuse the body, making it harder to regulate intake I read the article. Thanks for posting. If you are a rat, it would be very troubling. Possessing a lot more mental horsepower than your average rat, it might not be the case. Since there are other studies showing that people consume the same amount of solid food, regardless of whether they drink regular coke, sugar free, or water. Again, people != lab rats (unless you send them to the Pennington center, but that's a whole other conversation. Wouldn't it be ironic if glucose turned out to be the ideal sweetener for health, if one uses sweeteners at all? It would be ironic. It would probably lead to novel artificial sweeteners. I suspect that this is not the case. Better to not eat sweet in general. My impression is that the researchers were making wild guesses as to why they got the outcome they got. Sometimes in science the outcome of an experiment transcends theory. Sometimes it should lead to new theory. And sometimes, that's a lot like virginal teenagers in the backseat of Dad's Chevy. There's a lot of amateurish groping in the dark. Doesn't mean it's not useful activity. IMHO, this outcome should not be ignored. IMHO and in my experience: Drinking soda, regardless of type, is correlated with quick highs, addictive behavior and long periods of crappy feelings. Regardless of the sugar, the HFCS, the artificial sweetener, or anything else, I feel remarkably better after going a few days without colored fizzy water. This outcome doesn't necessarily have much to do with it. Just noting that cola makes me feel like crap. And I'm mostly done with that. |
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Do artificial sweeteners cause weight gain?
I took myself off of artificial sweeteners for a while to see if they
made any difference concerning my weight loss. Turns out they don't. |
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Easy Street wrote:
I took myself off of artificial sweeteners for a while to see if they made any difference concerning my weight loss. Turns out they don't. Not for you, but overeating is a complex phenomenon which includes a psychological component. It wouldn't be surprising if other people have a different reaction. |
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Do artificial sweeteners cause weight gain?
Mark Thorson wrote:
Easy Street wrote: I took myself off of artificial sweeteners for a while to see if they made any difference concerning my weight loss. Turns out they don't. Not for you, but overeating is a complex phenomenon which includes a psychological component. *It wouldn't be surprising if other people have a different reaction. I've known some people who drink diet sodas almost to the exclusion of water. All the folks I know like that are fat. I don't know if diet sodas work to keep them fat but diet sodas sure never helped them lose an ounce. It is known that sugar in quantity is harmful. It is known that some people have problems with specific artificial sweeteners. I think treating them mentally as a crutch not as a substitute is the way to go. Use less |
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Do artificial sweeteners cause weight gain?
On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:05:29 -0500, Marshall Price
wrote: Cubit wrote: "bigvince" wrote in message ... http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releas...-asl020508.php Artificial sweeteners linked to weight gain Cutting the connection between sweets and calories may confuse the body, making it harder to regulate intake I can't speak for anyone else (including those in the cross-posted newsgroups which I cut out of my reply), but I use saccharine and Splenda daily with no effect whatsoever on weight loss. There is no difference whether I use them or don't use them. --- Peter 270/220/180 |
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Do artificial sweeteners cause weight gain?
Marengo wrote in message ... I can't speak for anyone else (including those in the cross-posted newsgroups which I cut out of my reply), but I use saccharine and Splenda daily with no effect whatsoever on weight loss. There is no difference whether I use them or don't use them. --- Peter 270/220/180 I found that to be true too Peter, but I am losing my taste for sweet things, even artificially sweetened things, so I don't use them often anymore. Cheri |
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Do artificial sweeteners cause weight gain?
"Cheri" gserviceatinreachdotcom writes:
I found that to be true too Peter, but I am losing my taste for sweet things, even artificially sweetened things, so I don't use them often anymore. About once a week, I put a cup or raw cream in a glass and add a cream soda (the brand that uses Splenda). It's getting so the soda seems so sweet that I'm going to have to start tossing half of it. Or maybe just drink the cream as-is; that's pretty good too. -- Aaron -- 285/253/200 -- aaron.baugher.biz |
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Doug Freyburger wrote:
Mark Thorson wrote: Easy Street wrote: I took myself off of artificial sweeteners for a while to see if they made any difference concerning my weight loss. Turns out they don't. Not for you, but overeating is a complex phenomenon which includes a psychological component. It wouldn't be surprising if other people have a different reaction. I've known some people who drink diet sodas almost to the exclusion of water. All the folks I know like that are fat. I don't know if diet sodas work to keep them fat but diet sodas sure never helped them lose an ounce. It is known that sugar in quantity is harmful. It is known that some people have problems with specific artificial sweeteners. I think treating them mentally as a crutch not as a substitute is the way to go. Use less I'm lean, but I like diet soda. I sweeten my tea with saccharine, too. Someday, perhaps I'll learn better, but for now, it doesn't seem to bother me. -- Marshall Price of Miami Known to Yahoo as d021317c |
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