Posted on 09/22/2013 10:21:31 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Choosing diet drinks and artificial sweeteners instead of high-calorie treats may increase your craving for sugar, a study has found.
It is because sugar substitutes tickle the taste buds, but can’t fool the brain.
The pleasure we get from sweet treats is the result of a chemical called dopamine, which is released in the brain when sugar is consumed and is linked to a feeling of reward.
Artificial sweeteners and other low-calorie options do not cause the same reaction, leaving dieters with their craving—and making them far more likely to binge on sugar later on. …
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So refined sugar really is like drugs.Why sweeteners may INCREASE your sugar craving: They tickle the taste buds, but can’t fool the brain into producing the pleasure response
Artificial sweeteners need to have a chemical that triggers dopamine release. Problem solved.
A hint of meth should do the trick.
Yes, but increasing a craving doesn’t mean that I will succumb to that craving. IOW, just because I drink a diet coke does not equate to me eating a piece of cake.
I read a study recently that showed that the subjects who consumed the most aspartame (via diet soda) were significantly heavier than those who chose regular calorie-laden soda. I can’t find the study now, though.
Obviously, there are a lot of confounding variables that could be at work there, but it’s still interesting.
No, but it’s possible that when you are used to very sweet things (like artificial sweeteners), you are going to crave more sweets, and over time, whether you are aware of it or not, you will eat more sugary stuff.
I have heard that if you eat a bacon cheeseburger and wash it down with diet soda, that they cancel each other out.
Tell me more about artificial sweeteners, use wiki if needed.
I do believe that I am aware of when and how often I eat starches (macaroni, rice, corn) and sweets (cake, cookies, ice cream, etc.). I just don’t eat them. I do not eat cookies, etc. that are made with artificial sweeteners because they contain flour and other starches. I just don’t do it. And drinking a diet coke does not increase what I put in my mouth. Just because there is a potential does not mean an actual occurs.
I began drinking diet coke in the 80s when it first came on the market. Since then, I have eliminated, rather than added, sweets and other starches from my diet.
FWIW, when I go to a birthday party, wedding, etc. I do not indulge in the treats.
Is this a new meme or joke I missed or are you just messing with a newbie?
Newb is hitting every thread on FR. Nadine is that you?
lol.
LOL.
I suspect the problem is more glandular.
Intake of the sweets, including sugar substitutes, appear to change the metabolic rates and the tendency of the body to save any blood sugars present as fats.
There might be less calories consumed, but they become more efficiently processed by the body.
Let’s say your body replenishes fats at 5% your blood sugar level on a balanced diet, but with a sweetened diet with low blood sugar, it now shifts to a 60% storage process. Even when dieting and consuming 50% less calories, you would end up gaining weight.
And you are going through my brief history and replying to all of my posts, though few of your replies make sense.
FWIW, I was a member here back in 2001-2002. I always get a little chatty when I come back to an old forum, or even when I start posting at a new forum. Streetlights, people — it’s exciting.
“MAY increase ...”. Everything following MAY is imagination.
We need a site like snopes to catalogue all of these ‘studies’ and show details like who funded it, how many people actually were tested and the rest of the criteria. It would make it easy to call BS on all of the propaganda..
Same here. I like diet soft drinks, but I don’t crave sugar at all.
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