Re: [fast5] Diet drinks

On Fri, 15 May 2009 12:44:34 -0400, Karen <laurvick@charter.net> wrote:

> Good for you, Bridget!
>I think if the name is 'artificial', it cant be the best for us, eh?
>From: fast5@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fast5@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> Bridget K
> Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 3:20 PM
> To: Fast5
> Subject: [fast5] Diet drinks
>
>
> I was wondering if anybody else had thoughts on artificial sweeteners -
> do you use them? Do they help, or do you find you overuse them?
>
> I ask because I was overusing them heavily... with all those diet
> sodas... and it doesn't make me feel good. Over the last week I've cut
> them all out and have had no artificial sweetener whatsoever and it's
> made a huge difference. Just wondering if anyone's got experience to
> share...
>
> Thanks
> b

Check this out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_sweeteners#Sugar_substitute_health_issues

In particular:


Controversy over healthfulness

A 2005 study by the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio indicated that, rather than promoting weight loss, the use of diet drinks was a marker for increasing weight gain and obesity. In the study, those that consumed diet soda were more likely to gain weight than those that consumed naturally-sweetened soda. Sharon P. Fowler, MPH, who conducted the study, posited that it is not the diet drinks but something associated with their use that is linked to weight gain, perhaps simply that use of diet drinks increased as a person noticed that he or she was gaining weight. Fowler also speculated that perhaps giving the body the "taste" of energy-rich foods triggers a search for the real thing, or, as nutritionist Leslie Bonci, MPH, RD, put it, "People think they can just fool the body. But maybe the body isn't fooled. If you are not giving your body that food energy you promised it, maybe your body will retaliate by wanting more energy."[7] Animal studies have indicated that artificial sweeteners cause body weight gain. A sweet taste induces an insulin response, which causes blood sugar to be stored in tissues (including fat), but because blood sugar does not increase with artificial sugars, there is hypoglycemia and increased food intake the next time there is a meal. After a while, rats given sweeteners have steadily increased caloric intake, increased body weight, and increased adiposity (fatness). Furthermore, the natural responses to eating sugary foods (eating less at the next meal and using some of the extra calories to warm the body after the sugary meal) are gradually lost.[8]

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Thanks,
Daniel Lurie

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