Artificial sweeteners contain no calories. Diet drinks are around for about 50 years and yet obesity rates have exploded in that time. A study on mice in Oita University in Japan showed that consuming sugar sweetened water increased blood sugar levels in animals, while consuming water containing non-nutritive sweeteners triggered reduced blood sugar levels.
However the animals consuming the artificial sweeteners gained body fat and increased leptin and triglyceride levels. These animals also experienced decreases in uncoupling proteins in brown fat which decreased metabolic rate and promoted fat deposition.
This study provided some insight into the reason that chronic consumption of diet drinks actually promotes weight gain.
But we must look further to the thousands of products out there which contain non-nutritive sweeteners, from Yogurts to chewing gum.
Anywhere the word Diet is used there is usually an artificial sweetener and also when the words 'low sugar' or 'no added sugar' are used they are there too.
READ THE LABEL AND LOOK OUT FOR THE FOLLOWING WORDS WHICH I TOOK FROM THESSAURUS
Synonyms for artificial sweetener
noun sugar substitute
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