Artificial Sweeteners & Weight Gain

Researchers have evidence that the widespread use of no-calorie sweeteners may actually make it harder for people to control their calorie intake and body weight.

The research using saccharin showed consuming a food sweetened with this no-calorie sweetener can lead to greater weight gain and obesity than would consuming the same food sweetened with a high calorie sugar.

Here's why: When we prepare to eat, the metabolic engine starts up. When the body senses sweetness in what you are consuming, core body temperature revs up to counteract the high calorie intake. But the body is not trained to respond to sweetness without calories. Researchers think this dulled response to sweetness without calories both led to overeating and made it harder to burn off sweet-tasting calories.

Other artificial sweeteners such as aspartame, sucralose and acesulfame K, which also taste sweet but do not allow the body to prepare for the calories consumed, could have similar effects.

Bottom-line: Just be aware of what you are eating and your total calories keeping your consumption of sugar and artificial sweeteners to a minimum. The chore of counting calories and exercising intensely does, over time, become less intrusive to your normal routine and becomes a lifestyle. You can enjoy any food you want if it is balanced with a healthy amount of good foods and exercise.

A TEASPOON of Granulated White Sugar has 16 calories.
Check some nutrition labels, 4g = 1 teaspoon of sugar.
A can of coke has 27g of sugar or approx 7 teaspoons of sugar, YUK!