Can Sugar Substitutes Make You Fat?

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Published on October 21st, 2009, 5:48 am
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Now what the heck am I supposed to do? I love me's coffee, I love me's diet coke... what do they expect me to do? Drink water? I'd rather die first!

In a series of experiments, scientists at Purdue University compared weight gain and eating habits in rats whose diets were supplemented with sweetened food containing either zero-calorie saccharin or sugar. The report, published in Behavioral Neuroscience, presents some counterintuitive findings: Animals fed with artificially sweetened yogurt over a two-week period consumed more calories and gained more weight — mostly in the form of fat — than animals eating yogurt flavored with glucose, a natural, high-calorie sweetener. cite
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October 21st, 2009, 5:48 am
 
I think it raises an important point, it's better to get accustomed to let sweet food than to try to fool your body with artificial sweetener.

I really dislike aspartame. It's not that I think it's bad for me, but even in tiny quantities it leaves an after taste that I really dislike. I even get it if someone opens a package in the same room. So I've learned to like tea and coffee unsweetened. I really wish you could by soft drinks with half the sugar instead of the 'diet' versions which are as sweet, but done with aspartame.
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October 21st, 2009, 12:14 pm
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