Trying to keep
your weight down and trying to be healthy can be totally different things.
Usually you choose to start a diet program by reducing consumption of sugary
drinks and will replace it with sugar-free drinks or artificial sweeteners.
Cut out sugar
intake is one of the best way to get start your diet mission. As you know,
artificial sweeteners is said to be sugar-free and can be good choice to
replace your sugar intake. The question is, is it really safe?
Side Effects of
Studies show
that sweeteners have been packed contains side effects that can harm human
health. In 2008, researchers at Purdue University reported a study conducted on
mice found that some content saccharin of the artificial sweetener can alter
the taste of food animals.
Associate
Professor of the Science of Psychology at the Institute of Inges treatment,
Purdue University, USA, Susan Withers said experimental rats eating yogurt
containing the artificial sweetener being fat and appetite increases
dramatically.
"It
should be divulged here that the consumption of food or beverages containing
artificial sweeteners capable of changing the natural systems of the human
body.
"That is,
it can alter hormone levels taste of human nature that should feel full before
the natural hormones act alone.
"We often
will stop eating before our bodies absorb all the calories contained in the
food we eat. One reason for us to stop eating is because of a natural instinct
coupled with the lessons learned from past experience. For example, "After
I eat this food, I will feel full for a long period of time," told
Withers.
Metabolic Confusion
One of the
reasons why artificial sweeteners do not help you lose weight relates to the
fact that your body is not fooled by sweet taste without accompanying calories.
When you eat
something sweet, your brain releases dopamine, which activates your brain's
reward center. The appetite-regulating hormone leptin is also released, which
eventually informs your brain that you are "full" once a certain
amount of calories have been ingested.
However, when
you consume something that tastes sweet but doesn't contain any calories, your
brain's pleasure pathway still gets activated by the sweet taste, but there's
nothing to deactivate it, since the calories never arrive.
Artificial
sweeteners basically trick your body into thinking that it's going to receive
sugar (calories), but when the sugar doesn't come, your body continues to
signal that it needs more, which results in carb cravings.
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