Sugar and sweeteners: How do they affect our appetite?
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https://www.sciencedaily.com/releas...61213113240.htm Something for everybody here. Sugar defenders can say--see? Compensation. Drinking a sugary pop won't make you fat. And the artificial sweetener industry gets to say, um, that their products whose purpose of existence is being preferable to sugar is at least not worse than sugar, when it comes to calorie intake. I think this is worse for sugar than it sounds. Even for high carbers--what's better nutrition, a can of coke, or a can of diet coke and a potato? |
Very interesting and a good source for much discussion and debate. Can't argue with the results other than to wonder how much of The Hawthorne Effect we have here. In addition, these "healthy male study participants" could very possibly experience different results than participants who were older, had insulin resistance, were obese, or had any of the other Metabolic Syndrome symptoms. I would be speculating here, but I wonder how many healthy males gravitate towards NNS drinks? The other confounder here is NNS and sugar consumption over time, and in this case, it would be informative to track consumption over 10 or more years.
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Those that drank the calorie-free drinks got the missing calories from real food. The who drank the sugar drink got calories from sugar. The real food provides micronutrients that the sugar does not.
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Being I'm not a "healthy young male" my blood sugar would skyrocket with the sugared drink but not the others, so for me that's important. Also shows the body's not stupid; it's highly regulated and somehow senses/knows how much energy it's getting and consumes the amount it needs, at least in metabolically healthy young men. My mom said she could fool herself when she wanted to lose weight by filling up on a big energy-sparse salad. I could never do that because something inside me would somehow sense how much energy value I'd consumed and a little while after all those bulky veggies were processed give me the message, "That wasn't food! Now send me some real food to eat!" Like protein and fats.
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I used to eat the "healthy low fat meal" and be ready to rip the fridge door off its hinges less than two hours later.
This led me to realize my pancreas has one speed when it comes to sugar and starch: Release the Tanker Car of insulin! A good-sized, low carb, meal will let me cruise for hours and hours. |
Like Zei I had a very similar response to eating calorie light foods as a way of dieting. My body would just never stop eating, almost as though the pathway to shut off feeling full with bulk was just not functioning. I could literally eat carrot sticks all day. (ok some days I did).
I always wonder about the effects that sweeteners have on the body. We talk loads about fizzy pop and how that affects people, but diluting juice which is far more common, has basically the same concentrations but is not classed in the same category as diet coke. Like wise, with gum, is that a problem is it not. Does it make you go out and eat more or less, or does it have no effect what-so-ever. I like the idea of a self-regulating human but I don't think that is the norm for the overweight of us. If it was, we would not be overweight! I still drink a lot of sweeteners, from my squash, and thankfully it does nothing to my blood sugars. But I have never been a water drinker, so for me I will continue to ingest the chemicals, on the knowledge that they are better for me than being 4 stone heavier. |
Couple of ways this might not apply. We're not necessarily healthy young men and the study was only 4 days long. What happens over the course of a year? What happens in people already battling weight problems?
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Yup. I think a fair number of studies have little other purpose but to facilitate a particular spin. Of course, that's just me putting a particular spin on this, since I haven't much if anything to back up my suspicion in this particular case. :lol: Also, mid-morning sugar calories being compensated for at other meals--does it matter what those other meals are made of? And what would be the effect of plain water? And in our society, healthy lean people might tend to be those who are most resistant to the effects of sugar or sweetener, etc.
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